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OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2007-08 [Archived Catalog]
Industrial and Systems Engineering Major (B.S.I.S.E.)
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Major code BS7255
Industrial and systems engineers obtain a broad technical background with special attention to productivity, costs, quality, and the human factor in production and other systems. These systems to which industrial engineering techniques can be applied are quite diverse. Typically, industrial engineers have worked in manufacturing systems, but the methods have found applications in many other systems, including distribution centers, information systems, hospitals, transportation networks, and financial systems.
Because of the diverse situations in which industrial engineering is used, IEs can be called by a variety of titles, including Process Engineer, Process Improvement Engineer, Quality Engineer, and Systems Engineer.
Upon graduation with an Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) degree, you will be responsible for designing, analyzing, optimizing, and controlling these large-scale systems. You will also manage the operation of these systems, taking into account such vital factors as quality, throughput, utilization, costs, energy, reliability, and safety.
As an industrial engineer, you will develop performance measures and standards for equipment and workers to achieve a more effective system. You will also apply engineering principles to design systems that meet technical and economic requirements. Due to their systems training and experience, many industrial and systems engineers move into management positions after a few years on the job.
To prepare our graduates for their job responsibilities, the primary objective of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Program is to produce engineers who are able to design, develop, and implement systems that integrate people, materials, equipment, information and energy. When you have completed the requirements for the ISE degree, you will have the necessary analytical and experimental skills to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
To successfully address technical, business, societal, and ethical aspects in their engineered solutions, several necessary skills have been identified. These skills include:
- the ability to apply appropriate industrial engineering methods and techniques to complex systems
- the ability to apply concepts of engineering science, mathematics, physics and chemistry
- the ability to utilize software relevant to industrial and manufacturing systems engineering
- the ability to design, conduct and analyze statistically-valid experiments
- interpersonal and professional communication
- teamwork and leadership
In addition, graduates should have a professional attitude demonstrated by:
- the identification and recognition of the need to continue learning by both formal and informal means;
- appreciation of the relevance of industrial engineering fundamentals and practice to non-manufacturing areas;
- integrity, cultural awareness, and ethical behavior
Courses in the first year of the program are similar to the curricula of the other engineering disciplines and include math, chemistry, and general education courses. Second year courses include a sequence in physics and several fundamental industrial engineering topics; the third year includes more advanced industrial engineering topics.
In the fourth year, a large number of the courses are electives. The categories of electives include ISE, engineering science, and business. The senior year also contains courses in a professional concentration area (PCA); these areas were recently added to the curriculum to reflect the fact that graduates of the ISE program work in many different fields.
The goal of the PCA options is to provide you with a more specialized preparation for your career. The current options are Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Health Care Systems, Human Factors, Information Systems, and Facility Planning and Development. If you are unsure about the career field that you want to pursue, there is also a general Industrial Engineering PCA.
An emphasis in the program is the development of good system design skills. In your senior year, you will complete ISE 445 A/B, a two-course sequence focusing on applied system design. In this course, you will work on a problem related to the design or improvement of an actual system, such as a manufacturing information system, an inventory control system, a material handling system, or a quality control system. The projects are provided by local industries that participate in our program.
If you wish to increase the breadth or depth of your knowledge, the department offers courses leading to the M.S. ISE and participates in the College’s integrated Ph.D. degree program.
Salaries are competitive and because of the increasing need for the U.S. to improve productivity to meet international competition, the need for industrial and systems engineers in manufacturing and other organizations is projected to remain strong.
For more information, see the department’s Web site: http://www.ohio.edu/industrial/
An electronic version of this curriculum can be downloaded from the departmental Web site in the form of a flow chart that shows the courses by quarter, including prerequisites.
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Freshman Year (49 credits)
Fall - Credit Hours: 17
- Chemistry Elective Credit Hours: 4-5
See footnote 1
Winter - Credit Hours: 15
Math/Science Elective
See footnote 2 Spring - Credit Hours: 17
Communications Elective
See footnote 3 Sophomore Year (49 credits)
Fall - Credit Hours: 16
- Business Elective Credit Hours: 4
See footnote 4
Math/Science Elective
See footnote 2 Winter - Credit Hours: 17
Spring - Credit Hours: 16
Winter - Credit Hours: 15
- ISE Elective Credit Hours: 4
See footnote 5
Spring - Credit Hours: 16
- ISE Elective Credit Hours: 4
See footnote 5
- Engineering Science Elective Credit Hours: 4
See footnote 6
- Junior English Requirement Credit Hours: 4
- Business Elective
See footnote 4
Fall - Credit Hours: 17
- ISE Elective Credit Hours: 3
See footnote 5
- Engineering Science Elective Credit Hours: 3
See footnote 6
- Professional Concentration Elective Credit Hours: 3
See footnote 7
- Business Elective Credit Hours: 4
See footnote 4
- Match/Science Elective Credit Hours: 4
See footnote 2
Winter - Credit Hours: 16
- Engineering Science Elective Credit Hours: 4
See footnote 6
- Professional Concentration Elective Credit Hours: 6-8
See footnote 7
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3-4
See footnote 8
Spring - Credit Hours: 15
- Professional Concentration Elective Credit Hours: 6-8
See footnote 7
- Free Elective Credit Hours: 3-4
See footnote 8
Footnotes
- Chemistry Elective (complete 4-5 credits)
CHEM 121 Principles of Chemistr I (4)
CHEM 150 Concepts in Chemistry (4)
CHEM 151 Fundamentals of Chemistry (5)
- Math/Science Elective (complete 3 courses - minimum of 12 credit hours)
BIOS 103 Human Biology I (5)
CHEM 122 Principles of Chemistry II (4)
CHEM 123 Principles of Chemistry III (4)
CHEM 152 Fundamentals of Chemistry II (5)
CHEM 153 Fundamentals of Chemistry III (5)
MATH 263D Calculus IV (4)
MATH 340 Differential Equations (4)
MATH 410 Matrix Theory (4)
MATH 411 Linear Algebra (4)
- Communications Elective (complete 1 course)
COMS 103 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (4)
THAR 113 Acting Fundamentals I(4)
- Business Elective (complete 3):
ECON 104 Macroeconomics (4)
ACCT 101 Financial Accounting (4)
ACCT 102 Managerial Accounting (4)
BUSL 255 Law and Society (4)
MGT 202 Management (4)
MKT 202 Marketing Principles (4)
- ISE Elective (complete 11 credits):
ISE 402 Manufacturing Systems (4)
ISE 403 Material Handling Systems (4)
ISE 407 Intro to Designed Experiments (3)
ISE 440 Facility Planning and Design (4)
ISE 442 Inventory and Mfg. Control II (3)
ISE 444 Applications of Math Prog. (3)
ISE 448A Human Factors Engineering (4)
ISE 456 Database Systems (4)
ISE 460 Computer Integrated Mfg. (4)
ISE 489 Special Investigations (variable)
- If a Professional Concentration Area (see #7 below) requires more than 17 credits, the additional credits can be used to satisfy requirements for ISE electives.
- Up to 1 non-ISE course may be counted as an ISE elective (with permission) if that course appears in a Professional Concentration Area other than the one you are pursuing. However, you must have a minimum of 17 total engineering credits between your ISE Electives and your PCA Electives.
- Engineering Science Elective (Complete 11 credits):
Any course from ChE, CE, EE, or ME that is 200-level or above, except:
CE 200, 201, 210.; ME 288, 388, 488. Courses taken to satisfy Professional Concentration Area Requirements (see #7) cannot be used to also satisfy the Engineering Science Requirements.
- Professional Concentration Elective (complete all courses in one of the Professional Concentration Areas listed below):
Industrial Engineering (17 credits)
- ISE 407 Intro to Designed Experiments (3)
- ISE 440 Facility Planning and Design (4)
- ISE 442 Inventory and Mfg. Control II (3)
- ISE 448A Human Factors Engineering (4)
- IT 117 Basic Metal Machining (4)
or IT 110 Intro to Mfg. Processes
Manufacturing (19 credits)
- ISE 402 Manufacturing Systems (4)
- ISE 440 Facility Planning and Design (4)
- ISE 442 Inventory and Mfg. Control II (3)
- ISE 460 Computer Integrated Manuf. (4)
- IT 117 Basic Metal Machining (4)
or IT 110 Intro to Mfg. Processes
Supply Chain Management (18 credits)
- ISE 403 Materials Handling Systems (4)
- ISE 407 Intro to Designed Experiments (3)
- ISE 440 Facility Planning and Design (4)
- ISE 442 Inventory and Mfg. Control II (3)
- MKT 404 Logistics and Supp. Chain Mgmt (4)
Information Systems (20–22 credits)
- ET 181 Computer Methods I (4)
or CS 230 Computer Programming I (5)
- ISE 456 Database Information Systems (4)
- ISE 490 Systems Development Project (4)
- IT 354 Automatic Identification (4)
- IT 337 Mfg. Networks/Data Comm. (4)
or CS 444 Data Communications (5)
Health Care Systems (18 credits)
- IH 200 Intro to Industrial Hygiene (4)
or EH 260 Intro to Environnmental Health (4)
- HLTH 335 Admin. of Acute Care Facilities (4)
or HLTH 340 Contemporary Problems in Health Care Organizations (4)
- HLTH 230 Medical Terminology (2)
- ISE 403 Materials Handling Systems (4)
- ISE 440 Facility Planning and Design (4)
Human Factors (19 credits)
- BIOS 203 Human Biology II (4)
- BIOS 204 Human Biology II Lab (1)
- EH 260 Intro to Environmental Health (4)
- EH 457 Occ. Safety and Health Admin. (4)
- ISE 407 Intro to Designed Experiments (3)
- ISE 448A Human Factors Engineering (4)
Facility Planning and Development (18 credits)
- ISE 440 Facility Planning and Design (4)
- CE 316 Construction Engr. and Mgmt. (3)
- CE 330 Structural Theory I (5)
- CE 416 Construction Estimating (3)
- CE 418 Construction Administration (3)
- Free Elective (complete 7 credits):
Free elective credits may be satisfied by any course; a sufficient number of free electives are needed to reach the University minimum of 192 credits earned for a degree. One of the credits from each 5-credit Math/Science Elective course that is taken will be counted toward the Free Elective requirements.
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