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MINOR IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH

The Operations Research Minor is designed to provide students with quantitatively based decision-making skills as well as exposure to a broad variety of applications. A student seeking a minor in Operations Research must obtain permission from the chair or his/her designee in the Department of Food and Resource Economics. 18 credit hours are required for the minor.

Required courses: (6 hours)
ORES 401 An Introduction to Operations Research
STAT 470 Introduction to Statistical Analysis I

Remaining four courses are to be selected from the following list:
STAT 471 Introduction to Statistical Analysis II
FREC 335 Advanced Data Management
FREC 409 Research Methods II
FREC 674 Applied Data Base Management
MATH 389 Graph Theory
MATH 529 Linear Programming-Applications and Methods
ECON 415 Economic Forecasting
BUAD 306 Operations Management
CIEG 482 Systems Design and Operation
CIEG 486* Engineering Management
BREG 401 Introduction to Quality Control
BREG 402 Quality Control Applications
BREG 416* Project Economic Analysis
BREG 417 Project Management

*Only 1 of CIEG 486 and BREG 416 can be counted towards the minor. A minimum grade of C is required in all courses counting toward the minor.


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