[
Return to Contents ]
Major: Operations Research and Engineering
Offered by: School of Operations Research and Information Engineering
206 Rhodes Hall, 255.4856, www.orie.cornell.edu
Engineering Distributions
ENGRD 270: Basic Engineering Probability and Statistics (required)
ENGRD 211a: Objected-Oriented Programming and Data Structures
Required Major Courses
OR&IE 312: Industrial Data and Systems Analysis
OR&IE 320: Optimization I
OR&IE 321: Optimization II
OR&IE 350: Financial and Managerial Accounting
OR&IE 360: Engineering Probability and Statistics II
OR&IE 361: Introductory Engineering Stochastic Processes I
OR&IE 580: Monte Carlo Simulation
OR&IE 581: Discrete-Event Simulation
Electives
A behavioral science (organizational behavior) course
At least 9 credits of OR&IE electives
At least 9 credits of Major-approved electives, with at least 3 credits from outside OR&IEb
At least 6 credits of advisor approved electives
At least one of the courses taken must satisfy the technical writing requirement.
Operations Research and Engineering Major Check Listc| | Minimum Credit Hours | √ When Done
|
| MATH 191 | 4 | ❑ |
| MATH 192 | 4 | ❑ |
| MATH 293c | 4 | ❑ |
| MATH 294 | 4 | ❑ |
| CHEM 209 | 4 | ❑ |
| PHYS 112 (or 116) | 4 | ❑ |
| PHYS 213 (or 217) | 4 | ❑ |
| PHYS 214 (or CHEM 208d) | 4 | ❑ |
| CS 100 | 4 | ❑ |
| CS 101 | 1 | ❑ |
| Introduction to Engineering: (ENGRI 1XX) | 3 | ❑ |
| Engineering Distribution 1: ENGRD 270 | 3 | ❑ |
| Engineering Distribution 2: ENGRD 211a (recommended) | 3 | ❑ |
| First-Year Writing Seminar 1e | 3 | ❑ |
| First-Year Writing Seminar 2 | 3 | ❑ |
| Liberal Studies Distribution—six courses (18-credit minimum)f | 18 | |
| Liberal Studies 1 | | ❑ |
| Liberal Studies 2 | | ❑ |
| Liberal Studies 3 | | ❑ |
| Liberal Studies 4 | | ❑ |
| Liberal Studies 5 | | ❑ |
| Liberal Studies 6 | | ❑ |
| Advisor-approved Elective (two courses; 6-credit minimum) | | ❑ |
| Advisor-approved Elective | | ❑ |
| Physical Education (two semesters) and swim test | | ❑ |
| | |
| Required Major Courses (49-credit minimum)g | | |
| | |
| OR&IE 312 | 4 | ❑ |
| OR&IE 320 | 4 | ❑ |
| OR&IE 321 | 4 | ❑ |
| OR&IE 350 | 4 | ❑ |
| OR&IE 360 | 4 | ❑ |
| OR&IE 361 | 4 | ❑ |
| OR&IE 580 | 2 | ❑ |
| OR&IE 581 | 2 | ❑ |
| Behavioral Science (organizational behavior) | 3 | ❑ |
| OR&IE Elective | 3 | ❑ |
| OR&IE Elective | 3 | ❑ |
| OR&IE Elective | 3 | ❑ |
| Major-approved Electives—Non–OR&IE | 3 | ❑ |
Major-approved Elective
| 3 | ❑ |
| Major-approved Elective | 3 | ❑ |
| Total Required Credits | 125 minimum | |
| Additional Elective Courses (0 credits minimum, no maximum) | | ❑ |
Notes
a. ENGRD 211 is required by the Major. It is recommended that this course be counted as an engineering distribution.
b. All ENGRD courses may count as Major-approved electives. A complete list of Major-approved electives can be obtained in 203 Rhodes Hall.
c. ORE affiliates are required to complete MATH 191: Calculus for Engineers, MATH 192: Multivariable Calculus for Engineers, and MATH 294: Linear Algebra for Engineers (or their subject matter equivalents). Either MATH 293: Differential Equations for Engineers, CS 280: Discrete Structures, or MATH 304: Prove It! can be used to satisfy the fourth semester mathematics requirement. Students should discuss with their advisor which of these three courses is most appropriate to their future program of study in ORE. The following considerations should be borne in mind:
(i.) MATH 293 is essential for advanced study in financial engineering. Also, MATH 293 is a pre-requisite for PHYS 214: Physics III: Optics, Waves, and Particles, thus students who do not take MATH 293 must plan to take CHEM 208: General Chemistry.
(ii) CS 280 provides an introduction to discrete structures and algorithms of broad applicability in the field of operations research, particularly for fundamental models in the areas of optimization, production scheduling, inventory management, and information technology; it is also a pre-requisite for certain upper-class computer science courses in the areas of information technology and algorithmic analysis.
(iii) MATH 304 covers fundamentals of formal proof techniques; this material is strongly recommended for students who intend advanced
(Ph.D.–level) study in Operations Research or a related field.
d. The following courses may be substituted for PHYS 214, if not used to meet other requirements: CHEM 208, MATH 293, CS 280, MATH 304, MATH 311: Introduction to Analysis, or MATH 336: Applicable Algebra.
e. In addition to the first-year writing seminars, a technical writing course must be taken as an engineering distribution, liberal studies, or approved elective.
f. The six courses must be chosen from at least three of the following six groups: (1) Cultural Analysis (CA), (2) Historical Analysis (HA), (3) Literature and the Arts (LA), (4) Knowledge, Cognition, and Moral Reasoning (KCM), (5) Social and Behavioral Analysis (SBA), (6) Foreign Languages (not literature courses). At least two of the six courses must be at 200-level or higher.
g. The required 9 credits of Major-complementary courses (outside the Major) are ENGRD 211, the behavioral science, and one Major-approved elective course.
This engineering check list is formatted to conform to the general specifications of the College of Engineering. We strongly recommend that you visit 203 Rhodes Hall for an official Operations Research and Engineering check list.
