Columbia MSIE Curriculum at Columbia: Courses, Electives & Concentrations
MSIE is a 30-point STEM program on a full- or part-time basis. Students may start in the Fall or Spring. There are three concentrations: (1) Healthcare Management, (2) Regulated Industries and (3) Systems Engineering.
To facilitate with academic programming, students should complete a program plan to be reviewed by their advisor. All courses are for 3 credits, unless stated otherwise.
Core
- IEORE4199
- MS IEOR Quantitative Bootcamp (zero-credit; First term)
- IEORE4004
- Optimization Models and Methods (First term)
- IEORE4150
- Introduction to Probability and Statistics (First term)
- IEORE4108
- Supply Chain Analytics* (Spring term)
- IEORE4106
- Stochastic Models
- ENGIE4000
- Professional Development and Leadership (zero-credit)
- * Replaces IEORE4000 Operations Management (not offered)
Electives
Students must take at least 18 points of graduate work in the IEOR Department (ie, courses with the following prefixes: IEOR, CSOR, ECIE, SIEO) and at least 30 at Columbia. Students can also take electives from various schools, such as Columbia Business School, the School of International and Public Affairs, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Law School. Courses taken from the School of Professional Studies will not be counted towards your degree (ie, courses with the following prefixes: ACTU, BUSI, COPR, IKNS, SUMA, FUND, and more).
Concentrations
The healthcare management concentration is for students who are interested in applying the methodology of operations research and industrial engineering to healthcare systems. Students take technical, operational and managerial electives that cover aspects of the healthcare context in order to identify, model, analyze operational improvements and innovations.
Students must complete at least 9 credits in total, where IEOR E4507 is required. Additional 6 or more electives can be chosen from the second list.
Required
- IEOR E4507 Healthcare Operations Management
- IEOR E4507 Healthcare Operations Management
Additional Electives
- IEOR E4405 Production Scheduling
- IEOR E4405 Production Scheduling
- IEOR E4412 Quality Control and Management
- IEOR E4412 Quality Control and Management
- IEOR E4505 Operations Research in Public Policy
- IEOR E4505 Operations Research in Public Policy
- IEOR E4510 Project Management
- IEOR E4510 Project Management
- IEOR E4521 Systems Engineering, Tools and Methods
- IEOR E4521 Systems Engineering, Tools and Methods
- DROM B8105 Health Analytics (1.5)
- DROM B8105 Health Analytics (1.5)
- DROM B8106 Operations Strategy
- DROM B8106 Operations Strategy
- DROM B8107 Service Operations
- DROM B8107 Service Operations
- DROM/MGMT B8510 Managerial Negotiations
- DROM/MGMT B8510 Managerial Negotiations
The Regulated Industries concentration is for students who are interested in industrial engineering problems in regulated industries. Different professional interests will dictate different choices. Students take technical, legal, and managerial electives that cover aspects of businesses that are regulated by the government or other governing agencies.
Students must complete at least 9 credits in total (in consultation with their faculty advisor)
IEOR Departmental Electives
- IEOR E4206 Intellectual Property for Engineers (0-credit)
- IEOR E4206 Intellectual Property for Engineers (0-credit)
- IEOR E4403 Quantitative Corporate Finance
- IEOR E4403 Quantitative Corporate Finance
- (or IEOR E4402 Corporate Finance Accounting & Investment Banking; may not take both IEOR E4402 and IEOR E4403)
- (or IEOR E4402 Corporate Finance Accounting & Investment Banking; may not take both IEOR E4402 and IEOR E4403)
- IEOR E4404 Simulation
- IEOR E4404 Simulation
- IEOR E4412 Quality Control
- IEOR E4412 Quality Control
- IEOR E4418 Transportation Analytics & Logistics
- IEOR E4418 Transportation Analytics & Logistics
- IEOR E4650 Business Analytics
- IEOR E4650 Business Analytics
Law School Electives
- Courses require cross registration and approval.
- LAW L6293 Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Other Electives
- BMEN E4010 Ethics for Biomedical Engineers
- BMEN E4010 Ethics for Biomedical Engineers
- CIEN E4010 Transportation Engineering
- CIEN E4010 Transportation Engineering
- CIEN E4111 Uncertainty and risk in infrastructure systems
- CIEN E4111 Uncertainty and risk in infrastructure systems
- CIEN E4129 Managing Engineering and Construction Processes
- CIEN E4129 Managing Engineering and Construction Processes
- CIEN E4132 Prevention and Resolution of Construction Disputes
- CIEN E4132 Prevention and Resolution of Construction Disputes
- CIEN E4133 Capital Facility Planning and Financing
- CIEN E4133 Capital Facility Planning and Financing
- CIEE E4252 Environmental Engineering
- CIEE E4252 Environmental Engineering
The Systems Engineering concentration is for students who are interested in taking a holistic view of engineering and focusing on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed.
Systems Engineering Core
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- IEOR E4403 Quantitative Corporate Finance
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- (or IEOR E4402 Corporate Finance Accounting & Investment Banking; may not take both IEOR E4402 and IEOR E4403)
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- IEOR E4404 Simulation
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- IEOR E4405 Production Scheduling
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- IEOR E4412 Quality Control and Management
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- IEOR E4520 Applied Systems Engineering
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- IEOR E4521 Systems Engineering Tools and Methods
Infrastructure & Substainability Electives
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- CIEN E4111 Uncertainty and risk in infrastructure systems
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- CIEN E4129 Managing Engineering and Construction Processes
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- CIEN E4130 Design of Construction Systems
- Choose at least two courses from the list below.
- EAEE E4190 Photovoltaic Systems Engineering and Sustainability
Mechanical, Electrical & Computer Systems Electives
- Choose at least one course from:
- COMS W4118 Operating Systems
- Choose at least one course from:
- MECE E4431 Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control
- Choose at least one course from:
- MECE E4602 Introduction to Robotics
- Choose at least one course from:
- MECE E4604 Product Design for Manufacturability
- Choose at least one course from:
- ELEN E4702 Digital Communications
- Choose at least one course from:
- ELEN E4810 Digital Signal Processing
Biological Systems Electives
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- BMEN E4001 Quantitative Physiology I: Cells and Molecules
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- COMS W4118 Operating Systems
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- COMS W4119 Computer Networks
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- MECE E4431 Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- MECE E4602 Introduction to Robotics
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- MECE E4604 Product Design for Manufacturability
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- EEME E4601 Digital Control Systems
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- ELEN E4702 Digital Communications
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- ELEN E4810 Digital Signal Processing
- Choose at least one course from the list below.
- ELEN E4815 Random Signals and Noise