Undergraduate Degrees

Choose Systems Engineering or Industrial Engineering

SIE offers Bachelor of Science degrees in systems engineering and industrial engineering.

SIE Undergraduate Student Handbook (PDF)

BS in Systems Engineering

Students pursuing a UA Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering are interested primarily in the design, modeling and analysis of technological systems used for everything from health care to communication to transportation. The curriculum emphasizes these subjects:

Decision analysis
Modeling and analysis
Probability and statistics
Simulation
System integration
System theory

BS in Industrial Engineering

The Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering focuses on the design and implementation of integrated systems of people, materials, machines, energy and information. Students may take all of their technical electives (PDF) in one or more of the program’s focus areas.

Human factors engineering
Manufacturing
Operations research
Reliability and quality engineering

BS in Software Engineering

Software engineers build the technological infrastructure for our increasingly connected world. They are in high demand across industries and government, working in areas such as:

Aerospace and space exploration
Natural and fabricated environments
Automation and connectivity
Human and intelligent systems
Data, computing and networking

With an interdisciplinary curriculum covering large-scale product development and intensive real-world design, the University of Arizona BS in software engineering prepares students for some of the most coveted technology jobs.

Accelerated Master’s Program

The UA Graduate College gives exceptional SIE students the option of earning a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in as few as five years. See SIE Graduate Degrees for more information.

Curriculum

The systems engineering program emphasizes theory and analysis. Industrial engineering focuses on planning and execution.

Four-Year Degree Plans

The College of Engineering's four-year degree plans provide the advised sequence of courses for bachelor’s degrees in systems engineering and industrial engineering.

Minors

SIE Undergraduate Minors (PDF) for non-SIE students.

Required Minors and Technical Electives

In addition to core courses and prerequisites, systems engineering students complete an engineering or thematic minor, consisting of 18 unique units of primarily technical electives. Industrial engineering students do not have a minor requirement but must complete 12 units of technical electives from upper-division coursework.

Undergraduate Courses

SIE undergraduate courses 2021-2022 (PDF)

Advanced Standing

Students must qualify for advanced standing in the College of Engineering before enrolling in upper-division courses.

Advanced standing in SIE requires a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and completion of specific courses.