Curriculum
Each student majoring in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering must satisfactorily complete a minimum of 132 credits distributed as follows:
I. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (18 Credits)
A. Compulsory (9 Credits)
| Code |
Course |
Credits |
| 9988-123 |
Intermediate Writing Skills |
3 |
| 9988-221 |
Technical Writing |
3 |
B. Elective (9 Credits)
Restricted Elective
| Code |
Course |
Credits |
| 0330-100 |
Modern and Contemporary History of Kuwait |
3 |
| 0330-102 |
Arab and Islamic Cultural History or one course from a group of humanities courses |
3 |
Free Electives (6 Credits)
Two courses from humanities/social science electives: Students can choose any course from the approved departments at the university.
II. MATHEMATICS AND BASIC SCIENCE COURSES (27 Credits)
| Code |
Course |
Credits |
| 0410-101 |
Calculus I |
3 |
| 0410-102 |
Calculus II |
3 |
| 0410-111 |
Linear Algebra |
3 |
| 0410-211 |
Calculus III |
3 |
| 0410-240 |
Ordinary Differential Equations |
3 |
| 0420-101 |
General Chemistry I |
3 |
| 0420-105 |
General Chemistry I Lab |
1 |
| 0430-101 |
Physics I |
3 |
| 0430-105 |
Physics I Lab |
1 |
| 0430-102 |
Physics II |
3 |
| 0430-107 |
Physics II Lab |
1 |
III. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS (22 Credits)
A. Common Engineering Courses (18 Credits)
| Code |
Course |
Credits |
| 0600-104 |
Engineering Graphics and Design |
2 |
| 0600-205 |
Electrical Engineering Fundamentals |
3 |
| 0600-207 |
Electrical Engineering Fundamentals Lab |
1 |
| 0600-208 |
Engineering Thermodynamics |
3 |
| 0600-209 |
Engineering Economy |
3 |
| 0600-304 |
Engineering Probability and Statistics |
3 |
| 0600-307 |
Applied Numerical Methods and Programming for Engineers |
3 |
B. Other Engineering Courses (4 Credits)
| Code |
Course |
Credits |
| 0600-102 |
Workshop |
1 |
| 0600-202 |
Statics |
3 |
IV. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (65 Credits)
A. Compulsory Courses (44 Credits)
| Code |
Course |
Credits |
| 0660-221 |
Introduction to Industrial Engineering |
3 |
| 0660-312 |
Industrial Engineering Labs |
2 |
| 0660-321 |
Work Design and Measurement |
3 |
| 0660-325 |
Safety and Health for Engineers |
3 |
| 0660-351 |
Engineering Statistical Analysis |
3 |
| 0660-352 |
Production Cost Analysis |
3 |
| 0660-361 |
Operations Research I |
3 |
| 0660-372 |
Project Management and Control |
3 |
| 0660-434 |
Facilities Planning and Design |
3 |
| 0660-454 |
Production Planning and Inventory Control |
3 |
| 0660-457 |
Quality Control |
3 |
| 0660-461 |
Operations Research II |
3 |
| 0660-471 |
Engineering Management |
3 |
| 0660-481 |
Systems Simulation |
3 |
| 0660-496 |
Design in Industrial Engineering |
3 |
B. Compulsory Non-Dept. Courses (9 Credits)
| Code |
Course |
Credits |
| 0630-241 |
Material Science and Metallurgy |
3 |
| 0630-353 |
Manufacturing Processes |
3 |
| 0650-312 |
Petroleum Industry |
3 |
C. Industrial Engineering Electives
(6 Credits)
Two elective courses from the following:
| Code |
Course |
Credits |
| 0660-395 |
Industrial Engineering Internship |
3 |
| 0660-419 |
Special Topics in Industrial Engineering |
3 |
| 0660-425 |
Human Factors Engineering |
3 |
| 0660-429 |
Ergonomics and Safety in Process Industries |
3 |
| 0660-445 |
Manufacturing Systems |
3 |
| 0660-446 |
Computer Aided Manufacturing |
3 |
| 0660-451 |
Reliability and Maintainability Engineering |
3 |
| 0660-456 |
Productivity Improvement Methods |
3 |
| 0660-458 |
Design of Experiments |
3 |
| 0660-464 |
Optimization Methods |
3 |
| 0660-487 |
Expert Systems in Industrial Engineering |
3 |
| 0600-494 |
Industrial Engineering in Process and Services Systems |
3 |
D. Engineering Management Electives (6 Credits)
Two elective courses from the following:
| Code |
Course |
Credits |
| 0660-381 |
Decision Analysis |
3 |
| 0660-459 |
Quality in Health Care |
3 |
| 0660-470 |
Supply Chain and Logistics |
3 |
| 0660-473 |
Quality Management and Organizational Excellence |
3 |
| 0660-474 |
Accounting and Finance for Engineering |
3 |
| 0660-475 |
Engineering Marketing Analysis |
3 |
| 0660-477 |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
3 |
| 0660-479 |
Law for Engineers |
3 |