Supply Chain Management and Industrial Engineering, MSSCM/MSIE

Program Requirements

This joint degree program, offered by the Industrial Engineering Department of the Swanson School of Engineering and the School of Business, combines quantitative and analytical engineering coursework with coursework in business topics. It positions individuals with an undergraduate degree in engineering or the hard sciences to leverage their skills and become supply chain professionals who can work in a business environment. With a full load of classes, this program can be completed in 4 terms of coursework over a 20-month period and results in two degrees: the MSIE from Swanson and the MSSCM from the School of Business. 

A total of 24 credits from the Department of Industrial Engineering (IE) are required, maintaining a 3.0 GPA: 

• 12 credits in required classes, comprising the Department’s 3-course, required core (IE 2001 - OPERATIONS RESEARCH, IE 2005 - PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS 1, IE 2006 - INTRO TO MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS) plus IE 2100 - SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS from the elective core. 

• 12 credits in IE electives: 

  • At least 3 elective credits (i.e. one course) must come from the remaining four courses in the elective core: IE 2003 - ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, IE 2007 - STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS, IE 2088 - DIGITAL SYSTEMS SIMULATION or IE 2188 - SIMULATION MODELING AND APPLICATIONS, and IE 2303 - WORK DESIGN (Note: students without an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering are required to take IE 2303 from the elective core).

  • The 9 remaining elective credits can come from the elective core or any other graduate IE course. 

A total of 24 credits from the School of Business are required, maintaining a 3.0 GPA: 

• 13.5 credits in required classes with a minimum requirement of a C grade or better.  

  • BQOM 2401 - STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 

  • BQOM 2421 - DECISION TECHNOLOGIES 

  • BQOM 2523 - PROCESS ENGINEERING 

  • BQOM 2533 - GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 

  • BMIS 2074 - STRATEGIC IT IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS 

  • BQOM 2534 - STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT AND SOURCING MANAGEMENT 

  • BQOM 2511 - REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND PRICING ANALYTICS 

• 10.5 credits in supply chain management electives.  Must complete experience-based learning requirement through a 3-credit consulting field project course focused on supply chain management, a 3-credit global research practicum on supply chain management or complete an internship (with approval from faculty director).  

For application instructions and details on the curriculum requirements for the MSSCM portion of the program, please visit the School of Business website.