Master of Science in Industrial Management

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Curriculum

The degree requirements include 33 credit hours of course work. A core of 15 credit hours comprising courses in industrial management, project management, operations systems analysis and modeling, analytical techniques for economic evaluation, and capstone graduate project are required of all students.

An additional 18 credit hours of approved supporting or elective courses complete the course requirements.Elective courses allow specialization in areas such as industrial safety, ergonomics, manufacturing systems analysis, decision sciences, marketing, and finance.

The elective course offerings and potential areas of specialization will permit students to tailor the program to meet specific professional development objectives without compromising relevance to current and prospective occupational responsibilities.

All core courses and required preparatory courses must be completed at the University of Southern Indiana unless a waiver is granted upon admission to the program. Elective courses may be offered in cooperation with other institutions or may be completed at other institutions provided that approval is obtained in advance from the student's graduate study advisor.

Core Curriculum

IM 602	Operations Systems Analysis and Modeling	3 hours
IM 611	Principles and Practices of Project Management	3 hours
IM 651	Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects	3 hours
IM 652	Industrial Management	3 hours
IM 671	Graduate Project (individual study)	3 hours
IM 691	Leadership Project (cohort study)	3 hours

Electives

Electives may be chosen from the following list to augment the core curriculum in any combination which meets the student's needs for career advancement, provided that in no case may the combination of core courses and chosen electives for any student include more than 15 semester hours of courses from among the offerings of the School of Business.

Electives may be chosen from graduate courses not listed below, provided that the chosen courses are approved in advance by the student's faculty advisor and by the MSIM Program Director.

IM 601	Special Studies in Industrial Management	3 hours
IM 603	Survey of Statistics	3 hours
IM 604	Manufacturing Systems Analysis	3 hours
IM 614	Interpersonal Communication within Organizations	3 hours
IM 621	Human Factors in Design	3 hours
IM 625	Principles of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing	3 hours
IM 631	Industrial Safety	3 hours
IM 641	Principles and Practices of Quality Management	3 hours
IM 698	Individual Study in Industrial Management	3 hours
BLAW 618	Legal and Social Environments of Business	3 hours
CIS 601	Information Systems and Technology	3 hours
DSCI 601	Quantitative Analysis for Operations	3 hours
FIN 601	Financial Management and Financial Markets	3 hours
MNGT 601	Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management	3 hours
MNGT 611	Leadership Skills	3 hours
MKTG 601	Marketing Strategies	3 hours

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