Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with Operations, Services and Analytics Focus
Course Requirements
NOTE: Course descriptions can be found in the Graduate Bulletin.
The Operations, Services and Analytics Focus Qualifying Exam should be taken after completing the following three core courses and three additional 5XX level graduate classroom courses (9 credits) with an average GPA of 3.33 in all six classes.
Core Group
All courses in this group must be taken.
- IE 516/SCIS 516: Applied Stochastic Processes
- IE 570/SCIS 570: Supply Chain Engineering
- IE 582: Engineering Analytics
Electives
A total of three courses must be taken from the following list:
- IE 505: Linear Programming
- IE 507: Operations Research: Scheduling Models
- IE 510: Integer Programming
- IE 511: Experimental Design in Engineering
- IE 517: Models and Technologies for Financial Services
- IE 519: Dynamic Programming
- IE 521: Nonlinear Programming
- IE 522: Discrete Event Systems Simulation
- IE 530: Financial Engineering
- IE 532: Reliability Engineering
- IE 550: Manufacturing Systems
- IE 562: Smart Systems Design in Industrial Engineering
- IE 567: Distributed Systems and Control
- IE 568: Healthcare Systems Engineering
- IE 583: Response Surface Models and Process Optimization
- IE 584: Time Series Control and Process Adjustment
- IE 597: System Informatics and Control
- IE 597: Service Networks: Empirical Analysis, Modeling & Management
Additional Information
- Transferring Academic Credits
- Registration Requirements
- Typical Time Sequence
- Qualifying Examination
- Doctoral Committee
- English Proficiency Examination
- Comprehensive Examination
- Dissertation Requirements
- Final Defense
Resident Graduate Programs:
- Overview
- Master of Science
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Dual Degrees
- Collaborative Degrees
Contact Information:
- Graduate Program Office
344 Leonhard Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-863-1269
imegradoffice@psu.edu