Spring 2027

The Practice of Industrial Engineering

Introduction to industrial engineering subject matter, problem types, and design/analysis approaches with emphasis on formulation and design alternatives.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Hannah Silber

There were no exams or homework, only mandatory attendance and a group project. One student estimated the project took an hour, while another noted it was easy.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Define and explain common industrial engineering terminology

  • Give examples of career opportunities in industrial engineering

  • List the focus areas in industrial engineering and give a brief explanation of how each area uses industrial engineering principles

  • Give examples of problems in each area of industrial engineering

  • Identify professional and academic development resources available to industrial engineering students

  • Investigate an open-ended industrial engineering problem and think critically about how to solve it

  • Analyze small datasets using Microsoft Excel

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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ISYE 191

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Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AMANDA SMITH is recorded teaching in Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

HANNAH SILBER is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 2000

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Hannah Silber

Students noted that most lectures featured guest speakers rather than the instructor, making it difficult to judge teaching quality. Some found the format dull, though others appreciated the low-stress environment.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.86 GPA, 94.2% A/AB (n=138 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.94 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=122 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.96 GPA, 98.7% A/AB (n=156 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Hannah Silber

There were no exams or homework, only mandatory attendance and a group project. One student estimated the project took an hour, while another noted it was easy.

Past student reviews · Amanda Smith

Students described the class as enjoyable and the least stressful in engineering. One noted the instructor cared about students and answered all questions, while another called it easy.

Topics

  • Industrial engineering subject matter areas and problem types
  • Design and analysis approaches, techniques, and methodologies
  • Problem formulation and design alternatives
  • Focus areas in industrial engineering and their use of IE principles

Skills

  • Formulating problems and designing alternative solutions
  • Defining and explaining industrial engineering terminology
  • Investigating open-ended industrial engineering problems
  • Analyzing small datasets using Microsoft Excel

Grades

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Spring 2027 · Projected

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Approximate 80% prediction interval

About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

4 earlier forecasts · 0.06 GPA average error.

Grades over time

Through Spring 2027

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Where this course fits relative to

Latest available grades · Spring 2026 · all course levels

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

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Selected offering source records
ISYE 191 · Spring 2027

The Practice of Industrial Engineering

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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    "course_id": "ISYE 191",
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    "source_course_id": "010215",
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    "title": "The Practice of Industrial Engineering",
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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