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Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
Major: IEDegree Awarded: MS
Unit: GS
Program Webpage: http://www.louisville.edu/speed/industrial/
Program Information
Admission Requirements
Candidates for admission into the MSIE degree program must satisfy the following requirements for admission:
- Baccalaureate degree with complete transcripts
- 2.75/4.00 GPA for unconditional admission
- A combined verbal and quantitative score for the GRE basic examination of at least 1000
- For international students, a TOEFL score of at least 550 (written) or 213 (computer-based)
Prerequisite Requirements
A candidate with a BSIE degree will have to give evidence of having taken the courses listed below for non-BSIE degree holders. A candidate with a BS degree in an engineering discipline other than IE must take the following courses, unless his or her transcript contains an equivalent course.
- IE 515, Operations Research Methods
- IE513, Operations Management
A candidate with a baccalaureate in an area other than engineering (e.g., mathematics, physics, psychology) must take all of the above course prerequisites, plus any other courses his or her thesis advisor deems appropriate.
Curriculum
Degree Requirements
The following core of graduate course credits in Industrial Engineering is required for the MSIE:
Required Courses
- IE 541, Simulation (3)
- IE 561, Engineering Statistics I1 (3)
- EM 582, Management of Human Systems (3)
- IE 630, Advanced Production Systems Design (3)
- IE 657, Models for Design and Analysis of Logistical Systems (3)
- IE xxx, Industrial Engineering electives2 (9)
Thesis Options
- IE 690, M.S. Thesis in Industrial Engineering (6) or
- IE 699, Industrial Engineering Master’s Project (3) and IE xxx, Industrial Engineering elective (3)
TOTAL = 30
The specific courses selected will be at the discretion of the candidate with approval of his or her advisor. A minimum of 30 credits is required for graduation.
Advising
Entering MSIE students will be advised by the MSIE Program Coordinator, Dr. Gerlad W. Evans. The candidate should select a thesis/project advisor prior to registering for his or her second semester.
1 If a student has previously taken a Probability and Statistics course comparable to EM 561, he or she is required to take EM 661 – Engineering Statistics II
2 A student can use at most one of the pre-requisite courses (3 credits) taken at the University of Louisville towards meeting the 9 credit IE elective requirement
Departmental Faculty
| John S. Usher Professor Chair |
| William E. Biles Professor Clark Professor of Computer-Aided Engineering |
| Sunderesh S. Heragu Professor Duthie Chair in Engineering Logistics |
| Suraj M. Alexander Professor |
| Gail W. DePuy Professor |
| Gerald W. Evans Professor |
| Herman R. Leep Professor |
| Scherrill G. Russman Professor and Assistant Dean |
| Mickey Wilhelm Professor and Dean |
| Naira Campbell-Kyureghyan Assistant Professor |
| Lijian Chen Assistant Professor |
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