Master of Operations Research (MOR)
Degree Requirements

General Requirements

The MOR Degree requires a minimum of 31 credit hours. To earn the Masters of Operations Research, the student must:

1. Successfully complete five courses (subject to Restrictions 1 and 2 below) from the following list:
• OR 501: Introduction to Operations Research
• MA/OR 504: Introduction to Mathematical Programming
• OR/MA/IE 505: Linear Programming
• CSC 505: Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• OR 506: Algorithmic Methods In Nonlinear Programming
• OR 708: Integer Programming
• OR/IE 709: Dynamic Programming
• MA/ST 746: Introduction to Stochastic Processes (can be replaced by OR/IE 760 or OR/MA/ST 773)
• OR/IE 761: Queues and Stochastic Service Systems
• OR/CSC/ECE/IE 762: Computer Simulation Techniques
• Restriction 1: At least one of 505, 506, 709 MUST be chosen.
• Restriction 2: 504 and 505 cannot BOTH be used to satisfy this five course requirement.
2. Enroll in OR 601 (OR Seminar) for one credit hour during residence. Students are expected to attend the seminar throughout their program.
3. Five additional courses must be chosen from the list of OR and OR-Cognate courses.