OR: Engineering Management Systems
This operations research option is designed to provide students with an understanding of contemporary technology and management. It is for students who are interested in a technical-management background rather than one in a traditional engineering field. It consists of required courses in industrial engineering and operations research, economics, business, and computer science, intended to provide a foundation for dealing with engineering and management systems problems. Elective courses are generally intended to provide a substantive core in at least one technology area and at least one management area.
Due to the flexibility of this option, it can incorporate the varied educational needs of preprofessional students interested in law, medicine, business, and finance. In addition, most students have no difficulty adding a minor in economics or computer science to their standard course schedules.
Curriculum
Undergraduates are strongly recommended to follow the sequence of courses as outlined in the SEAS Bulletin. The prerequisites for this program are courses equivalent to those listed in the first- and second-year program. We encourage all students to take ECON W1105, ECON W2261, COMS W1004/W1007 (JAVA), SIEO W3600, Linear Algebra, Ordinary Differential Equations, and a pre-professional elective during their first two years.
OR:EMS majors are required to complete a four-course Technical concentration and a three-course Management concentration. If a required technical course is not available, it must be replaced by a technical elective with the written approval of a faculty adviser.