Appendix IB. Course Syllabi

IE 101 Orientation

Description: Introduce students to the industrial engineering profession, its scope, industrial engineering tools, and future trends.

Prerequisites: None

Books: None

Topics:

1. IE Profession
2. Careers
3. IIE/INFORMS
4. Product Development Process
5. Design Specifications
6. Process Planning
7. Costing/ Line balancing
8. Modeling and Performance
9. Production Systems
10. Enterprise Computing
11. Scheduling /Inventory
12. Logistics

Class/Laboratory Schedule:
The class once a week for 50 minutes. Students are randomly assigned to teams for classroom activities. Team activities include, career requirements description, process design, manufacturing operations, and web page development.

Contribution of Course to Meeting Professional Component:
Students are introduced to the overall process of engineering and the domains in which industrial engineering principles are applied. The role of professional organizations is presented for the development of the profession and support of individual career development.

Relationship of Course to Program Objectives:
(f, i) Students are introduced to the industrial engineering profession through real world examples of engineering problems. Students acquire an understanding of the requirements for the industrial engineering profession based on potential career paths. The opportunities for graduate education as well as professional development are discussed.

How Assessed:
At the end of each semester, course evaluations are administered by the department. In addition, students in APM administer an informal course evaluations about mid semester.

Actions to Improve the Course:
Based on the feedback from the students, and knowledge gained through industry interactions, the course is continually updated.

Prepared by: John Jackman 5/11/00