A student must be admitted to one of the participating programs first. After the student joins the participating program, he/she should fill out the application form found in the Admissions section of the Operations Research website and submit it to the Chair of the Operations Research Program.

To qualify for a dual-title degree, the student must satisfy the requirements of the Graduate Major Program in which he/she is enrolled, in addition to the minimum requirements, or their equivalent, in the Operations Research (OR) Program.

Course Requirements

The minimum requirements for the Master’s dual-title degree in Operations Research are:

• 3 credits in Stochastic Processes/Statistical Methods.
• 6 credits in Optimization, including a minimum of 3 credits in Linear Programming.
• 3 credits in Computational Methods.
• 3 credits in Open Areas/Applications.
• 1 credit in the OR 590 Colloquium for each year on campus (up to a maximum of 2).

Check the approved OR classes.

The minimum number of credits for Master students is 15 credits of OR approved classes. A minimum of 9 credits must be in the 500 series. Certain courses may satisfy both the Graduate Major Program requirements and those in the OR Program. A list of courses that will satisfy the OR course requirements can be found in the Graduate Program office and in the OR Website.

Thesis/Paper Requirements

If a thesis or paper is required for the completion of the student’s Master’s Program, the supervisor must be a member of the Graduate Faculty recommended by the chair of the program granting the degree and approved by the OR Committee as qualified to supervise thesis or paper research work in operations research. The reader of a thesis or paper must be an OR faculty member. In case of a thesis, the reader also should be an outside unit member from the student’s Major Program.