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Program checklist · Management Science and Engineering (MS)

Management Science and Engineering (MS)

Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY

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Program
Award
Management Science and Engineering (MS)
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
CIP
52.0810
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
190150
CourseShelf checklist
CK_190150_1b458f31
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Required Core Courses (12 credits)

major core · 6 items
  1. As published: “OPTIMIZATION MODELS AND METHODS (first fall semester)”
    3.00
  2. As published: “PROBABILITY STAT & SIMULATION (first fall semester)”
    3.00
  3. As published: “STOCHASTIC MODELING FOR MSE (spring semester)”
    3.00
  4. As published: “OPERATIONS CONSULTING (starts fall semester, year-long course)”
    3.00
  5. 0.00
  6. 0.00

Decision, Risk, and Operations Electives (9 credits minimum)

electives · 0 items

    Choose nine points from the following:

    0 items

      Please note that course may not be up to date. Please see the IEOR website and Columbia Business School directory for the most up to date approved courses available

      27 items
      1. As published: “Business Analytics I (Full Term)”
      2. DROM B8102
        Process Improvement and Growth
        Not resolved to a course
      3. 1.50
      4. 3.00
      5. 3.00
      6. or: DROM B8109 Supply Chain Management
      7. DROM B8112
        QUANT FIN: MODELS & COMPUTATN
        Not resolved to a course
      8. DROM B8114
        Applied Regression Analysis
        Not resolved to a course
      9. DROM B8115
        Leading Sustainable Operations
        Not resolved to a course
      10. 3.00
      11. DROM B8117
        Business Analytics III: Modern AI, Deep Learning, and Generative AI
        Not resolved to a course
      12. 3.00
      13. DROM B8128
        Healthcare Venture Capital And Private Equity
        Not resolved to a course
      14. 3.00
      15. DROM B8132
        Digital Health Startups
        Not resolved to a course
      16. DROM B8143
        Foundations of AI for Business
        Not resolved to a course
      17. DROM B8145
        Applying Digital Health
        Not resolved to a course
      18. DROM B8146
        Analytics in Action (Master Cl
        Not resolved to a course
      19. DROM B8148
        The Analytics Advantage
        Not resolved to a course
      20. 1.50
      21. DROM B8159
        Digital Marketplaces
        Not resolved to a course
      22. 3.00
      23. 1.50
      24. DROM B8823
        The U.S. Healthcare Industry
        Not resolved to a course
      25. DROM B9122
        COMPUTING FOR BUSINESS RESRCH
        Not resolved to a course

      Analysis and Management Electives (9 credits minimum)

      electives · 0 items

        Analysis Group (3 credits minimum, up to 6 credits)

        0 items

          Choose one to four of the following:

          31 items
          1. 3.00
          2. 3.00
          3. 3.00
          4. IEOR E4010
            Artificial Intelligence for OR and FE
            Not resolved to a course
          5. 3.00
          6. 3.00
          7. 3.00
          8. 3.00
          9. 3.00
          10. 3.00
          11. 3.00
          12. 3.00
          13. 3.00
          14. 3.00
          15. 3.00
          16. As published: “TOPICS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH (Refer to IEOR website for list of approved topics titles and sections)”
            3.00
          17. 1.50
          18. 1.50
          19. 3.00
          20. 3.00
          21. 3.00
          22. 3.00
          23. 1.50
          24. As published: “TOPICS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH (Refer to IEOR website for list of approved topics titles and sections)”
            3.00
          25. As published: “TOPICS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH (Refer to IEOR website for list of approved topics titles and sections)”
            1.50
          26. As published: “TOPICS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH (Refer to IEOR website for list of approved topics titles and sections)”
            1.50
          27. As published: “TOPICS IN OR (Refer to IEOR website for list of approved topics titles and sections)”
            3.00
          28. 3.00
          29. 3.00
          30. 3.00
          31. 3.00

          Management Group (3 credits minimum, up to 6 credits)

          0 items

            Choose one to four of the following:

            9 items
            1. or: IEOR E4403 QUANTITATIVE CORPORATE FINANCE
              3.00
            2. 3.00
            3. 3.00
            4. 3.00
            5. As published: “TOPICS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH (Refer to IEOR website for list of approved topics titles and sections)”
              3.00
            6. As published: “TOPICS IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH (Refer to IEOR website for list of approved topics titles and sections)”
              1.50
            7. As published: “TOPICS IN OPERATION RESEARCH (Refer to IEOR website for list of approved topics titles and sections)”
              1.50
            8. 3.00
            9. 3.00

            Pre-approved CBS courses that can count as Management Electives:

            electives · 54 items
            1. FINC B8306
              Capital Markets & Investments
              Not resolved to a course
            2. FINC B8307
              Advanced Corporate Finance
              Not resolved to a course
            3. FINC B8310
              Advanced Blockchain and Smart Contracts Course
              Not resolved to a course
            4. FINC B8335
              Private Equity Allocation
              Not resolved to a course
            5. FINC B8357
              Activist Value Investing for Small Cap Companies
              Not resolved to a course
            6. FINC B8389
              Hedge Funds
              Not resolved to a course
            7. FINC B8416
              Private Equity Leverage
              Not resolved to a course
            8. FINC B8417
              Private Equity Deals
              Not resolved to a course
            9. FINC B8429
              Digital Investing
              Not resolved to a course
            10. MGMT B8500
              MS Lead: People, Team, Organizations
              Not resolved to a course
            11. MGMT B8502
              MS Strategy Formulation
              Not resolved to a course
            12. MGMT B8511
              Turnaround Management
              Not resolved to a course
            13. MGMT B8515
              Top Management Process
              Not resolved to a course
            14. MGMT B8518
              Foundations of Entrepreneurship
              Not resolved to a course
            15. MGMT B8519
              Launch Your Startup
              Not resolved to a course
            16. MGMT B8521
              Foundations of Family Enterprise
              Not resolved to a course
            17. MGMT B8524
              Managerial Decision Making (Full-Ter)
              Not resolved to a course
            18. MGMT B8527
              Social Venture Incubator
              Not resolved to a course
            19. MGMT B8531
              Power & Influence
              Not resolved to a course
            20. MGMT B8532
              Food Entrepreneurship (Half-Term)
              Not resolved to a course
            21. MGMT B8533
              Family Office Management
              Not resolved to a course
            22. MGMT B8534
              Global Enterprise Management
              Not resolved to a course
            23. MGMT B8536
              Strategy and Competition in Ph
              Not resolved to a course
            24. MGMT B8538
              The Leader's Voice: Communicat
              Not resolved to a course
            25. MGMT B8545
              High Performing Nonprofits
              Not resolved to a course
            26. MGMT B8551
              Future of Work: Strategy & Leadership
              Not resolved to a course
            27. MGMT B8553
              Managerial Decision Making (Half-Term)
              Not resolved to a course
            28. MGMT B8561
              Entrepreneurial Law for Start-
              Not resolved to a course
            29. MGMT B8573
              Global Philanthropy
              Not resolved to a course
            30. MGMT B8575
              Governance
              Not resolved to a course
            31. MGMT B8577
              Think Bigger
              Not resolved to a course
            32. MGMT B8578
              Public Policy and the Healthca
              Not resolved to a course
            33. MGMT B8579
              Navigating Dynamics and Conflicts in Family Enterprise
              Not resolved to a course
            34. MGMT B8581
              Modern Political Economy
              Not resolved to a course
            35. MGMT B8582
              Food Entrepreneurship (Full-Term)
              Not resolved to a course
            36. MGMT B8586
              Entrepreneurial Strategy
              Not resolved to a course
            37. MGMT B8587
              Business Strategies for Solvin
              Not resolved to a course
            38. MGMT B8590
              People Analytics and Strategy
              Not resolved to a course
            39. MGMT B8591
              NYC Immersion Seminar: Food Service
              Not resolved to a course
            40. MGMT B8592
              Immersive Teamwork
              Not resolved to a course
            41. MGMT B8618
              Strategies For Long-Term Growth
              Not resolved to a course
            42. MRKT B9620
              MS Advanced Market Strategy
              Not resolved to a course
            43. MRKT B8506
              Launch Your Startup II
              Not resolved to a course
            44. MRKT B8604
              Frontiers in Retailing
              Not resolved to a course
            45. MRKT B8608
              Tech Ethics
              Not resolved to a course
            46. MRKT B8618
              Integrated Marketing Strategy
              Not resolved to a course
            47. MRKT B8619
              Behav Econ & Decision Making
              Not resolved to a course
            48. 1.50
            49. MRKT B8627
              Urban Retail Placemaking
              Not resolved to a course
            50. MRKT B8632
              Digital Product Management Lab
              Not resolved to a course
            51. MRKT B8636
              Product Management (Full-Term)
              Not resolved to a course
            52. MRKT B8649
              Pricing Strategies
              Not resolved to a course
            53. MRKT B8651
              Systematic Creativity in Busin
              Not resolved to a course
            54. MRKT B8662
              Innovate Using Design Thinking
              Not resolved to a course

            Breadth Electives (6 credits)

            electives · 38 items
            1. ACCT B8008
              Earnings Quality & Fundamental
              Not resolved to a course
            2. BUEC B8251
              Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
              Not resolved to a course
            3. 3.00
            4. FINC B8377
              Value Investing
              Not resolved to a course
            5. 3.00
            6. 3.00
            7. 3.00
            8. 1.50
            9. 3.00
            10. 3.00
            11. 1.50
            12. 1.50
            13. 3.00
            14. 3.00
            15. 3.00
            16. 3.00
            17. 3.00
            18. 3.00
            19. 3.00
            20. 1.50
            21. 3.00
            22. 1.50
            23. 3.00
            24. 3
            25. 1.50
            26. 1.50
            27. 3.00
            28. 3.00
            29. 3.00
            30. 1.50
            31. 3.00
            32. 3.00
            33. 3.00
            34. 3.00
            35. 1.00-3.00
            36. 1.00-1.50
            37. MRKT B8680
              Digital Marketing in the AI Era (Half Term)
              Not resolved to a course
            38. MRKT B9655
              MS Digital Marketing
              Not resolved to a course
            Source. Columbia University in the City of New York, catalog 2026-2027 — https://bulletin.columbia.edu/columbia-engineering/academic-departments-programs/industrial-engineering-operations-research/graduate-programs/management-science-engineering-ms/. Captured page pages/0396.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.