IND 1000 - Introduction to Industrial Engineering

1 lecture hours 0 lab hours 1 credits

Course Description
This course is an introduction to the field of Industrial Engineering (IE). The course introduces students to terminology, methodologies, and software as well as other tools used in IE, along with expectations for professionalism and ethical behavior. (prereq: none)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Define industrial engineering
Summarize historic and contemporary views of IE
Identify the fundamental canons and rules of practice of the NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers
Identify basic statistics used to understand and solve problems
Summarize different specialties within IE (i.e., quality, manufacturing, ergonomics, and operations research)
Create a basic flowchart associated with a work process
Identify which IE tools are necessary to solve different problems
Identify different strategies of leadership and motivation

Prerequisites by Topic

None

Course Topics

History of industrial engineering
Engineering ethics and professionalism
Data analysis and basic statistics
Process improvement fundamentals and flowcharts
Quality including basics of lean and six sigma
Work measurement and ergonomics
Operations research and logistics
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Leadership and storytelling
Motivation
Project work

Coordinator
Dr. Leah Newman

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IND 1000 - Introduction to Industrial Engineering