Tuition Fee
Start Date
Medium of studying
Duration
Program Facts
Program Details
Degree
PhD
Major
Industrial Engineering
Area of study
Engineering
Course Language
English
About Program
Program Overview
The PhD in Industrial Engineering prepares students for academic careers or advanced industry roles. The program requires 45 semester hours of coursework, including core courses in mathematics, computation, and industrial engineering. Students must maintain a 3.4 GPA and meet publication requirements before defending their dissertation, which must be an original research contribution.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
- Objective: The PhD in industrial engineering is designed for students and professionals who wish to pursue academic careers or to achieve advanced standing in the field.
- Overview: The program requires a minimum of 45 semester hours of work beyond the baccalaureate degree, excluding credits earned for a master's degree thesis or a minimum of 33 semester hours beyond the master's degree. The 45 semester hours include 18 semester hours of breadth-requirement core courses and 6 or more semester hours of depth-requirement courses. Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.4 while enrolled in the program and meet the department publication requirements before the viva voce of their dissertation.
Outline:
- Core Courses:
- Mathematics Course Group: MAA 5306 Real Variables I, MAD 5345 Elementary Partial Differential Equations I, STA 5323 Intro To Math Stats
- Computational Course Group: EIN 5930r Specialized Topics in Industrial Engineering (1-6), MAD 5403 Fnd Comp Math I, MAP 5395 Adv Fin Elemnt Meth, OR EIN 5930 Special Topics In Industrial Engineering (1-6)
- IE Core Course Group: ESI 5247 Engineering Experiments, ESI 5408 Applied Optimization or ESI 5412 Applied Optimization, ESI 5525 Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing and Industrial Systems, EIN 5930 Special Topics In Industrial Engineering (1-6), EIN 5931 Leadership and Communications
Assessment:
- The preliminary examination tests the adequacy of a student's background related to their area of concentration and determines if they are adequately prepared to formulate and undertake acceptable dissertation research.
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