The Master of Engineering (MEng) degree is a coursework-only degree. IE MEng programs of study comprise a minimum of 45 credits of graduate-level coursework, distributed as follows:
1. Core Coursework
IE MEng students must complete a minimum of six core courses of major coursework:
- IE 512: Information Systems Engineering (4 credits)
- IE 521: Industrial Optimization I (3 credits) or IE 522: Industrial Optimization II (3 credits)
- IE 545: Human Factors Engineering (4 credits)
- IE 570: Management Systems Engineering (4 credits) or IE 571: Project Management in Engineering (3 credits) or IE 575: Systems Thinking Theory and Practice (4 credits)
- IE 552: Design of Industrial Experiments (3 credits)
- IE 563: Advanced Production Planning and Control (3 credits)
2. Portfolio Coursework
IE MEng students must prepare a portfolio of their graduate work while at Oregon State University. For MEng students, this portfolio will ultimately be used as an alternative summative assessment in lieu of a final oral exam. Two resources have been developed to guide MEng students through this requirement, a Canvas-based, non-credit Portfolio Orientation Module to introduce MEng students to early program milestones and requirements as well as the idea of a portfolio and a final-term for-credit course, ENGR 521 MENG PORTFOLIO COMPLETION (1 credit).
3. Additional Coursework
IE MEng students are required to bring their coursework credit total to a minimum of 45 credits by choosing additional graduate-level coursework to complete their program of study. All courses on the Program of Study form must be approved by the student's major professor.
4. Transcript-visible Option(s) Coursework
IE MEng students may declare a transcript-visible option (see OSU Catalog for available options). Declaring a transcript-visible option is not required.
5. Transcript-visible Minor(s) Coursework
IE MEng students may declare a 15-credit minor from a program outside of Industrial Engineering. Declaring a transcript-visible minor is not required.
MS (non-thesis) IE programs of study comprise a minimum of 51 credits, distributed as follows:
1. Project Credits
IE MS-Project (non-thesis) students must complete 6 credits of IE 506 Projects.
2. Core Coursework
IE MS-Project (non-thesis) students must complete a minimum of six core courses of major coursework:
- IE 512: Information Systems Engineering (4 credits)
- IE 521: Industrial Optimization I (3 credits) or IE 522: Industrial Optimization II (3 credits)
- IE 545: Human Factors Engineering (4 credits)
- IE 570: Management Systems Engineering (4 credits) or IE 571: Project Management in Engineering (3 credits) or IE 575: Systems Thinking Theory and Practice (4 credits)
- IE 552: Design of Industrial Experiments (3 credits)
- IE 563: Advanced Production Planning and Control (3 credits)
3. Additional Coursework
IE MS-Project (non-thesis) students are required to bring their coursework credit total to a minimum of 39 credits by choosing additional graduate-level coursework to complete their program of study. All courses on the Program of Study form must be approved by the student's major professor.
4. Transcript-visible Option(s) Coursework
IE MS-Project (non-thesis) students may declare a transcript-visible option (see OSU Catalog for available options). Declaring an option is not required.
5. Transcript-visible Minor(s) Coursework
IE MS-Project (non-thesis) students may declare a 15-credit minor from a program outside of Industrial Engineering. Declaring a minor is not required.
IE MS (thesis) programs of study comprise a minimum of 45 credits, distributed as follows:
1. Thesis Credits
IE MS-Thesis students must complete 6-12 credits of IE 503 Thesis.
2. Core Coursework
IE MS-Thesis students must complete a minimum of six core courses of major coursework:
- IE 512: Information Systems Engineering (4 credits)
- IE 521: Industrial Optimization I (3 credits) or IE 522: Industrial Optimization II (3 credits)
- IE 545: Human Factors Engineering (4 credits)
- IE 570: Management Systems Engineering (4 credits) or IE 571: Project Management in Engineering (3 credits) or IE 575: Systems Thinking Theory and Practice (4 credits)
- IE 552: Design of Industrial Experiments (3 credits)
- IE 563: Advanced Production Planning and Control (3 credits)
3. Additional Coursework
MS-Thesis students are required to bring their coursework credit total to a minimum of 33 credits by choosing additional graduate-level coursework to complete their program of study. All courses on the Program of Study form must be approved by the student's major professor.
4. Transcript-visible Option(s) Coursework
MS-Thesis students may declare a transcript-visible option (see OSU Catalog for available options). Declaring an option is not required.
5. Transcript-visible Minor(s) Coursework
MS-Thesis students may declare a 15-credit minor from a program outside of Industrial Engineering. Declaring a minor is not required.
IE Ph.D. programs of study comprise a minimum of 108 credits* beyond the baccalaureate degree, distributed as follows:
1. Dissertation/Doctoral Thesis Credits
IE PhD students must complete a minimum of 36 credits of IE 603 Thesis. A maximum of 60 of an IE PhD student's 108 credits may be IE 603 Thesis. Additional credits beyond 108 may be IE 603 Thesis, if desired.
2. Core Coursework
IE PhD students must pass the six core courses, as described below, with a 3.5 GPA and no single grade lower than B. If a student receives a grade lower than a B in a particular class they may repeat the class one time, or complete a substitute course, approved by the students committee, with a B or higher grade.
With permission of the faculty teaching a core course, students may use a course taken and the grade received from a different institution as a substitute for that core course. In the event that the student substitutes prior courses for all of the first-year core courses, the student must pass a selection of other technical classes at OSU (approved by the student’s committee) with a 3.5 GPA and no single grade lower than B. Students that transfer to OSU at an advanced stage in their Ph.D. program will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
All core courses must be completed within six terms (not including summer term) after starting the Ph.D. program. In the case a student’s progress is interrupted by extenuating circumstances (e.g., illness), their case will be addressed on a case-by-case basis by the student’s committee.
- IE 512: Information Systems Engineering (4 credits)
- IE 521: Industrial Optimization I (3 credits) or IE 522: Industrial Optimization II (3 credits)
- IE 545: Human Factors Engineering (4 credits)
- IE 570: Management Systems Engineering (4 credits) or IE 571: Project Management in Engineering (3 credits) or IE 575: Systems Thinking Theory and Practice (4 credits)
- IE 552: Design of Industrial Experiments (3 credits)
- IE 563: Advanced Production Planning and Control (3 credits)
3. Additional Coursework
IE PhD students are required to bring their coursework credit total to a minimum of 48 credits by choosing additional graduate-level coursework to complete their program of study. All courses on the Program of Study form must be approved by the student's major professor.
4. Transcript-visible Option(s) Coursework
IE PhD students may declare a transcript-visible option (see OSU Catalog for available options). Declaring a transcript-visible option is not required.
5. Transcript-visible Minor(s) Coursework
IE PhD students may declare an 18-credit minor from a program outside of Industrial Engineering. Declaring a minor is not required.
A Minor in Industrial Engineering is available to non-IE majors who have previously taken at least one course in each of the following preparatory areas: linear algebra, statistics, engineering economy and computer programming. Courses for the minor in IE may be taken 100% on campus or a combination of on campus and Ecampus.
The graduate minor in Industrial Engineering is comprised a minimum of 15 credits of graduate-level coursework for master’s students or 18 credits for doctoral students, distributed as follows:
1. Required Coursework
Minor in Industrial Engineering students must complete six credits of core coursework, as described below:
- IE 552: Design of Industrial Experiments (3 credits)
- IE 563: Advanced Production Planning and Control (3 credits)
2. Remaining Coursework
Minor in Industrial Engineering students may choose the remainder of their coursework from among any courses having an IE designator offered on campus. Other courses which may be available to IE Minors are courses with an MfgE designator and some of the Ecampus IE courses.
3. Coursework Notes
- Students who take IE 563 may not also take IE 581.
- Students may not take both IE 570 and IE 582.
- Students planning to take more than one IE course through Ecampus must take IE 582.
- Students who previously earned an IE degree from OSU may not take the graduate-level equivalent course of 4XX/5XX slash courses while in graduate school.
- All IE minor courses on the Program of Study form must be approved by the student's minor professor and Head Advisor of MIME Graduate Programs, Lynn Paul.
- If Engineering Management Ecampus courses other than IE 582 are on the program of study, approval must be granted by the Engineering Management program director.
