Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Program format and minimum requirements
Admission to the Ph.D. program in the Department of Industrial Engineering is based on a vote of the deparmental graduate committee.
With an MS Degree | Hours | Without an MS 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** | 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 MS | 30 | Additional graded courses | 24 |
Additional credit hours | 15 | Additional credit hours | 21 |
Ph.D. research hours | 30 | Ph.D. Research hours | 30 |
Total graduate credit hours | 90* | 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 MS 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.
