The new Industrial Management graduate program has been approved by the Dean, various curriculum committees, and the graduate council, however, there are currently no funds available to hire new faculty.   With your help, funds may be available in the near future if we can show enough demand for the program.  Please send us an e-mail, including your name and phone number, if you are interested in the graduate program. With a great enough response rate,  this new program can become available to help individuals with their future career goals.  Thank you for your support and we will look forward to hearing from you.   

E-mail Dr. Mark Miller

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Industrial Management description and program course titles:

What is the title and nature of the proposed degree program?

The title of the program will be Industrial Management. Graduates of the program will be conferred a degree of Master of Science in Industrial Management. The program will serve to prepare individuals for management positions in process and manufacturing related industries.

List the course offerings to comprise the program. Which of these courses will be new ones?

All of the following courses will be new courses created specifically for the proposed program (suggested course numbers have been included):

                                        ITEN 5300 Industrial Research Methods

ITEN 5305 Graduate Research Project

ITEN 5306 Thesis

ITEN 5310 Industrial Team Building and Empowerment

ITEN 5312 Industrial Project Management

ITEN 5315 Cycle Time Reduction and Management

ITEN 5318 Lean Production

ITEN 5322 Industrial Scheduling

ITEN 5325 Energy Management of Industrial Operations

ITEN 5327 Constraints Management and Mistake Proofing

ITEN 5330 Six Sigma Quality and Continuous Improvement

ITEN 5333 Hazardous Materials and Fire Prevention

ITEN 5335 Risk Management and Workers Compensation

ITEN 5338 Development and Administration of Ind. Safety     Programs

ITEN 5340 Automation and Cellular Manufacturing

Students will be required to take four courses from the Department of Management and Marketing. The College of Business is presently offering these courses on an annual basis. Students would be required to take four of the five courses listed below:

MKTG 5314 Strategic Logistics Management

MGMT 5322 Seminar in Management

MGMT 5325 Management Science

MGMT 5329 Special Problems in Management

MGMT 5337 Managerial Business Statistics

Outline a semester-by-semester curriculum for the proposed program, if applicable.

Presently, the Office of Graduate Studies allows a graduate student to select from one of four plans to earn a master's degree. Because four courses for the proposed program are required from the Department of Management and Marketing, graduate students would be limited to selecting from two plans. Only these two plans require a supporting field, which would be the four courses from the Department of Management and Marketing. The plans available to students would be Plan I-A (with thesis, major, and supporting field) and Plan II (non-thesis with major and supporting field). This information is listed in Appendix A or pages 297-299 of the 2000-2002 Texas A&M University-Kingsville Catalog.

The course requirements for the proposed program will be as follows:

Master of Science in Industrial Management

I. Industrial Management Core Courses

(18 semester hours)

ITEN 5310 Industrial Team Building and Empowerment

ITEN 5312 Industrial Project Management

MKTG 5314 Strategic Logistics Management

MGMT 5322 Seminar in Management

MGMT 5325 Management Science

MGMT 5329 Special Problems in Management or

MGMT 5337 Managerial Business Statistics

II. Industrial Management Elective Courses

(Select from 6-15 semester hours)

ITEN 5330 Six Sigma Quality and Continuous Improvement

ITEN 5327 Constraints Management and Mistake Proofing

ITEN 5315 Cycle Time Reduction and Management

ITEN 5333 Hazardous Materials and Fire Prevention

ITEN 5335 Risk Management and Workers Compensation

ITEN 5338 Development and Administration of Ind. Safety Programs

ITEN 5325 Energy Management of Industrial Operations

ITEN 5340 Automation and Cellular Manufacturing

ITEN 5318 Lean Production

ITEN 5322 Industrial Scheduling

III. Research Component

(Select 3-9 semester hours depending upon plan)

ITEN 5300 Industrial Research Methods

ITEN 5305 Graduate Research Project

ITEN 5306 Thesis (repeated for thesis option)

Grand Total 30 semester credit hours (thesis) 

& 36 semester credit hours (non-thesis)

All students admitted to this program are expected to have a baccalaureate degree in a technical-related discipline. If students hold degrees from unrelated disciplines, then they would be required to take at least five technical courses, such as:

ITEN 1311 Technical CAD

ITEN 2301 Industrial Electronics

ITEN 2313 Fluid Power

ITEN 3312 Industrial Materials

ITEN 1315 Metalworking Processes

or

ITEN 1316 Manufacturing Technology

In addition, all students should have at least one undergraduate course in management. Additional prerequisites are listed in the university catalog for each of the graduate courses required for this degree.