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Operations Research and Management Science (ORMS)
 
 
Systems Engineering
 
     
 

Area of Focus Committee

Dr. Hernan Abeledo (Chair)

Dr. Enrique Campos-Nanez

Dr. Frank Fiedrich

Dr. Gideon Frieder

Dr. Thomas A. Mazzuchi
Dr. Richard M. Soland

Dr. Johan R. van Dorp

   
     
 

Program Overview

OR/MS uses quantitative modeling to improve the planning and decision making in organizational systems composed of people, machines, and procedures. OR/MS models usually account for such real-world complexities as uncertainty, multiple objectives, constraints, and the relationships among the various parts or subsystems that constitute the system being studied. The OR/MS Concentration is intended for students who wish to pursue careers as quantitative analysts who conduct OR/MS studies and analyses, and hence construct and exercise mathematical models, collect and/or analyze data, utilize and implement algorithms, and develop methodology as necessary.

 
 
 
 

Doctor of Science

The program of study is individually tailored for each student and designed to provide the student with the capability to perform substantive research.

 
     
 

Masters of Science

The program of study consists of 12 graduate level courses totaling 36 credit hours. Three types of course requirements are included in the curriculum -- common course requirements, focus course requirements, and approved electives. Common course requirements are taken by all students in the EMSE Master's program. Focus course requirements are taken by all students within the area of focus. Approved elective requirements are courses that require the approval of the student's individual academic advisor. These courses are detailed below.

 
     
 

Common Course Requirements

EMSE 212

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The Management of Technical Organizations

EMSE 260

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Survey of Finance and Engineering Economics

EMSE 269

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Elements of Problem Solving and Decision Making for Managers

EMSE 283

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Systems Engineering 1

 
     
 

Focus Course Requirements

EMSE 201

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Survey of Operations Research: Deterministic Models

EMSE 202

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Survey of Operations Research: Stochastic Models

EMSE 254

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Applied Optimization Modeling

EMSE 271

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Data Analysis for Engineers and Scientists

EMSE 273

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Discrete Systems Simulation

 
     
 

Approved Electives

Total of three approved electives, at least two from the following list:

ApSc 116

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Engineering Analysis IV

EMSE 208

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Stochastic Foundations of Operations Research

EMSE 209

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Mathematics in Operations Research

EMSE 235

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Systems Thinking and Policy Modeling I

EMSE 251

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Linear Programming

EMSE 252

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Nonlinear Programming I

EMSE 253

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Integer and Network Programming

EMSE 268

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Decision Analysis

EMSE 277

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Queuing Theory

EMSE 281

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Reliability Theory I

EMSE 282

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Quality Control and Acceptance Sampling

EMSE 291

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Problems in Operations Research