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[DRAFT] 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Industrial Engineering Technology, B.S.

Location(s): Online, On Campus


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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

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to: 

  1. Apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline. 
  2. Design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline. 
  3. Apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature. 
  4. Conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes. 
  5. Function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams. 
  6. Accomplish the integration of systems using appropriate analytical, computational, and application practices and procedures. 
  7. Apply knowledge of probability, statistics, engineering economic analysis and cost control, and other technical sciences and specialties necessary in the field of industrial engineering technology.
 
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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.

Admissions, Enrollment, and Graduation Criteria

Admissions Criteria

Admission to this program is open to all students who meet Kennesaw State University’s general admission standards. Visit the Admissions  section of the Catalog for more details.

Enrollment Criteria

This program does not have specific enrollment requirements. 

Graduation Criteria

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

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Program Course Requirements

Core IMPACTS Curriculum (42 Credit Hours)


KSU’s General Education Core IMPACTS Curriculum  

Core IMPACTS Curriculum Requirements Specific to This Major


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

 

Science and Engineering Majors: Students 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.

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.

Logistics Concentration


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

Program Total (120 Credit Hours)