• Resume or curriculum vitae (CV), including:
  • All professional, volunteer, community service, and military experience
  • Any post-secondary education, including any degrees, certificate programs, other coursework, and professional development (even if not specific to industrial and systems engineering)
• 3.0 cumulative grade-point-average on a 4 point scale
  • Or, equivalent measures of performance if a graduate of an institution with no grading system; or equivalent grade-point-average from an accredited foreign institution for those credits earned at the regionally accredited institution awarding the bachelor’s degree OR at least a 3.0 grade-point-average (on a 4 point scale) for the last 90 graded quarter credits or 60 graded semester credits, refer to Policy 3.1: Graduate Admissions.
  • Also acceptable: have earned at least a cumulative 3.0 grade-point-average (on a 4 point scale) from an accredited institution for a Master’s, graduate doctoral degree, or professional doctoral degree.
• Statement of purpose, describing in about 600 words or less:
  • What interests you about this certificate program? How do you envision that it will help you achieve your career or professional goals?
• Unofficial/electronic transcripts
  • For each degree, certificate, or other credit-bearing coursework legibly showing credits and grades (just electronic uploads or scans are needed, the Graduate School will request official transcripts if admission is offered.)

Earning the Certificate

The minimum standards for this certificate include a cumulative GPA of 3.0 for required courses and a grade of 2.7 or higher for each of the graded courses in this certificate.