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Industrial Engineering. It's a fairly math-heavy curriculum (without getting much into the "pure" proof type math courses you mention) that goes into both syst

Industrial Engineering. It's a fairly math-heavy curriculum (without getting much into the "pure" proof type math courses you mention) that goes into both systems modeling and various logistics and process optimization domains. And being engineering, it's obviously focused on real world applications. You start with the typical engineering theoretical and/or empirical framework, then you start stating assumptions to simplify/ modify/ apply your formulas to the situation at hand. And there's methods for evaluation and verification, etc. Side Note- Most IE curriculums include more hours of computer science/ programming courses than comparable engineering and science degrees, which could be a pro/con depending on the school and your circumstances. Taking classes you already know can lighten your load, or the school might let you skip and sub credits and take a few more advanced/ interesting/ specialized courses.

mettamage 5y ago
A topic begins to become interesting when there is an "it's not possible" answer and a "oh yea, here is an example of your question" style answer, especially when they are both quite convincing answers! I think it depends on where you studied it. I know nothing about Industrial Engineering, but when I typed "Industrial Engineering" bachelor into google, the University of Eindhoven popped up and I wouldn't call it math-heavy [1]. So I wonder which Industrial Engineering program you're talking about. The program does look interesting, but I don't think I could commit to this particular one (I am searching for a program allows for self-studying, either formally or informally by being able to skip a lot of stuff). [1] It is by no means low on math though: https://assets.studiegids.tue.nl/fileadmin/content/Faculteit_IEenIS/Bachelor_College/TBdk/Curriculum/2021/Major%20IE%202021.pdf https://assets.studiegids.tue.nl/fileadmin/content/Faculteit...
- beerandt 5y ago
  It's math and theory heavy relative to other engineering and applied science fields, because most of it's first principals are based more on lots of data, abstract* math, and optimizations than on physical phenomenon. But probably not heavy as compared to any degree offered by the math department. But it is one of those newer fields that can vary in how it's evolved locally. Environmental engineering, you would think involves engineering the environment, but in the US evolved into a field dominated by regulatory compliance. And now Ecological Engineering has popped up as a replacement for what environmental engineering was originally intended to be. [0]Check the curriculum at some US schools. Your local equivalent degree might be named something else, like process or systems engineering. [0]https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/bachelors/industrial-engineering/curriculum https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/bachelors/industrial-e... *It's often jokingly called imaginary engineering for its relative lack of physical products.
  - mettamage 5y ago
    These curriculums are very much in the spirit for what I'm after [1]. Thanks! I never knew this would be called industrial engineering, I still don't fully understand how this is "industrial" or "engineering", but I guess that means I am learning something new :) [1] https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/bachelors/industrial-engineering/curriculum/analytics-data-science-concentration https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/bachelors/industrial-e...

mettamage 5y ago

A topic begins to become interesting when there is an "it's not possible" answer and a "oh yea, here is an example of your question" style answer, especially when they are both quite convincing answers! I think it depends on where you studied it. I know nothing about Industrial Engineering, but when I typed "Industrial Engineering" bachelor into google, the University of Eindhoven popped up and I wouldn't call it math-heavy [1]. So I wonder which Industrial Engineering program you're talking about. The program does look interesting, but I don't think I could commit to this particular one (I am searching for a program allows for self-studying, either formally or informally by being able to skip a lot of stuff). [1] It is by no means low on math though: https://assets.studiegids.tue.nl/fileadmin/content/Faculteit_IEenIS/Bachelor_College/TBdk/Curriculum/2021/Major%20IE%202021.pdf https://assets.studiegids.tue.nl/fileadmin/content/Faculteit...

beerandt 5y ago
It's math and theory heavy relative to other engineering and applied science fields, because most of it's first principals are based more on lots of data, abstract* math, and optimizations than on physical phenomenon. But probably not heavy as compared to any degree offered by the math department. But it is one of those newer fields that can vary in how it's evolved locally. Environmental engineering, you would think involves engineering the environment, but in the US evolved into a field dominated by regulatory compliance. And now Ecological Engineering has popped up as a replacement for what environmental engineering was originally intended to be. [0]Check the curriculum at some US schools. Your local equivalent degree might be named something else, like process or systems engineering. [0]https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/bachelors/industrial-engineering/curriculum https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/bachelors/industrial-e... *It's often jokingly called imaginary engineering for its relative lack of physical products.
- mettamage 5y ago
  These curriculums are very much in the spirit for what I'm after [1]. Thanks! I never knew this would be called industrial engineering, I still don't fully understand how this is "industrial" or "engineering", but I guess that means I am learning something new :) [1] https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/bachelors/industrial-engineering/curriculum/analytics-data-science-concentration https://www.isye.gatech.edu/academics/bachelors/industrial-e...