Core Courses

• INSY 6600 Manufacturing/Production Economics - (3). LEC. 3. Pr., INSY 3600. Continuation of INSY 3600. Emphasis on design economics and cost estimating techniques and applications to various manufacturing and service operations.
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• INSY 7300 Advanced Engineering Statistics I - (3). LEC. 3. Pr., STAT 3610. Advanced concepts of experimental design including blocked designs, analysis of variance regression approach, and fractional factorials in base-2 designs. Emphasis throughout is on developing and improving industrial products and processes. Credit will not be given for both INSY 7300 and STAT 7300.
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• INSY 7420 Linear Programming and Network Flows - (3). LEC. 3. Pr., INSY 3410 or departmental approval. Linear programming and network flows emphasizing algorithms and theory. 
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• INSY 7030 Manufacturing System Design and Operation - (3). LEC. 3. Pr., INSY 4700, INSY 3420 or Departmental approval. Modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems. Emphasis on the development of analytical models of serial production lines, flexible manufacturing systems, cellular systems, and facility layout and location problems.
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• INSY 7240 Production and Inventory Control Systems - (3). LEC. 3. Pr., INSY 3700. Theoretical foundations for the analysis and design of production and inventory control systems with emphasis on quantitative methods and current areas of research.
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• INSY 7400 Simulation Modeling and Analysis - (3). LEC. 3. Pr., STAT 3610 or departmental approval. Introduction to discrete event modeling and simulation. Fundamental concepts of Monte Carlo and discrete event simulation and the application of those concepts using commercial simulation software.
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• Either INSY6010 or INSY7060 
  • INSY 6010 Safety Engineering I - (3). LEC. 3. Pr., INSY 3020 or departmental approval. Occupational safety engineering and management with emphasis on control of hazardous materials, fire prevention, safety considerations in production facility design and maintenance, and operation of effective safety programs.
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  • INSY 7060 Ergonomics I - (3). LEC. 3. Overview of the human body systems and evaluation of the physiological response of the human body to occupational activities with emphasis on task design.
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  Ph.D. Eligibility: It is not necessary for a student to have a Masters degree to enter the PhD program.