Admission into Engineering Masters program with Business background

Graduate School
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Hey guys, I’m a Supply Chain Management student at Arizona State University and I’ll be graduating in May next year. Midway through my junior year I realized that I wanted to pursue a career in operations and manufacturing. I had done some research and found that most internships and jobs in operations or manufacturing require you to hold a degree in industrial engineering. I wanted to know if you guys could give me some advice or share your personal experiences on how someone like myself can gain admission (or if it would even be a possibility) into a highly ranked masters in industrial engineering program. I would like to mention that unlike the traditional business student, I have taken all the same math classes engineering majors do and some computer science courses as well (Calculus 1-3, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, Calculus-based Statistics, Intro to Programming, Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures). I have a 4.0 GPA and am part of the honors college here at ASU. I took the GRE recently and did reasonably well (Verbal: 161/170, Quantitative: 166/170, Writing 4.5/6)

I would like to thank everyone in advance.
Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated.

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Forgive my ignorance - this isn’t my field - but isn’t supply chain management part of operations and manufacturing? I thought that was the whole reason SCM majors needed to take nearly the same advanced math and CS classes that some OR and IE students take. Also, does “operations” not include logistics and SCM?

Look at MS programs in industrial engineering and find out what their prerequisites are. You can usually find this information on the website of the MS program itself, or if they are not listed you can email the departmental secretary or a program director to find out what typical prerequisites are for accepted students. There may be some other classes that you are expected to take aside from the math and CS you already have. (A starting point might be to see what other classes undergrad IE majors at your school take that you don’t.)

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@Liversnails - If you are planning on grad school, you need to start giving some thought to which professors you might ask to write your letters of recommendation. You will need 2-3.