Contact Information:
Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering
The University of Arizona
Engineering Building, 111
PO Box 210020
Tucson, AZ 85721-0020
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Phone: (520) 626-8181
Fax: (520) 621-6555
Email: celia@sie.arizona.edu
Web:
 Department Homepage
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General Information:
SIE Course Descriptions
Faculty
Members
The Department of Systems and
Industrial Engineering is in the College of
Engineering and Mines.
Degrees, Majors, Minors, and Options:
Baccalaureate Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering (B.S.Sy.E.)
- Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering
(B.S.In.E.)
Graduate Degrees -- consult the
Graduate Catalog or
department office for details.
- Master of Science in Systems Engineering (M.S.)
- Master of Science in Industrial Engineering (M.S.)
- Master of Science in Reliability & Quality
Engineering (M.S.)
- Doctor of Philosophy in Systems & Industrial
Engineering (Ph.D.)
Majors and Degrees -- undergraduate degrees link to the
Degree/Academic Program Requirements Reports (APRRs).
- Industrial Engineering (B.S.In.E.,
M.S.)
- Reliability and Quality Engineering (M.S.)
- Systems Engineering (B.S.Sy.E.,
M.S.)
- Systems and Industrial Engineering (Ph.D.)
Undergraduate Minors -- minors link to Minor Requirements Reports.
The undergraduate programs do not require a minor; however, students may
select an optional minor from the list of approved university minors.
Minors available within the department are:
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering (ABET Accredited):
Industrial engineering focuses on the design and implementation of
integrated systems of people, materials, machines, energy and information.
After first specifying system objectives, industrial engineers combine
technical knowledge and skill from the physical, engineering and social
sciences to design, implement, and operate the system. The industrial engineer
is charged with the responsibility of ensuring high quality while
simultaneously meeting cost and output goals. This is accomplished through the
optimal allocation of resources throughout the system.
Industrial engineers practice in both administrative and production segments
of manufacturing and service organizations. Industrial engineers are commonly
employed in heavy industry (such as steel), medium industry (such as plastics
and computers), and light industry (such as electronics assembly), health-care
delivery, telecommunications, transportation and government. In each of these
environments, industrial engineers are involved with a variety of systems such
as production planning, quality assurance, inventory control, management
information, facility layout, job/workplace design, material flow, and
distribution. The importance of manufacturing is reflected by the presence of
a manufacturing system engineering option.
The modern manufacturing systems engineer designs, installs, implements,
improves and manages information-driven integrated manufacturing systems. This
option prepares students to organize, schedule, and manage the total
manufacturing system, from product design through fabrication, distribution
and consumer services.
Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering (ABET Accredited):
Systems engineers design and build systems to meet the needs of people. As
computing speed and analytic sophistication have increased, society's needs
have become more varied and complex. Graduates of the systems engineering
program are prepared to face these needs.
The goal of a systems engineer is to make the best use of resources. Stated
formally, systems engineering is concerned with the processes and methodology
of modeling, analyzing and designing technologically advanced systems that
function safely, effectively, and economically. It requires appreciation and
understanding of machines, people, software, hardware, materials, and energy.
Systems engineers work on a wide range of activities and applications,
including communication systems, computer networking, manufacturing systems,
robotics, transportation systems, health-care systems, societal problems and
all phases of both industrial and military research and design. To prepare
students for careers of such exceptional diversity, the systems engineering
curriculum includes operations research, probability and statistics, numerical
computing methods, artificial intelligence courses, robotics, and human
factors. This is clearly a broader program than most traditional engineering
disciplines.
Since computing and related methodology are invariably an integral part of
modern systems engineering, the department offers a software option within the
systems engineering curriculum.
For more information contact the department office listed
above.
