The dual Master of Science in Industrial Engineering/Master of Business Administration (MSIE/MBA) Program is open to highly qualified individuals who hold a baccalaureate degree in industrial engineering from an accredited college of university. It is designed to serve those students who wish to combine the specialized skills of the industrial engineer with the general knowledge of the professional manager. The complex problems facing today’s organizations often require that the engineer’s analytical ability be applied simultaneously with the manager’s integrative perspective. The dual program has been carefully structured to meet the student’s educational goals while minimizing the course work necessary for obtaining both degrees.
Application/Admission
Students must apply to each program separately, and will need approval from each program to enter the dual program. One university application and fee is sufficient, but each program may have additional individual requirements. These individual requirements are available from the programs directly or at their web sites. Students may take either the GMAT or the GRE examination for consideration for admission to the IMSE program. The MBA program requires the GMAT examination.
MSIE/MBA Curriculum
In conjunction with their advisor, each student may arrange their schedule of MSIE/MBA course to meet their individual needs. However, it is generally suggested that dual program students take nine hours of MSIE courses each of their first two semesters. In their second year, they would take about nine hours each semester of MBA courses and also begin their MSIE thesis. In their third year they would complete MBA course work and their thesis. They would graduate from both programs when they have completed the requirements for both.
Total program requirements include thirty-five hours of MBA course and six hours of IMSE electives for a total of forty-one credits for their MBA and eighteen hours of IMSE course and twelve hours of MBA courses for a total of thirty hours for the MSIE degree. The total number of credit hours for the two degrees would be fifty-three.
MBA Program Requirements
Typical MSIE students would waive the following MBA courses based on undergraduate and/or graduate equivalents:
Waived Prerequisites
- Microeconomics
- Calculus
- Statistics
Waived Foundation and Upper Level Courses
- BA 7050 Communications Practice
- BA 7340 Organizational Ethics
- BA 8020 Seminar 2
- BA 8040 Seminar 3
- BA 8600 Consulting Project
- Fin 7440 Managerial Finance
- Mgmt 7430 Production/Operations Management
- Mgmt 7400 Computer App/Plan & Decision Making
- Mgmt 7410 Management Information Systems
Required Foundational and Upper Level Courses
- Acct 7310 Managerial Accounting
- BA 7300 Business Law
- BA 8010 Seminar 1
- BA 8500 Team Case Project
- Econ 7332 Microeconomics for Managers
- Fin 8070 Security Markets and Investments
- Mkt 7460 Managerial Marketing
- Mkt 8050 Marketing Strategy
- Mgmt 7380 Organizational Behavior and Management
- Mgmt 8970 Business Environment and Policy
- 9 hours of emphasis
- 6 hours of MSIE credit as MBA electives
MSIE Program Requirements
Students must take IMSE 8110 - Engineering Experimentation, and two core courses in their focus area. In addition, they must take one core course from a different focus area and six hours of research credit for their thesis. These eighteen hours of IMSE courses will appear on the DM1 Plan of Study as the IMSE degree requirements. They cannot be used as shared credit. The additional twelve hours of coursework will consist of MBA courses.
The three focus areas and their cores courses in each are:
- OR/Systems Science
- IMSE 8210 Operations Research-Discrete Models
- IMSE 8230 Operations Research-Stochastic Models
- Manufacturing and Service Systems
- IMSE 8550 Advanced CAD/CAM
- IMSE 8310 Advanced Integrated Production Systems
- Enterprise Information Systems
- IMSE 8730 Strategic Enterprise Management
- IMSE 8410 Advanced Management Information Systems Design
Or - IMSE 8030 Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Systems
Sample Program
- Semester 1
- 9 hours of IMSE courses
- Semester 2
- 9 hours of IMSE courses
- Semester 3
- Acct 7310
- Econ 7332
- BA 7300
- BA 8010 (over two semesters)
- Semester 4
- Mkt 7460
- Fin elective
- Mgmt 7380
- Semester 5
- BA 8550
- Mkt elective
- 3 hours of emphasis
- Semester 6
- Mgmt 8970
- 6 hours of emphasis
Students in the Dual MSIE/MBA Program are required to file a set of different forms with the Graduate School. These forms are specifically designed for those who are participating in the dual program. Please note that the Plan of Study for the Dual Master’s Degree will contain courses for the first degree, the second degree, and shared coursework. Only courses applicable to each degree program should be listed in each of the first two categories. The third category (shared coursework) will contain all courses that will count in both degree programs but do not appear in the required course categories for each degree (i.e., courses required in the MSIE program (IMSE 8110, 2 courses in the emphasis area, 1 course from the second emphasis area, and 6 hours of research) cannot be used as shared coursework.) Since the MBA program does not require a thesis, the Request for Dual Master’s Degree Thesis Committees will only include committee members for the MSIE thesis program. Make sure that you indicate on the form whether IMSE is your primary program or your secondary program and fill out the section of the form that is applicable to that specific program. The Dual Degree Report of the Master’s Examining Committee will only contain the signatures of the master’s thesis committee in IMSE.
