Industrial Engineering Minor
Department of Industrial Engineering
College of Engineering

Description | Requirements | Required Courses | Elective Courses | Admissions/Certification of Minor | Contact

Description

The minor in Industrial Engineering is designed to provide undergraduate engineering students and other science majors in curricula other than Industrial Engineering with the fundamentals of industrial engineering necessary for advanced study in the discipline and/or employment in industrial engineering related occupations. The minor in Industrial Engineering offers a structured program that allows students to acquire some level of expertise in areas common to all industrial engineers as well as a deeper knowledge in at least one specific area of interest.

Requirements

• Complete a minimum of 15 credit hours of IE designated courses.
• Students must complete 6 hours of required courses and 9 hours of elective courses.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of 'C-' or higher.

Required Courses (6 credit hours)

IE 311 Engineering Economic Analysis (3 cr)
IE 4XX Any 400-level IE course (3 cr)

Elective Courses (9 credit hours minimum from the following IE courses)

IE 210 Introductory Engineering Graphics for Industrial Engineering
IE 216 Manufacturing Engineering Practicum
IE 316 Manufacturing Engineering I - Process
IE 352 Work Analysis and Design
IE 361 Deterministic Models in Industrial Engineering
IE 401 Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering
IE 408 Control of Production and Service Systems
IE 416 Manufacturing Engineering II - Automation
IE 417 Manufacturing Engineering III - Computer Integrated Manufacturing
IE 441 Introduction to Simulation
IE 443 Quality Design and Control
IE 452 Ergonomics
IE 453 Facilities Design
IE 495 Project Work in Industrial Engineering
IE 498 Senior Design Project

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Students should contact Clarence Smith (319-A Riddick Engineering Laboratories, 919.515.6416, clarence_smith@ncsu.edu) for admission to and certification of the minor in Industrial Engineering. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program. Paperwork for certification can be found in 331-A Riddick Engineering Labs and should be completed no later than during the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State.

Contact Person

Clarence Smith

319-A Riddick Engineering Labs

919. 515.6416

clarence_smith@ncsu.edu

last updated: October 15, 2002