Curricular Structure

The Graduate Program of Production Engineering at campus Sorocaba from the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) offers the master’s course in Production Engineering in the concentration area named “Operations Management”, and has a branch of research named “Management of Production Systems”.

The conclusion of the Master degree in the Graduate Program of Production Engineering of at campus Sorocaba (PPGEP-So) from UFSCar requires the accomplishment of 38 (thirty eight) credits in courses, the approval in the Qualification Exam and in an English Language Proficiency Exam, and obtaining another 62 (sixty-four) credits corresponding to approval in defense of the Dissertation.

There are 03 (three) mandatory courses to all students, and optative courses that are offered according to the demands of the degree and the availability of faculty members.

The grading system will be determined by the instructor of each course and must be expressed according to the following levels of assessment:

A - Excellent, credits counted toward a master's program.
B - Good, credits counted toward a master's program.
C - Satisfactory, credits counted toward a master's program.
D - Insufficient, credits not counted toward a master's program.
E - Failed, credits not counted toward a master's program.
I - Incomplete, attributed to the student who fails to fulfill, for a justified reason, part of the total work, reports or other required tests. It must be substituted for another grade (A, B, C, D or E), when the works are concluded, until the date corresponding to, at most, 2/3 of the course of the next academic semester, as established in the activities calendar from the program.

The student who obtains a grade lower than C in the discipline and/or academic activity will be considered disapproved. These credits will not be counted toward a master's program.

Mandatory Courses:

Code	Subject	Credits
EPS101	Scientific Research Methodology	8
EPS103	Production System	8
EPS106	Scientific Writing in Production Engineering	6

Elective Courses:

Code	Course	Credits
EPS201	Advanced Management of Production Systems	8
EPS203	Logistics and Supply Chain Management	8
EPS204	Reverse Logistics	8
EPS205	Introduction to linear optimization	8
EPS213	Multivariate Data Analysis	4
EPS214	Especial topics in Production Management	4
EPS215	Especial topics in Operational Research	4
EPS216	Advanced Simulation	8
EPS219	Life Cycle Engineering and Management of Products	8
EPS220	Multiple Criteria Decision Making	8
EPS221	Industrial Ecology	8
EPS306	Theory of Organization	8
EPS307	Topics in Work Organization	8
EPS310	Topics in Organizational Strategies	8