Industrial Management

The BSIM, which provides the operations management training to technically-oriented students, is one of the few undergraduate programs of its kind in the nation. This degree provides a unique curriculum combining engineering basics (mathematics, physics, chemistry, mechanics) with the standard business courses. Co-op is strongly encouraged in the BSIM program to provide the valuable work experience and the foundation for contextual learning.

The Lindner Fast Track, an immersive Freshman Experience, allows students to begin taking business courses on their first day of freshman year. Freshmen are grouped into learning communities (LC) of approximately 20 students. Students take many of their first-year courses with their LC team, making it easy to build friendships and get to know their professors. Each student LC acts as a team throughout the Lindner Fast Track and works together on Project Strategy, Project Innovation and Project Impact. Through Project Strategy, students perform a strategic analysis of a real-world company. Teams meet with executives from the organization, research and brainstorm and ultimately present their recommendations to the company. Project Innovation encourages students to develop creative, entrepreneurial and innovative skills by dreaming up a new product or service that targets fellow college students. Students then build a complete business plan for their idea. In Project Impact, students use their business acumen to help one of 20-plus different United Way of Greater Cincinnati partner organizations reach their goals.

Additional freshman courses include mathematics, English composition, economics, business communications and general education requirements.

The lower business core of accounting, business law, information systems, marketing and business analytics exposes all students to the fundamental business disciplines in order to prepare them to communicate across the different business functional fields. The upper business core, consisting of finance, international business, management, operations management and business professionalism, continues to give students additional skills in business fundamentals. Course work in the major allows students to build their skills as specialists. The capstone experience involves a project through which students can tie together all they have learned.

The BSIM major requires completion of 22 semester hours of courses in the major.

First Year Requirements

• Business Pathways I
• Business Pathways II
• Career Success Strategies (FYE)
• Essentials of Business I
• Essentials of Business II
• General Chemistry I (NS)
• Business Communication (HU)
• Introduction to Microeconomics (SS)
• Engineering Foundations
• English Composition (EC)
• Calculus I (QR)
• Calculus II (QR)

Lower Core Requirements

• Financial Accounting
• Managerial Accounting
• Business Analytics I (QR)
• Business Analytics II (QR)
• Legal Environment of Business (SE)
• Digital Technologies for Business (TI)
• Introduction to Marketing
• Engineering Models I
• Engineering Models II
• Intermediate Composition (EC)
• College Physics I (Calculus-based) (QR,NS)
• CHEM 1041 or PHYS 2002

Upper Core Requirements

• Business Professionalism and Character
• Business Finance
• Global Environment of Business (DC)
• Management
• Operations Management
• MATH 2063, 2073, or 2076

IM Major Courses

• IM Electives
• Operations Strategy
• BANA Electives
• Business Strategy
• Free Electives

Electives

• Data Mining and Analysis
• Spreadsheet Analytics
• Study Abroad - China
• Study Abroad Chile: Doing Business in Chile
• Study Abroad Mexico
• Study Abroad - Ireland
• Study Abroad Thailand: Doing Business in Thailand
• Study Abroad France-Spain
• Quality Management
• Operations Planning and Scheduling
• Product Development and Project Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Procurement and Logistics
• Service Sector Management
• Healthcare Management & Operations
• Forecasting and Risk Analysis
• Six Sigma Green Belt Project and Certification Exam
• Special Topics in Operations Management
• Optimization
• Optimization Models
• Optimization Methods
• Simulation Modeling
• Multivariable Calculus (QR)
• Ordinary Differential Equations (QR)
• Linear Algebra (QR)
• General Chemistry II (NS)
• College Physics II (Calculus-based) (QR,NS)

• Common Application and Writing Supplement
• Application fee or application fee waiver submitted via the Common Application
• ACT and/or SAT scores sent directly from the testing agency
• Official high school transcript
• Letter(s) of recommendation
• $100 application fee
• SAT/ACT 
• Proof of English Ability and Proof of Math Ability
• TOEFL: 79 iBT
• IELTS: 6.5
• SAT-I: 480 Critical Reading
• ACT: 20 English
• PTE: 53
• ELS: 112

Scholarships

• UC Global Scholarship