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"description": "<p>The accelerated undergraduate/graduate program in Industrial Engineering allows highly qualified undergraduate majors in Industrial Engineering to begin taking graduate-level courses that will count toward their master's degree while completing their baccalaureate program. Participation will enable completion of the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Industrial Engineering in five instead of six years for students enrolled in full-time course work.</p><p>Industrial Engineering focuses on the design and improvement of systems, products, and processes. A total systems approach is used to optimize the various aspects of operations in both manufacturing and service industries. Industrial engineers use many analytical approaches to improve productivity, safety, and quality of working life while reducing operating costs.</p><p>The Industrial Engineering graduate programs are structured to support the emergence of Central Florida as a national center of high technology as well as supporting the diverse service industries in the region and throughout the nation.</p><p>Additional information can be found <a href=\"https://iems.ucf.edu/undergraduate/programs/\">here.</a></p><h2>Track Prerequisites</h2><p>A bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from UCF.</p><h2>Degree Requirements</h2><h3>Required Courses</h3> 12 Total Credits <ul><li>Complete all of the following<ul><li>Complete the following: <ul><li>ESI6551 - Systems Engineering (3)</li><li>ESI6224 - Quality Management (3)</li><li>ESI6247 - Experimental Design and Taguchi Methods (3)</li></ul></li><li>Complete at least 1 of the following: <ul><li>ESI5306 - Operations Research (3)</li><li>ESI6418 - Linear Programming and Extensions (3)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><h3>Elective Courses</h3> 12 Total Credits <ul><li>All students, both thesis and nonthesis, must take 12 credit hours of electives after consultation with their advisor. The program requirements are flexible enough to allow the students to tailor the coursework according to their desired educational and career goals. With the approval of their advisor and/or the graduate program director, students may select from the following groups of courses to satisfy the needs of their research goals or career objectives. To assist the students in achieving these goals and objectives, courses are grouped below to suggest focus areas, only as a guide to assist in advising and course selection. They are not intended to restrict elective choices among specialization areas, as the intent of the program is to help graduate students maintain an integrated approach to their studies. The listing of these courses does not guarantee that they will be offered by the department in a particular year or semester. In addition to the courses listed below, students may be allowed to take courses from the following disciplines at UCF, with the approval of the graduate program director, as an elective in their graduate program of study: Other Engineering programs Computer Science Mathematics Statistics Business Administration or Management </li></ul><h3>Focus Areas</h3> 12 Total Credits <ul><li>Complete 1 of the following<ul>Human System Engineering/Ergonomics<li>Earn at least 12 credits from the following: <ul><li>EIN5248 - Ergonomics (3)</li><li>EIN5251 - Usability Engineering (3)</li><li>EIN6258 - Human Computer Interaction (3)</li><li>EIN6271 - Human Reliability (3)</li></ul></li> Quality and Production Systems<li>Earn at least 12 credits from the following: <ul><li>ESI6225 - Quality Design and Control (3)</li><li>EIN6336 - Production and Inventory Control (3)</li><li>EIN5356 - Cost Engineering (3)</li><li>ESI5227 - Total Quality Improvement (3)</li></ul></li> Management Systems<li>Earn at least 12 credits from the following: <ul><li>EIN6182 - Engineering Management (3)</li><li>EIN5117 - Management Information Systems I (3)</li><li>EIN6370 - Innovation in Engineering Design (3)</li><li>EIN6339 - Operations Engineering (3)</li><li>EIN5108 - The Environment of Technical Organizations (3)</li></ul></li> Simulation, Optimization and Modeling<li>Earn at least 12 credits from the following: <ul><li>ESI6336 - Queueing Systems (3)</li><li>ESI6532 - Object-Oriented Simulation (3)</li><li>ESI5531 - Discrete Systems Simulation (3)</li><li>EIN5255C - Interactive Simulation (3)</li><li>EIN6528 - Simulation Based Life Cycle Engineering (3)</li><li>EIN6936 - Seminar in Advanced Industrial Engineering (3)</li><li>ESI6217 - Statistical Aspects of Digital Simulation (3)</li></ul></li> Systems Engineering<li>Earn at least 12 credits from the following: <ul><li>ESI6358 - Decision Analysis (3)</li><li>ESI5359 - Risk Assessment and Management (3)</li><li>EIN6215 - System Safety Engineering and Management (3)</li><li>ESI5236 - Reliability Engineering (3)</li><li>ESI5236 - Reliability Engineering (3)</li><li>ESI6891 - IEMS Research Methods (3)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><h3>Thesis/Nonthesis Option</h3> 6 Total Credits <ul><li>Complete 1 of the following<ul>Nonthesis Option<li>Complete all of the following<ul><li>Complete the following: <ul><li>EIN6950 - Industrial and Systems Engineering Capstone (3)</li></ul></li><li>Earn at least 3 credits from the following types of courses: Additional Elective Course. The nonthesis option requires a capstone course and an additional unrestricted elective course that supports the student's area of research and study interests. The capstone course should be completed toward the end of the student's graduate plan of study. As part of the requirements of these courses, students will complete an independent capstone project on a topic relevant to the industrial and systems engineering field and approved by the instructor. Students are expected to use and leverage knowledge obtained in the program to complete the project. This course serves as the culminating experience for students and shows their engagement in independent learning.</li></ul></li> Thesis Option<li>Earn at least 6 credits from the following types of courses: EIN 6971 Thesis The thesis option requires an additional 6 credit hours of thesis. Thesis students must complete an independent research project and write and successfully defend a thesis describing the project. Students may not register for thesis credit hours until an advisory committee has been appointed and the committee has reviewed the program of study and the proposed thesis topic. The College of Engineering and Computer Science requires that all thesis defense announcements are approved by the student's advisor and posted on the college's website (http://www.cecs.ucf.edu/graddefense/) and on the College of Graduate Studies Events Calendar at least two weeks before the defense date. </li></ul></li></ul><h4>Grand Total Credits: <strong>30</strong></h4><h2>Application Requirements</h2><h2>Financial Information</h2><p>Graduate students may receive financial assistance through fellowships, assistantships, tuition support, or loans. For more information, see the College of Graduate Studies Funding website, which describes the types of financial assistance available at UCF and provides general guidance in planning your graduate finances. The Financial Information section of the Graduate Catalog is another key resource.</p><h2>Fellowship Information</h2><p>Fellowships are awarded based on academic merit to highly qualified students. They are paid to students through the Office of Student Financial Assistance, based on instructions provided by the College of Graduate Studies. Fellowships are given to support a student's graduate study and do not have a work obligation. For more information, see UCF Graduate Fellowships, which includes descriptions of university fellowships and what you should do to be considered for a fellowship.</p><strong>Equipment Fee</strong><p>Full-time students in the Industrial Engineering MSIE program pay a $58 equipment fee each semester that they are enrolled. Part-time students pay $29 each semester that they are enrolled.</p><strong>Independent Learning</strong><p>A research project serves as the independent learning experience for thesis students. Nonthesis students are required to complete the department's capstone course toward the end of their program.</p>",
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