Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering

Admission to the Ph.D. program is based on a vote of the deparmental graduate committee.

With an M.S. degree	Hours
One class from 5 of 6 core areas Optimization IMSE 780, 881 or 882 Stoch Proc. IMSE 865, 866 or 971 Statistics IMSE 841, STAT 713, 720 or 722 Prod. and Inv. IMSE 811 Ergo. and Dec. The. IMSE 751, 822 or 850 Manufacturing IMSE 825 or 868	15**
Maximum credit for M.S.	30
Additional credit hours	15
Ph.D. research hours	30
Total graduate credit hours	90*

 

Without an M.S. degree	Hours
One class from 5 of 6 core areas Optimization IMSE 780, 881 or 882 Stoch Proc. IMSE 865, 866 or 971 Statistics IMSE 841, STAT 713, 720 or 722 Prod. and Inv. IMSE 811 Ergo. and Dec. The. IMSE 751, 822 or 850 Manufacturing IMSE 825 or 868	15**
Additional graded courses	24
Additional credit hours	21
Ph.D. research hours	30
Total graduate credit hours	90*

Additional graded courses must be courses that are awarded a letter grade.

Additional credit hours can be graded courses or taken for credit/no credit such as Ph.D. research.

If the Graduate School approves less than 30 hours of credit for an master's degree, then the remainder of the 30 hours (up to a maximum of 24 hours) must be taken as additional graded courses. These additional hours must be graded courses.

^{*Students are required to enroll in the graduate seminar, IMSE 892, each semester.}

^{**A student may satisfy a core course requirement by passing an examination. In such a situation, the student may take an additional 3 hours of graduate graded courses in place of a core course.}