ProgramCIP 14.3501

Industrial Engineering

A program that prepares individuals to apply scientific and mathematical principles to the design, improvement, and installation of integrated systems of people, material, information, and energy. Includes instruction in applied mathematics, physical sciences, the social sciences, engineering analysis, systems design, computer applications, and forecasting and evaluation methodology.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Ergonomics Engineering, Human Factors Engineering.