Bachelor's Degree in General Business – Industrial Engineering
Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration
Major: General Business
Concentration: Industrial Engineering
Hours: 120
Industrial Engineering Overview
The Bachelor of Business Administration in General Business with a concentration in industrial engineering at 91̽»¨ allows for a wide variety of careers. Majors often find careers in project management, supply chain solutions, healthcare management, quality assurance, insurance agencies, banks, construction administration, hospital administration, retail administration and government agencies. Continuing on to LU's MBA program can focus your wide business background to a more specific area of concentration.
This program provides education directed at developing technical expertise as well as knowledge of business management. This combined education in business and engineering enables you to make decisions concerning inventory control, motivating and rewarding employees, production procedures and quality control. You can use this set of skills and knowledge to improve operating efficiency in almost any type of company.
Industrial Engineering Courses You May Take
Introduction to Industrial Engineering: Introduction to Industrial Engineering, its tools and its techniques. Not open to students majoring in engineering.
Work Design: Determination of work content, workstation/facility layout, work methods, and times required for various occupational jobs/tasks. Design of tasks/jobs, workplace, and work environment to increase productivity, eliminate waste, and decrease occupational injury/illness.
Quality Control Applications: Quality assurance and the application of statistics to the control of quality. Control charts, acceptance sampling reliability and the role of standards in the quality function. Not open to students majoring in engineering.
Lean Manufacturing: The planning, evaluation, deployment and integration of lean manufacturing theory and methods. Emphasis on manufacturing processes/equipment and systems.
Supply Chain Management: A survey of supply chain management techniques and methods. Topics includes logistics, purchasing, inventory systems, demand management and supply chain visibility.
Career Paths for General Business
You'll graduate prepared for a number of jobs, especially in the chemical refining and petroleum industrial companies local to Southeast Texas. You may also want to consider continuing on to an MBA or to one of the Engineering Management master's degrees for more advanced options in the professional field of your choice.
Primary Careers
Business manager, engineering manager, project manager
- Health care
- Quality assurance
- Construction
- Retail management
- Supply chain
- Government
- Chemical refining companies
- Manufacturing companies
- Retail companies
- Petroleum industry manufacturers
- Government agencies
- Hospitals, health care facilities
Marleen Swerdlow, Ph.D.
J.Y. Choi, Ph.D.
Vivek Natarajan, Ph.D.
Frank Cavaliere, Ph.D.