Nov 07, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Industrial Engineering Technology, B.S.

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Program Description

If you like to be at the center of the action, designing creative solutions that make business and industry work safer, faster, and leaner, making organizations more efficient, productive, and cost-effective then the career for you is Industrial Engineering Technology.

This Bachelor of Science degree offers the graduate a challenging career in business, industry, or government. Graduates deal primarily with the process management of money, materials, and labor in a business and industrial environment.

Career opportunities involve problem solving in the fields of:

• Quality Control
• Production/Materials Management
• Information Systems
• Process Improvement
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Systems Simulation
• Salary and Compensation Plans
• Workplace Design
• Personnel Management
• Occupational Safety, Health and Ethics
• Project Management
• Economic Analysis/Cost Control

This program is a part of the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology.

Accreditation

The Bachelor of Science with a major in Industrial Engineering Technology program is accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

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Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation Policies

Admissions Requirements

This program does not have specific admission requirements and only admission to Kennesaw State University is required. For more information, please visit the Admissions section of the section of the Catalog.

Graduation Requirements

Each student is expected to meet the requirements outlined in Academic Policies 5.0 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS & GRADUATION .

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Program Course Requirements

Core IMPACTS Curriculum (42 Credit Hours)

General Education Core IMPACTS Curriculum

Core IMPACTS Curriculum Requirements Specific to This Major

Science Majors: Should take MATH 1113 or higher in Mathematics & Quantitative Skills and MATH 1179 or higher in Applied Math.

Science and Engineering Majors: Should take two four-hour laboratory sciences in Natural Sciences. Students may choose from CHEM 1211 /1211L , CHEM 1212 /1212L , PHYS 1111 /1111L *, PHYS 1112 /1112L , PHYS 2211 /2211L *, PHYS 2212 /2212L , BIOL 1107 /1107L , or BIOL 1108 /1108L .

*Students cannot take both PHYS 1111/L and PHYS 2211/L nor PHYS 1112/L and PHYS 2212/L.

Core Field of Study (18 Credit Hours)

Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in these courses.

Major Requirements (51 Credit Hours)

Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in these courses.

Major Electives or Concentration (9 Credit Hours)

Select 9 credit hours of IET 3000-4000 level course work OR select one of the following major concentrations.

In addition to completion of the Major Requirements of IET 3339 , IET 3356 , and IET 3403 , students who successfully complete ENGR 3407 with a grade of “C” or better may declare a Six Sigma Green Belt certificate.

Major Electives (9 Credit Hours)

Select 9 credits of 3000-4000 level IET coursework.

Quality Principles Concentration

The primary objective of the Quality Principles Concentration is to provide training and education to students interested in quality system principles, methodology, elements and standards.

ENGR 3407: Lean Six Sigma
Select 3 credits of 3000-4000 level IET coursework
IET 3410: Principles of Team Dynamics

Logistics Concentration

The primary objective of the Logistics Concentration is to provide training and education to students interested in entering the Supply Chain industry.

IET 3320: Advanced Logistics
IET 3511: Sustainability Engineering
or
Select 3 credits of 3000-4000 level IET coursework
IET 3620: Warehousing Systems