<p>I know that the two majors are pretty similar and people in both majors often hold the same types of jobs, but which one is better in my particular situation? I'm hoping to transfer to Georgia Tech my junior year, (let's just pretend I got accepted) and I'm trying to decide between the two. I'm almost positive that I will have a better GPA if I do SCM instead of IE because I'm not very good at math. But GA Tech is rated the #1 school in the country for industrial engineering, while I can't even find it's ranking for supply chain management. So, would it be better to have a lower GPA and take IE from a school with a #1 IE program, or have a higher GPA and take SCM from a school that's not known for it's SCM program? Either way, it'll be from GA Tech.</p>
<p>What will look better on my resume?</p>
<p>IE looks better, but it, like all of the engineering majors it is math intensive. It may simply not be for you. You can give it a try and if you get through the initial calc sequence, you’ll likely be fine. If not, switch to business and then think about getting your master’s in SCM (GT offers one).</p>
<p>It’s ok if your GPA is a bit lower going the engineering track, vs. business, that’s to be expected. However, you do need to keep your GPA over 3.0, or you should be thinking of switching majors.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>IE gets pretty ugly math wise unless you choose the math lite option (human computer interaction 
like I did). But it’s not a lot of Calculus as much as it is weird math (linear programming, optimization, combinatorics, probability, and the like, as I said, not integrate this and differentiate that as much as it is using this strange math to address problems. </p>
<p>If you survived thru sophomore elsewhere it means you’re done with the Calc classes - and the strange math is about as difficult or easy as the professor wants it to be. With good profs, even totally off-the-wall math can become easy because the guy/gal can explain this much better. For example, simulation theory involves copious amounts of random number math - but with the right professor the class was not just ‘easy’ but actually enjoyable.</p>
<p>So, map out the courses you plan to take junior and senior year, list any math requirements for them, and add professor rankings from places like ratemyprofessor.com and see what happens. If you see that you need 5 math heavy classes all taught by introvert non-helping profs, well, that’s your answer, but if the ratings suggest awesome profs then you’re in better shape.</p>
<p>Actually, I don’t think they are all that similar majors. Also, while we IE’s can take on SCM jobs, I don’t think the reverse is possible. I am in an MSIE program and yeah, we are pretty math heavy, and like turbo said, it is the weird math, haha. We use a lot of linear programming which involves a lot of linear algebra and matrix operations to do a lot of problems with resource allocation, transportation, shortest path… we also use discrete and continuous time markov chains in decision analysis for production problems and queues, these rely on a lot of probability and statistics as well and tie into the linear programming too with MDP’s. I’m pretty good at math and while the linear programming class was not that bad, the stochastic class (markov chains) was brutal but this was probability due to the professor.</p>
<p>Honestly, if you are dead set on SCM then I would just do that. We learn a lot of stuff other than SCM, so why force yourself through it if you don’t plan on doing it.</p>
<p>I’m a senior in IE, and it’s a lot of pretty tough math. First two years you’ll take mostly general courses (a bunch of calculus and physics, linear algebra, differential equations, chemistry, statics, thermodynamics, circuits, materials science). Junior and senior year you’ll take deterministic optimization modeling, stochastic processes, manufacturing, database systems, discrete event simulation, engineering economics, probability and statistics, inventory theory, senior design, etc. If that sounds appealing, go for it. If not, SCM is probably less math intensive but I don’t know too much about the curriculum.</p>
<p>Thermodynamics and circuits in IE? {{{shudder}}}</p>
<p>Word, not sure why they made us take those but they were required at my school.</p>