B.S. Program
Our Industrial Engineering program includes human factors and ergonomics, operations research, and probability and statistics. Core IE courses include simulation, engineering economic analysis, and facilities planning and design. In their senior year, students can learn more about logistics and transportation, quality engineering, system safety, and supply chain design through technical electives. Our growing student body finds IE faculty to be accessible and fully invested in their education.
Students are initially admitted to the General Engineering Program (GE) to explore various engineering fields and gain academic preparation for the first year. Upon completing the GE requirements, the first IE course introduces engineering design through a hands-on project for an on-campus client. During their senior year, it concludes with a capstone design course in which the knowledge gained in previous semesters is applied to off-campus clients such as Greenville Health System, Glen Raven, Boeing, Milliken, and Schneider Electric.
Undergraduate Industrial Engineering majors who have completed their junior year with a grade point ratio of 3.4+ can begin work toward a combined B.S./M.S. in Industrial Engineering. Students can count up to twelve hours of graduate credit (6000- and 8000-level courses).
Program Overview-
Industrial Engineering Curriculum
All Engineering students begin their first term in General Engineering with the same courses, regardless of their intended major. Coursework in the second term varies.
Sophomore Year
First Semester Curriculum (B.S.)
- ENGR 2080 - Engineering Graphics and Machine Design (2) or
- ENGR 2090 - Introduction to Engineering/Computer Graphics (2) or
- ENGR 2100 - Computer-Aided Design and Engineering Applications (2)
- IE 2100 - Design and Analysis of Work Systems (3) or
- IE 3010 - Systems Design I (4)
- IE 2140 - Seminar in Industrial Engineering (1)
- MATH 2060 - Calculus of Several Variables (4)
- MATH 3110 - Linear Algebra 3 Credits
- PHYS 2210 - Physics with Calculus II (3)
Second Semester Curriculum
- CPSC 1010 - Computer Science I (4) or
- CPSC 1060 - Introduction to Programming in Java (4)
- IE 2100 - Design and Analysis of Work Systems (3) or
- IE 3010 - Systems Design I (4)
- IE 3600 - Industrial Applications of Probability and Statistics I (3)
- IE 3800 - Deterministic Operations Research (3)
- Oral Communication Requirement (3)
B.S. Industrial Engineering credit hours: 127
B.S. Industrial Engineering, with Computing Emphasis credit hours: 128
Complete curriculum and program requirements for the B.S. in Industrial Engineering and the Computing Emphasis program can be found in the Clemson Course Catalog.
Combined B.S./M.S.
Clemson IE students pursuing a B.S. degree in industrial engineering have the opportunity to earn graduate credits during their senior year.
- Seniors with a 3.0 or higher GPA are eligible to request enrollment in graduate-level courses by completing the GS6 form.
- Seniors with an overall GPA of at least 3.4 are eligible to request participation in the Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Plan. Under this plan, students can reduce the time needed to earn both the B.S. and M.S. degrees by applying graduate credits to both undergraduate and graduate program requirements. Interested students need to complete the GS6 B.S./M.S. form.
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Department Honors Program
Departmental Honors in Industrial Engineering requires the following sequence of courses totaling 7 credit hours:
- IE 2680 — Creative Inquiry Seminar in Industrial Engineering (1)
- IE 4000 — Honors Thesis (1-6) for a total of six credit hours over a period of two or more semesters
The Departmental Honors Program in Industrial Engineering provides students with an opportunity to engage in research under the guidance of a faculty advisor. If the research ultimately proves fruitful, it is disseminated to the professional community via presentations, publications, or both.
In addition, opportunities exist for students to participate in local and national research competitions. A student receives academic credit for the research through a series of courses. The first in the series is IE 2680, a course in which honors students become familiar with current research in industrial engineering and begin groundwork for their own research; IE 2680 is one credit hour.
As the work progresses, students enroll in IE 4000. IE 4000 is a variable hour course that may be taken two or more times, in multiples of one hour, for a total of six credits. Since IE 4000 is a variable hour course, it affords students considerable flexibility. Moreover, the research hours may be substituted for six credits of the Department’s technical elective requirement. While enrolled in IE 4000, the research project is defined and developed, and ultimately culminates in the form of an honors thesis. Upon successful completion of the honors thesis, it must be submitted both to the Clemson University Honors College and the Department’s Honors Coordinator. In addition, the Department requires the completion of an abstract and a profile.
Finally, IE 600 is also an option for those students in the Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Program in Industrial Engineering. In addition to the requirements for IE 4000, requirements for IE 6000 include first forming a thesis committee (consisting of your mentor, the Honors Coordinator and at least one other faculty member), and subsequently presenting both a preliminary proposal defense and final thesis defense to this committee. Thus the IE 6000 requirements more closely parallel those of a master’s thesis.
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Applying to the B.S. or B.S./M.S. Program
Undergraduate Degree
Applicants will apply to Clemson as a first-year student if they are a student without college credit or if they earned college credit prior to high school graduation. Completion of the first-year General Engineering curriculum and a minimum grade point average of 2.0 or higher is needed to begin the Industrial Engineering program.
Bachelors-to-Graduate Program
Application for this combined degree program should occur at the end of the junior year to meet the academic standing and GPA requirement. Application details are available in the Academic Regulations section of the Graduate Policies and Procedures Handbook.
How to Apply
Clemson University offers a Coalition Application, Clemson Application, and the Common Application. To learn more about the application process, deadlines, requirements and what to expect after applying, please review the First-Year Application Process.
The GS6-Bachelor-to-Graduate Plan form will serve as your application to the mechanical engineering graduate program – no additional application is required. However, while the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is not mandatory, some fellowship applications may require GRE scores.
