Jul 03, 2025  
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026

Industrial and Management Engineering B.S.


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This curriculum requires a minimum of 130 credit hours and completion of the course requirements shown in the typical four-year program presented below.

First Year


Fall (17 credits)


Spring (17 credits)


Second Year


Third Year


Please note: The third year of the program varies depending upon which semester the student chooses to take away following The Arch Summer Semester classes. Please note the following differences in curriculum:

  • If students are going to be away during the Fall semester of their junior year, they should take the listed courses for each term and any courses under the Fall Away Track for year three of their program.
     
  • If students are going to be away during the Spring semester of their junior year, they should take the listed courses for each term and any courses under the Spring Away Track for year three of their program.

The Arch Summer Semester* (15 credits)


*For more information on the ARCH process, please click here: The Arch 

 

Fall OR Spring (18 credits)


Fall and Spring


Fourth Year


Fall (17 credits)


  • Technical Elective II  Credit Hours: 3 7
  • Technical Elective III Credit Hours: 3 7
  • Free Elective I Credit Hours: 4
  • Science Elective Credit Hours: 4 3
     

Spring (15 credits)


Free Electives


The free electives indicated above may be chosen from any academic discipline to broaden the student’s educational background and/or develop greater depth in a selected discipline.

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Electives


The electives in this area are based on the Institute and School of Engineering requirements. Students are urged to elect humanities, arts, and social science sequences through which they will obtain adequate breadth and depth in subject areas. Students desiring minors in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences must consult the school or department in which the courses are offered to obtain further information and specific requirements.

Footnotes


  1. ENGR 1200  may be replaced with ENGR 1400  or CIVL 1200 ISYE 1100  may be replaced with ENGR 1300 ENGR 1200  and ENGR 1300  may be taken in either order.
  2. This course is only offered in the spring semester.
  3. IME majors may select any 4-credit course with the designation ASTR, BCBP, BIOL, CHEM, ERTH, IENV, MATH, or PHYS to satisfy the science elective requirement.
  4. IME majors must select one of the following restricted electives to satisfy the Management Elective:
    ECON 1200   MGMT 1100  
    INQR 1200   MGMT 2300  
    ISYE 4440    MGMT 4510  
    ​​PSYC 1200   MGMT 4520  
  5. For a list of courses that satisfy the Professional Development - Technical Issues & Solution requirement, refer to the link “Professional Development Courses” on the Registrar’s “Academic Planning” webpage. It should be completed before the capstone design course.
  6. This course is only offered in the fall semester.
  7. IME majors must complete at least 4 courses for at least 12 credits of technical electives from all non-required courses with an ISYE prefix at the 4000 or higher level (except ISYE-4940) and the courses listed in the table below. The required courses with an ISYE prefix (ISYE 2210  , ISYE 2530  , ISYE 4140  , ISYE 4210  , ISYE 4270  , ISYE 4290  ,ISYE 4500  , and ISYE 4600 ) cannot be technical electives. At least three of these courses must be in engineering (i.e., must have an ISYE, ENGR, or other engineering discipline prefix). Courses may not be double-counted such as using ENGR 4760  for both the required course and the Technical Elective or using ISYE 4440  for both the Management Elective and the Technical Elective. Special undergraduate sections or regular graduate sections of 6000-level ISYE courses can also serve as technical electives except for ISYE 6600  , ISYE 6610  , and ISYE 6620 . Note that not all courses are offered every year. 
    CSCI 4250   ENGR 2250   ENGR 4710  
    ECON 4570   ENGR 2300   ENGR 4720  
    ECSE 1010   ENGR 2350   MANE 2710  
    ENGR 1600   ENGR 2530   MANE 4330  
    ENGR 2090   ENGR 2710   PSYC 4310  
  8. IME majors may substitute ENGR 2050  with MANE 2220 
  9. IME majors may substitute ENGR 4010  and ISYE 4270  with MANE 4220 ENGR 4010  can also be taken in the fall semester.
  10. ISYE 4290  is only offered in the Spring and ISYE 4210  is only offered in the Fall. Thus, depending on away semesters, when these two courses are taken can be swapped.
  11. ISYE 4600  is also offered in the Summer, so if away semester is in the fall, students should take this course in the summer. 
  12. ADMN 1030  is a zero-credit course that may be taken in the second-year fall or spring term (or possibly first year for ACCEL students); satisfactory completion is a graduation requirement.

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