Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering
General Plan and Sequence of the Program
A sample program for a full time student entering with a master's degree in industrial engineering with transfer of 21 credits follows.
Fall of 1st year
| IME 5080 | Advanced Quality Management | 3 credits | |
| IME 5160 | Design of Experiments and Regression Analysis | 3 credits | |
| IME 6100 | Linear Programming for Engineers | 3 credits |
Spring
| IME 6080 | Reliability Engineering | 3 credits | |
| IME 6110 | Deterministic Methods in Operations Research | 3 credits | |
| x | CS 5060 | Scientific Programming | 3 credits |
Summer 1
| IME 6040 | Facilities Planning and Design | 3 credits |
Summer 2
| IME 7250 | Doctoral Research Seminar | 3 credits |
Fall of 2nd year
| IME 6300 | Advanced Simulation Modeling and Analysis | 3 credits | |
| IME 6060 | Capital Budgeting and Cost Analysis | 3 credits | |
| IME 6430 | Physiology of Work | 3 credits |
Spring
| STAT 5660 | Nonparametric Statistical Methods | 3 credits | |
| IME 6120 | Production/Operations Management | 3 credits | |
| COM 6820 | Organizational Communication | 3 credits |
Summer 1
| IME 7120 | Professional Field Experience | 3 credits |
Summer 2
| IME 7120 | Professional Field Experience | 3 credits |
Fall of 3rd year
| IME 7250 | Doctoral Research Seminar | 3 credits | |
| IME Elective | Approved IME Elective | 3 credits | |
| STAT 6600 | Statistical Inference I | 3 credits |
Spring
| IME 7300 | Doctoral Dissertation | 9 credits |
Summer 1
| IME 7300 | Doctoral Dissertation | 3 credits |
Summer 2
| IME 7300 | Doctoral Dissertation | 3 credits |
Fall of 4th year
| IME 7300 | Doctoral Dissertation | 3 credits |