Information for MEng Industrial Engineering students

The MEng Industrial Engineering is a two year, course based program with the following six options:

I. Engineering Management
II. Lean Systems Engineering
III. Supply Chain Engineering
IV. Industrial Optimization and Systems Analytics
V. Reliability and Maintenance Engineering
VI. General Stream

The Engineering Management option is different from the other options in that students must do two stages in
industry and have a regular, full-time engineering job, which cannot be a student placement like a co-op work
term or an internship, at a local company. Only very few students can be accepted. The the Engineering
Management option is thus not available to international students. All other options have a set of Industrial
Engineering core courses, which includes a 2-term (Fall + Winter) Capstone Project course, a set of Area core
courses for options II - V, and engineering electives.

Option selection: Students who started in Fall 2022 submitted their option selection in late Fall 2022 or early
Winter 2023, and the selected option appeared on their transcript in March 2023. Students who started in Winter
2023 will be asked to submit their option selection in Summer 2023 or early Fall 2023, and the selected option
will appear on their transcript in November 2023. The option selection form will become available
at https://forms.office.com/r/Mc42JminYH.

Course sequences

Below are recommended course sequences based on full-time studies. Those who do not follow their course
sequence are at great risk of having to extend their program and delay graduation.
 2022 Fall entry
 2023 Winter entry

 2023 Fall entry

The Fall entry course sequence for General Stream shows that students may take courses in Summer. However,
only few courses are offered in Summer and students who have completed the Fall 2022 and Winter 2023 term
courses as specified can take all their remaining courses in Fall 2023 and Winter 2024, so without taking
courses in Summer. Fall entry students in the other options don't have to take courses in Summer. With no
courses to take in Summer, that is a perfect time to do an internship, see below. Also note that there is no course
sequence for the Engineering Management option as that option requires students to have a full-time
engineering job at a local company to do their two industrial stages, as required by the program. Because of
their full-time engineering job, students in Engineering Management do their MEng studies on a part-time basis.

Full-time status and one-credit course

For MEng students, full-time status is defined as taking at least 9 credits in Fall and Winter. Registration in less
than 9 credits in the Summer or last term of study, does not impact full-time status
(see https://www.concordia.ca/academics/graduate/calendar/current/classification-of-students-and-
registration.html). Starting Fall 2023 INDU 6990 Industrial Engineering Capstone is an 8-credit course spread
over two terms, Fall + Winter, whereby the Fall and Winter components each count as 4-credits. Starting Fall
2022, students need to take one 1-credit course (click for a listing of available courses) as part of their MEng
program.

Looking at above Fall entry course sequence, students typically take two 4-credit courses and one 1-credit
course in Fall, followed by three 4-credit courses in Winter. Fall entry students don't have to take any courses in
summer as they can complete the required 45 credits by taking courses in fall and winter of second year. That is
a perfect time to get Canadian work experience. Both internships and co-op work terms (see below) provide an
opportunity to work, and get paid for that, though they are not part of the MEng program.

Looking at above Winter entry course sequence, students typically take two 4-credit courses and one 1-credit
course in Winter, followed by two 4-credit courses in Summer. Winter entry students have at this stage one 4-
credit less than Fall entry students. Winter entry students can complete their studies at the same time as Fall
entry students if, in second year, they take five 4-credit courses in Fall and Winter combined together with
Capstone. Students who take only four 4-credit courses can take their final 4-credit course in Summer, unless
they have already taken the Summer term courses.

Elective courses

Elective courses must be selected from list E12, E01, or MECH courses. Many MECH courses are reserved for
MECH and AERO students and are not available to INDU students. Similarly, courses in E01 are often reserved
for students from certain programs, and not available to others. Always select electives that are available to
INDU students. Further note that the following courses cannot be taken for credit as part of your program:
ENCS 6031, ENCS 6041, ENCS 6042, ENCS 6821, CHME 6981. Also, MBA courses are not available as
electives in options II - VI.

INDU course offerings in 2023-2024

- Course offerings are based on when they are scheduled to be taken according to the course sequences.
Students should follow the course sequence based on their term of entry. Those who do not follow their course
sequence are at great risk of having to extend their program and delay graduation.
- If you get the error message "You do not have a valid enrolment appointment at this time" when trying to
register for a course, that means that registration has not yet opened up for you.
- The link https://www.concordia.ca/students/registration/term-dates-deadlines.html shows Standard Term
Dates and Deadlines, including Graduate Course Registration Start Dates (which vary depending on the
category of student), Term Dates, Exam Period Dates, and DNE and DISC Deadlines for 2023-2024. The 2022-
2023 Dates and Deadlines are available at https://www.concordia.ca/students/registration/term-dates-deadlines/
term-dates-deadlines-2022-2023.html.
- Some courses require permission and you cannot register for those yourself. We have to enrol you. For INDU
6990 we will consider enrolling 2022 Fall entry students in Summer 1, after Winter 2023 grades have been
posted, and 2023 Winter entry students in Summer 2, after Summer 1 grades have been posted and after the
Summer 2 DNE deadline.
- The numbers shown are the class numbers.
 Summer-1 2023 Summer-2 2023 Fall 2023 Winter 2024 Prerequisite(s)
INDU 6111 2493
INDU 6121 7362 5375
INDU 6131
INDU 6141 5672 INDU 6121
INDU 6151 2432
INDU 6161 8476 INDU 6121
INDU 6211 3683 6131 INDU 6121
INDU 6221 7484
INDU 6231 7413
INDU 6241 9066 INDU 6211
INDU 6251 7803
INDU 6310 4062 7435 5476
INDU 6311 8425 2434, 7174
INDU 6321 3242 2435 INDU 6310
INDU 6331 3547 2436
INDU 6341 2495
INDU 6351 9865
INDU 6361 5457 INDU 6111, permission
INDU 6371 6248 INDU 6111
INDU 6381 7412
INDU 6391 5806
INDU 6411 4643
INDU 6421 5421
INDU 6521 5796 INDU 6121
INDU 6611 8424 INDU 6121, INDU 6310
INDU 6990 1772 (2 terms) 16 cr, permission
INDU 6991 4856 9497 permission
INDU 6992 7154 permission

How to use the Class Schedule

To find out when above courses are scheduled or what other courses are available, go to the Class Schedule
at https://campus.concordia.ca/psc/pscsprd/EMPLOYEE/SA/c/CU_EXT.CU_CLASS_SEARCH.GBL?& and
sign in (or, if you get the red ORACLE error page, click the link again to try and get the page without signing
in). Select as Term Fall 2023 (or another term or the academic year), then for Select Subject enter INDU (or e.g.
MECH to find out about MECH course offerings). To find out when all Fall 2023 INDU (or e.g. MECH)
courses are scheduled, for Course Level click 600, finally click Search. You now have a list of INDU 600 level
courses offered in the period you specified as well as if there is space (green check named open) or if the course
is full (closed means course is full and wait list is full, while Wait list means course is full but there is space on
the wait list. Only when space becomes available in the course is there a possibility to be enrolled from Wait
list.). Note than many courses are restricted to students from specified programs only. Students from other
programs can register but are placed on the wait list, if there is space on the wait list. Further note that a course
that is restricted to students from specified programs may never be opened up to students from other programs,
even if there appears to be space in that course.

Internships and Co-op

Students who started their MEng studies in Fall 2022, and followed the course sequence as specified, don't have
to take any courses in Summer 2023. That is a perfect time to get Canadian work experience. Both internships
and co-op work terms provide an opportunity to work, and get paid for that, though they are not part of the
MEng program.

In order to be able to do a co-op work term, students must apply for and be accepted for co-op. Applications for
graduate co-op must be submitted to the Institute for Co-operative Education,
see https://www.concordia.ca/academics/co-op/programs/graduate.html. Another possibility to work is through
a self-arranged internship. Note that co-op and internships are also available to international students, though
international students should always check with the International Students Office,
see https://www.concordia.ca/students/international/how-to-meet-with-your-iso-advisor.html, prior to accepting
an offer of employment.

Sometimes a student has the possibility of doing an 8-months internship (or co-op work term), for Summer and
Fall 2023 combined. Having the internship extend into Fall 2023 makes it difficult to take courses that term.
Looking at the Fall entry course sequence, you are expected to take INDU 6990 Capstone, a 2-term course
offered in Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 combined. However, it is difficult to combine Capstone with an internship
in Fall 2023 as Capstone requires active participation and meetings during the daytime on campus. Furthermore,
there will be no courses for you to take in Summer 2024 as only few are offered in Summer and most, if not all,
you have taken before. So, if you consider doing an 8-months internship during Summer and Fall 2023, you are
looking at taking INDU 6990 in Fall 2024 and Winter 2025, and thus delaying graduation by one full year Also,
international students who need to be a full-time student in Fall 2023 may find it very difficult to combine the
internship with full-time studies.

Note that internships and co-op work terms carry no credit value and cannot be used for stages in industry that
are required as part of the Engineering Management option.

Cost of Living, Tuition and Fees

Students can get a good idea of cost of living, tuition and fees
from https://www.concordia.ca/students/financial/tuition-fees.html and https://www.concordia.ca/students/
financial/tuition-fees/rates.html. That last link also has a Tuition Calculator.

Last update: 21 March 2023