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2022-2023 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog 
    
 
  Mar 29, 2024
 
2022-2023 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Industrial Engineering/Business Administration, MSIE/MBA


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This joint degree program, offered in conjunction with the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, positions individuals with an undergraduate degree in engineering or the hard sciences to take a management role in a company that has a significant engineering and/or technologial focus.  Full-time students can complete both degrees in 20 months, while part-time students can do so in four years.  Prospective students must apply via the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business  to the joint program; students who are already in the MBA program are not permitted to enroll in the joint program.

A total of 25.5 credits from the Department of Industrial Engineering are required (12 credits in core classes, 12 credits in electives, and 1.5 credits in an integrated project).

In particular these credits are divided as follows:

*IE 2303 - WORK DESIGN  is required for students without an undergraduate degree in IE

For details on the curriculum requirements for the MBA portion of the program, please visit Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business .

MBA Degree Requirements


*In Fall 2022, modifications were approved for the MBA Degree Requirements. Students will have until Summer 2023 to complete old program curriculum requirements*

The following core courses are required of all full-time MBA students:

Accelerated MBA, Signature MA, Part-Time MBA and Dual-Degree MBA/MS programs; MBA with Business Analytics students also complete the MBA Core Curriculum with additional credits required from business analytics curriculum. Joint-Degree MBA students also complete the MBA Core Curriculum, with some exceptions.

MBA Professional Courses


In addition to the MBA Core Curriculum, MBA students also complete “professional” coursework:

  • Quant Methods for Business
  • Programming for Business
  • Business Communications

The content of these courses is designed to accelerate a students’ academic and personal development as a business professional. The timing, delivery, and credit-load may vary by program (i.e. Accelerated v. Signature v. Part-Time MBA). Any credits earned count toward the minimum 45-credits required for the MBA degree.

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