Ph.D. in Management Systems Engineering

Management Systems Engineering (MSE) is focused on the theory, research, design, implementation, evaluation, and improvement of systems comprised of decision makers, information, organizational structures, technology, decision tools, work processes, and people, with an emphasis on the interactions among these components. MSE involves the application of engineering design and analysis methodologies and tools to these management systems. One of the primary objectives of this area is to advance the theory and science of designing and understanding of complex management and engineered systems. The MSE graduate track is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to meet the challenges posed by increasingly complex organizational systems within dynamic, global environments.

The MSE concentration is designed to expose students to a breadth of industrial engineering topics at the graduate level, depth in management systems engineering topics, and the opportunity to take technical electives in specialized areas within industrial engineering and other areas.

Coursework Requirements

Core ISE Courses (Required)

Number	Title	Credits
ISE 5024	ISE Seminar	0
ISE 5814	System Dynamics Modeling of Socio-Technical Systems	3
STAT 5204 or ECE 5714 or ISE 5034 or ISE 5624	Experimental Design and Analysis I (Blacksburg) or Robust Estimation and Filtering or Mathematical Probability and Statistics or Human Factors Research Design I	3 3 3 4

ECE = Electrical and Computer Engineering - STAT = Statistics

Concentration Courses (Required)

	Number	Title	Credits
1	ISE 5015 or ISE 5124	Management of Change, Innovation & Performance in Organizational Systems I or Management of Quality and Reliability	3
2	ISE 5016 or ISE 5144	Management of Change, Innovation & Performance in Organizational Systems II or Performance and Productivity Measurement and Evaluation	3
3	ISE 5804	Fundamentals of Systems Engineering	3
4	Ph.D. Level course in Management Systems		3
4	ISE 6024 or ISE 6xxx	Advanced Topics in Management Systems Engineering or Any ISE 6xxx course developed for Management Systems Engineering	3
5	Modeling and Analysis Courses		3
5	ISE 5104 or STAT 5xxx/STAT 6xxx or ISE 54xx or ISE 64xx	Operations Research or Graduate course in Statistics or Any ISE 54xx or ISE 64xx	3

Preapproved Electives

Number	Title	Credits
ISE 5044	Production Systems Analysis	3
ISE 5134	Management Information Systems	3
ISE 5154	Applied Human Factors	3
ISE 5174	Engineering Program and Project Mangement	3
ISE 5434	Economic Evaluation of Industrial Projects	3
ISE 5694	Macroergonomics	3
ISE 5714	Usability Engineering	3
ISE 6014	Proposing IE Research	3
PAPA 5014	Concepts and Approaches in Public Administration	3
PAPA 6214	Public Policy Processes and Analytical Approaches	3
PAPA 6224	Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Public Policy Programs	3
STS/SOC 5105, 5106	Contemporary Issues in Science and Technology Studies	3
STS/PAPA 5614	Introduction to Science and Technology Policy	3
STS 6524	Critical Approaches to Science and Technology	3
STS 6614	Advanced Topics in Technology Studies	3
STS 6624	Advanced Topics in Life Sciences and Medicine	3
STS/SOC 6834	Advanced Topics in Social studies of Science, Technology, and Medicine	3
STS 5444	Issues in Bioethics	3
CEE 5600	Civil Infrastructure Systems Analysis	3
CEE 5620	Transportation Network Analysis	3
CEE 5624	Transportation and Land Use	3
CEE 5644	Transportation Systems Planning	3
STAT 5214	Advanced Methods of Regression Analysis	3
STAT 5364	Hierarchical Modeling	3
STAT 5404	Nonparametric Statistics	3
STAT 5504	Multivariate Statistical Methods	3
STAT 5404G	Advanced Applied Multivariate Analysis	3
STAT 5514	Regression Analysis	3

CEE = Civil and Environmental Engineering, PAPA = Public administration, SOC = Sociology, STAT = Statistics, STS = Science & Technology in Society