General MS Requirements

Requirements Established in Admission Process

Attention must be paid to any restrictions established in the admission process. Such restrictions often deal with the requirements to take courses above the thirty-two-credit minimum in the case of MSIE and MSME programs and above forty-two-credit minimum in the case of the MSEM program to make up for background deficiencies. Occasionally, there is reason to change these stipulations made in the admission process. The only way to change any requirements established in the admission process is through a "Memo of Change" initiated by the appropriate program coordinator (identified along with the program description). If such a change memo has not been processed, the student will be required to satisfy all requirements established in the admission process. This may impact the ability of the student to graduate on time.

Entrance and Qualifying Exams

All MS Graduate Programs offered by the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department require prerequisite knowledge of basic probability and statistics. To ensure that students have the prerequisite knowledge, we require all incoming students to score at least 75% on each of two basic exams before the end of the first week of classes. One exam is on probability and the other is on statistics.

Each exam involves 12 questions to be solved in 90 minutes. A student can take this placement exam at most twice (both attempts should be made in the same semester). Exams will be graded within 24 hours and students will be notified as to their passing or failing by e-mail.

Our expectation is that the vast majority of students will pass these exams and that the exams will serve as a stimulus for students to review material that they need to know to handle the courses they are taking. Students who fail the placement exam will be given a not-for-credit refresher course in probability and statistics. There is no fee for this course. Students are required to obtain the equivalent of B in this class to satisfy the placement exam requirement.

Winter 2012 Exam Schedule

• January 6, Fri: 1:00 - 4:00 pm - Human Factors Lab - 2031 MEB
• January 9, Mon: 4:00 - 7:00 pm - Human Factors Lab - 2031 MEB
• January 11, Wed: 4:00 - 7:00 pm - Human Factors Lab - 2031 MEB
   

For more information regarding the topics covered by this Probability and Statistics exam, review the following pdf documents:

• Exam Topics
• Probability Exam Sample
• Statistics Exam Sample

Important Exam Guidelines:

• Bring a Probability and Statistics Text Book ^_[1]
• Exam Format is Primarily Multiple-Choice

_{[1] You are expected to bring some type of a text book on Probability and Statistics for Engineers. You will be using this book to refer to critical probability tables to answer certain questions in the exam.}

 

Academic Standing

The Master of Science student is required to earn at least a 3.0 (or B) average to satisfy degree requirements. Any student receiving a grade of C+ or lower will be placed on probation. Two grades of C+ or lower will result in dismissal from the program. In addition, the student must meet the following criteria:

• Students are permitted to repeat a maximum of one course to improve their grade point average. Permission to repeat a course must be approved before the course is taken. Applications to repeat a course can be obtained from the Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering. Forms must be returned to the office for processing by the departmental "Student Advisor". Repeating a course will result in the old grade being replaced by the new grade earned.
• Students must achieve a minimum of a B grade in the courses in the core program. The core courses are detailed in the description of each of the Master of Science programs.

Application for Graduation

It is your responsibility to file an Application for Graduation (available online at WSU Pipeline) with the University Records Office. They are located at: 1 West Helen Newberry Joy Administrative Services Building. Their telephone number is +(313) 577-3531. This application must be filed by the first day of class of the student's final semester.

For more information, view the MS Handbook