Required Courses:
OR 501 Linear Optimization* (3-0)3 (if not taken in the M.S. program)
OR 518 Stochastic Processes in Decision Models** (3-0)3 (if not taken in the M.S. program)
OR 502 Discrete Optimization*** (3-0)3
OR 503 Nonlinear Optimization**** (3-0)3
OR 519 Mathematics for OR (3-0)3 or an equivalent course in mathematics
OR 690 Research Topics in OR (3-0)3
OR 693-696 Directed Studies I-IV (1-0)1
OR 600 PhD Thesis NC
Elective Courses:
Six courses
Minimum total credit hours: 24*****
Minimum number of courses with credit: 8*****
* or IE 553 Linear Optimization (3-0)3
** or IE 562 Stochastic Processes in Decision Models I (3-0)3
*** or IE 554 Discrete Optimization (3-0)3
**** or IE 555 Nonlinear Optimization (3-0)3
***** To be completed by the end of the 4th semester, before the Ph.D. qualifying exam