Offered at: San Luis Obispo Campus
Industrial Engineering is a business-oriented engineering program focused on making organizations more efficient and effective. Industrial engineers use data analytics and optimization to improve quality of products and services. Industrial engineers optimize systems that bring together people, materials, information, equipment, and energy to deliver better results and efficiency.
The Bachelor of Science program in Industrial Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Within three to five years of graduation, the alumni of the Industrial Engineering undergraduate program will:
- Design and implement innovative, effective solutions for improving processes and systems starting Day One.
- Build successful careers as engineering professionals.
- Impact organizations through ethical leadership.
- Adapt to changes in technology and global society by continuously learning
Our main focus is to prepare graduates for practice in professional engineering. Thus, our “learn by doing” philosophy is emphasized in the curriculum by the large number of design-centered laboratories, integrating design throughout the curriculum, and the senior design project experience. In the required senior design project, students demonstrate their understanding of engineering knowledge and their ability to apply that knowledge creatively to practical problems.
Our graduates pursue careers across a wide range of industries, including high-tech, aerospace, biomedical, consulting, healthcare, entertainment, finance, retail, transportation, and government. Entry-level positions our graduates land include, but not limited to, industrial engineer, manufacturing engineer, project engineer, product engineer, supply chain engineer, data analyst, business analyst, financial analyst, technology consultant, and quality engineer. Graduates also are well prepared for successful graduate study.
Program Learning Objectives
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Degree Requirements and Curriculum
In addition to the program requirements listed on this page, students must also satisfy requirements outlined in more detail in the Minimum Requirements for Graduation section of this catalog, including:
- 40 units of upper-division courses
- 2.0 GPA
- Graduation Writing Requirement (GWR)
- U.S. Cultural Pluralism (USCP)
Note: No Major or Support courses may be selected as credit/no credit. In addition, no more than 12 units of cooperative or internship courses can count towards your degree requirements.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| MAJOR COURSES | ||
| IME 1101 | Introduction to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | 1 |
| IME 1140 | Technical Graphics Communication for Design and Manufacturing | 1 |
| Select from the following: | 1-2 | |
| Introduction to Metal Casting and Prototyping | ||
| Materials Joining | ||
| Introduction to Modern Electronics Manufacturing | ||
| IME 1143 | Introduction to Design and Manufacturing | 2 |
| IME 1223 | Process Improvement Fundamentals | 4 |
| IME 2212 | Introduction to Enterprise Analytics and Database Systems | 4 |
| IME 2315 | Financial Decision Making for Engineers | 2 |
| IME 3302 | Operations Research and Management | 4 |
| IME 3326 | Statistical Decision-Making and Quality Control | 4 |
| IME 3410 | Production Planning and Control Systems | 4 |
| IME 3420 | Process and System Simulation | 4 |
| IME 3443 | Facilities Design and Warehousing | 4 |
| IME 4319 | Human Factors and Ergonomics in Engineering and Systems Design | 3 |
| IME 4372 | Applications of Enterprise Analytics | 4 |
| IME 4417 | Supply Chain and Logistics Management | 4 |
| IME 4461 | Senior Project - Design I | 2 |
| IME 4462 | Senior Project - Design II | 2 |
| SUPPORT COURSES | ||
| Select from the following: 2 | 6 | |
| Circuits & Electronics for Non-Majors and Circuits & Electronics Laboratory for Non-Majors | ||
| Electric Circuits for Non-Majors and Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory I | ||
| Introduction to Mechanics | ||
| Principles of Materials Engineering for Non-Majors and Materials Laboratory I | ||
| CHEM 1120 | Fundamentals of Chemical Structure and Properties (5A & 5C) 1 | 4 |
| CSC 1032 | Programming for Scientists and Engineers | 3 |
| MATH 1151 | Linear Algebra 2 | 3 |
| or MATH 2341 | Linear Analysis | |
| MATH 1261 | Calculus I (2) 1 | 4 |
| MATH 1262 | Calculus II | 4 |
| MATH 2263 | Calculus III | 3 |
| PHYS 1141 | General Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 1143 | General Physics II | 4 |
| PSY 2201 | Introductory Psychology (4B) 1 | 3 |
| STAT 3210 | Engineering Statistics (Upper-Division 2/5) 1 | 3 |
| Technical Electives | ||
| Select from the following: | 6 | |
| Project Organization and Management | ||
| Intermediate Metal Casting | ||
| Advanced Materials Joining | ||
| Manufacturing and Process Automation | ||
| Special Problems for Advanced Undergraduates | ||
| Sales Engineering | ||
| Software Product Management | ||
| Systems Engineering | ||
| Service Enterprises Engineering and Management | ||
| Product and Process Development | ||
| Engineering Management | ||
| Industrial Engineering in Healthcare | ||
| Engineering Metrology | ||
| Additive Manufacturing | ||
| Reliability for Design and Testing | ||
| Engineering Supervision | ||
| Sensing Systems and the Industrial Internet of Things | ||
| Value Chain Analysis | ||
| Special Advanced Topics | ||
| Special Advanced Laboratory | ||
| Model-Based Systems Engineering | ||
| Advanced Information Systems for Operations | ||
| Design of Experiments for Industrial Applications | ||
| Change Management for Engineering Leaders | ||
| Advanced Operations Research | ||
| Applied Human Factors | ||
| Advanced Engineering Economy | ||
| Advanced Simulation | ||
| Predictive Data Analytics for Engineers | ||
| Engineering Entrepreneurship | ||
| Thermodynamics | ||
| Applied Regression Analysis | ||
| Introduction to Statistical Computing with SAS and SQL | ||
| Multilevel and Mixed Modeling | ||
| Statistical Analysis of Time Series | ||
| Applied Multivariate Statistics | ||
| Teamwork | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION (GE) | ||
| (See GE program requirements below) | 30 | |
| FREE ELECTIVES | ||
| Free Electives | 0 | |
| Total Units | 127-128 | |
- 1
- Required in Major or Support; also satisfies General Education (GE) requirement.
- 2
Units in excess of total will be applied towards Technical Electives.
General Education (GE) Requirements
- 43 units required, 13 of which are specified in Major and/or Support.
- If any of the remaining 30 Units is used to satisfy a Major or Support requirement, additional units of Free Electives may be needed to complete the total units required for the degree.
- See the complete GE course listing.
- A grade of C- or better is required in one course in each of the following GE Areas: 1A (English Composition), 1B (Critical Thinking), 1C (Oral Communication), and 2 (Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning).
| Lower-Division General Education | ||
| Area 1 | English Communication and Critical Thinking | |
| 1A | Written Communication | 3 |
| 1B | Critical Thinking | 3 |
| 1C | Oral Communication | 3 |
| Area 2 | Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning | |
| 2 | Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (3 units in Support) 1 | 0 |
| Area 3 | Arts and Humanities | |
| 3A | Arts | 3 |
| 3B | Humanities: Literature, Philosophy, Languages other than English | 3 |
| Area 4 | Social and Behavioral Sciences (Area 4 courses must come from at least two different course prefixes.) | |
| 4A | American Institutions (Title 5, Section 40404 Requirement) | 3 |
| 4B | Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 units in Support) 1 | 0 |
| Area 5 | Physical and Life Sciences | |
| 5A | Physical Sciences (3 units in Support) 1 | 0 |
| 5B | Life Sciences | 3 |
| 5C | Laboratory (may be embedded in a 5A or 5B course) (1 units in Support) 1 | 0 |
| Area 6 | Ethnic Studies | |
| 6 | Ethnic Studies | 3 |
| Upper-Division General Education | ||
| Upper-Division 2/5 | Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning or Physical and Life Sciences (3 units in Support) 1 | 0 |
| Upper-Division 3 | Arts and Humanities | 3 |
| Upper-Division 4 | Social and Behavioral Sciences (Area 4 courses must come from at least two different course prefixes.) | 3 |
| Total Units | 30 | |
- 1
- Required in Major or Support; also satisfies General Education (GE) requirement.