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This program responds to a need at the country level for engineers that can manage and improve integrated systems of people, materials, information, facilities, and technology. The graduate program in Industrial Engineering and Management with emphasis in Engineering Management draws on LAU’s substantial and growing experience in undergraduate Industrial Engineering education to provide engineers coming from other engineering disciplines with a significant opportunity to specialize in the management and optimization of engineering systems. The graduate program in Industrial Engineering and Management is essentially a hybrid program that is built by combining specialized knowledge bases leading to a non-traditional interdisciplinary education. The knowledge bases referred to hereunder as concentrations areas consist in part of elective graduate-level courses from Industrial, Mechanical, and Civil Engineering programs, and graduate courses from Computer Science, Economics, Business, and International affairs graduate programs.
The program is open to applicants with B.E. or B.S. degrees in engineering disciplines other
than Industrial Engineering. Admission is granted only on a selective basis to students meeting
the following minimum requirements. Applicants must have a Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a Bachelor of Engineering degree
from an accredited college or university with a
minimum grade point average (GPA) equivalent
to 2.75 (on a 4-point scale) general or 2.75 in
the major.
The graduate program in Industrial Engineering
and Management with Emphasis in Engineering Management consists of 30 credit hours and
leads to a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management (Emphasis in Engineering Management).
In particular the degree requirements are:
The remaining courses may be taken from any
of the following concentrations areas:
CA_1 Optimization
CA_2
Production Systems and Manufacturing
CA_3
Infrastructure and Construction Management
CA_4 Finance and Economics
CA_5 Software
B.E. holders can transfer up to 6 credits from their B.E. degree provided that the student have scored at least B on each of these courses. Transfer of credits is governed by Graduate Program Rules and Regulations.
Courses eligible for graduate credit under this program are grouped into five concentration areas:
| Number | Course | Cr |
|---|---|---|
| INE700 | Advanced Statistics | 3 |
| INE701 | Linear Programming | 3 |
| INE702 | Integer Programming | 3 |
| INE703 | Dynamic Programming | 3 |
| INE704 | Stochastic Processes | 3 |
| INE705 | Non-linear Programming | 3 |
| INE706 | Decision Analysis | 3 |
| INE707 | Network Flow | 3 |
| INE708 | Queuing Theory and Applications | 3 |
| INE709 | Advanced Stochastic Processes | 3 |
| INE711 | Advanced Simulation | 3 |
| INE810 | Special Topics in Optimization | 3 |
| Number | Course | Cr |
|---|---|---|
| INE742 | Industrial Quality Control | 3 |
| INE743 | Reliability Evaluation of Engineering Systems | 3 |
| INE744 | Inventory Analysis | 3 |
| INE745 | Facilities Planning and Layout | 3 |
| INE746 | Materials Handling | 3 |
| INE748 | Machine Scheduling | 3 |
| INE749 | Transportation and Supply Chain Systems | 3 |
| INE761 | Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing | 3 |
| INE762 | Analysis of Automated Manufacturing Systems | 3 |
| INE763 | Advanced Information Technology for Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering | 3 |
| INE764 | Time Series Control & Process Adjustment | 3 |
| INE840 | Special Topics in Production Systems & Manufacturing | 3 |
| Number | Course | Cr |
|---|---|---|
| CIE761 | Traffic Engineering | 3 |
| CIE762 | Transportation Engineering II | 3 |
| CIE785 | Risk and Natural Hazard Management | 3 |
| CIE786 | Highway Design and Management | 3 |
| CIE787 | Concrete and Steel Construction | 3 |
| CIE788 | GIS and Remote Sensing | 3 |
| CIE790 | Construction Methods | 3 |
| INE721/CIE789 | Cost Engineering and Control | 3 |
| INE722/CIE782 | Infrastructure Management | 3 |
| INE724/CIE784 | Quality Management Systems | 3 |
| INE727 | Project Scheduling | 3 |
| INE729 | Project Contracting | 3 |
| INE820 | Special Topics in Infrastructure & Construction Management | 3 |
| Number | Course | Cr |
|---|---|---|
| BUS811 | Business Economics | 3 |
| BUS821 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS836 | Modern Portfolio Management | 3 |
| BUS837 | International Business | 3 |
| BUS861 | Financial Management | 3 |
| INA831 | International Political Economy | 3 |
| INE771 | Financial Engineering | 3 |
| INE772 | Advanced Financial Engineering | 3 |
| INE781 | Engineering Economy II | 3 |
| INE870 | Special Topics in Finance & Economics | 3 |
| Number | Course | Cr |
|---|---|---|
| COE716/CSC723 | Knowledge-Based Systems | 3 |
| COE717 | Parallel Programming and Cluster Workstations | 3 |
| COE718/CSC450 | Computer Graphics | 3 |
| COE741/CSC460 | Artificial Intelligence | 3 |
| COE742 | Neural Networks | 3 |
| COE752/CSC711 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms | 3 |
| COE753/CSC714 | Heuristic Optimization | 3 |
| CSC475 | Advanced Topics in Databases | 3 |
| Number | Course | Cr |
|---|---|---|
| INE800 | Project Course | 3 |
| INE801 | Special Topic Courses | 3 |
| INE899 | Thesis | 6 |