Operations Research
This concentration is concerned with the methodology of Industrial Engineering modeling including optimization, stochastic modeling, and statistics. The depth courses include advanced courses in these areas. This area also prepares students for graduate school. Many companies employ students with good methodology training for operations research or statistical analysis.
Curriculum
Wellness Requirement
- Students are encouraged to take APPH prior to the Junior year
2 Hours Required
- APPH 1040
- APPH 1050
- APPH 1060
Core IMPACTS
Institutional Priority
3 Hours Required
- CS 1301
Mathematics and Quantitative Skills
- C minimum required for all MATH courses
4 Hours Required
- MATH 1552
Political Science and U.S. History
- Work with your academic advisor to ensure your completing your Georgia legislative requirements https://undergradcurriculum.oue.gatech.edu/glr
3 Hours Required
- HIST 2111
- HIST 2112
- INTA 1200
- POL 1101
- PUBP 3000
Arts, Humanities, and Ethics
- Only 9 hours can be taken as Pass/Fail and only from Humanities, the Social Science Elective, and Free Electives. No other courses allowed Pass/Fail.
6 Hours Required
Communicating in Writing
- English must be taken in your first year.
6 Hours Required
- ENGL 1101
- ENGL 1102
Technology, Mathematics, and Sciences
- C minimum required for all MATH courses
- Students may also complete MATH 1554 and MATH 2550 to satisfy math requirements. If MATH 1554/MATH 2550 combination is taken, then two hours from MATH 1554 may be used in Field of Study to give Field of Study 18 hours.
- If PHYS 2231 (Honors Physics) is taken, extra hour goes to Free Electives.
- If PHYS 2232 (Honors Physics) is taken, extra hour goes to Free Electives.
12 Hours Required
- PHYS 2211
- PHYS 2212
- MATH 1551
- MATH 1553
Field of Study
- C minimum required for all MATH courses
- Students may also complete MATH 1554 and MATH 2550 to satisfy math requirements. If MATH 1554/MATH 2550 combination is taken, then two hours from MATH 1554 may be used in Field of Study to give Field of Study 18 hours.
- Only one EAS course can be used toward ISYE Lab Science requirements.
- See Environmental Requirement
6 Hours Required
- CS 2316
- CS 4400
4 Hours Required
- MATH 2551
8 Hours Required
Major Requirements
- All ISYE required courses in this area must be completed prior to Senior Design (ISYE 4106).
- C minimum required for all MATH courses
- MATH 2401, MATH 2551, or MATH 2550 is Co-requisite or Pre-requisite for ISYE 2027
- You must be within 2 semesters of graduation to register for Senior Design (summers excluded) and complete 3 of 5 Concentration Electives before Senior Design (ISYE 4106).
3 Hours Required
- ACCT 2101 or MGT 3000
27 Hours Required
- MATH 2603
- ISYE 2027
- ISYE 3030
- ISYE 3025
- ISYE 3044
- ISYE 3133
- ISYE 3232
- ISYE 4031
- ISYE 4800
- ISYE 4106
Operations Research Electives
- Graduate Course Option
- At least 4 of the 5 concentration electives must have the ISYE designator.
9 Hours Required
- ISYE 4133 Advanced Optimization or ISYE 4134 Constraint Programming or ISYE 4803 Linear & Convex Optimization
- ISYE 4045 Advanced Simulation
- ISYE 4232 Advanced Stochastic Systems
6 Hours Required
- Please visit isye.gatech.edu/classinfo for available courses.
Free Electives
- No course credit given towards BSIE for MATH 1113, MGT 2250, ISYE 3770, or PHYS 2XXX (AP credit).
- Only 9 hours allowed Pass/Fail and only from Humanities, the Social Science Elective, and Free Electives. No other courses allowed Pass/Fail.
- See Environmental Requirement
11 Hours Required
- Free Electives
Total Required Hours: 128
Engineering Electives
Important Notes - 2016-2017 Catalog or Later
- You must take at least one of the following (3 credits each):
Course | Description | Credit |
|---|---|---|
Digital System Design | 3 | |
Intro Signal Processing | 3 | |
Circuits & Electronics & Instrum & Electronic Lab | 3 |
- The remaining 6 credits must satisfy the following:
- Take at least 2 additional credits from Group 1
- All Special Topics courses (4801/4803/4823, etc.) MUST be approved by your advisor. No SEMINARS may be used
- YOU MUST MEET THE PRE-REQUISITE REQUIREMENTS FOR EACH COURSE
- Some departments may only allow you to register during Phase II.
- To satisfy Group 2 Engineering Elective credit, all Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) courses must be approved by the ISyE Associate Undergraduate Chair each semester, and at least three but no more than four credits of VIP coursework must be taken (typically, with the same project).
- For a list of projects already approved or denied, please see the "Group 2 VIP Courses" tab on the left
- Upon completion of at least 3 credit hours of VIP with the same project, please contact your assigned academic advisor to have the credits moved to Engineering Electives Group 2.
- It is very rare for any research (within ISyE or otherwise) to be approved as an Engineering Elective.
- PHYS 2021 (Solar System) will not be accepted for any Engineering Elective credit after Fall 2020.
Group 1
Course | Description | Credit |
|---|---|---|
Low-Speed Aerodynamics | 3 | |
Dynamics | 3 | |
Thermodynamics & Comp Flow | 3 | |
Conservation Principles in BME | 3 | |
Systems Physiology | 3 | |
Dynamics {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} | 2 | |
Environmental Engineering Principles {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} | 3 | |
Geomatics {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} | 3 | |
Construction Engr & Mgt {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} | 3 | |
Environmental Engineering Systems {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} | 3 | |
Transportation Planning & Design {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} | 3 | |
Chemical Process Principles | 3 | |
Chemical Engineering Therodynamics I | 3 | |
Biofuels, Bleaching and Paper making | 3 | |
Pulping and Chemical Recovery | 3 | |
Bleaching and Papermaking | 3 | |
Statics | 2 | |
Deformable Bodies | 3 | |
Computer Organization and Programming | 4 | |
Machine Learning | 3 | |
User Interface Design Title must be "Human-Computer Interaction" (for CS 3873) | 3 | |
Computational Problem Solving for Sci & Engr. | 3 | |
Computing for Data Analysis | 3 | |
Data and Visual Analytics | 3 | |
Digital System Design | 3 | |
Introduction to Signal Processing | 3 | |
Circuit Analysis | 3 | |
Mechanisms for Computing Systems | 4 | |
Computer Communications | 3 | |
Circuits and Electronics | 2 | |
Instrumentation and Electronic Lab | 1 | |
Wireless Communication | 3 | |
Dynamics of Rigid Bodies | 3 | |
System Dynamics & Control | 4 | |
Thermodynamics | 3 | |
Introduction to Fluid and Thermal Engineering3 | 3 | |
Principles & Applications of Engineering Materials | 3 | |
Thermal & Transport Props | 3 | |
Elc, Optical&Magnet Properties | 3 | |
Design with Materials I | 1 | |
Radiation Physics | 3 | |
Structure and Properties of Fibers and Polymers | 3 | |
Yarn and Fabric Formation | 3 |
Group 2
Course | Description | Credit |
|---|---|---|
Special Topics w/ COE 2001* | 1 | |
Introduction to Aerospace Vehicle Performance | 3 | |
Wind Engineering | 3 | |
Life Cycle Cost, Schrage | 3 | |
Healthcare Design of the Future | 3 | |
Mathematical Models in Biology | 3 | |
Mathematical Biology | 3 | |
Intro to Biomechanics | 4 | |
Introduction to BME Design | 3 | |
Global Health Engineering | 3 | |
Introduction to Biomaterials | 3 | |
Coastal Engineering {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} | 3 | |
Air Pollution Control Eng {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} | 3 | |
Freight Transportation Systems and Airport Plan | 3 | |
Transportation Policy & Analysis | 3 | |
Intro to Biomaterials | 3 | |
Startup Lab: Introduction to Technology Ventures | 3 | |
Intro to Microelec & Nano Revolution | 3 | |
Sustainable Urban Development | 3 | |
Introduction to Urban Regional Planning | 3 | |
Land Conservation | 3 | |
Urban Transportation | 3 | |
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 | |
Digital Design Lab for CS | 1 | |
Grand Achievements and Grand Challenges | 3 | |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} | 1 or 2 | |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} | 1 or 2 | |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} | 1 or 2 | |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} | 1 or 2 | |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} | 1 or 2 | |
Digital Design laboratory | 2 | |
Substrate Fabrication | 3 | |
1 towards Engineering Elective | ||
Bioinspired Design | 3 | |
Model Based Systems Engineering | 3 | |
Creative Design & Decision Making | 3 | |
Engineering & International Development | 3 | |
Experimental Methodology | 3 | |
Energy Systems Engineering | 3 | |
Composite Mtl Pros | 3 | |
Characterization of Materials | 3 | |
Historical Development of Engineering Materials | 3 | |
MSE 3300 | Mat Sci & Eng of Sports | 3 |
1 | ||
Optics and Soft Materials | 3 | |
Intro to Biomaterials | 3 | |
Materials Entrepreneurship | 1 | |
Soft Nano Materials | 3 | |
Fundamentals of Nanomaterials & Energy | 3 | |
Nanoscale Physical Properties and Characterization | 3 | |
Solar Systems (* will not be accepted for Eng Elective credit after Fall 2020) | 3 | |
Introduction to Fiber Enterprise | 3 | |
Safety & Ethics | 1 | |
Title may vary each semester | 1 | |
VIP 2601 / VIP 3601 / VIP 3602 / VIP 4601 / VIP 4602 / VIP 4603 | Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} | 1 or 2 or 3 |
Group 2 Vertically-Integrated Projects
Please see below for a list of approved and denied VIP projects. If the project in which you are interested is not on this list, please submit the Course Substitution Form to request that we review it for consideration as a Group 2 Engineering Elective.
To satisfy Group 2 Engineering Elective credit:
- At least three but no more than four credits of VIP coursework must be taken with the same project over 2 consecutive semesters (with exceptions for summer and co-op/internship semesters).
- View list below for a list of projects already approved or denied
- Upon completion of at least 3 credit hours of VIP with the same project and in 2 consecutive semesters (with exceptions for summer and co-op/internship semesters), please contact your assigned academic advisor to have the credits moved to Engineering Electives Group 2.
- VIP counts for free elective if not used for Engineering Elective.
VIP Project | Status |
|---|---|
ACT Driving Simulator | Approved |
Agile Communication Architecture | Approved |
AI-based Discovery and Innovation | Approved |
Art + AI | Approved |
Automated Algorithm Design | Approved |
Bits of Good | Approved |
Diabetes and Chronic Disease Systems | Approved |
eStadium | Approved |
Getting to know U. | Approved |
GT Mobile STEM Lab | Approved |
Health Informatics | Approved |
HumaniTech | Approved |
Intelligent Transportation | Approved |
M.A.R.S Marsian Adv | Approved |
Reinventing Mobility in Atlanta | Approved |
Smart and Connected Bioelectronics | Approved |
Smart City Infrastructure | Approved |
Spatiotemporal Modeling: COVID-19 | Approved |
Stadium-IoP | Approved |
Century Global Atlanta | Denied |
Design Bloc | Denied |
Engineering for Social Innovation | Denied |
Global Social Entrepreneurship | Denied |
IoT in Health | Denied |
Sports Performance Intelligence Platforms | Denied |
Wellbeing and Mental health | Denied |
Environmental Requirements
ISyE requires that a BSIE student have one course that deals with the environment. Accordingly, the following list provides a sample of acceptable courses that satisfy the environmental requirement.
4-HOUR LAB SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
- BIOS 1107 (was BIOL 1510) - Biological Principles
- BIOS 1220 - Biology of Sex and Death
- EAS 1600 - Introduction to Environmental Science
- EAS 1601 - Habitable Plant
- EAS 2600 - Earth Processes
SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVES:
- ECON 4440 - Economics of Environment
ENGINEERING ELECTIVES:
- CEE 2300 - Environmental Engineering Principles
- CEE 4300 - Environmental Engineering Systems
- CP 2233 - Sustainable Urban Development
FREE ELECTIVES (Courses listed above may be used as free elective as well):
- BIOS 2300 - Ecology
- BIOL 2335 - General Ecology
- EAS 2750 - Physics of the Weather
- EAS 3110 - Energy, Environ, Society
- EAS 4480 - Environ Data Analysis
- ISyE 4501 - Energy, Efficiency, and Sustainability (Offered in Fall Semester, starting in Fall 2018 - replaces ISyE 4803 below)
- (ISyE 4803 - Energy and Environmental Analysis (replaced by ISyE 4501, but will still be accepted))
- PHYS 2750 - Physics of the Weather
- SLS 3120 - Foundations of Sustainable Systems
There are other courses offered at Tech from time to time that will meet this requirement. If you find a course that you wish to take and feel that the content qualifies, please contact your academic advisor for approval prior to enrolling.
Matching Courses to Concentrations
To determine your Catalog Year, you will need to access your DegreeWorks (via Buzzport) and then look for the BSIE - Degree Requirements row. At the end of that row, your Catalog Year is listed above your GPA.
2019-2020 (and later) Catalog year
The table lists how the various concentration courses can be used to satisfy each concentration's requirements (please refer to the curriculum pages for the other rules that still must be observed):
Breadth or blank - Course can satisfy as a Breadth course if labeled as a Depth or Reqd for another concentration
Course | Analytics and Data Science | Economic and Financial Systems | Operations Research | Advanced Studies in Operations Research and Statistics * | Quality and Statistics | Supply Chain Engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ISYE 3039 | Reqd | |||||
ISYE 3103 | Reqd | |||||
ISYE 3104 (now 4112) | Reqd | |||||
ISYE 3106 (was 3803) | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4034 | Depth (B) | Depth | ||||
ISYE 4045 | Depth (A) | Reqd | ||||
ISYE 4111 | Depth | |||||
ISYE 4112 (was 3104) | Reqd | |||||
ISYE 4113 (was 4803 Adv Mfg) | Depth | |||||
ISYE 4133 | Depth (A) | Depth | Depth * | |||
ISYE 4134 | Depth (A) | Depth | ||||
ISYE 4232 | Depth (A) | Reqd | Depth * | |||
ISYE 4301 | Reqd | |||||
ISYE 4311 | Reqd | |||||
ISYE 4501 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4510 (was 4803 Public Health Systems) | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4601 (was 4803 Online Learn & Dec Making) | Depth (B) | Depth | ||||
ISYE 4803 | Depth | |||||
ISYE 4803 | Depth (B) | Depth | ||||
ISYE 4803 | Depth (B) | Depth | ||||
ISYE 4803 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4803 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4803 | Depth | |||||
ISYE 4803 | Depth | |||||
ISYE 4803 | Depth (B) | Depth | Depth | |||
ISYE 4803 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4803 | Reqd | |||||
ISYE 4803 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4803 | Depth | |||||
ISYE 4803 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4803 | Depth (B) | |||||
ISYE 4803 | Depth (B) | |||||
ISYE 4803 | Depth (B) | |||||
ISYE 4803 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4803 | Depth (B) | |||||
ISYE 4803 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ISYE 4803 | Depth (A) | Depth | ||||
ISYE 4803 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
ECON 3150 | Depth | |||||
ECON 4180 | Depth | |||||
ECON 4311 | Depth | |||||
ECON 4340 | Depth | |||||
ECON 4350 | Depth | |||||
ECON 4351 | Depth | |||||
ECON 4352 | Depth | |||||
ECON 4803 | Depth | |||||
MGT 3078 | Depth | |||||
CS 4641 | Depth (B) | Depth | ||||
CX 4240 | Depth (B) | Depth | ||||
CX 4242 | Depth | |||||
MATH 4262 | Depth | |||||
Note that under the 2019-2020 Catalog, the General concentration consists of any five concentration classes (prior approval by the ISyE Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies is required in order to include more than one Special Topics course (ISYE 3803 or ISYE 4803) that is not a depth/required course for the other concentrations).