ISE at Ohio State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ISE coursework.

• CSE 2112Modeling and Problem Solving with Spreadsheets and Databases for Engineersopens 8 courses (1 directly)
• ISE 3200Linear and Integer Programmingopens 7 courses (6 directly)
• ISE 3600Workplace Ergonomics: Analysis and Design of Physical Work Systemsopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• ISE 3210Nonlinear and Dynamic Optimizationopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ISE 3800Engineering Project Managementopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ISE 3400Production Planning and Facilities Designopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate ISE work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 47 ISE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 33 more ISE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in ISE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ISE 4900

  1. CSE 1224Introduction to Computer Programming in Python
  2. CSE 2112Modeling and Problem Solving with Spreadsheets and Databases for Engineers
  3. ISE 3200Linear and Integer Programming
  4. ISE 3210Nonlinear and Dynamic Optimization
  5. ISE 4900Capstone Design

• 3 courses deep, ending at ISE 5610

  1. ISE 2400Design of Work: Methods and Measurement
  2. ISE 3600Workplace Ergonomics: Analysis and Design of Physical Work Systems
  3. ISE 5610Ergonomics in the Product Design Process

• 3 courses deep, ending at ISE 5800

  1. ISE 2400Design of Work: Methods and Measurement
  2. ISE 3800Engineering Project Management
  3. ISE 5800Advanced Project Management

• 3 courses deep, ending at ISE 5812

  1. ISE 5810Lean Sigma Foundations
  2. ISE 5811Lean Sigma Certification Project (Part I)
  3. ISE 5812LeanSigma Certification Project II

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ISE yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ISE yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

ISE does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Ohio State campus feed.