Undergraduate Bulletin

Industrial Engineering

The Industrial Engineering minor is designed for students who wish to obtain a more thorough understanding of how engineering concepts can influence an organization and affect systems.  The minor in Industrial engineering encompasses technological management decision-making dealing with optimal utilization of operational systems, people, methods, materials, machines, and energy.  It addresses operational objectives of socio-technical applications and policy. Industrial engineers determine how to optimize systems for maximum efficiency, effectiveness, throughput, safety, or some other objective of importance to the system.  This is accomplished using engineering methods, techniques, principles, and practices. The Industrial Engineering minor is different from other engineering fields as it emphasizes quantitative, economic, and computer-aided approaches to production and service management problems.