Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering
Major code BS7255

Upon graduation, you will be responsible for designing, analyzing, rationalizing, optimizing, and controlling these large-scale sociotechnical systems. You will also supervise the operation of these systems, taking into account such vital factors as quality, throughput, equipment utilization, costs, ecology, energy conservation, reliability, safety, and health.

As an industrial engineer, you will develop performance mmeasures and standards for equipment and workers to achieve more effective utilization. You will also apply engineering principles to design systems that meet the technical and economic requirements.

Consequently, the primary objective of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering is to produce engineers who are able to design, develop, and implement systems that integrate people, materials, equipment,information and energy. Graduates should have the necessary analytical and experimental skills to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.

To successfully address technical, business, societal, and ethical aspects in their engineered solutions, several necessary skills have been identified. These skills include:

• the ability to apply apropriate industrial engineering methods and techniques to complex systems

• the ability to apply concepts of engineering science, mathematics, physics and chemistry

• the ability to utilize software relevant to industrial and manufacturing systems engineering

• the ability to design, conduct and analyzestatistically-valid experiments

• interpersonal and professional communication

• teamwork and leadership

In addition, graduates should have a professoinal attitude demonstrated by:

• the identification and recognition of the need to continue learning by both formal and informal means;

• appreciation of the relevance of industrial engineering fundamentals and practice to non-manufacturing areas;

• integrity, cultural awareness, and ethical behavior

Courses in the first 1-2 years of the program are similar to the curricula of other engineering disciplines and provide the necessary foundation upon which advanced engineering work depends. The last two years of work provide the professional-level material, including instruction in analysis and computer applications necessary for the interdisciplinary engineering activities that are required of the modern industrial or manufacturing systems engineer.

An emphasis in the program is the development of good system design skills. In your senior year, you will complete ISE 445, a two-course sequence focusing on applied system design. In this course, you will work on a problem related to the design of an actual system, such as a manufacturing information system, an inventory control system, a material handling system, or a quality control system. The projects are provided by local industries that participate in our program. During the senior year, you will also take elective courses in the area that are closest to your career goals.

If you wish to increase the breadth or depth of your knowledge, the department offers courses leading to the M.S.I.S.E. and participates in the college's integrated Ph.D degree program.

Industrial and manufacturing systems engineers follow careers in many fields, including manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, government, banking, insurance, and hospitals. Because of their systems training and experience, many industrial and manufacturing systems engineers move into management positions after a few years on the job. Salaries are excellent and jobs are plentiful. Because of the increasing need for the U.S. to improve productivity to meet international competition, the need for industrial and manufacturing systems engineers in manufacturing and other organizations will remain high.

For more information, see the department's Web site: https://www.ohiou.edu./industrial/

An electronic version of this curriculum can be downloaded from the departmental web site in the form of a flow chart that shows the courses by quarter, including prerequisites.

Freshman
Fall

MATH 263A          Analytical Geometry and
                   Calculus                             4

ENG 151            Freshman Composition                 5

IT 101             Engineering Drawing                  4

CHEM 121           Princ. of Chemistry I                4
or CHEM 151        Fund. of Chemistry I              or 5

Winter

MATH 263B          Analytical Geometry and
                   Calculus                             4

ECON 103           Prin. Microeconomics                 4

COMS 103           Fund. of Public Speaking             4

CHEM 122           Princ. of Chemistry II               4
or CHEM 152        Fund. of Chemistry I1             or 5

Spring

MATH 263C          Analytic Geometry and
                   Calculus                             4

ET 280             Intro. to Engineering                4

ECON 104           Princ. of Macroeconomics             4

                   Free Elective (*)                    3


Sophomore
Fall

MATH 263D          Analytic Geometry and
                   Calculus                             4

PHYS 251           General Physics                      5

ISE 200            Intro to Computers and IE            4

ACCT 101           Financial Accounting                 4

Winter

PHYS 252           General Physics                      5

ISE 305            Engineering Statistics I             4

ISE 330            Engineering Economy                  3

MATH 211           Elementary Linear Algebra            4

Spring

PHYS 253           General Physics                      5

ISE 306            Engineering Statistics II            4

ISE 333            Work Design and Human Factors        5

                   Free Elective(*)                     3


Junior
Fall

ET 181             Computer Methods in Engineering      4

IT 117             Basic Metal Machining                4

                   Tier II Elective(*)                  4

EE 313             Basic Electrical Engr. I             3

Winter

ISE 439            Information Systems Engineering      4

ISE 435            Quality control and Reliability      3

ISE 432            Inventory and Manuf. Control I       4

                   ISE Elective(*)                      4

Spring

ENG 305J           Technical Writing                    4

ISE 432            Inventory and Manuf. Control I       4

ME 321             Intro to Thermodynamics              4
 
                   Business Elective(*)                 4

CE 220             Statistics                           4


Senior
Fall

ISE 440            Industrial Plant Design              4

ISE 433            Industrial Computer Simulation       4

                   ISE Electives (*)                    4

ISE 441            Intro to Operations Research         4

Winter

ISE 445A           Systems Design I                     2

CHE 331            Princ. of Engineering Matrls.        4

                   ISE Electives(*)                     4

                   Engineering Science
                   Elective(*)                        3-4

                   Tier III Elective                    4

Spring 

ISE 445B           Systems Design II                    4

                   ISE Elective(*)                      3

                   Math/Science Elective(*)             4

                   Free Electives(*)                  2-5

                   

• 15 hours in ISE elective courses

• 4 hours of mathematics or science selected from MATH 340, CHEM 123, CHEM 153, or PHYS 254

• 4 hours of business selected from BUSL 255, MGT 202, or MKT 202

• 3 to 4 hours of engineering science selected from EE 314, EE 315, CE 222, or ME 224

• 4 hours from Tier 2C or 2H courses

• 4 hours from Tier III courses.

• 8 to 11 hours to be freely chosen