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Master’s Program Requirements

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL AND OPERATIONS ENGINEERING

MASTER’S COUNSELING INFORMATION

1. MS/MSE Degree Requirements

Exceptions: Certain courses on the Rackham list are not eligible for IOE graduate credit.  (See discussion of Forbidden Courses below)

  • Of the 30 credit hours, at least 18 hours in graduate IOE courses
  • Of the 30 credit hours, at least 14 credit hours of 500-level-and-above courses, including at least 12 credit hours of IOE 500-level-and-above courses

Exceptions: IOE 590 (Masters Directed Study) may be used for at most 3 credit hours of the required 12 credit hours of IOE courses at the 500 level or above. Other directed study courses, courses graded S/U, and one- and two-credit seminar classes may not be used to satisfy 500 level requirements.

  • No more than 6 credit hours in directed study or project-based courses
  • At least 1 courses (equal to or greater than 3 hours) outside the IOE Department (cognate courses)

Exception: Any course that is cross-listed with the IOE Department may not be counted as a cognate course

  • Overall & IOE cumulative grade point averages of B or better
Courses that are not allowed

GRADUATE CREDIT FOR IOE CLASSES

All IOE courses at the 400-level and above are eligible for IOE graduate credit with the exception of the following courses:

Not allowed in all cases: IOE 422, 424, 441, 461, 481, 490, and 499.  These courses are either: 1) specifically designed for IOE undergraduates, or 2) offered as electives for IOE undergraduates and “service” courses to graduate students from other units.  The rigor level of these courses is below the level required for an IOE graduate course.

Not allowed in some cases: IOE 491. Because 491 is the default course number assigned to “new” IOE courses that will be given permanent course numbers at the 200, 300, and 400-levels, prior approval is required from the IOE Graduate Program Advisor to receive graduate credit for IOE 491.  A list of pre-approved 491 classes will be available in the Graduate Program Office during the registration period for each term.

Not allowed for Master’s students: IOE 800, 801, 802, 899.  These courses may not be counted toward the 30-credit minimum required for the Master’s degree.  

GRADUATE CREDIT FOR NON-IOE CLASSES

Guiding Principles:

  1. Courses in subject areas that are NOT offered by the IOE Department: All courses that are eligible for Rackham credit are eligible for IOE graduate credit.  This includes most “400-level-and-above” offered at the University of Michigan.  Exceptions are listed below.
  2. Courses in subject areas covered by the IOE Department (e.g., probability, statistics, operations management, information systems, etc.): All courses that are eligible for Rackham credit are eligible for IOE graduate credit, provided that the rigor level of the courses meets or exceeds the similar “first level” graduate course offered by the IOE Department.  (For example, 400 and 500-level introductory courses in statistics and computing are not eligible for IOE graduate credit since this topic is covered in the IOE undergraduate curriculum.)
  3. Transfer Credit: Courses taken at other universities must be acceptable to Rackham for transfer credit. If the course is eligible for Rackham credit, principles #1 and 2 (above) will be used to determine if the course is eligible for IOE credit.

Graduate Credit for Courses at the U of M Business School:

  1. 400-level classes: Accounting 471 is approved for IOE graduate credit. All other 400-level courses are not approved for graduate credit.  Exceptions require prior written approval by the IOE Graduate Program Advisor.  No approvals will be granted after the end of the drop-add period for the term when the course is offered.
  2. 500-level and above courses: Courses that are not on the forbidden list may be counted for graduate credit; however, 1-credit seminar classes will not be counted toward the 14 credits at the “500-level and above” requirement.

Business school courses that are not allowed:

MO 501 (allowed for graduate credit, but may not be counted as 500-level)

TO 501, 502, 503, 511, 512, 513, 551, 552, 561, 563, 566, 567, 568, 569, 572, 573, 601 and 616

Note: A student who takes IOE 440 or TO 605 may receive graduate credit for only 1 of those courses.

Courses in economics, engineering, entrepreneurship, manufacturing, math, statistics, biostatistics, public policy, and information that are not allowed:

ENTR 599 section 019 is not allowed for graduate credit  (Other sections are allowed for graduate credit, but may NOT be counted as 500-level)

ECON 404, 405, 500

ENGINEERING 401, 480, 600, 998 (CPT)

EECS 402

MATH 412, 417, 419, 422, 425, 431, 486, 489, 497, 498

MANUFACTURING 401. (Note: MFG 503 is allowed for graduate credit, but may not be counted as 500-level because it is a project course.)

STAT: All 400-level classes are not allowed with the exception of STAT 406, 430, 466, 470, 480

BIOSTAT 503, 510, 523, 553, 600, 601, 602, 625

PUBLIC POLICY 513, 529

INFORMATION 528, 543   RACKHAM 998 or ENGR 998 (CPT)

HMP 680

Special topic courses with a regular lecture format taught under IOE 591 are considered regular lecture courses (not directed study courses) in verifying requirements.