Socio-economic Systems


 

The Socio-Economic Systems Department which has been operating since 1992 is dedicated to training and research in planning and designing various community-based systems. These systems are commonly present at different dimensions in a region or country, some of which include: systems of transportation, water supply and sewage, communications, transportation and distribution of goods, supply and distribution of energy and educational or healthcare services. In these systems, each part of the socio-economic and technological dimensions is of particular importance. Socio-economic engineering studies the modeling and scientific analysis of such systems by considering their different dimensions and also the needs, priorities and facilities of the community, in order to design the best system. The most sophisticated systems are systems that are related to humans or a group of humans. For this reason, economic and social systems dealing with human beings are classified into the most complex systems in terms of analysis, behavior prediction and control. This department admits students in three branches of economic systems, transportation and operations research at master level.
The Socio-economic Systems Engineering Department can be briefly described as follows:

Objective

The socio-economic systems engineering is concerned with the study and planning of the various systems needed by a community. These systems are commonly found in different dimensions in a region or country. Socio-economic systems engineering studies the modeling and scientific analysis of such systems by considering the different dimensions of them regarding the needs of the community, in order to design the best system for it.
The goal of the field is to educate individuals who can identify, analyze, predict and modify complex systems with various tools and models. Students in the field get familiar with various tools for analyzing systems.

Duration

This field of study lasts at most 2.5 years. Curriculum has been scheduled to be covered in 4 academic terms which runs for 16 weeks. Each single theoretical credit course is 16 hours while practical credit courses last 24 hours.

Graduates Qualifications

Graduates of this course will be able to perform the following duties:

  • To carry out planning activities in different planning units of the Provincial Planning and Budget Organization
  • To perform planning activities in the ministries and departments of the provinces (according to the chosen orientation)
  • To teach in higher education institutions to train planning specialists at the undergraduate and associate levels (provided the graduate has obtained the necessary qualifications required for the recruitment of faculty members of the universities)
  • To perform planning tasks in large manufacturing organizations and offering consulting services

In general, graduates of this field can work as industrial engineers in manufacturing / service units or as system analyst in financial, banking or insurance departments.

Significance

In order to train senior experts specializing in "Industrial Engineering, Socio-Economic Systems" the necessity and importance of establishing this course can be captured by the following points:

  • Due to the complexity and variety of dimensions and the impact of multiple factors on their performance, large systems must generally be planned using accurate scientific methods to be effective and capable of meeting the needs of the community
  • The presence of professionals is a necessity for the preparation and implementation of a comprehensive planning system in this field
  • Planning in each section has different dimensions and planning cannot be done in one section independently of other sectors. Planning socio-economic systems can, according to its definition, solve a part of this problem
Educational Program

Masters degree curriculum in Industrial Engineering, socio-economic discipline is set up in the following three areas:

  • Economic systems planning
  • Transportation planning
  • Operations Research