Curricular Structure

The Graduate Program in Production Engineering (PPGEP-So) at the Sorocaba campus of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) offers Master's and Doctoral degrees in Production Engineering, with a concentration in Sustainable Production Management. The program includes two research lines: Production Systems Management and Sustainable Production.

The completion of the academic Master's program of the Graduate Program in Production Engineering at the Sorocaba campus of UFSCar (PPGEP-So) requires the fulfillment of 38 course credits, approval in the Qualification Exam and in the English Language Proficiency Exam, and the acquisition of an additional 62 credits upon approval of the Master's Thesis defense.

The completion of the academic Doctoral program of the Graduate Program in Production Engineering at the Sorocaba campus of UFSCar (PPGEP-So) requires the fulfillment of 60 course credits, approval in the Qualification Exam and in the English Language Proficiency Exam, and the acquisition of 140 credits upon approval of the Doctoral Dissertation defense.

The program offers mandatory courses for all students and elective courses, which are provided based on the program's needs and the availability of faculty.

Student performance in each course is assessed based on criteria established by the course instructor, expressed using the following evaluation levels:

A – Excellent, earning course credits.

B – Good, earning course credits.

C – Regular, earning course credits.

D – Insufficient, no course credits earned.

E – Failed, no course credits earned.

I – Incomplete, assigned to students who, for justified reasons, fail to complete part of the required assignments, reports, or exams. This grade must be converted to another level (A, B, C, D, or E) once the work is completed, within a maximum of two-thirds of the following semester, as specified in the program's activity calendar.

Students who receive a grade below C in any course or academic activity will be considered failed.

Mandatory Courses:

Code

Subject

Credits

EPS101

Scientific Research Methodology

EPS103

Production System

EPS106

Scientific Writing in Production Engineering

EPS201

Advanced Management of Production Systems (PhD in the research line of Production Systems Management)

EPS221

Industrial Ecology and Eco-innovation (PhD in the research line of Sustainable Production)

EPS222

Operations Management and Sustainability (PhD in the research line of Production Systems Management and in the research line of Sustainable Production)

EPS401

Thesis Project (PhD in the research line of Production Systems Management and in the research line of Sustainable Production)

Elective Courses:

Code	Course	Credits
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
EPS306	Theory of Organization	8
EPS307	Topics in Work Organization	8
EPS310	Topics in Organizational Strategies	8