Industrial Engineering, MS

Contact Information

Dr. Jeffrey C. Woldstad, Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
LIB 144
(605) 394-2628
E-mail: Jeffrey.Woldstad@sdsmt.edu

Department Website

Students are responsible for checking with their advisors for any program modifications that may occur after the publication of this catalog.

MS in Industrial Engineering

The MS in Industrial Engineering is a research oriented on-campus degree program offered with a thesis option. Students interested in either a distance/online program or a non-thesis option are referred to the MS in Engineering Management.

SD Mines students admitted to the Accelerated MS option may apply up to 9 credits of 500/600 level courses taken as an undergraduate to both the BS and MS degrees.

Degree requirements for thesis option

Distribution of credits

Core requirements: 9 credits
Research or project requirements: 6 credits
Elective requirements: 15 credits
Total credits: 30

A minimum of 15 credits of the 30 required must be taken at the 600 level or above.

Core requirements

Research or project requirements

The completion of a master’s thesis, approved by the student’s graduate committee and the Dean of Graduate Education, is required for this degree.

ENGM 798 Thesis Credits: 1 to 6 *
*At least 6 credits of ENGM 798 are required for this degree. No more than 6 credits of ENGM 798 may be counted toward the degree.

Elective requirements

At least 15 credits of electives are required

Elective courses must be 500 level or above and be approved by the student’s advisory committee. Potential Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management elective courses are listed below.

ENGM 615 Nonparametric Statistics Credits: 3
ENGM 620 Quality Management Credits: 3
ENGM 621 Statistical Process Control Credits: 3
ENGM 625 Innovation and Commercialization Credits: 3
ENGM 632 Stochastic Models in Operations Research Credits: 3
ENGM 640 Business Strategy Credits: 3
ENGM 642 Engineering Management and Labor Relations Credits: 3
ENGM 650 Safety Management Credits: 3
ENGM 655 Ergonomics for Managers Credits: 3
ENGM 745 Forecasting for Business and Technology Credits: 3
ENGM 792 Topics Credits: 1 to 3
IENG 515 Decision Analysis Credits: 3
IENG 531 Industrial Hygiene Credits: 3
IENG 555 Supply Chain Management and Logistics Credits: 3
IENG 592 Topics Credits: 1 to 3

Examinations

A thesis prospectus, thesis defense, and oral final examination are required for this degree. Consult the program for details.

Additional requirements

In addition to these degree-specific requirements, the student must also meet the requirements and policies applied to all graduate degrees by the Council of Graduate Education.

Objectives and Outcomes

Student Outcomes:

Apply operations research methods to solve engineering problems;
Use ergonomic and safety tools to reduce the incidence of occupational injury and illness;
Effectively control production systems using project management and/or process control tools;
Use scientific methods to perform and critically evaluate engineering research.