Graduate Program
Industrial Management and Technology Info
The Master of Science in Industrial Management is an interdisciplinary program that prepares graduates to assume leadership roles and positions in a variety of industrial, processing, and/or construction industries. The program will familiarize students with philosophies and strategies currently used for improving production and provide students with further technical knowledge in areas such as quality assurance, industrial safety, and automated production. Students will also become familiar with research methods and techniques commonly used to solve problems in industrial settings.
Graduate Program Flyer and College Admission Requirements Industrial Hygiene, Transcripted Certificate
Master of Science in Industrial Management
Prerequisites
All students admitted to this program are expected to have a baccalaureate degree in a technical-related discipline. If students hold degrees from unrelated disciplines, then they may be required to take at least four undergraduate technical courses, such as:
- ITEN 3315/3345 CAD, CAD/CAM, Adv. Graphics or equivalent drafting course
- ITEN 3323/3333 Industrial Controls or Industrial Scheduling
- ITEN 3310/3313 Fluid Power or Energy Systems or energy related course
- ITEN 3331/4353 Construction Technology or Construction Management or related course
In addition, all students should have at least one accounting course and one other advanced business course. Twelve of the eighteen prerequisite hours required in the major must be advanced course work.
Industrial Management Core Courses (21 hours)
- IMEN 5301 Industrial Management
- IMEN 5330 Six Sigma Quality and Continuous Improvement
- IMEN 5335 Industrial Safety and Risk Management
- IMEN 5300 Research Methods and Project Development
- IMEN 5344 Lean Production
- IMEN 5322 Industrial Scheduling
- IMEN 5340 Manufacturing Systems Management
Industrial Management Elective Courses (Select from 3-12 hrs)
- IEEN 5329 Advanced Engineering Economics Analysis
- IEEN 5335 Principles of Optimization
- EVEN 5344 Environmental Management and Policy
- IMEN 5320 Topics: Supply Chain Mgmt, Project Mgmt, Facility Layout, and Maintenance Mgmt
- IMEN 5315 Constraints Management and Mistake Proofing
- IMEN 5333 Hazardous Materials Management
Research Component (Select 3-9 hour)
- IMEN 5305 Graduate Research Project
- IMEN 5306 Thesis (repeated if necessary for thesis option)