Requirements for the Ph.D. in Operations Management
Ph.D. students in Operations Management must fulfill all of the general Tepper School Ph.D. requirements, in addition to any area specific requirements.
A normal course load involves taking 108 units during the first two years, including core Operations Management courses.
Students with appropriate preparation prior to their entry to the program may choose to take the qualifying exams prior to the third semester, however, they must take the entire set of qualifiers in the Operations Management area of study.
Tracks:
The OM PhD Program is organized into three tracks:
(I) Modeling and Methodology
(II) Modeling and Theoretical Analysis
(III) Modeling and Empirical Analysis
The courses and qualifiers are organized according to these tracks, as illustrated in the following tables.
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Track I |
Track II |
Track III |
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Linear Programming (LP) |
LP |
LP |
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Dynamic Programming (DP) |
DP |
DP |
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Performance Modeling (PM) |
PM |
PM |
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Integer Programming (IP) |
IP or NO-I |
IP or NO-I |
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Network Optimization I (NO-I) |
Microeconomics I (Micro I) |
Micro I |
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Network Optimization II (NO-II) or Convex Analysis (CA) |
Microeconomics II (Micro II) |
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Advanced Integer Programming (AIP) |
EM I |
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Microeconomics II or Econometrics I (EM I) |
EM I |
EM II |
|
Foundations of OM |
Foundations of OM |
Foundations of OM |
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Research Topics in OM |
Research Topics in OM |
Research Topics in OM |
Qualifying Exams (Questions):
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Track I |
Track II |
Track III |
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LP |
LP |
LP |
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DP |
DP |
DP |
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PM |
PM |
PM |
|
IP |
IP or NO-I |
IP or NO-I |
|
NO-I |
Microeconomics Question (Micro I, Micro II) |
Econometrics Question (EM I, EM II) |
|
NO-II or CA |
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AIP |
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Foundations of OM |
Foundations of OM |
Foundations of OM |