Operations Research (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses		17
Requirement A Course
OR 801	Seminar in Operations Research
Requirement B Course
Select one of the following:
OR 505	Linear Programming
OR 506	Algorithmic Methods in Nonlinear Programming
OR 709	Dynamic Programming
Requirement C Courses
Select four of the following:
OR 501	Introduction to Operations Research
OR 504	Introduction to Mathematical Programming ¹
or OR 505	Linear Programming
CSC 505	Design and Analysis Of Algorithms
OR 506	Algorithmic Methods in Nonlinear Programming ¹
ST 516	Experimental Statistics For Engineers II
OR 531	Dynamic Systems and Multivariable Control I
OR 537	Computer Methods and Applications
MA/ST 546	Probability and Stochastic Processes I
OR 560	Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering
OR 562	Simulation Modeling
OR 706	Nonlinear Programming
OR 708	Integer Programming
OR 709	Dynamic Programming ¹
MA/ST 747	Probability and Stochastic Processes II
OR 760	Applied Stochastic Models in Industrial Engineering
OR 761	Queues and Stochastic Service Systems
OR 762	Stochastic Simulation
OR 772	Advanced Stochastic Simulation
Elective Courses		6-55
"Elective Courses" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet the 72 total credit hours
Total Hours		23-72

¹: OR 505, OR 506, and OR 709 cannot be double counted toward "Requirement C" courses if already used toward "Requirement B" courses.
²: "Elective Courses" cannot be double counted if already used to fulfill requirements "A-C" courses

Kristin A. Barletta
John W. Baugh
Rada Yuryevna Chirkova
Huaiyu Dai
Joseph DeCarolis
Umut Dur
Shu-Cherng Fang
Yahya Fathi
Subhashis Ghoshal
Robert B. Handfield
Christopher Graham Healey
Hans Sebastian Heese
Ilse Ipsen
Jeffrey A. Joines
Russell E. King
Zhilin Li
George F. List
Edgar Lobaton
Ning Lu
Louis A. Martin-Vega
Maria A. Mayorga, Director & Goodnight Distinguished Chair in Operations Research
Negash G. Medhin
Rainer Mueller
Tao Pang
Ranji S. Ranjithan
Michael A. Rappa
Joseph P. Roise
George N. Rouskas
Munindar P. Singh
Ralph C. Smith
Matthias F.M. Stallmann
Julie LeAnne Swann
Hien T. Tran
Yannis Viniotis
Mladen Alan Vouk
Wenye Wang
Fen Wu
Zhaobang Zeng
Dmitry V. Zenkov