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M.Sc.-Ph.D. (Operations Research)

2018 and earlier batches

Coursework

 
M.Sc.-Ph.D. coursework includes compulsory & elective courses spread over five semesters. First year courses are designed to equip students with concepts & paradigms of engineering and service systems, and provide a strong foundation of the various mathematical & computational models for decision making. Two lab courses to strengthen computer-based modeling skills are part of the curriculum.
 
In the second year, courses on Optimization Techniques, Stochastic Models and other areas will augment the training in the primary areas of IEOR.
 
Seminar and Project Work are part of the curriculum to expose students to independent reading, writing & presentation of technical ideas in a rigorous manner. Several electives are provided in the curriculum to enable students to specialize in the area of their interest.
 
As part of Ph.D. requirements, students need to do an IEOR Ph.D. level course and individual projects before starting work on their Ph.D. thesis.
 
M.Sc.-Ph.D. dual degree course structure
 
FIRST YEAR-FIRST SEMESTER
Code Name L
T
P
C
IE 605 Engineering Statistics 2 1 0 8
IE 501 Optimization Models 2 1 0 6
IE 503 Operations Analysis 3 0 0 6
IE 505 Computer Programming and Algorithms 2 0 2 6
IE 507 Modeling and Computation Lab 0 1 3 5
  TOTAL       31
FIRST YEAR-SECOND SEMESTER
Code Name L
T
P
C
IE 614 Linear Systems 3 1 0 8
IE 502 Probabilistic Models 2 1 0 6
IE 504 Service and Infrastructure Systems 3 0 0 6
IE 616 Decision Analysis and Game Theory 3 0 0 6
ES200 +
HS200
Environmental Studies 3 0 0 6
IES 601 Seminar 0 1 3 5
  TOTAL       37
SECOND YEAR-FIRST SEMESTER
Code Name L
T
P
C
IE 601 Optimization Techniques 3 1 0 8
IE 611 Introduction to Stochastic Models 3 1 0 8
  Elective 1 3 0 0 6
  Elective 2 3 0 0 6
IE 689 MSc-PhD Project I 0 0 10 10
  TOTAL       38
SECOND YEAR-SECOND SEMESTER
Code Name L
T
P
C
IE 6** Elective 3 3 0 0 6
IE 6** Elective 4 3 0 0 6
IE 6** Elective 5 3 0 0 6
IE 6** Elective 6 3 0 0 6
IE 684 IEOR Lab 0 0 3 3
IE 692 MSc-PhD Project II 0 0 10 10
  TOTAL       37
THIRD YEAR-FIRST SEMESTER
Code Name L
T
P
C
  Elective 7 3 0 0 6
  Elective 8 and 9†       6 to 12
IE 6** MSc-PhD Project III ‡ 0 0 24 24
HS 699 Communication Skills (* P/NP) 2 0 0 4*
  TOTAL       (36 to 44)+4*
THIRD YEAR-SECOND SEMESTER
Code Name L
T
P
C
  Elective 9† 3 0 0 6
  TOTAL       6
      
 
* Not included in the total credit
† Elective 8,9 can be done either in the semester V or VI
‡ 12 credits for the MS-PhD Project III will be registered in the preceding Summer, and 12 credits will be registered in semester V.
 
Electives
A minimum of 54 credits are to be fulfilled through Electives, as follows:
  • Minimum of 24 course credits (4 courses) must be IE labeled course, of which at least 6 credits (1 course) must be an 800-level IE course (Ph.D. level course). Click to view list of IE labeled electives
  • Minimum of 12 course credits (2 course) must be from the Approved List of Electives (includes IE and other department electives). Click to view list of Approved Electives
  • Minimum of 6 course credits (1 course) must be an Institute Elective (chosen from the course list announced by the Institute at the beginning of each semester)