Graduate studies in industrial engineering are designed by the student with an advisor.
The master's degree program consists of two options: 1) a 30-hour thesis option,including six credit hours of thesis research, and 2) a 36-hour nonthesis option. The doctorate normally requires 60 semester hours beyond the bachelor's degree, exclusive of credit for the dissertation. With the counsel of an advisor, graduate students are expected to design individualized academic programs. Programs will incorporate courses taken in each of the three areas listed below, and the course selection may include a minor in an area outside industrial engineering:
- Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering occupational biomechanics, work physiology, industrial ergonomics, environmental hygiene, cognitive engineering, human performance, human-computer interaction, and occupational safety
- Manufacturing and Quality Assurance manufacturing engineering and design, computer integrated manufacturing/CAD/CAM, process analysis and economics, automated manufacturing and process planning, programmable control systems, reliability and maintainability, on-line and off-line quality assurance, and total quality assurance
- Operations Research and Engineering Management simulation modeling, scheduling and sequencing, just-in-time production systems, inventory and production control, linear and nonlinear programming, network analysis, artificial intelligence and expert systems, and productivity management
Master's of Systems and Engineering Management (MSSEM)
The Department of Industrial Engineering at Texas Tech also offers a master's degree in Systems and Engineering Management. This degree is offered both on-campus as well as through distance education (video/internet). The degree has more flexibility in the course requirements so that it can be tailored to student's industrial needs. This degree has 21 credits of requirements in principles of optimization, systems theory, decision theory, management, productivity and organizational performance, quality, and simulation. It can be obtained with a thesis or non-thesis option just like the MSIE. For further information, please contact Dr. Mario Beruvides, mario.beruvides@ttu.edu.