Curriculum

Schedules of courses/milestones are personalized based on a students' academic background. The following is a typical program of study, with the assumption that the student begins the Ph.D. program with the required background in Business, Calculus and C Programming.

Methodological and Substantive Coursework

All Areas of Study

Course	Title	Credit
MAS 4105	Linear Algebra *	4
ISM 6257	Intermediate Business Programming	2
ISM 6258	Advanced Business Programming	2
ECO 7404	Game Theory	1
ECO 7408	Mathematical Methods and Applications to Economics	2
STA 5325	Mathematical Methods adn Statistics I	3
STA 5328	Mathematical Methods adn Statistics II	3
ESI 6417	Linear Programming and Network Optimization	3
MHF 5207	Foundations of Mathematics	3

* This course may be waived provided the student passes
a written exam on course material

Substantive Coursework

Information Systems/Information Technology (IS/IT) Students

Four (4) Doctoral Seminars (one in each regular semester) must be completed for credit. The following courses must also be completed, although not necessarily for credit.

Course	Title	Credit
ISM 6222/23	Telecom	4
ISM 6215/16	Database	4
ISM 6128/29	Systems Analysis and Design	4

Operations Management (OM) Students

Two (2) Doctoral Seminars (one in each Fall semester) must be completed for credit along with the following courses:

Course	Title	Credit
ESI 6912	Models for Supply Chain Management	3
ESI 6418	Extensions to Linear Programming	3

The following courses must also be completed, although not necessarily for credit.

Course	Title	Credit
MAN 6528	Logistics/Tranportation	2
MAN 6573	Purchasing	2
MAN 6511	Production Management Problems	2
MAN 6581	Project Management	2

Non-Credit Courses

Courses may be taken not for credit when either:

The Fall/Spring semester course load is greater than 9 hours
The Summer semester course load is greater than 6 hours

Faculty teaching the course will specify the exact requirements for each doctoral student.

Research Paper

By the end of the Spring semester of the second year, students are required to submit, for evaluation by a faculty committee, a first draft of a research paper. The Faculty Committee will be selected by the student in consultation with the Ph.D. Coordinator. The committee will make specific recommendations for further development of the paper.

Written Qualifying Exams

For IS/IT Students

The exams will consist of open-ended questions based on the four seminars, and/or in the areas of Database Management Systems, Telecommunications, Systems Analysis and Design, and Data Mining.

For OM Students

The exams will consist of open-ended questions based on the two seminars, and additional readings prescribed by faculty members in Operations Management.

Additional Requirements

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