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USC Catalogue 2015-2016

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USC Catalogue 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Industrial and Systems Engineering (BS)

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The Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

The requirement for the degree is 128 units. A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all upper division courses applied towards the major, regardless of the department in which the courses are taken. See the common requirements for undergraduate degrees.

Composition/Writing Requirement

WRIT 150 Writing and Critical Reasoning–Thematic Approaches Units: 4 ^*
WRIT 340 Advanced Writing Units: 3, 4 (3)

General Education

General Education ^* + Units: 24

Pre-Major Requirements

Math Requirement

MATH 125g Calculus I Units: 4
MATH 126 Calculus II Units: 4
MATH 225 Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations Units: 4
MATH 226 Calculus III Units: 4

Physics Requirement

PHYS 151Lg Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics Units: 4 ^**
PHYS 152L Fundamentals of Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism Units: 4

Chemistry Elective

CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry Units: 4 or
CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry Units: 4 or
MASC 110L Materials Science Units: 4

Major Requirements

Engineering Requirement

ENGR 102 Engineering Freshman Academy Units: 2

Computer Science Elective

CSCI 101L Fundamentals of Computer Programming Units: 3 or
CSCI 103L Introduction to Programming Units: 3

Industrial and Systems Engineering Requirement

ISE 105 Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering Units: 2
ISE 220 Probability Concepts in Engineering Units: 3
ISE 225 Engineering Statistics I Units: 3
ISE 315L Engineering Project Management Units: 3
ISE 330 Introduction to Operations Research: Deterministic Models Units: 3
ISE 331 Introduction to Operations Research: Stochastic Models Units: 3
ISE 410 Planning and Scheduling Units: 3
ISE 435 Discrete Systems Simulation Units: 3
ISE 440 Work, Technology, and Organization Units: 3
ISE 460 Engineering Economy Units: 3
ISE 495ax Senior Design Project Units: 2
ISE 495bx Senior Design Project Units: 2

Database Design Elective

ISE 382 Database Systems: Concepts, Design and Implementation Units: 4 or
DSO 435 Enterprise Data Architecture Units: 4

Human Factors Elective

ISE 370L Human Factors in Work Design Units: 4 ** or
ISE 470 Human/Computer Interface Design Units: 3

Major Electives

Major Electives** 24 Units

At least 12 units must be from one of the approved Focus Groups

At least 9 units must be from the Approved Engineering Electives

Total units: 128

^*GE Category Category E is fulfilled by PHYS 151 or CHEM 105a .

GE Category F is fulfilled by MATH 125 .

**Students selecting ISE 370 are only required to complete 23 units of Major Electives.

Focus Groups

Students must select at least 12 units from one group; however, all courses in a group are recommended.

Operations Group

ISE 310L Facilities and Logistics Units: 4
ISE 327 Six Sigma and Lean Operations Units: 3
ISE 426 Statistical Quality Control Units: 3
Plus at least one course from among the following:
ACCT 410x Foundations of Accounting Units: 4
ISE 232L Manufacturing Processes Units: 3
ITP 488x Managing Supply Chains with Advanced Planning and Optimization Units: 3

Information Systems Group

ITP 320x Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 4
Plus at least 8 units from among the following
DSO 431 Foundations of Digital Business Innovation Units: 4
DSO 433 Business Process Design Units: 4
ITP 482 Engineering Database Applications Units: 3
ITP 487 Data Warehouses Units: 3

Approved Engineering Electives

Students must select at least 9 units. Courses not listed may be petitioned for approval through the department.

AME 341a , AME 341b , CE 408 , CE 460 , CE 471 , DSO 427 , EE 326 , ISE 232 , ISE 310 , ISE 327 , ISE 344 , ISE 426 , ITP 215 , ITP 320 , ITP 325 , ITP 421 , ITP 422 , ITP 454 , ITP 457 , ITP 466 , ITP 482 , ITP 486 , ITP 487 , ITP 488 , NSC 335 , NSC 337 ,