Introduction to Industrial Engineering

Introduction to basic engineering concepts. Opportunities are provided to develop skills in oral and written communication, and department-specific material. Case studies are presented and analyzed.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Understand the types of work industrial engineers do and how industrial engineering fits into various organizations
• Create an individualized, detailed plan including a semester by semester class schedule to complete the BSIE curriculum.
• Use the UTA research databases and appropriately cite your sources using Microsoft Word.
• Use Microsoft Excel to analyze data collected in lab experiments. Evaluate the results of the analysis.
• Describe basic concepts of a variety of industrial engineering tools.
• Develop a PowerPoint presentation.
• Develop an understanding of the jobs that IEs can do; whatever the job is labeled.