A minor in mathematics is an excellent complement to the industrial engineering curriculum, strengthening students’ analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills. Mathematics provides the foundation for modeling, optimization, data analysis, and algorithmic thinking — core areas of industrial engineering practice.

Industrial engineering students already complete 9 s.h. of the required 15 s.h. of post-calculus courses required, leaving them only two additional mathematics courses to earn the mathematics minor. One of these may be taken as part of their math/science requirement in any ISE focus area. Thus, most ISE students can complete a mathematics minor with just one additional math course!

A mathematics minor can be tailored to individual interests, with elective options in areas such as differential equations, numerical analysis, probability and statistics, discrete mathematics, and optimization theory. Students planning to pursue graduate study or technical careers in analytics, operations research, or systems modeling will find this minor especially valuable.

Employers in engineering, finance, consulting, and technology consistently seek graduates with strong quantitative reasoning skills. A mathematics minor enhances career opportunities in roles such as data analyst, operations research analyst, quality engineer, and systems modeler, and provides excellent preparation for advanced degrees in engineering, applied mathematics, or data science.