Systems and Industrial Engineering, BS

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Systems Engineering and Operations Research Department

Nguyen Engineering Building, 2100
4400 University Drive, MS 4A6
Fairfax, VA 22030

Phone: 703-993-5689

Email: seor@gmu.edu

About the Program

Are you curious about how large-complex systems in organizations and infrastructure operate? Do you like solving problems and working on projects with others? Then the bachelor's degree in Systems and Industrial Engineering can lead you there. Students who enroll in the BS in Systems and Industrial Engineering, learn how systems work in a variety of industries in the public and private sectors (i.e. transportation, health care delivery) and the impact it has on the global environment. This is an interdisciplinary degree that combines engineering, computer science, humanities, and more. This degree program is ABET accredited and can be completed on a part-time basis as well.

Program Opportunities

During their senior year, students will work on their capstone projects, which allow them to apply their education to real-world problems. As a systems and industrial engineering graduate, your skills will be portable and marketable, and applicable across a variety of fields and positions. Our graduates are highly recruited, and it’s common for them to get jobs in the field before graduation. Companies that recruit our graduates include MITRE, Booz Allen Hamilton, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, SAIC, Aviation Solutions, and Government. Agencies, and others.