Due to data proliferation in organizations, this concentration offers students in-depth knowledge in the use of statistical tools in wide areas of applications in manufacturing, logistics, service and government. The depth courses in this concentration include statistical quality control, forecasting and regression, and statistics.

Curriculum

Wellness

  • Students are encouraged to take APPH prior to the Junior year

2 Hours Required

  • APPH 1040
  • APPH 1050

Core A: Essential Skills

  • C minimum required for MATH courses
  • English must be taken in your first year.

10 - 12 Hours Required

  • ENGL 1101
  • ENGL 1102
  • MATH 1551 or MATH 1501
  • MATH 1553 (if also taking MATH 2551) or MATH 1554 (if also taking MATH 2550)

Core B: Institutional Options

Computer Science Requirement

3 Hours Required

  • CS 1301

Core C: Humanities

  • Only 9 hours allowed Pass/Fail and only from Humanities, the Social Science Elective, and Free Electives. No other courses allowed Pass/Fail.

6 Hours Required

Core D: Science, Math, & Technology

  • C minimum required for MATH 1502 or MATH 1552
  • If PHYS 2231 (Honors Physics) is taken, extra hour goes to Free Electives.
  • If PHYS 2232 (Honors Physics) is taken, extra hour goes to Free Electives.

12 Hours Required

  • PHYS 2211
  • PHYS 2212
  • MATH 1552 or MATH 1502

Core E: Social Sciences

  • Only 9 hours allowed Pass/Fail and only from Humanities, the Social Science Elective, and Free Electives. No other courses allowed Pass/Fail.

3 Hours Required

  • HIST 2111
  • HIST 2112
  • INTA 1200
  • POL 1101
  • PUBP 3000

3 Hours Required

  • ECON 2100
  • ECON 2101
  • ECON 2105
  • ECON 2106

3 Hours Required

  • PSYC 1101

3 Hours Required

Core F: Courses Related to Major

  • C minimum required for all MATH courses
  • Only one EAS course can be used toward ISYE Lab Science requirements.
  • See Environmental Requirement

6 Hours Required

  • CS 2316
  • CS 4400

2 - 4 Hours Required

  • MATH 2551 (if also taking MATH 1553) or MATH 2550 (if also taking MATH 1554) or MATH 2401

8 Hours Required

Major Requirements

  • All ISYE required courses in this area must be completed prior to Senior Design (ISYE 4106).
  • C minimum required for all MATH courses
  • MATH 2401, MATH 2551, or MATH 2550 is Co-requisite or Pre-requisite for ISYE 2027
  • You must be within 2 semesters of graduation to register for Senior Design (summers excluded) and complete 3 of 5 Concentration Electives before Senior Design (ISYE 4106).

3 Hours Required

  • ACCT 2101
  • MGT 3000

27 Hours Required

  • MATH 2603
  • ISYE 2027
  • ISYE 3030
  • ISYE 3025
  • ISYE 3044
  • ISYE 3133
  • ISYE 3232
  • ISYE 4031
  • ISYE 4800
  • ISYE 4106

Engineering Electives

9 Hours Required

 

Quality and Statistics Electives

6 Hours Required

  • ISYE 3039
  • ISYE 4803 Design & Analysis of Experiments

3 Hours Required

  • CS 4641 or ISYE 4803 Intro to Machine Learning
  • CX 4240
  • CX 4242
  • ISYE 4034 or ISYE 4803 Business Analytics
  • ISYE 4803 Reliability Engineering or ISYE 4803 Online Learning & Decision Making
  • MATH 4262

6 Hours Required

Free Electives

  • No course credit given towards BSIE for MATH 1113, MGT 2250, ISYE 3770, or PHYS 2XXX (AP credit).
  • Only 9 hours allowed Pass/Fail and only from Humanities, the Social Science Elective, and Free Electives. No other courses allowed Pass/Fail.
  • See Environmental Requirement

11 Hours Required

  • Free Electives

 

Total Required Hours: 128

 

Engineering Electives

Important Notes - 2016-2017 Catalog or Later

  • You must take at least one of the following (3 credits each):
    Course Description Credit
    ECE 2020 Digital System Design 3
    ECE 2026 Intro Signal Processing 3
    ECE 3710 and ECE 3741 Circuits & Electronics & Instrum & Electronic Lab 3
     
  • The remaining 6 credits must satisfy the following:
    • Take at least 2 additional credits from Group 1
    • At most one computing (CX or CS) course is allowed, including courses crosslisted with CX or CS courses.
    • All Special Topics courses (4801/4803/4823, etc.) MUST be approved by your advisor. No SEMINARS may be used
    • YOU MUST MEET THE PRE-REQUISITE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH COURSE
    • Some departments may only allow you to register during Phase II.
    • To satisfy Group 2 Engineering Elective credit, all Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) courses must be approved by the ISyE Associate Undergraduate Chair each semester, and at least three but no more than four credits of VIP coursework must be taken (typically, with the same project).
      • For a list of projects already approved or denied, please see the "Group 2 VIP Courses" tab on the left
      • Upon completion of at least 3 credit hours of VIP with the same project, please contact your assigned academic advisor to have the credits moved to Engineering Electives Group 2.
    • It is very rare for any research (within ISyE or otherwise) to be approved as an Engineering Elective.
    • PHYS 2021 (Solar System) will not be accepted for any Engineering Elective credit after Fall 2020.

Group 1

Course Description Credit
AE 2020 Low-Speed Aerodynamics 3
AE 2220 Dynamics 3
AE 3450 Thermodynamics & Comp Flow 3
BMED 2210 or BMED 2110 Conservation Principles in BME 3
BMED 3100 Systems Physiology 3
CEE 2040

Dynamics

{only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor}

2
CEE 2300

Environmental Engineering Principles 

{only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor}

3
CEE 3010

Geomatics 

{only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor}

3
CEE 4100

Construction Engr & Mgt 

{only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor}

3
CEE 4300

Environmental Engineering Systems

{only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor}

3
CEE 4600

Transportation Planning & Design 

{only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor}

3
ChBE 2100 Chemical Process Principles 3
ChBE 2130 (was 2110) Chemical Engineering Therodynamics I 3
ChBE 4803 Biofuels, Bleaching and Paper making 3
ChBE 4763 / ME 4763 Pulping and Chemical Recovery 3
ChBE 4764 / ME 4764 Bleaching and Papermaking 3
COE 2001 Statics 2
COE 3001 Deformable Bodies 3
CS 2110 Computer Organization and Programming 4
CS 4641 Machine Learning 3
CS 3750 / PSYC 3750 or CS 3873

User Interface Design

Title must be "Human-Computer Interaction" (for CS 3873)

3
CX 4010 Computational Problem Solving for Sci & Engr. 3
CX 4240 Computing for Data Analysis 3
CX 4242 Data and Visual Analytics 3
ECE 2020 Digital System Design 3
ECE 2026 Introduction to Signal Processing 3
ECE 2040 Circuit Analysis 3
ECE 3035 Mechanisms for Computing Systems 4
ECE 3076 Computer Communications 3
ECE 3710 Circuits and Electronics 2
ECE 3741 Instrumentation and Electronic Lab 1
ECE 4606 Wireless Communication 3
ME 2202 Dynamics of Rigid Bodies 3
ME 3015 System Dynamics & Control 4
ME 3322 Thermodynamics 3
ME 3720 Introduction to Fluid and Thermal Engineering3 3
MSE 2001 Principles & Applications of Engineering Materials 3
MSE 3012 Thermal & Transport Props 3
MSE 3015 Elc, Optical&Magnet Properties 3
MSE 4020 Design with Materials I 1
NRE 3301 Radiation Physics 3
PTFE 2200 Structure and Properties of Fibers and Polymers 3
PTFE 3200 Yarn and Fabric Formation 3

Group 2

Course Description Credit
AE 2801 Special Topics w/ COE 2001* 1
AE 3310 Introduction to Aerospace Vehicle Performance 3
AE 4701 Wind Engineering 3
AE 4370 Life Cycle Cost, Schrage 3
ARCH 6271 Healthcare Design of the Future 3
BIOS 2400 Mathematical Models in Biology 3
BIOS 4755 / MATH 4755 Mathematical Biology 3
BMED 3400 Intro to Biomechanics 4
BMED 2300 / BMED 2310 Introduction to BME Design 3
BME 4803 Global Health Engineering 3
BMED 4751 / MSE 4751 Introduction to Biomaterials 3
CEE 4225

Coastal Engineering

{only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor}

3
CEE 4330

Air Pollution Control Eng

{only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor}

3
CEE 4803 Freight Transportation Systems and Airport Plan 3
CEE 4803 Transportation Policy & Analysis 3
ChBE 4751 / MSE 4751 Intro to Biomaterials 3
COE 2701 / CS 2701 / MGT 4803 Startup Lab: Introduction to Technology Ventures 3
COE 3002 Intro to Microelec & Nano Revolution 3
CP 2233 Sustainable Urban Development 3
CP 4020 Introduction to Urban Regional Planning 3
CP 4105 Land Conservation 3
CP 4310 Urban Transportation 3
CP 4510 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3
CS 2801 Digital Design Lab for CS 1
ECE 2803 Grand Achievements and Grand Challenges 3
ECE 2811

Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program

{See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses}

1 or 2
ECE 3811

Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program

{See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses}

1 or 2
ECE 3812

Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program

{See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses}

1 or 2
ECE 4811

Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program

{See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses}

1 or 2
ECE 4812

Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program

{See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses}

1 or 2
ECE 2031 Digital Design laboratory 2
ECE 4755 / MSE 4755 Substrate Fabrication 3
ECE 2893 / ME 2803   1 towards Engineering Elective
ISYE 4740 / ME 4740 / BIOL 4740 / PTFE 4740 Bioinspired Design 3
ISYE 4803 Model Based Systems Engineering 3
ME 2110 Creative Design & Decision Making 3
ME 2813 - GLE Engineering & International Development 3
ME 3057 Experimental Methodology 3
ME 4803 Energy Systems Engineering 3
AE 4793 / ME 4793 / MSE 4793 / PTFE 4793 Composite Mtl Pros 3
MSE 2021 Characterization of Materials 3
MSE 2803 Historical Development of Engineering Materials 3
MSE 3300 Mat Sci & Eng of Sports 3
MSE 3801   1
MSE 3803 Optics and Soft Materials 3
MSE 4751 / BIOM 4751 Intro to Biomaterials 3
MSE 4801 Materials Entrepreneurship 1
MSE 4803 Soft Nano Materials 3
MSE 4803 / MSE 8803 Fundamentals of Nanomaterials & Energy 3
PHYS 4803 Nanoscale Physical Properties and Characterization 3
PHYS 2021 Solar Systems (* will not be accepted for Eng Elective credit after Fall 2020) 3
PTFE 3720 / MSE 3720 Introduction to Fiber Enterprise 3
PTFE 4043 Safety & Ethics 1
PTFE 4801 Title may vary each semester 1
VIP 2601 / VIP 3601 / VIP 3602 / VIP 4601 / VIP 4602 / VIP 4603

Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program

{See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses}

1 or 2 or 3

Group 2 Vertically-Integrated Projects

Please see below for a list of approved and denied VIP projects. If the project in which you are interested is not on this list, please submit the Course Substitution Form to request that we review it for consideration as a Group 2 Engineering Elective.

To satisfy Group 2 Engineering Elective credit:

  • At least three but no more than four credits of VIP coursework must be taken with the same project over 2 consecutive semesters (with exceptions for summer and co-op/internship semesters).
    • View list below for a list of projects already approved or denied
    • Upon completion of at least 3 credit hours of VIP with the same project and in 2 consecutive semesters (with exceptions for summer and co-op/internship semesters), please contact your assigned academic advisor to have the credits moved to Engineering Electives Group 2.
    • VIP counts for free elective if not used for Engineering Elective.
VIP Project Status
ACT Driving Simulator Approved
Agile Communication Architecture Approved
AI-based Discovery and Innovation Approved
Art + AI Approved
Automated Algorithm Design Approved
Bits of Good Approved
Diabetes and Chronic Disease Systems Approved
eStadium Approved
Getting to know U. Approved
GT Mobile STEM Lab Approved
Health Informatics Approved
HumaniTech Approved
Intelligent Transportation Approved
M.A.R.S Marsian Adv Approved
Reinventing Mobility in Atlanta Approved
Smart and Connected Bioelectronics Approved
Smart City Infrastructure Approved
Spatiotemporal Modeling:  COVID-19 Approved
Stadium-IoP Approved
Century Global Atlanta Denied
Design Bloc Denied
Engineering for Social Innovation Denied
Global Social Entrepreneurship Denied
IoT in Health Denied
Sports Performance Intelligence Platforms Denied
Wellbeing and Mental health Denied

Environmental Requirements

ISyE requires that a BSIE student have one course that deals with the environment. Accordingly, the following list provides a sample of acceptable courses that satisfy the environmental requirement.

4-HOUR LAB SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

  • BIOS 1107 (was BIOL 1510) - Biological Principles
  • BIOS 1220 - Biology of Sex and Death
  • EAS 1600 - Introduction to Environmental Science
  • EAS 1601 - Habitable Plant
  • EAS 2600 - Earth Processes

SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVES:

  • ECON 4440 - Economics of Environment

ENGINEERING ELECTIVES:

  • CEE 2300 - Environmental Engineering Principles
  • CEE 4300 - Environmental Engineering Systems

FREE ELECTIVES (Courses listed above may be used as free elective as well):

  • BIOS 2300 - Ecology
  • BIOL 2335 - General Ecology
  • EAS 2750 - Physics of the Weather
  • EAS 3110 - Energy, Environ, Society
  • EAS 4480 - Environ Data Analysis
  • ISyE 4501 - Energy, Efficiency, and Sustainability (Offered in Fall Semester, starting in Fall 2018 - replaces ISyE 4803 below)
  • (ISyE 4803 - Energy and Environmental Analysis (replaced by ISyE 4501, but will still be accepted))
  • PHYS 2750 - Physics of the Weather
  • SLS 3120 - Foundations of Sustainable Systems

There are other courses offered at Tech from time to time that will meet this requirement.  If you find a course that you wish to take and feel that the content qualifies, please contact your academic advisor for approval prior to enrolling.

Matching Courses to Concentrations

To determine your Catalog Year, you will need to access your DegreeWorks (via Buzzport) and then look for the BSIE - Degree Requirements row.  At the end of that row, your Catalog Year is listed above your GPA.

choosing catalog year

2019-2020 (and later) Catalog year

The table lists how the various concentration courses can be used to satisfy each concentration's requirements (please refer to the curriculum pages for the other rules that still must be observed):

Breadth or blank - Course can satisfy as a Breadth course if labeled as a Depth or Reqd for another concentration

Course Analytics and Data Science Economic and Financial Systems Operations Research Advanced Studies in Operations Research and Statistics * Quality and Statistics Supply Chain Engineering
ISYE 3039         Reqd
Course must be passed for that concentration
 
ISYE 3103           Reqd
Course must be passed for that concentration
ISYE 3104           Reqd
Course must be passed for that concentration
ISYE 3106 (was 3803) Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth
ISYE 4034 Depth (B)
6 or 9 hours are required from this group
      Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
 
ISYE 4045 Depth (A)
3 or 6 hours are required from this group
  Reqd
Course must be passed for that concentration
     
ISYE 4111           Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
ISYE 4133 Depth (A)
3 or 6 hours are required from this group
  Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
Depth *
see the curriculum page for The Advanced Studies in OR and Statistics concentration course requirements
   
ISYE 4134 Depth (A)
3 or 6 hours are required from this group
  Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
     
ISYE 4232 Depth (A)
3 or 6 hours are required from this group
  Reqd
Course must be passed for that concentration
Depth *
see the curriculum page for The Advanced Studies in OR and Statistics concentration course requirements
   
ISYE 4301   Reqd
Course must be passed for that concentration
       
ISYE 4311   Reqd
Course must be passed for that concentration
       
ISYE 4501 Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth
ISYE 4803
Reliability Engineering
        Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
 
ISYE 4803
Online Learn & Dec Making
Depth (B)
6 or 9 hours are required from this group
      Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
 
ISYE 4803
Intro to Machine Learning
Depth (B)
6 or 9 hours are required from this group
      Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
 
ISYE 4803
Systems Design for IEs
Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth
ISYE 4803
Adv Manufacturing
          Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
ISYE 4803
Facility Layout and Warehousing
          Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
ISYE 4803
Financial Data Analysis
  Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
    Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
 
ISYE 4803
Decision Analysis & Risk Mgt
Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth
ISYE 4803
Design of  Experiments
        Reqd
Course must be passed for that concentration
 
ISYE 4803
Health Systems Engineering
Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth Breadth
ISYE 4803
Linear & Convex Optimization
    Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
     
 
ECON 3150   Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
       
ECON 4340   Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
       
ECON 4350   Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
       
MGT 3078   Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
       
CS 4641 Depth (B)
6 or 9 hours are required from this group
      Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
 
CX 4240 Depth (B)
6 or 9 hours are required from this group
      Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
 
CX 4242         Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
 
MATH 4262         Depth
You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration
 

 

Note that under the 2019-2020 Catalog, the General concentration consists of any five concentration classes (prior approval by the ISyE Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies is required in order to include more than one Special Topics course (ISYE 3803 or ISYE 4803) that is not a depth/required course for the other concentrations).