Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with Operations Research Focus

Course Requirements

NOTE: Course descriptions can be found in the Graduate Bulletin.

The Operations Research Focus Area Qualifying Exam should be taken after taking the three core courses listed and three additional 5XX-level graduate classroom courses (9 credits) with an average GPA of 3.33 in all six classes.

Core Group

All courses in this group must be taken.

• IE 597: Advanced Linear Programming
• IE 597: Advanced Stochastic Processes
• IE 521: Nonlinear Programming

The additional 500-level required classroom courses can be taken in any subject area, however, students are strongly encouraged to take their additional courses in the operations research areas from Domains A and B (listed below), with at least one course from each domain. In addition, students are highly encouraged to take STAT 514 (Theory of Statistics II).

• Domain A: Mathematical Programming
  IE 510: Integer Programming
  IE 512: Graphs and Networks
  IE 519: Dynamic Programming
  IE 520: Multiple Criteria Optimization
  IE 588: Nonlinear Networks and the Price of Anarchy
  IE 589: Dynamic Optimization and Differential Games
  IE 597X: Convex Optimization
  IE 597X: Robust Optimization
  IE 597X: Stochastic Optimization

• Domain B: Stochastic Processes/Statistical Methods
  IE 509: Operations Research: Waiting Line Models
  IE 511: Experimental Design in Engineering
  IE 522: Discrete Event Systems Simulation
  IE 530: Introduction to Financial Engineering
  IE 555: Statistical Process Monitoring and Analysis
  IE 583: Response Surface Methodology and Optimization
  IE 584: Time Series Control and Process Adjustment
  IE 597X: Stochastic Optimization
  EE 560: Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes
  STAT 513: Theory of Statistics I
  STAT/MATH 517: Probability Theory I
  STAT/MATH 518: Probability Theory II
  STAT/MATH 519: Topics in Stochastic Processes
  STAT 551: Linear Models
  STAT/MATH 557: Data Mining I
  STAT 561: Statistical Inference I

Additional Information

• Transferring Academic Credits
• Registration Requirements
• Typical Time Sequence
• Qualifying Examination
• Doctoral Committee
• English Proficiency Examination
• Comprehensive Examination
• Dissertation Requirements
• Final Defense