Columbia MSOR Curriculum: Courses, Electives & Concentrations

MSOR is a 30-point STEM program on a full- or part-time basis. Students may start in the Fall or Spring. There are eight concentrations, each of which requires taking 9 credits to complete.

To facilitate academic programming, students should complete aprogram planto be reviewed by their advisor. All courses are for 3 credits, unless stated otherwise.

Core

IEORE4199<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]},{"data":"

MS IEOR Quantitative Bootcamp (zero-credit; First term)\u00a0<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_1"]}],[{"data":"

IEORE4004<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]},{"data":"

Optimization Models and Methods (First term)<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_1"]}],[{"data":"

IEORE4150<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]},{"data":"

Introduction to Probability and Statistics (First term)<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_1"]}],[{"data":"

IEORE4106<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]},{"data":"

Stochastic Models (Second term)<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_1"]}],[{"data":"

IEORE4404<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_0"]},{"data":"

Simulation \u00a0<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_1"]}],[{"data":"

ENGIE4000<\/p>","class":["row_6","col_0"]},{"data":"

Professional Development and Leadership (zero-credit)<\/p>","class":["row_6","col_1"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

Electives

Students must take at least 18 points of graduate work in the IEOR Department (ie, courses with the following prefixes: IEOR, CSOR, ECIE, SIEO) and at least 30 at Columbia. Students can also take electives from various schools, such asColumbia Business School, theSchool of International and Public Affairs, theGraduate School of Arts and Sciences, and theLaw School. Courses taken from the School of Professional Studies will not be counted towards your degree (ie, courses with the following prefixes: ACTU, BUSI, COPR, IKNS, SUMA, FUND, and more).

Concentrations

At least one of:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4523 Data Analytics (co-req of IEOR E4501 Tools for Analytics or Tools waiver)<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4650 Business Analytics<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

9 total credits from among:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4523 Data Analytics<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4650 Business Analytics<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4108 Supply Chain Analytics<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4418 Transportation Analytics and Logistics<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4526 Analytics on the Cloud<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4540 Data Mining<\/p>","class":["row_6","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4532 Visualization and Storytelling with Data (1.5)<\/p>","class":["row_7","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4533 Performance, Objectives, \uff06 Results Using Data Analytics (1.5)<\/p>","class":["row_8","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4530 Statistical Methods for Analytics<\/p>","class":["row_9","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4545 Causal Analysis for Data Analytics and OR<\/p>","class":["row_10","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

At lease one of:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4200 Human-Centered Design & Innovation<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4550 Entrepreneurial Business Creation for Engineers<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4570 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4998 Managing Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship\u00a0<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

Entrepreneurship electives:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4200 Human-Centered Design & Innovation<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4550 Entrepreneurial Business Creation for Engineers<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4570 Entrepreneurship Bootcamp<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4998 Managing Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4506 Designing Digital Operating Models<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4510 Project Management<\/p>","class":["row_6","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4520 Applied Systems Engineering<\/p>","class":["row_7","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4560 Lean LaunchPad (By application<\/a>)<\/p>","class":["row_8","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

COMS W4460 Principles of Innovation & Entrepreneurship<\/p>","class":["row_9","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

DROM B8858 Data-Driven Entrepreneurship<\/p>","class":["row_10","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4402 Corporate Finance, Accounting & Investment Banking or<\/em> IEOR E4403 Quantitative Corporate Finance<\/p>","class":["row_11","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

Required:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4700 Introduction to Financial Engineering<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4403 Quantitative Corporate Finance or <\/em>IEOR E4402 Corporate Finance, Accounting & Investment Banking<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

And least one of:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4602 Quantitative Risk Management<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4620 Pricing Models for Financial Engineering<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4630 Asset Allocation<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4731 Credit Risk Modeling & Derivatives\u00a0<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4732 Computational Methods in Finance<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

DROM B8112 Quantitative Finance: Models & Computation<\/p>","class":["row_6","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4711 Global Capital Markets<\/p>","class":["row_7","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4734 Foreign Exchange & Related Derivatives Instruments (1.5)<\/p>","class":["row_8","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4735 Structured & Hybrid Products<\/p>","class":["row_9","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

FINC B8307 Advanced Corporate Finance<\/p>","class":["row_10","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

Required:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4507 Healthcare Operations Management<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

Healthcare Management electives:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4505 Operations Research in Public Policy\u00a0<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

DRO B8128 Healthcare Venture Capital And Private Equity: HCIT and Services<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

DRO B8145 Applying Healthcare IT and Digital Health<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

DRO B8823 The U.S. Healthcare System: Structure and Strategies<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

DRO B8118 Transforming the Delivery of Healthcare Services<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

Management B8221 Economics of Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals<\/p>","class":["row_6","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

Management B8578 Public Policy and the Healthcare Industry<\/p>","class":["row_7","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

Management B8536 Strategy and Competition in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology<\/p>","class":["row_8","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

Technical Courses (at least two):<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4108 Supply Chain Analytics<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4405 Production Scheduling<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4418 Transportation Analytics & Logistics<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4507 Healthcare Operations Management<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4601 Dynamic Pricing & Revenue Management<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

Management Courses (at most one):<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4412 Quality Control & Management<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4510 Project Management<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4520 Applied Systems Engineering<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4521 Systems Engineering Tools and Methods<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

DROM B8107 Service Operations<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

DROM B8109 Supply Chain Management<\/p>","class":["row_6","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

DROM B8123 Demand Analytics<\/p>","class":["row_7","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

At least one of:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR 4525 Machine Learning for FE & OR<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR 4742 Deep Learning for OR & FE<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR 4540 Data mining<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR 4575 Reinforcement learning<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

Total of 9 credits from among:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

At most one of:
\nIEOR 4525 Machine Learning for FE & OR
\nIEOR 4540 Data mining
\nIEOR 4650 Business analytics<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR 4742 Deep Learning for OR & FE<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR 4575 Reinforcement learning<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR 4545 Causal Analysis for Data Analytics and OR<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR 4530 AI, Games, & Markets<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR 4579 Machine learning in practice (1.5 credits)<\/p>","class":["row_6","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR 4721 AI Applications in Finance<\/p>","class":["row_7","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

At most one programming course:
\nIEOR 4523 Data analytics
\nIEOR 4212 Data Analytics & Machine Learning for OR
\nIEOR 4536 Analytics on the Cloud<\/p>","class":["row_8","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

At least one advanced Optimization course:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]},{"data":"","class":["row_0","col_1"]},{"data":"","class":["row_0","col_2"]},{"data":"","class":["row_0","col_3"]},{"data":"","class":["row_0","col_4"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E6613 Optimization 1<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]},{"data":"","class":["row_1","col_1"]},{"data":"","class":["row_1","col_2"]},{"data":"","class":["row_1","col_3"]},{"data":"","class":["row_1","col_4"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E6614 Optimization 2<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]},{"data":"","class":["row_2","col_1"]},{"data":"","class":["row_2","col_2"]},{"data":"","class":["row_2","col_3"]},{"data":"","class":["row_2","col_4"]}],[{"data":"

EEOR E6616 Convex Optimization<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]},{"data":"","class":["row_3","col_1"]},{"data":"","class":["row_3","col_2"]},{"data":"","class":["row_3","col_3"]},{"data":"","class":["row_3","col_4"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

Total of 9 credits from among:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4008 Computational Discrete Optimization<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4108 Supply Chain Analytics<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4405 Production Scheduling<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4418 Transportation Analytics & Logistics<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4505 Operations Research in Public Policy<\/p>","class":["row_5","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4507 Healthcare Operations Management<\/p>","class":["row_6","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4630 Asset Allocation<\/p>","class":["row_7","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

CSOR 4231 Analysis of Algorithms I<\/p>","class":["row_8","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4601 Dynamic Pricing and Revenue Management<\/p>","class":["row_9","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E6613 Optimization 1<\/p>","class":["row_10","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E6614 Optimization 2<\/p>","class":["row_11","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

EEOR E6616 Convex Optimization<\/p>","class":["row_12","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

EEAE E4220 Energy System Economics and Optimization<\/p>","class":["row_13","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

ECE E4650 Convex Optimization for Engineering<\/p>","class":["row_14","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

At least one of the advanced probability courses:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E6711 Stochastic Modeling I<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E6712 Stochastic Modeling II<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E8100 High-dimensional Probability with Applications<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

At least one of the modeling courses:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4601 Dynamic Pricing & Revenue Management<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4602 Quantitative Risk Management<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4700 Introduction to Financial Engineering<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4745 Applied Financial Risk Management<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">

At least one of the machine learning courses:<\/p>","class":["row_0","col_0"]}]" rows="[[{"data":"

IEOR E4525 Machine Learning for OR and FE<\/p>","class":["row_1","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E4742 Deep Learning for OR and FE<\/p>","class":["row_2","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

IEOR E6617 Machine Learning and High-Dimensional Data Analysis in Operations Research<\/p>","class":["row_3","col_0"]}],[{"data":"

ORCS E4529 Reinforcement Learning<\/p>","class":["row_4","col_0"]}]]" sortable="0" class="table-responsive hidden-xs">