Industrial Engineering Supplemental Information

Technical Elective Program - School of Industrial Engineering

1.) Technical Elective Program for Industrial Engineering students

While this is not a strictly structured program like the General Education program, students are encouraged to treat the selection of technical elective courses in much the same way. Students are encouraged to select technical elective courses based on career objectives.

In general, a technical elective is a course that develops new professional skills and/or builds upon previously obtained skills. Courses must focus on the development of skills in engineering, mathematics, business, or selected natural or social sciences.

2.) Technical Elective Requirements

The following requirements are specified for the technical elective program. These are the most basic requirements. Additional policies and procedures are discussed below and in Section 3.

Each IE student is required to take 15 credit hours of technical electives to complete the BSIE degree requirements. Technical elective courses are chosen from a list of courses approved by the Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Committee; and must include at least 6 credit hours from courses offered within the School of Industrial Engineering (policy outlined in Section 2.1).

Every course taken as a technical elective must be taken for a letter grade. (Courses transferred to Purdue that either correspond to pre-approved technical electives or receive special approval (e.g., study abroad credits) as technical electives must be taken in such a manner as to qualify for Purdue credit even though no grade will appear on the Purdue transcript.)

2.1. Required IE Technical Elective Courses

Of the 15 credit hours of technical electives required, at least 6 credit hours must be taken from courses offered by the School of Industrial Engineering (i.e., must have the course identifier “IE”). There are two available options for IE students to accomplish this requirement.

• Option 1. IE 47000 and IE 48400
• Option 2. IE 47000 or IE 48400; and approved course offered within the School of Industrial Engineering (either at senior-undergraduate or 50000-level)

* The 50000-level IE course listed in Option 1 can be an IE 59000 level course provided it is titled and open to all students who meet the prerequisites. For example, IE 59000 - Financial Engineering is an acceptable IE technical elective.

** Senior-undergraduate courses listed in Option 1 (offered as 4XXXX), in this case, may be special topics courses that are not required for the degree and open to all IE students who meet the prerequisites (for example, IE 48100 - Introduction to System Simulation). This policy also includes courses approved as IE 49000 taken as part of a Semester Exchange program and approved for use in this capacity by the IE Undergraduate Committee or their designee.

2.2. Other Technical Elective Courses

Additional IE courses taken are allowable to contribute to the remaining 9 credit hours of technical electives, within the following guidelines:

1.) IE 5XX00-level courses, provided they are titled and open to all students who meet the prerequisites.

2.) IE 4XX00-level courses, provided they are not required for the degree and open to all students who meet the prerequisites.

2.) IE 49000 - Independent Study courses; any course with this listing must have special approval by the IE Undergraduate Office to be considered for technical elective credit. Details about the process for approval are given in Section 3. (up to 6 credit hours).

3.) IE 49900 (Reserved for Engineering Honors students; up to 6 credit hours).

4.) IE 49500 (Reserved for Co-Op students; student must complete 3 semesters to earn TE credit)

Students are encouraged to consult the list of pre-approved technical electives contained in the Appendix for potential IE 4XX00 and IE 5XX00-level courses that meet the above guidelines.

Students in IE are encouraged to choose technical elective courses from outside the department if such courses align with their career goals. Each IE student has the option to take up to 9 credit hours of non-IE courses to complete the technical elective requirements. The Appendix contains a list of numerous pre-approved courses offered by other departments.

The general criteria for non-IE courses that may be considered for TE credit are provided below. If a course satisfies the below criteria, but is not on the list of pre-approved TE courses then it is subject to approval by the IE Undergraduate Office. Details about the process for approval are given in Section 3.

1.) 30000-level or higher level course taken in any other engineering school that are not duplicates of IE courses.

2.) PHYS courses at a level higher than PHYS 24100

3.) CHM courses at a level higher than CHM 11600

4.) MA courses at a level higher than or equal to MA 34100

5.) CS courses at a level higher than or equal to CS 18200, excluding CS 23500

2.3. Prohibited Courses

A prohibited course is a course deemed to have sufficient overlap in course material with an IE course so as to be considered an equivalent course. A list of known prohibited courses is as follows:

• MGMT 20010 (Course is intended for Technology students)
  • *** This course is not to be confused with MGMT 20000 - Introductory Accounting, which is an approved TE.
• MGMT 30500 (IE 23000/33000)
• MGMT 30600 (IE 33500/33600)
• MGMT 30400/31000 (IE 34300)
• MGMT 36100 (IE 38300)
• ECON 36000 (IE 33000/34300)

Note 1: IE courses in parentheses indicate the courses with which the prohibited courses have a material coverage overlap.

Note 2: Most of the above listed courses are useful for the MGMT or ECON minors. A student may still take these courses to satisfy minor requirements, but they will not be used towards the IE plan of study.

2.4. EPICS

Many students choose to participate in Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) during their time at Purdue. These projects include designing, building, and deploying real systems to solve engineering-based problems for local as well as global community service and education organizations.

Students can earn credit for EPICS participation from freshman through senior year with a variable credit hour structure. Freshman and sophomore level students earn 1 credit hour per semester of involvement in EPICS projects. Juniors and seniors can earn either 1 or 2 credit hours per semester of involvement.

All EPICS (EPCS) courses, including those at the 100- to 200- level, up to a maximum of three (3) credits can be used towards the 9 credit hours of technical elective courses that do not need to originate from within IE. If EPCS courses are used to satisfy the Science, Technology, & Society foundational learning outcome as part of the general education program, then those credits cannot be used to count towards technical elective requirements.

2.5 Courses offered by the Purdue Polytechnic Institute

No course offered by the Purdue Polytechnic Institute can be counted towards the IE plan of study unless it is used to satisfy a foundational learning outcome, or otherwise approved as part of the General Education program.

3. Special Approvals for Non-Pre-Approved Technical Elective Courses

Students must petition for a course to be counted as a technical elective if it is not listed on the Pre-Approved list of courses contained in the Appendix. Each course will be evaluated by the IE Undergraduate Office based on the description of a technical elective course given in Section 1, and any additional factors deemed necessary.

To petition for a course approval, the following process must be observed.

1. A student must obtain a “Elective Approval Request Form” (accessible from the IE undergraduate studies webpage).

2. The student must fill in the course information required on the form and attach a syllabus for the course in question. In addition, the student must write a short synopsis of how the course fits the requirements of a technical elective described in Section 1, and its value towards his/her undergraduate education. (Note: a syllabus is required for any course taken at another university.)

3. Student returns the completed form to the IE Undergraduate Office for final processing and decision.

Each student is notified via email if the course is approved or not. All documentation is stored in the student’s permanent record.

3.1 Special Approval for Independent Study Courses

These courses are intended to allow IE undergraduates to engage in independent study and individual or small group research projects under the direction of a faculty member. Projects of this kind may be initiated by students or faculty members, but registration and approval of these courses must follow the following process.

3.1.1 Registration for an IE 49000 - Independent Study Course

1. The student must identify a faculty sponsor.

2. The student and faculty member must discuss and agree to the content and focus of the course and the course expectations for both members. Once agreed to a proposal for the project and a list of deliverables must be documented on the “Independent Study Proposal Approval Form” (available on the IE undergraduate advisors).

3. Pick up a Form VT (Variable Title Course Designation Form) here: http://www.purdue.edu/registrar/documents/forms/Form-VT.pdf.

Process for completing the Form VT:

1. Student should fill out items 1-6, the title of the course, and sign (under Authorizations section of the form).

2. Student obtains signature of faculty member sponsoring the course.

3. Return the completed form to the IE undergraduate office for additional signatures. The completed “Independent Study Proposal Approval Form” should be delivered along with the completed Form VT.

4. Once the final signatures are obtained, the student will be notified that the form is ready for pickup so the student may collect from the IE UG office and deliver to the Office of the Registrar for final processing.

The documentation provided to the IE undergraduate office satisfies the information requirement for approval for TE credit as described in Section 3.

IE 49000 - Independent Study courses are typically for 3 credit hours. A student should expect to work 3 hours per week for each credit hour. This means that a student and faculty member should plan on developing a course that requires at least 9 hours per week of work. IE 49000 - Independent Study courses can be created for less than 3 credit hours, but this severely limits the usage of the course on the IE plan of study due to the student needing to make up the remaining credit hours from additional courses. All IE 49000 - Independent Study courses must be taken for a letter grade in order to be used for TE credit.

• IE 47000 - Manufacturing Processes II
• IE 48100 - Introduction To System Simulation
• IE 47200 - Imagine, Model, Make
• IE 48400 - Integrated Production Systems II
• IE 49000 - Special Topics In Industrial Engineering
• IE 52500 - Healthcare Delivery Systems
• IE 53000 - Quality Control
• IE 53200 - Reliability
• IE 53300 - Industrial Applications Of Statistics
• IE 53500 - Linear Programming
• IE 53600 - Stochastic Models In Operations Research I
• IE 53700 - Discrete Optimization Models And Algorithms
• IE 53800 - Nonlinear Optimization Algorithms And Models
• IE 54100 - Nature-Inspired Computation
• IE 54500 - Engineering Economic Analysis
• IE 54600 - Economic Decisions In Engineering
• IE 55600 - Job Design
• IE 55800 - Safety Engineering
• IE 55900 - Cognitive Engineering Of Interactive Software
• IE 56100 - Introduction To Convex Optimization
• IE 56600 - Production Management Control
• IE 57000 - Manufacturing Process Engineering
• IE 57400 - Industrial Robotics And Flexible Assembly
• IE 57700 - Human Factors In Engineering
• IE 57800 - Applied Ergonomics
• IE 57900 - Design And Control Of Production And Manufacturing Systems
• IE 58000 - Systems Simulation
• IE 58100 - Simulation Design And Analysis
• IE 58200 - Advanced Facilities Design
• IE 58300 - Design And Evaluation Of Material Handling Systems
• IE 58800 - e-Work And e-Service
• IE 59000 - Topics In Industrial Engineering
• AAE 56100 - Introduction To Convex Optimization
• AGEC 33100 - Principles Of Industrial Selling

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• AGEC 33000 - Management Methods For Agricultural Business
• AGEC 41200 - Farm Business Management Workshop
• AGRY 33700 - Environmental Hydrology
• ANTH 38400 - Designing For People: Anthropological Approaches
• CE 35500 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability OR
• EEE 35500 - Engineering Environmental Sustainability

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• CE 36100 - Transportation Engineering
• CE 40800 - Geographic Information Systems In Engineering
• CS 30700 - Software Engineering I
• CS 31400 - Numerical Methods
• ECE 26400 - Advanced C Programming
• ECE 30010 - Introduction To Machine Learning And Pattern Recognition
• ECON 45100 - Game Theory
• ECON 46100 - Industrial Organization
• ECON 46600 - International Economics
• ECON 51100 - Intermediate Economics I
• ECON 51200 - Intermediate Economics II
• ECON 56200 - Econometrics I
• ENGR 30500 - Fundamentals Of Innovation Theory And Practice
• ENTR 48000 - Entrepreneurship Capstone
• ENTR 48100 - Consulting For Emerging Enterprises
• ENTR 48200 - Venture Planning Capstone
• MA 30100 - An Introduction To Proof Through Real Analysis
• MA 34100 - Foundations Of Analysis
• MA 35301 - Linear Algebra II
• MA 36200 - Topics In Vector Calculus
• MA 37300 - Financial Mathematics
• MA 38500 - Introduction To Logic
• MA 41600 - Probability
• MA 45300 - Elements Of Algebra I
• MA 46000 - Geometry
• MA 51000 - Vector Calculus
• MA 51100 - Linear Algebra With Applications
• ME 27400 - Basic Mechanics II
• MGMT 20000 - Introductory Accounting
• MGMT 20100 - Management Accounting I
• MGMT 25400 - Legal Foundations Of Business I
• MGMT 26100 - Introduction To Supply Chain Management
• MGMT 32300 - Principles Of Marketing
• MGMT 32400 - Marketing Management
• MGMT 35000 - Intermediate Accounting I
• MGMT 35100 - Intermediate Accounting II
• MGMT 38200 - Management Information Systems
• MGMT 40500 - Six Sigma And Quality Analytics
• MGMT 41100 - Investment Management
• MGMT 41150 - Futures And Options
• MGMT 41250 - Fixed Income Securities
• MGMT 41300 - Corporate Finance
• MGMT 41310 - Financial Data Analysis And Modeling
• MGMT 41500 - International Financial Management
• MGMT 41601 - Corporate Mergers And Acquisitions
• MGMT 42000 - Consumer Analytics
• MGMT 42110 - Marketing Analytics
• MGMT 42300 - New Product Development
• MGMT 42210 - International Marketing
• MGMT 42500 - Marketing Research
• MGMT 44301 - Management Of Human Resources
• MGMT 44362 - Leadership & Organizational Change
• MGMT 44690 - Negotiation And Decision Making
• MGMT 44810 - Technology Strategy
• MGMT 45500 - Legal Background For Business I
• MGMT 46300 - Supply Chain Analytics
• MGMT 47300 - Data Mining
• MGMT 48400 - Management Of Entrepreneurial Ventures
• MGMT 48800 - Data-Driven Decisions In Digital Markets
• MSE 23000 - Structure And Properties Of Materials
• OBHR 33000 - Introduction To Organizational Behavior
• PSY 27200 - Introduction To Industrial-Organizational Psychology
• PSY 31000 - Sensory And Perceptual Processes
• PSY 31400 - Introduction To Learning
• PSY 47500 - Work Motivation And Job Satisfaction
• SOC 31600 - Industry And Society
• SOC 38300 - Introduction To Research Methods In Sociology
• SOC 57200 - Comparative Healthcare Systems
• STAT 41600 - Probability
• STAT 41700 - Statistical Theory
• STAT 51200 - Applied Regression Analysis
• STAT 51300 - Statistical Quality Control
• STAT 51400 - Design Of Experiments
• STAT 51500 - Statistical Consulting Problem
• STAT 51600 - Basic Probability And Applications
• STAT 51700 - Statistical Inference

Industrial Engineering General Education Requirements

GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

1.)  The General Education Program for Engineering Students

While a comprehensive understanding of science and mathematics is central and foundational to effective engineering practice, real-world engineering problems are both complex and situated within dynamic social, political, and cultural contexts. Therefore, well-rounded engineering curricula must also include courses that encompass the breadth of human experience and culture, both past and present. Such courses may include, but are not limited to, those that explore individual behavior, social and political structures, aesthetic values, modes and dynamics of communication, philosophical and ethical thought, and cognitive processes. These types of courses provide engineering students with a framework for rational inquiry, critical evaluation, and judgment when dealing with issues that are non-quantifiable, ambiguous, and/or controversial. In addition, they offer engineering students the opportunity to develop interests and insights that will deepen their appreciation for the diversity of the world in which they live and work.

Based on these premises, the goals of the College of Engineering General Education Program are to

• Provide the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
• Support and complement the technical content of the engineering curricula through coursework that emphasizes such skills as written communication, oral communication, information literacy, cultural awareness, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, and managing change.

These goals are consistent with the objectives of the College of Engineering’s Engineer of 2020 initiative (Engineering Faculty Document 15-06 - April 9, 2007), as well as the objectives of Purdue University’s Undergraduate Outcomes-Based Curriculum (University Senate Document 11-7  - February 20, 2012).

2.)  Program Components

1. Foundational Learning Outcomes (FLOs) (The Science and Quantitative Reasoning Foundational Learning Outcomes are handled elsewhere in the engineering curricula.)

• Students must select from the list of courses approved by the University Core Council (UCC) to satisfy all six of the Foundational Learning Outcomes (available below)
  • Written Communication
  • Oral Communication
  • Information Literacy
  • Humanities
  • Behavior/Social Science
  • Science, Technology, & Society
    • (If a course taken to fulfill some other degree requirement has also been approved as satisfying one or more of these Foundational Learning Outcomes, then those Foundational Learning Outcomes need not be satisfied again within in the IE General Education Program.

1. Students must earn a C- or better in order to receive credit towards meeting each Foundational Learning Outcome listed above and this General Education Program.
2. At least 24 total credit hours are required.
3. At least 12 credit hours must be taken from the College of Liberal Arts, the Krannert School of Management, and/or the Honors College provided such courses are not focused primarily on engineering, technology, the natural sciences, or mathematics.
4. At least 6 credit hours must come from courses at the 30000-level or above, or from courses with a required prerequisite in the same department (e.g. SPAN 10200 requires SPAN 10100 as a pre-requisite).
5. Courses from the Colleges of Engineering, and Science, and Purdue Polytechnic can only be used towards the general education program if they satisfy FLOs, or if they are approved by the IE Undergraduate Committee (or designee). A list of approved courses from these Colleges is provided in Section 4.
6. If EPCS courses are used to fulfill a General Education requirement, they may not be used to fulfill a Technical Elective requirement in IE.
7. Courses must be drawn from either the list of courses approved by the University Core Council (UCC) as meeting an FLO, or from the following Colleges/Schools/Departments*:
   1. College of Health and Human Sciences
   2. College of Liberal Arts
   3. Krannert School of Management
   4. Entrepreneurship
   5. Department of Agricultural Economics
   6. Interdisciplinary Studies
8. Credit is not allowed for language courses in the student’s native tongue(s), although literature, culture, drama, and related courses are allowed. *Special consideration may be given to courses outside of these Colleges/Schools/Departments at the discretion of the IE undergraduate committee (or their designee). Excluded courses from the above Colleges/Schools/Departments will be at the discretion of the IE undergraduate committee (or their designee).

3.) Course Listing for Foundational Learning Outcomes

The courses used for meeting the Foundational Learning Outcomes is maintained by the Undergraduate Curriculum Council.

4.) List of Colleges/Schools/Departments eligible for GE courses

The following is a listing of the Colleges, Schools, and Departments and the course IDs associated with each. Unless a course is specifically excluded from the GE program within an otherwise approved college/school/department, any course is eligible within the below lists provided it does not focus primarily on engineering, technology, the natural science, or mathematics. Contact the IE advising office if you have concerns about a course qualifying as a GE.

•  College of Health and Human Sciences:
  • American Sign Language (ASL)
  • Consumer Science & Retailing (CSR)
  • Human Development & Family Studies (HDFS)
  • Health & Human Sciences (HHS)
  • Health & Kinesiology (HK)
  • Health Sciences (HSCI)
  • Hospitality & Tourism Management (HTM)
  • Nursing (NUR)
  • Nutrition Science (NUTR)
  • Psychology (PSY)
  • Speech, Language & Hearing Science (SLHS)
  • Youth Development & Ag Education (YDAE)

• Krannert School of Management:
  • Economics (ECON)
  • Management (MGMT)
  • Organizational Behavior & Human Resources (OBHR)

• College of Liberal Arts:
  • African American Studies (AAS)
  • Art & Design (AD)
  • Afro-American Studies (AFRO)
  • American Studies (AMST)
  • Anthropology (ANTH)
  • Arabic (ARAB)
  • Asian American Studies (ASAM)
  • Classics (CLCS)
  • Comparative Literature (CMPL)
  • Communication (COM)
  • Dance (DANC)
  • English (ENGL)
  • Foreign Languages & Literatures (FLL)
  • French (FR)
  • Film & Video Studies (FVS)
  • German (GER)
  • Greek (GREK)
  • Hebrew (HEBR)
  • History (HIST)
  • Honors (HONR)
  • Interdisciplinary Studies (IDIS)
  • Italian (ITAL)
  • Japanese (JPNS)
  • Jewish Studies (JWST)
  • Latin American & Latino Studies (LALS)
  • Latin (LATN)
  • Languages & Cultures (LC)
  • Linguistics (LING)
  • Medieval & Renaissance Studies (MARS)
  • Military Science & Leadership (MSL)*
  • Music History & Theory (MUS)
  • Naval Science (NS)*
  • Philosophy (PHIL)
  • Political Science (POL)
  • Portuguese (PORT)
  • Religious Studies (REL)
  • Russian (RUSS)
  • Sociology (SOC)
  • Spanish (SPAN)
  • Theatre (THTR)
  • Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGSS)

* MSL or NS courses must be worth at least 3 credit hours

• Other Approved Catalog Listings:
  • Entrepreneurship (ENTR)
  • Department of Agricultural Economics (AGEC)
  • Engineering Project Community Service (EPCS) - 3 credit hours required

4.1) List of Prohibited Courses

This is not an exhaustive list and will be updated at least once per academic year.

• MGMT 20010
• MGMT 30400/31000
• MGMT 30500
• MGMT 30600
• MGMT 36100
• MGMT 40500
• ECON 36000
• ECON 45100
• NUTR 30300
• PSY 20100
• PSY 20300
• PSY 30600
• SOC 38200
• SOC 38300
• EDPS 10500
• EAPS courses (can only be used to satisfy the one Science, Technology, and Society (STS) outcome)
• STAT 30100

4.2) List of Approved Courses from the Colleges of Engineering, Science, or Purdue Polytechnic

* This list only includes courses that are not useful in satisfying Foundational Learning Outcomes.

• ME 49700 (Intercultural Teamwork)
• ME 29700 (Chinese Culture)

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STUDENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROVISIONS FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ARE SATISFIED AS A CONDITION OF GRADUATION.