Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering (Non-Thesis)

On-Campus and Fully Online

Coursework-only Master’s degree – 31 hours

There are four required courses:

• INSY 6600 (Prerequisite Information) – Engineering Economic Systems (Offered Spring semester on campus and online; offered Summer semester only online)         
• INSY 7300 – Advanced Engineering Statistics (Fall semester only)
• INSY 7420 – Linear Programming and Network Flows (Spring semester only)
• INSY 7950 – Seminar (1 Credit Hour) (Spring semester only)

Background Course Material
We assume that you have the equivalent of an undergraduate IE degree:

• Calculus-based probability and statistics (STAT3600/3610)
• Operations research (INSY 3400/3401)
• Engineering Economy (INSY 3600)
• Other IE background (methods engineering, work measurement, safety, ergonomics, simulation, operations, manufacturing systems, quality control, etc.)
  
  For more information about the required background, please click here.

There are four additional required INSY Electives. An INSY Elective is any 3-hour graduate course with INSY pre-fix.

Advance approval from the Graduate Program Advisor is required to enroll in the following courses:

• INSY 7940 ISE Problems
• INSY 7980 ISE Project

There are three additional required INSY or INSY-related Electives.  An INSY-related Elective may have an INSY prefix or other prefix, such as BUSI 7140.  Students can take all of their courses as INSY courses and are recommended to do so if they do not have an undergraduate degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.  STAT 7000 may not be counted for this degree.

All graduate level courses are numbered 6000 and above, e.g. INSY 6600, INSY 7300, or INSY 8250.  There is no substantive difference in the level 6xxx and level 7xxx courses. The courses numbered 8xxx are usually only taken by PhD students; individual instructors can make exceptions. Online courses are delineated by the section number beginning with the letter D, such as INSY 6600-D01. All graduate level courses are 3-semester hours unless otherwise specified. Please note that in-person proctoring for exams may be required for some online courses. Options are available within students' geographical location. 

*If unable to register for a course, please complete the INSY Course Request Form.

To see a listing of all INSY courses, click here.

All of our required courses are offered at least once per year; most elective courses are offered less frequently. Generally around five elective courses or more are offered each semester, including Summer.

The courses in our program can be taken in any order and prerequisites are generally not enforced at the Graduate level. Taking three courses (9 hours) is considered full-time for a Graduate student. Most online students take 1-2 courses per semester. Students have 6 years to complete the degree.