Early Registration Tips

No. Recitation sessions are review sessions – they are not mandatory, and you do not need to register for them. You are encouraged to attend in order to receive tutorials. They are listed for your information only.

You may register for non-IEOR Departmental courses starting late August. During the early registration period (August 8 – August 19), you MUST register for your IEOR core. Students may register for other IEOR courses however, non-IEOR courses require Faculty advisor approval (to be assigned by early September). Students who fail to adhere to the course restriction policy by registering for courses other than those listed above will be penalized. If you violate this policy, as a penalty, we may have to drop ALL of the courses to which you register, including your IEOR courses.

Courses taken from the School of Professional Studies will not be counted towards the MS degree (i.e. courses with the following prefixes: ACTU, BUSI, COPR, IKNS, SUMA, FUND, and more).

There are several IEOR dedicated CBS electives from the Business School offered in the Fall 2022 term:

• DROMB8107-060/061    Service Operations Management
• DROMB8110-060    Game-Theoretic Business Strategy
• DROMB8114-060    Applied Regression Analysis    
• DROMB8123-060    Demand Analytics    
• DROMB8131-060    Sports Analytics    
• DROMB8510-060    Managerial Negotiations    
• DROMB8816-060    Quantitative Pricing & Revenue Analytics   

During the early registration period, MS&E and MSBA students are permitted to enroll in the courses above. MSOR and MSIE students are limited to (1) of the four during regular registration starting late August.

There are a few restricted courses.  Some examples are:

• IEOR E4004 Sections 001 and 002 - MSOR and MSIE core course, for MSOR and MSIE Program students only.
• IEOR E4004 Section 003 - MS&E core course, for MS&E Program students only.
• IEOR E4007, IEOR E4701 and IEOR E4706 – MSFE core courses, for the MSFE Program students only.
• IEOR E4101/4100 – MSBA & MS&E core courses, for the MSBA & MS&E Program students only.
• IEOR E4111 – MS&E core courses, for the MS&E Program students only.
• IEOR E4501 - MSBA core course, Priority Registration.
• IEOR E4523 - MSBA core course, Priority Registration.
• IEOR E4650 Sections 001, 002, 003 - MSBA core course, Priority Registration.
• IEOR E4798 - MSFE core course, for MSFE Program students only. Department will register the students in.
• IEOR E4199 - MSOR & MSIE students only. Department will register the students in.
• IEOR E4399 - MS&E Program students only. Department will register the students in.
• IEOR E4599 - MSBA Program students only. Department will register the students in.
• IEOR E4799 - MSFE Program students only. Department will register the students in.
• IEOR E4502 - MSBA Program students only. Department will register the students in.
• DROM B8000-060 - MS&E Program students only. Department will register the students in.

Full time enrollment is equivalent to 12 credits (four 3-credit courses). International students under the F-1 visa must maintain full time enrollment. We recommend that you select a minimum of four courses during the early registration period. ENGI E4000 carries zero credits but is required for students interested in participating in the IEOR on-campus recruiting program. IEOR E4502, IEOR E4199, IEOR E4399, IEOR E4599, IEOR E4799, IEOR E4798 and DROM B8000-060 also carry zero credits. The School limits registration to fifteen (15) credits per term for first year graduate students (includes credits of courses on student's waitlists); if you exceed this limit, your registration may be adjusted automatically.

If the course is full, you need to wait until seats are made available. You may add yourself to the waitlist. Seats often become available during the first two weeks of classes, as students are “shopping” for courses. If the course is restricted, unfortunately, it is not available for your program.

Submit the immunization paperwork immediately in order to register. This is a requirement set by the University. For more information, please review the immunization requirements.

You can find brief course descriptions through the Directory of Classes.

If you have taken a graduate level course in probability and statistics, and feel confident about the material, then you should request to take the waiver exam. If not, it is best to take the course to build a solid foundation. IEOR E4150 is a required core course for the MSOR and MSIE program. Unless you have obtained an explicit waiver, you are required to take this course in order to earn your degree.

The Department policy on waiving IEOR E4004 and IEOR E4106 is very strict. If granted a waiver, the Department will ask the student to take the PhD equivalents of the course.   

The PhD level equivalents are more challenging and theoretical, and they are: IEOR E6711 Stochastic Modeling 1 and IEOR E6613 Optimization 1. These courses are 4.5 credits each.

You may request to take a waiver exam in order to be exempt from taking the first half of the probability course. If the exam is passed, you will need to enroll in IEOR E4100 Statistics and Simulation for 1.5 credits.

In summary: you need to enroll in one of the two courses below:

• IF WAIVED PROBABILITY PART 1: IEOR E4100 (1.5 credits) Statistics and Simulation
• IF NOT WAIVED OR NOT SEEKING TO WAIVE: IEOR E4101 (3 points) Probability, Statistics and Simulation

IEOR E4501 Tools for Analytics is pre-requisite for IEOR E4523 Data Analytics. MSBA students are not permitted to take IEOR E4501 as it overlaps with their core IEOR E4502.

Students interested in the Analytics concentration, must have completed IEOR E4501 and IEOR E4523 in order to register for IEOR E4526 Analytics on the Cloud and other Business Analytics electives. If you are proficient in Python, you may request to take a waiver exam in order to be exempt from taking IEOR 4501 Tools for Analytics. The Department offers a Python for Analytics Bootcamp course during the summer that is available to all MS IEOR students. The MSOR, MSIE, MS&E, and MSFE have access to the online video lectures. MSBA have access to both online and in-person sessions under IEOR E4502.

Courses that are 3000-level or below are considered undergraduate level courses. If taken, they will NOT be counted towards the MS degree. The Department recommends that you select 4000-level or higher in order to meet University standards for graduate level education.

Courses taken from the School of Professional Studies will not be counted towards the MS degree (i.e. courses with the following prefixes: ACTU, BUSI, COPR, IKNS, SUMA, FUND, and more).

Taking IEOR E4106 and IEOR E4700 together means that you feel confident about Stochastic Models, and their applications. If you have never taken a stochastic modeling class, taking these two together is not a good idea.

Same goes for taking IEOR E4106 and IEOR E4404 together.

The admissions deposit will credited to the registered student's SSOL account will start at the end of September.

All financial matters regarding tuition and billing should be directed to the Student Financial Planning Office.