Master of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering/Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA)

The USC Marshall School of Business in conjunction with the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering offers a program leading to the degree of Master of Business Administration/Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

The MS/MBA program requires 68 units for degree completion. The total number of units required for the MBA program is 48, including all required courses in the MBA program and graduate business electives sufficient to complete the 48 units required for the MBA portion of the degree. Dual degree students may not count courses taken outside the Marshall School of Business toward the 48 units.

Students must complete a minimum of 20 units within the ISE Department in addition to the 48 units required by the Marshall School of Business.

Required Courses

ISE 513 Logistics and Inventory Systems Units: 4
ISE 514 Advanced Production Planning and Scheduling Units: 4
ISE 515 Engineering Project Management Units: 4

Group A: Quantitative Techniques

Select one course.

ISE 530 Optimization Methods for Analytics Units: 4
ISE 536 Linear Programming and Extensions Units: 4
ISE 538 Markov Models for Performance Analysis Units: 4
ISE 539 Stochastic Elements of Simulation Units: 4
ISE 580 Performance Analysis with Simulation Units: 4

Group B: Quality and Operations

Select one course.

ISE 506 Lean Operations Units: 4
ISE 525 Design of Experiments Units: 4
ISE 527 Quality Management for Engineers Units: 4
ISE 583 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Units: 4

Master of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering/Master of Business Administration (MS/MBA)

Required Courses

Group A: Quantitative Techniques

Group B: Quality and Operations

Total Units: 20