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BSIE Program Mission:

To produce industrial engineering leaders who design and improve operations in industry, business, and government for the global economy of the 21st century. Specifically, we seek:
  • To provide graduates with the necessary knowledge and skills to assume challenging jobs in leading private and public organizations, pursue advanced studies, or start-up their own businesses.
  • To provide employers with graduates who are technically competent, have basic management and inter-personal skills, and ability to professionally grow and develop their careers.
  • To provide the society with graduates who conduct themselves professionally and ethically and who appreciate the impact and importance of their work on society.

BSIE Program Educational Objectives

  1. To produce graduates who assume challenging or satisfying positions in the private and public sectors.
  2. To produce graduates who achieve professional growth through advanced studies and/or career development activities.
  3. To produce industrial engineering professionals who recognize that engineering is a global service profession that must be practiced ethically, with integrity, honesty, and objectivity.

BSIE Program Learning Outcomes:

  1. BSIE graduates will demonstrate knowledge of math, science, and engineering fundamentals.
  2. BSIE graduates will demonstrate competence in the professional practice of industrial engineering, effectively using technical skills.
  3. BSIE graduates will demonstrate competence in the professional practice of industrial engineering, effectively using communication and life skills.
  4. BSIE graduates will understand the leadership responsibilities of a practicing engineer.
  5. BSIE graduates seeking professional employment or admission to graduate education programs will gain employment
  6. BSIE graduates will demonstrate academic competence and industrial engineering skills.
  7. BSIE graduates will demonstrate their ability to communicate through written and oral reports.
  8. BSIE graduates will demonstrate their ability to apply their industrial engineering skills in an experiential manner.

ABET Criteria Outcomes

Engineering programs must demonstrate that their students attain:

 
a.
   an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
 
b.
   an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
 
c.
   an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability
 
d.
   an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
 
e.
   an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
 
f.
   an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
 
g.
   an ability to communicate effectively
 
h.
   the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context
 
i.
   a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in life-long learning
 
j.
   a knowledge of contemporary issues
 
k.
   an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.