A. Thesis Option

Table 1 shows the courses in the MSISE degree program for the thesis option. The thesis option is designed for those students who want a research experience and for those who might want to pursue a doctoral degree after graduation. The program offers flexibility in the number of credit hours devoted to the thesis, with a requirement of either six or nine credits of research and thesis. For the six-credit thesis option, the student will choose four Elective courses, one from each Elective area for a total of twelve credits. For the nine-credit option, the student will choose one course from each of three Elective areas for a total of nine credits. Thesis-option students take only three credits of a technical elective.

Table 1. Planned Courses for the MSISE Program – Thesis Option

Course Type	Course Number and Title	Thesis Credit Hours
Core	EMGT 6300 Decision Analysis	3
Core	ENGR 6200 Statistical Inference for Engineers	3
Core	ISE 6500 Human Factors in Systems Design	3
Core	ISE 6920 ISE Professionalism	1
Core - Thesis	ISE 6990 Research and Thesis	6-9
Management Elective Area	EMGT 6100 Engineering Management or EMGT 6210 Project Management I	9-12**
Economics Elective Area	ISE 5710 Economic Evaluation of Engr. Projects* or ISE 6800 Systems Engr. and Life-Cycle Economics
Modeling Elective Area	ISE 5410 Systems Simulation or ISE 6460 Optimization Methods
Application Elective Area	ISE/ENGR/VE 5500 Reliability & Quality Engineering. or ME 5450 Design for Manufacturability or ISE 6970 Special Topics in ISE
Technical Elective – Thesis Option	MATH 6070 Applied Linear Statistical Methods I or MATH 6170 Experimental Design I	3
Total	Minimum Requirements***	31

*ISE 5710 is required for both project and thesis options if the student’s undergraduate curriculum did not include a course in Engineering Economics.

**For the thesis option, one 3-credit course from each of three areas (a total of 9 credits) is required if the student’s program specifies 9 credits of thesis coursework. One 3-credit course from each of the four areas (a total of 12 credits) is required if the student’s program specifies 6 credits of thesis coursework.

***A maximum of nine credits of 5000-level coursework is permitted.

B. Project Option

Table 2 shows the courses in the MSISE degree program for the project option. The project option is designed for students who are interested in applying industrial and systems engineering methods as a practitioner in industry or other organizations after graduation or in their current job. A three-credit professional project course is required, along with one course from each of four Elective areas, a total of twelve credits, and six credits of technical electives.

Table 2. Planned Courses for the MSISE Program – Project Option

Course Type	Course Number and Title	Project Credit Hours
Core	EMGT 6300 Decision Analysis	3
Core	ENGR 6200 Statistical Inference for Engineers	3
Core	ISE 6500 Human Factors in Systems Design	3
Core	ISE 6920 ISE Professionalism	1
Core - Project	ISE 6950 Professional Project	3
Management Elective Area	EMGT 6100 Engineering Management or EMGT 6210 Project Management I	12**
Economics Elective Area	ISE 5710 Economic Evaluation of Engr. Projects* or ISE 6800 Systems Engr. and Life-Cycle Economics
Modeling Elective Area	ISE 5410 Systems Simulation or ISE 6460 Optimization Methods
Application Elective Area	ISE/ENGR/VE 5500 Reliability & Quality Engineering. or ME 5450 Design for Manufacturability or ISE 6970 Special Topics in ISE
Technical Electives – Project Option	MATH 6070 & 6080 Applied Linear Statistical Methods I & II or MATH 6170 & 6180 Experimental Design I & II or MATH 6070 Applied Linear Statistical Methods I & MATH 6170 Experimental Design I	6
Total	Minimum Requirements****	31

*ISE 5710 is required for both project and thesis options if the student’s undergraduate curriculum did not include a course in Engineering Economics.

**For the project option, one 3-credit course from each of the four areas is required for a total of 12 credits.

***A maximum of nine credits of 5000-level coursework is permitted.

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