The minor in systems and industrial engineering offers an attractive complement to many undergraduate majors.  Systems and industrial engineers define, design, develop, integrate, and test systems. Whereas other engineering disciplines concentrate on individual aspects of a system (electronics, ergonomics, software, etc.), systems engineers focus on the system as a whole. This minor provides students with the fundamentals of systems engineering and operations research. In these courses, students learn how to deal with the system life cycle and to use scientific methods for analyzing operations of a system or organization. The structured set of courses helps students across the technical fields prepare for the information technology work now common in public and private industry. This minor is open to all majors, and especially appropriate for students in the natural sciences, computational sciences, information technology, finance, economics, mathematics, engineering, or computer science programs.

Policies

Eight credits of coursework must be unique to the minor and students must complete all coursework with a minimum GPA of 2.00. For policies governing all minors, see AP.5.3.4 Minors.

Banner Code: SSIE

Minor Requirements

Total credits: 15

Required Courses

SYST 375Engineering Economy3
SYST 473Decision and Risk Analysis3
Select one from the following:3
Systems Design 1
Understanding Systems and Industrial Engineering 2
Systems Engineering Principles
Total Credits9
1

SYST 210 cannot be counted as both a required and additional course.

2

Credit cannot be received for both SYST 101 and SYST 205.

Two Additional Courses

Select any two additional courses from the following. Students are encouraged to take SYST 478 and SYST 479 for technical emphasis in Artificial Intelligence, SYST 414 and SYST 496 for technical emphasis in Climate Change, Energy, and Sustainability, SYST 460 and SYST 461 for technical emphasis in Aviation Systems, SYST 438 and SYST 468 for technical emphasis in Data Analytics, SYST 438 and SYST 488 for technical emphasis in Financial Engineering, SYST 470 and SYST 475 for technical emphasis in Industrial Engineering, and OR 441/MATH 441, and OR 442/MATH 442 for technical emphasis in Operations Research.6
Introduction to Computing for Digital Systems Engineering (Mason Core)
Systems Design
Dynamical Systems I
and Systems Modeling Laboratory
Object-oriented Modeling and Design
Dynamical Systems II
Systems Methods
Systems Project Management 3
Systems Engineering Management
Systems Thinking
Analytics for Financial Engineering and Econometrics
Digital Twin for Systems and Industrial Engineering
Technologies and Security for Cryptocurrencies and Financial Transactions
Introduction to Air Traffic Control
Air Transportation System Engineering
Applied Predictive Analytics
Human Computer Interaction 4
Human Factors Engineering
Production Systems Analysis
Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence
AI Design and Deployment Risks
Financial Systems Engineering
Innovation for Impact
Sustainable Systems Methods Practicum
Discrete Systems Modeling and Simulation 5
Discrete Systems Modeling and Simulation
Deterministic Optimization 6
Stochastic Models 7
Numerical Methods in Engineering 8
Numerical Analysis I
Total Credits6
3

Credit cannot be received for both SYST 370 and SYST 371.

4

Credit cannot be received for both SYST 469 and SYST 470.

5

Credit cannot be received for both SYST 335 and OR 335.

6

Credit cannot be received for both OR 441 and MATH 441

7

Credit cannot be received for both OR 442 and MATH 442

8

Credit cannot be received for both OR 481 and MATH 446

Prerequisites

Some of the courses listed above have additional prerequisites. Students should pay careful attention to prerequisites when selecting courses.

The minor in systems and industrial engineering offers an attractive complement to many undergraduate majors.  Systems and industrial engineers define, design, develop, integrate, and test systems. Whereas other engineering disciplines concentrate on individual aspects of a system (electronics, ergonomics, software, etc.), systems engineers focus on the system as a whole. This minor is open to all majors, and especially appropriate for students in the natural sciences, computational sciences, information technology, finance, economics, mathematics, engineering, or computer science programs.

Program Outcomes:

1. This minor provides students with the fundamentals of systems and industrial engineering, and operations research. In these courses, students learn how to deal with the system life cycle and to use scientific methods for analyzing operations of a system or organization.

2. The structured set of courses helps students across the technical fields prepare for the systems and industrial engineering, and operations research work such as define, design, develop, integrate, and test systems that are now common in public and private industry.