Program: Industrial Engineering BS - Texas Tech University - Modern Campus Catalog™

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Mar 29, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Communication Literacy Requirement

Communication Literacy courses for the industrial engineering major are IE 2401 and IE 4333 .

Recommended Foundational Curriculum for Engineering All Majors

First Year

Fall

ENGR 1330 - Computational Thinking with Data Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 1110 - Engineering Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1451 - Calculus I with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours AND
CHEM 1107 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

ENGR 1320 - Bio-Inspired Design for Engineers 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 2392 - Engineering Ethics and Its Impact on Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1452 - Calculus II with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1408 - Principles of Physics I 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Recommended Curriculum

Second Year

Fall

ME 2301 - Statics 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
CE 2301 - Statics 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 2311 - Computing for Industrial Engineers 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 2341 - Engineering Statistics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 2450 - Calculus III with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
ZOOL 2403 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 Semester Credit Hours
OR
CHEM 1308 - Principles of Chemistry II 3 Semester Credit Hours AND
CHEM 1108 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry II 1 Semester Credit Hours
OR
PHYS 2401 - Principles of Physics II 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 17

Spring

ME 2207 - Engineering Design Graphics 2 Semester Credit Hours
IE 2324 - Engineering Economic Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 2401 - Work Design for Production Operations 4 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 2360 - Linear Algebra 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3311 - Materials Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
Oral Communication 3 Semester Credit Hours*

Total: 18

Third Year

Fall

IE 3311 - Deterministic Operations Research 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 3329 - Fundamentals of Project Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 3346 - Quality Assurance and Engineering Statistics 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 3351 - Manufacturing Engineering I 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 18

Spring

IE 3312 - Probabilistic Operations Research 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 3328 - Manufacturing Systems Control 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 3342 - Engineering Statistics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 3352 - Manufacturing Engineering II 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Fourth Year

Fall

IE 4301 - Engineering Design for People 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 4316 - Simulation Systems Modeling 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 4351 - Facilities Planning and Design 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE/ENGR Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

IE 4306 - Advanced Systems Safety Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 4320 - Fundamentals of Systems 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 4333 - Senior Design Project 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE/ENGR Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
Creative Arts Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours*

Total: 15

Total Hours: 130

* Choose from the university’s core curriculum .

IE electives

from the following courses:

IE 4322 - Financial Systems for Engineers 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 4325 - Lean Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 4326 - Healthcare Management Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 4331 - Individual Studies in Industrial Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 4358 - 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, Fundamentals and Practices 3 Semester Credit Hours

Engineering electives

from the following courses:

CE 3302 - Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ME 2302 - Dynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
CE 3303 - Mechanics of Solids 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ME 3403 - Mechanics of Solids 4 Semester Credit Hours
CE 3305 - Mechanics of Fluids 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ME 3370 - Fluid Mechanics 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 3315 - Fluid Mechanics 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
CHE 3326 - Heat Transfer 3 Semester Credit Hours
OR
ME 3371 - Heat Transfer 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3301 - General Electrical Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
ECE 3306 - Network Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
ME 3322 - Engineering Thermodynamics II 3 Semester Credit Hours