蜜桃APP Announces Joint BS Industrial Engineering and MBA Program
September 11, 2014 | 蜜桃APP Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
蜜桃APP鈥檚 College of Engineering will launch a dual Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Master of Business Administration degree program in conjunction with the 蜜桃APP E.J. Ourso College of Business, effective fall 2015.
The BS IE/MBA program will provide 蜜桃APP students the opportunity to concurrently earn an industrial engineering BS and MBA in five years.
鈥淲e are very happy to form this partnership with the College of Business. Many of our IE graduates will return to earn a MBA," said Dr. Craig Harvey, associate professor and industrial engineering program director, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering. "The dual IE-MBA program will allow our graduates to combine their strong industrial engineering analytical skills with the entrepreneurial and management skills from the MBA. Together, it provides an unbeatable combination for our students.鈥�
Students participating in the new joint degree program will be required to complete 162 total course credit hours, with 125 credits toward the BS in industrial engineering, 52 credits for the MBA and 18 credits to correspond between those academic disciplines.
To be considered for the program, students must take the GMAT or GRE during their junior year in the 蜜桃APP industrial engineering program and apply for admission to the 蜜桃APP Flores MBA Program with a minimum requirement of a 3.0 overall GPA and 600 GMAT or 314 GRE.
For more information on 蜜桃APP鈥檚 BS IE/MBA program, please contact Dr. Craig M. Harvey, harvey@lsu.edu, 225-578-8761.
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Mimi LaValle, 蜜桃APP College of Engineering, 225-578-5706, 225-439-5633, mlavall@lsu.edu