THE PRACTICE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Mathematics & Quantitative Reasoning Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Define and explain common industrial engineering terminology Audience: Undergraduate 2. Give examples of career opportunities in industrial engineering Audience: Undergraduate 3. List the focus areas in industrial engineering and give a brief explanation of how each area uses industrial engineering principles Audience: Undergraduate 4. Give examples of problems in each area of industrial engineering Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify professional and academic development resources available to industrial engineering students Audience: Undergraduate 6. Investigate an open-ended industrial engineering problem and think critically about how to solve it Audience: Undergraduate 7. Analyze small datasets using Microsoft Excel Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Define and explain common industrial engineering terminology Audience: Undergraduate 2. Give examples of career opportunities in industrial engineering Audience: Undergraduate 3. List the focus areas in industrial engineering and give a brief explanation of how each area uses industrial engineering principles Audience: Undergraduate 4. Give examples of problems in each area of industrial engineering Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify professional and academic development resources available to industrial engineering students Audience: Undergraduate 6. Investigate an open-ended industrial engineering problem and think critically about how to solve it Audience: Undergraduate 7. Analyze small datasets using Microsoft Excel Audience: Undergraduate