The Department of
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Announces a New Area Within
Graduate Masters Program
Optimization
Systems
Economics
Uncertainty
Decision
Analysis
Masters of Engineering
With Concentration in
Systems Engineering
A 30 hour graduate program that provides tools and concepts
that Texas A&M engineering graduates need to fill both
leadership and entrepreneurial roles in the 21st century.
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Masters of Engineering
Concentration in Systems Engineering
A professional degree program that prepares graduates
to solve difficult problems inside and outside traditional engineering.
Program Overview
Systems Engineering is an interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful systems.
Systems engineering considers both the business and the technical needs of all customers with the goal of
providing a quality product or service that meets the user needs.
Systems engineers play a vital role in solving some of the most pressing problems facing industry and government:
•Complex decisions with difficult tradeoffs
•Mega-projects with significant risk
•Critical infrastructure systems
•Environmental impacts
•Complex and interconnected business environments
•Large-scale product and process design
Success in these environments transcends traditional engineering and requires expertise in engineering, business,
economics, finance, and policy.
Systems engineers are needed in a range of application domains and industries including:
•Transportation and logistics
•Supply chain systems
•Electro-mechanical product design
•Decision analysis
•Business strategy
•Large-scale system integration
•Project management
•Public policy
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The Systems Engineering program is a problemsolving discipline that applies engineering principles
to both traditional and non-traditional engineering
problems.
Systems Engineering Program Philosophy
• The goal is to impart a set of portable tools, concepts, and
applications that enable graduates to model, design, and control
natural and engineered systems for the benefit of society.
• The core coursework is a set of integrated decision making
methodologies drawn from economics, optimization, probability,
systems thinking and analysis, and decision analysis.
• Students round out their education by selecting electives in
business, economics, finance, management, mathematics, public
policy and traditional engineering disciplines.
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Systems Engineering Program Value to Students
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1.
Give students a competitive edge in today’s interdisciplinary job
environment and increasingly interconnected economy
2.
Educate students in holistic approaches to complex problems
3.
Create strong ability to solve business issues in an integrative
manner, using a strong foundation of analytical tools
4.
Instill high proficiency in understanding and tackling
interdisciplinary issues at the interface of management,
engineering, and public policy
The core or portable concepts apply to a wide range
of systems engineering problems.
Public Policy
Lean Manufacturing Systems
Supply Chain Systems
Project Management
Reliability/Risk Based Design
Corporate Strategy
Transportation and Logistics
Systems
Economics
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Financial Engineering
Information Systems
Uncertainty
Optimization
Decision Analysis
Master of Engineering (ME) Degree Requirements
1. At least 18 hours must be from Industrial Engineering and Systems Engineering
2. At least 9 hours must be from departments other than Industrial Engineering and
Systems Engineering.
3. The total number of hours on the degree plan must be at least 30.
4. One or two written reports from either an internship, project course, or a special
assignment within an area of Industrial or Systems Engineering.
The chair of the advisory committee must be a member of the ISEN graduate faculty. A
co-chair, if desired, may be from another department. The Master's committee must
have a minimum of three graduate faculty members. At least one graduate faculty
member of the committee must be from outside the ISEN Department. In addition to the
above requirements, individual faculty may require additional courses as they deem
appropriate.
Detailed requirements and admission instructions can
be viewed at:
http://ise.tamu.edu/academic/graduate/prerequisites.html
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ME in Systems Engineering Core Courses
ISEN 689: Systems Thinking and Analysis
Description: Introduction to systems thinking and
modeling with a focus on the fundamental considerations
associated with the engineering of large-scale systems.
• Systems thinking
• Systems theory
• Systems modeling and dynamics
• Forrester and causal diagrams
• Systems engineering process
ISEN 627: Engineering Analysis for Decision Making
(“Decision Analysis I”)
Description: The principles and fundamental concepts
for the normative theory of decision making under
uncertainty.
• Utility theory and risk preference
• Value of information/control and options
• Bayesian analysis
• Decision trees and influence diagrams
• Probability assessment
• Heuristics and biases in decision making
ISEN 689: Probability for Engineering Decisions
ISEN 689: Survey of Optimization
Description: Introduction to probability and stochastic
processes for characterization of uncertainty in
engineering decisions.
• Random variables
• Conditional probability
• Expectation
• Stochastic processes
• Applications: Strategic planning, resource allocation,
financial engineering
Description: Development of the mathematics and
algorithms for linear and nonlinear program.
• Simplex method
• Duality
• Sensitivity analysis
• Optimality conditions
• Constrained and unconstrained problems
• Applications: Resource allocation, workforce planning,
portfolio optimization
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ME in Systems Engineering Curriculum
Requires 30 hours of coursework.
Core
ISEN 689-xxx
ISEN 627
Systems Thinking and Analysis
Engineering Analysis for Decision Making ("DA I")
All four core courses will
be offered as distance
learning.
Select from the following as needed to satisfy entrance requirements:
ISEN 689-xxx
ISEN 689-xxx
Survey of Optimization
Probability for Engineering Decisions
Applications
Select 2-5 from within the department, such as:
ISEN 601
ISEN 605
ISEN 608
ISEN 612
ISEN 615
ISEN 616
ISEN 619
ISEN 621
ISEN 622
ISEN 623
ISEN 625
ISEN 630
ISEN 635
ISEN 645
ISEN 654
ISEN 663
ISEN 667
ISEN 689-6xx
ISEN 689-6xx
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Location Logistics of Industrial Facilities
Material Handling Systems
Industrial Case Analysis
Design by Reliability
Production and Inventory Control
Design and Analysis of Industrial Experiments
Analysis and Prediction
Heuristics
Linear Programming
Nonlinear and Dynamic Programming
Simulation Methods and Applications
Human Operator in Complex Systems
Human Information Processing
Lean Thinking and Lean Manufacturing
Manuf. Sys. Planning and Analysis
Engineering Management Control Systems
Engineering Economy
Decision Analysis II
Supply Chain Systems
In addition, at least 9 hours from outside ISEN
are required to bring the total to 30 hours. See
next page for example courses.
ME Curriculum (Suggested Out of Department)
Out of Department
Select 3-4 from the following:
College of Engineering
CVEN 610
Environmental Risk Assessment
CVEN 624
Infrastructure Engineering and Management
CVEN 632
Transportation System Engineering Management
CVEN 641
Construction Engineering Systems
CVEN 644
Project Risk Management
CVEN 664
Water Resources Engineering Planning and Management
CVEN 665
Water Resources Systems Engineering
CVEN 672
Engineering and Urban Transportation Systems
CVEN 677
Advanced Surface Transportation Systems
CVEN 689
Engineering Risk and Reliability
CVEN 689
Uncertainty and Risk Analysis for Engineering and Policy
ELEN 605
ELEN 606
ELEN 608
ELEN 633
ELEN 647
Linear Control Systems
Nonlinear Control Systems
Modern Control
Optimum Control Systems
Information Theory
MEEN 651
MEEN 655
MENE 674
Control System Design
Design of Nonlinear Control Systems
Modern Control
NUEN 614
Probabilistic Risk Assessment Techniques in Nuclear Systems
PETE 621
PETE 622
PETE 664
Petroleum Development Strategy
Exploration and Production Evaluation
Petroleum Project Evaluation and Management
CPSC 632
CPSC 634
Expert Systems
Intelligent User Interfaces
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Outside the College of Engineering
MATH 606
Theory of Probability I
MATH 619
Applied Probability
MATH 628
Mathematics of Finance
STAT 414
Mathematical Statistics I
STAT 632
Bayesian Statistics
Prereq
Math 607
Math 409/411
Math 606/619
None
Stat 611 or approval
ECMT 660
ECMT 661
ECMT 668
ECON 611
ECON 629
ECON 630
ECON 636
ECON 646
ECON 659
Mathematical Economics I
Mathematical Economics II
Risk and Uncertainty
Foundations of Macroeconoic Theory
Microeconomic Theory I
Microeconomic Theory II
Macroeconomic Theory I
Macroeconomic Theory II
Game Theory
None
ECMT 660
None
None
None
ECON 629
ECON 611
ECON 646
None
BUSH 611
BUSH 651
BUSH 663
BUSH 66x
Public Policy Formation
National Security Policy
Natural Resource Economics
Seminar on Risk and Public Policy
Grad classification and approval
Graduate classification
None
None
FINC 629
FINC 632
FINC 667
Financial Management I
Investment Management
Energy Risk Management
No class 6
No class 6
No class 6
MGMT 630
MGMT 643
MGMT 645
MGMT 655
MGMT 680
Behavior in Organizations
Foundations of Managerial Law
Legal and Ethical Issues in Business
Survey of Management
Business and Corporate Strategy
Graduate classification
Graduate classification
Approval
Graduate classification
Graduate classification
INFO 628
INFO 629
INFO 638
INFO 660
INFO 669
INFO 6xx
Business Database Systems
Systems Analysis and Design
IT in SCM
Intro. to Contemporary Manuf. Management
Enterprise Resource Planning
Logistics and Distribution Management
None
INFO 628
INFO 614 (Op Mang) or Equiv
No class 6
INFO 614 (Op Mang) or Approval
RENR 659
RENR 660
RENR 662
Ecological Economics
Environ. Impact Analy. for Renew. Nat. Res.
Environmental Law and Policy
None
None
None
Example Degree Plans
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Focus: Decision/Risk
Analysis
Offered
Analysis
Focus: Decision/Risk
ISEN 689-602
Systems Thinking
andThinking
Analysis and Analysis
S
Systems
1 ISEN 689-602
ISEN 627 2 ISEN 627
Engr AnalysisEngr
for Decision
("DA Making
I")
("DA I") F
for Decision
Analysis Making
ISEN 689-604
Survey of Optimization
F
Survey of Optimization
3 ISEN 689-604
ISEN 689-603
Probability forProbability
Engineering
F
Engineering Decisions
for Decisions
4 ISEN 689-603
ISEN 689-601
Decision Analysis
II Analysis II
S
Decision
5 ISEN 689-601
ISEN 667 6 ISEN 667
Engineering Economy
S
Engineering Economy
ECON 6297 ECONMicroeconomic
Theory I
#N/A
Theory I
Microeconomic
629
CVEN 689 8 CVEN Uncertainty
and
Risk Analysis
for Engr
and for
Policy
Policy
Engr and #N/A
Analysis
and Risk
Uncertainty
689
ECMT 6689 ECMTRisk
#N/A
Risk and Uncertainty
668 and Uncertainty
STAT 41410 STAT Mathematical
Statistics I Statistics I
F
Mathematical
414
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Focus: Business
Strategy
Business Strategy
Focus:
ISEN 689-602
Systems Thinking
andThinking
Analysis and Analysis
S
Systems
1 ISEN 689-602
ISEN 627 2 ISEN 627
Engr AnalysisEngr
for Decision
("DA Making
I")
("DA I") F
for Decision
Analysis Making
ISEN 689-603
Probability forProbability
Engineering
F
Engineering Decisions
for Decisions
3 ISEN 689-603
ISEN 663 4 ISEN 663
Engineering Management
Control
Systems
S
Engineering Management Control Systems
ISEN 689-601
Decision Analysis
II Analysis II
S
Decision
5 ISEN 689-601
ISEN 667 6 ISEN 667
Engineering Economy
S
Engineering Economy
FINC 629 7 FINC 629
Financial Management
I
#N/A
Financial Management I
ECON 6298 ECONMicroeconomic
Theory I
#N/A
Theory I
Microeconomic
629
MGMT 6559 MGMTSurvey
F/S
Survey of Management
655 of Management
MGMT 680
Business
and
Corporate
Strategy
#N/A
Business and Corporate Strategy
10 MGMT 680
S 1
F 2
F 3
S 4
S 5
S 6
#N/A7
#N/A8
F/S 9
10
#N/A
Focus: Public
PolicyPublic Policy
Focus:
ISEN 689-602
andThinking
Analysis and Analysis
S
Systems
689-602 Thinking
1 ISEN Systems
ISEN 627 2 ISEN Engr
for Decision
("DA Making
I")
("DAFI")
for Decision
Analysis Making
627 AnalysisEngr
ISEN 689-604
F
Survey of Optimization
689-604of Optimization
3 ISEN Survey
ISEN 689-603
Probability
for
Engineering
Decisions
Probability for Engineering Decisions F
4 ISEN 689-603
ISEN 689-601
II Analysis II
S
Decision
689-601 Analysis
5 ISEN Decision
ISEN 667 6 ISEN Engineering
Economy
S
Engineering Economy
667
BUSH 611 7 BUSHPublic
Policy
Formation
#N/A
Public Policy Formation
611
BUSH 651 8 BUSHNational
Security
Policy
#N/A
Security Policy
National
651
BUSH 663 9 BUSHNatural
Economics
#N/A
Resource Economics
Natural
663 Resource
BUSH 66310 BUSHSeminar
on
Risk
and
Public
Policy
Seminar on Risk and Public Policy #N/A
663
S
F
F
F
S
S
#N/A
#N/A
#N/A
#N/A
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Focus: Transportation
Systems
Systems
Focus: Transportation
ISEN 689-602
Systems Thinking
andThinking
Analysis and Analysis
S
Systems
1 ISEN 689-602
ISEN 627 2 ISEN 627
Engr AnalysisEngr
for Decision
("DA Making
I")
("DA I") F
for Decision
Analysis Making
ISEN 689-604
Survey of Optimization
F
Survey of Optimization
3 ISEN 689-604
ISEN 663 4 ISEN 663
Engineering Management
Control Systems
Control Systems S
Engineering Management
ISEN 689-601
Decision Analysis
II Analysis II
S
Decision
5 ISEN 689-601
ISEN 667 6 ISEN 667
Engineering Economy
S
Engineering Economy
CVEN 624 7 CVEN Infrastructure
Engineering and
Management
and Management#N/A
Engineering
Infrastructure
624
CVEN 632 8 CVEN Transportation
System Engineering
#N/A
Engineering Management
System Management
Transportation
632
CVEN 672 9 CVEN Engineering
and
Urban Transportation
Systems
#N/A
Systems
and Urban Transportation
Engineering
672
CVEN 677
Surface
Transportation
Systems
Systems #N/A
Surface Transportation
Advanced
677
10 CVEN Advanced
S 1
F 2
F 3
S 4
S 5
S 6
#N/A7
#N/A8
#N/A9
10
#N/A
Focus: Logistic
andLogistic
Supply Chain
Systems
Chain Systems
and Supply
Focus:
ISEN 689-602
andThinking
Analysis and Analysis
S
Systems
689-602 Thinking
1 ISEN Systems
ISEN 627 2 ISEN Engr
for Decision
("DA Making
I")
("DAFI")
for Decision
Analysis Making
627 AnalysisEngr
ISEN 689-604
F
Survey of Optimization
689-604of Optimization
3 ISEN Survey
ISEN 601 4 ISEN Location
Logistics
of Industrial
of Industrial FacilitiesS
LogisticsFacilities
Location
601
ISEN 615 5 ISEN Production
and
Inventoryand
Control
F
Inventory Control
Production
615
ISEN 605 6 ISEN Material
Handling
Systems
F
Handling Systems
Material
605
ISEN 689-604
Systems
F
Chain Systems
689-604ChainSupply
7 ISEN Supply
STAT 414 8 STAT Mathematical
Statistics I Statistics I
F
Mathematical
414
INFO 638 9 INFO IT
in Supply Chain
Management
#N/A
Chain Management
IT in Supply
638
MKTG 621
#N/A
Survey of Marketing
621 of Marketing
10 MKTGSurvey
S
F
F
S
F
F
F
F
#N/A
#N/A
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ManagementManagement
Offered
Focus: Engineering
Offered Focus: Engineering
andThinking
Analysis and Analysis
S
Systems
689-602 Thinking
1 ISEN Systems
S 1 ISEN 689-602
for Decision
("DA Making
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Management
Control Systems
S
Control Systems
Engineering Management
663
F 3 ISEN 663 3 ISEN Engineering
Engineering
Engineering Decisions F
for Decisions
689-603 forProbability
4 ISEN Probability
F 4 ISEN 689-603
II Analysis II
S
Decision
689-601 Analysis
5 ISEN Decision
S 5 ISEN 689-601
Economy
S
Engineering Economy
667
S 6 ISEN 667 6 ISEN Engineering
of ManagerialofLaw
#N/A
Managerial Law
Foundations
643
#N/A7 MGMT 6437 MGMTFoundations
in Business
Issues in Business #N/A
and Ethical
LegalIssues
645 and Ethical
#N/A8 MGMT 6458 MGMTLegal
F/S
Survey of Management
655 of Management
#N/A9 MGMT 6559 MGMTSurvey
#N/A
Project Risk Management
644 Risk Management
F 10 CVEN 64410 CVENProject
Offered
S
F
S
F
S
S
#N/A
#N/A
F/S
#N/A
Limited number of Internships and
Scholarships are available….
If you have additional questions please contact:
Dr. Guy Curry, Graduate Program Advisor
979.845.5576
Ms. Judy Meeks, Administrative Assistant
979.845.5536
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