The Industrial Engineering Department is offering both undergraduate and graduate programs in Industrial Engineering. The Bachelor of Science program in Industrial Engineering aims at providing an interdisciplinary educational foundation for its graduates to understand, find and implement solutions with a systems engineering perspective. To achieve this objective students are provided with the essential tools which enable them to deal with the technological, business and human aspects of problems in complex systems. Graduates of the program are prepared for employment in technologically and socially developed organizations, take leadership roles, or for pursuing research work at graduate level.
The undergraduate program requires a total of 145 credit hours: 12 credit hours from university core, 20 credit hours from faculty core, 92 credit hours from area core, 12 credit hours from area electives, and 9 credit hours from university electives. Regular course load for students in Industrial Engineering program during fall or spring semesters is 5 or 6 credited courses (between 17-19 credit hours) whereas in summer semester the students can take at most 2 courses.
The first year of the Industrial Engineering program is dedicated to foundation courses in mathematics and basic sciences (freshman calculus, physics, and chemistry), and some University core courses. The program includes three courses from Mechanical Engineering (engineering graphics, mechanics, and thermodynamics), one course from Computer Engineering (computing and programming), one course from Electrical and Electronic Engineering (fundamental concepts) and three courses from Faculty of Business and Economics (management, economics, and cost accounting). Apart from calculus courses there are two concentrated mathematics courses on Linear Algebra & Differential Equations, and Probability Theory & Statistics. Students are required to take two English courses and one course on communication skills (written and oral presentation). Additionally, the program offers flexibility for students to build up their background with elective courses according to their own career goals. The Industrial Engineering program undergraduate curriculum culminates in a two-semester capstone senior design course sequence that should have a significant design component with formal reports. At the end of each semester, a presentation is given before faculty, students, guests, and if possible sponsors. Teams of students device solutions to Industrial Engineering problems submitted by faculty, or if possible industry and the community at large. In sum the undergraduate program requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering are 24 percent in Mathematics and Basic Sciences, 52 percent in Engineering Topics and Design (including core courses and area elective courses), and 24 percent in General Education courses in Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and others.
Courses offered by the program are mainly focused on the following core topics: Operations Research, Work Study and Ergonomics, Engineering Economy, Production Planning, Simulation, Information Systems, Facilities Planning and Design, Quality Engineering. Case studies, laboratory work, intensive computer usage and technical report writing are among the requirements of most coursework. Students have to complete three separate industrial trainings in industrial production plants.
Industrial Engineering program offers two Double Major program opportunities for its successful students. One of the opportunities is to go through Double Major Program in Industrial Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, and the other opportunity is to go through Double Major Program in Industrial Engineering and Business Administration. There are several successful students enrolled in the programs and the Higher Education Board in Turkey (YÖK) has also approved equivalency certificates for the graduates of the Double Degree programs. Details of the Double Major programs can be found on http://ie.emu.edu.tr/programs/?page=mjr
