<p>Is anyone majoring in this? Or know more about it? I dont know anyone thats doing this but it looks really interesting, also anyone know of what types of jobs you could get with this major? some insight would be really appreciated!!</p>
<p>Niihla, I am not an engineer, but many of my Engineering friends looked down on IOE (affectionately called in-out-easy!). If you are going to go into Engineering, I recommend Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical, Computer, Biomedical, Materials or Chemical Engineering. Civil and Nuclear are fine, but limited and I think IOE is simply see as the jack of all trades!</p>
<p>The other engineering fields generally deal with the physical transformation of materials ... either messing with the material itself or building something with materials. IE/OR is definitely different and is sometimes considered less hardcore.</p>
<p>As a IE/OE type I'd say different is a better decription than less hardcore. Traditional engineering uses math and analytical skills to solve a specific (usually physical) issue. IE/OR also uses math and analytical skills but the solution space is the logistics/business world. IEs tend use heuristics to solve problems at an operational level (how could we redesign the layout of this manufacturing line to improve the operations). ORs tend to use more advanced mathematical techniques to solve more stategic questions (which plant should make which products and supply them to which markets). This same firm would have Mechanical engineers working on improving their manufacturing machines and material science engineering working on the properties of the raw materials used in manufacturing,</p>
<p>Industrial Engineering is pretty easy to find at schools. Operations Research is tougher to find because it gets called lots of different things ... operations research, systems engineering, engineering systems (a bunch of names that could mean anything).</p>
<p>FYI - UM has a great OR program, one of the top in the country</p>
<p>Hopefully that helps.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for that. I was wondering if it was possilbe to do a double major in OR and business, or would that be realllly too difficult? If so, which is better: OR and then an mba, or going business undergard and then mba??
Thanks so muchh!!</p>
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Thanks so much for that. I was wondering if it was possilbe to do a double major in OR and business, or would that be realllly too difficult? If so, which is better: OR and then an mba, or going business undergard and then mba??
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Good question ... </p>
<p>My first suggestion is to check out undergraduate OR/IE and undergraduate business and see which is more interesting TO YOU 1) as an undergrad (OR/IE might well be in an engineering school which implies lots of math and science) and 2) for your first couple of jobs as you gain experience before B-school.</p>
<p>If those two options feel similar to you I'd recommend getting differing degrees as an undergrad and grad, The business undergrad and then MBA track is one that doesn't do a lot for me. My suggestion would be OR/IE as an undergrad and then a MBA (full disclosure ... that is exactly what I did. The OR/IE training will teach you analytical rigor and problem solving skills that are great for the work place ... and might place you out of a bunch of your MBA courses (I placed out of 3-4 of my first year core courses when I went to B-school))</p>