Operations Research (OR) Courses at CU-Denver

Undergraduate (B.S. in Applied Mathematics)    Graduate (M.S. or Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics)

Undergraduate Courses for Operations Research (OR) Program

The following courses are recommended for the BS in Mathematics for those interested in operations research. (These are in addition to standard math requirements, like calculus and linear algebra.)
3301: Intro to Operations Research I
3302: Intro to Operations Research II
4390: Intro to Game Theory
4408: Applied Graph Theory
4650: Numerical Analysis I
4660: Numerical Analysis II
4779: Math Clinic (topic varies)
4792: Probabilistic Modeling
4793: Discrete Modeling
4794: Optimization Modeling
4810: Probability
4820: Statistics

The following courses are recommended for the M.S. or Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics for those interested in operations research. (These are in addition to standard math requirements, like analysis and linear algebra.) Mathematics courses numbered above 6000 are Ph.D. level courses. There are other courses, outside the Mathematics Department, which are also suitable for an OR program, notably in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering and Science.
5310: Probability and Stochastic Processes
5387: Statistical Methods in Research I
5390: Intro to Game Theory
5405: Applied Graph Theory
5490: Network Flows
5593: Linear Programming
5595: Computational Methods in Nonlinear Programming
5779: Math Clinic (topic varies)
5792: Probabilistic Modeling
5793: Discrete Modeling
5794: Optimization Modeling
7025: Topics in Optimization
6026: Topics in Probability and Statistics
6381: Mathematical Statistics I
6385: Stochastic Processes I
6664: Numerical Linear Algebra
6743: Ordinary Differential Equations
7386: Stochastic Processes II
7593: Advanced Linear Programming
7594: Mixed-Integer Programming & Combinatorial Optimization
7595: Advanced Non-Linear Programming
7923: Readings in Discrete Math
7924: Readings in Computational Math
7925: Readings in Optimization
7926: Readings in Applied Statistics