Advanced Studies for Operations Research and Statistics
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.
You must meet with an advisor and/or the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies (Dr. Chen Zhou) to understand the more stringent requirements of this concentration
Curriculum
Wellness
- Students are encouraged to take APPH prior to the Junior year
2 Hours Required
- APPH 1040
- APPH 1050
Core A: Essential Skills
- C minimum required for MATH courses
- English must be taken in your first year.
10 - 12 Hours Required
- ENGL 1101
- ENGL 1102
- MATH 1551 or MATH 1501
- MATH 1564 (preferred) or MATH 1553 (if also taking MATH 2551) or MATH 1554 (if also taking MATH 2550)
Core B: Institutional Options
Computer Science Requirement
3 Hours Required
- CS 1301
Core C: Humanities
- Only 9 hours allowed Pass/Fail and only from Humanities, the Social Science Elective, and Free Electives. No other courses allowed Pass/Fail.
6 Hours Required
Core D: Science, Math, & Technology
- C minimum required for MATH 1502 or MATH 1552
- 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 1552 or MATH 1502
Core E: Social Sciences
- Only 9 hours allowed Pass/Fail and only from Humanities, the Social Science Elective, and Free Electives. No other courses allowed Pass/Fail.
3 Hours Required
- HIST 2111
- HIST 2112
- INTA 1200
- POL 1101
- PUBP 3000
3 Hours Required
- ECON 2100
- ECON 2101
- ECON 2105
- ECON 2106
Core F: Courses Related to Major
- C minimum required for all MATH courses
- A minimum grade of B in MATH 2106 is required to continue in this concentration.
- Only one EAS course can be used toward ISYE Lab Science requirements.
- See Environmental Requirement
6 Hours Required
- CS 2316
- CS 4400
2 - 4 Hours Required
- MATH 2561 (preferred) or MATH 2551 (if also taking MATH 1553) or MATH 2550 (if also taking MATH 1554) or MATH 2401
Major Requirements
- All ISYE required courses in this area must be completed prior to Senior Design
- 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 courses before Senior Design.
3 Hours Required
- ACCT 2101
- MGT 3000
28 Hours Required
- MATH 3012
- MATH 3406
- ISYE 2027
- ISYE 3030 (was ISYE 2028)
- ISYE 3044
- ISYE 3133
- ISYE 3232
- ISYE 4031
- ISYE 4800
- ISYE 4106
Advanced Studies for OR and Stats Electives
- Graduate Course Option
- 15 total hours required.
- The 6000-level ISYE course options are preferred, but not required.
- At least 4 of the 5 concentration electives must have the ISYE designator.
3 Hours Required
- ISYE 8813
- MATH 4317
6 Hours Required
- ISYE 4133
- ISYE 4232
- ISYE 6661
- ISYE 6662
- ISYE 6663
- ISYE 6664
- ISYE 6761
- ISYE 6412
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 ECE 2020 Digital System Design 3 ECE 2026 Intro Signal Processing 3 ECE 3710 and ECE 3741 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AE 2020 | Low-Speed Aerodynamics | 3 |
| AE 2220 | Dynamics | 3 |
| AE 3450 | Thermodynamics & Comp Flow | 3 |
| BMED 2210 or BMED 2110 | Conservation Principles in BME | 3 |
| BMED 3100 | Systems Physiology | 3 |
| CEE 2040 |
Dynamics {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} |
2 |
| CEE 2300 |
Environmental Engineering Principles {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} |
3 |
| CEE 3010 |
Geomatics {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} |
3 |
| CEE 4100 |
Construction Engr & Mgt {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} |
3 |
| CEE 4300 |
Environmental Engineering Systems {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} |
3 |
| CEE 4600 |
Transportation Planning & Design {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} |
3 |
| ChBE 2100 | Chemical Process Principles | 3 |
| ChBE 2130 (was 2110) | Chemical Engineering Therodynamics I | 3 |
| ChBE 4803 | Biofuels, Bleaching and Paper making | 3 |
| ChBE 4763 / ME 4763 | Pulping and Chemical Recovery | 3 |
| ChBE 4764 / ME 4764 | Bleaching and Papermaking | 3 |
| COE 2001 | Statics | 2 |
| COE 3001 | Deformable Bodies | 3 |
| CS 2110 | Computer Organization and Programming | 4 |
| CS 4641 | Machine Learning | 3 |
| CS 3750 / PSYC 3750 or CS 3873 |
User Interface Design Title must be "Human-Computer Interaction" (for CS 3873) |
3 |
| CX 4010 | Computational Problem Solving for Sci & Engr. | 3 |
| CX 4240 | Computing for Data Analysis | 3 |
| CX 4242 | Data and Visual Analytics | 3 |
| ECE 2020 | Digital System Design | 3 |
| ECE 2026 | Introduction to Signal Processing | 3 |
| ECE 2040 | Circuit Analysis | 3 |
| ECE 3035 | Mechanisms for Computing Systems | 4 |
| ECE 3076 | Computer Communications | 3 |
| ECE 3710 | Circuits and Electronics | 2 |
| ECE 3741 | Instrumentation and Electronic Lab | 1 |
| ECE 4606 | Wireless Communication | 3 |
| ME 2202 | Dynamics of Rigid Bodies | 3 |
| ME 3015 | System Dynamics & Control | 4 |
| ME 3322 | Thermodynamics | 3 |
| ME 3720 | Introduction to Fluid and Thermal Engineering3 | 3 |
| MSE 2001 | Principles & Applications of Engineering Materials | 3 |
| MSE 3012 | Thermal & Transport Props | 3 |
| MSE 3015 | Elc, Optical&Magnet Properties | 3 |
| MSE 4020 | Design with Materials I | 1 |
| NRE 3301 | Radiation Physics | 3 |
| PTFE 2200 | Structure and Properties of Fibers and Polymers | 3 |
| PTFE 3200 | Yarn and Fabric Formation | 3 |
Group 2
| Course | Description | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| AE 2801 | Special Topics w/ COE 2001* | 1 |
| AE 3310 | Introduction to Aerospace Vehicle Performance | 3 |
| AE 4701 | Wind Engineering | 3 |
| AE 4370 | Life Cycle Cost, Schrage | 3 |
| ARCH 6271 | Healthcare Design of the Future | 3 |
| BIOS 2400 | Mathematical Models in Biology | 3 |
| BIOS 4755 / MATH 4755 | Mathematical Biology | 3 |
| BMED 3400 | Intro to Biomechanics | 4 |
| BMED 2300 / BMED 2310 | Introduction to BME Design | 3 |
| BME 4803 | Global Health Engineering | 3 |
| BMED 4751 / MSE 4751 | Introduction to Biomaterials | 3 |
| CEE 4225 |
Coastal Engineering {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} |
3 |
| CEE 4330 |
Air Pollution Control Eng {only students who have applied to graduate will be considered for a permit; contact your ISyE advisor} |
3 |
| CEE 4803 | Freight Transportation Systems and Airport Plan | 3 |
| CEE 4803 | Transportation Policy & Analysis | 3 |
| ChBE 4751 / MSE 4751 | Intro to Biomaterials | 3 |
| COE 2701 / CS 2701 / MGT 4803 | Startup Lab: Introduction to Technology Ventures | 3 |
| COE 3002 | Intro to Microelec & Nano Revolution | 3 |
| CP 2233 | Sustainable Urban Development | 3 |
| CP 4020 | Introduction to Urban Regional Planning | 3 |
| CP 4105 | Land Conservation | 3 |
| CP 4310 | Urban Transportation | 3 |
| CP 4510 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| CS 2801 | Digital Design Lab for CS | 1 |
| ECE 2803 | Grand Achievements and Grand Challenges | 3 |
| ECE 2811 |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} |
1 or 2 |
| ECE 3811 |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} |
1 or 2 |
| ECE 3812 |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} |
1 or 2 |
| ECE 4811 |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} |
1 or 2 |
| ECE 4812 |
Vertically-Integrated Projects (VIP) program {See the Important Notes regarding VIP courses} |
1 or 2 |
| ECE 2031 | Digital Design laboratory | 2 |
| ECE 4755 / MSE 4755 | Substrate Fabrication | 3 |
| ECE 2893 / ME 2803 | 1 towards Engineering Elective | |
| ISYE 4740 / ME 4740 / BIOL 4740 / PTFE 4740 | Bioinspired Design | 3 |
| ISYE 4803 | Model Based Systems Engineering | 3 |
| ME 2110 | Creative Design & Decision Making | 3 |
| ME 2813 - GLE | Engineering & International Development | 3 |
| ME 3057 | Experimental Methodology | 3 |
| ME 4803 | Energy Systems Engineering | 3 |
| AE 4793 / ME 4793 / MSE 4793 / PTFE 4793 | Composite Mtl Pros | 3 |
| MSE 2021 | Characterization of Materials | 3 |
| MSE 2803 | Historical Development of Engineering Materials | 3 |
| MSE 3300 | Mat Sci & Eng of Sports | 3 |
| MSE 3801 | 1 | |
| MSE 3803 | Optics and Soft Materials | 3 |
| MSE 4751 / BIOM 4751 | Intro to Biomaterials | 3 |
| MSE 4801 | Materials Entrepreneurship | 1 |
| MSE 4803 | Soft Nano Materials | 3 |
| MSE 4803 / MSE 8803 | Fundamentals of Nanomaterials & Energy | 3 |
| PHYS 4803 | Nanoscale Physical Properties and Characterization | 3 |
| PHYS 2021 | Solar Systems (* will not be accepted for Eng Elective credit after Fall 2020) | 3 |
| PTFE 3720 / MSE 3720 | Introduction to Fiber Enterprise | 3 |
| PTFE 4043 | Safety & Ethics | 1 |
| PTFE 4801 | 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 Course must be passed for that concentration |
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| ISYE 3103 | Reqd Course must be passed for that concentration |
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| ISYE 3104 | Reqd Course must be passed for that concentration |
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| ISYE 3106 (was 3803) | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
| ISYE 4034 | Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4045 | Depth (A) 3 or 6 hours are required from this group |
Reqd Course must be passed for that concentration |
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| ISYE 4111 | Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4133 | Depth (A) 3 or 6 hours are required from this group |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
Depth * see the curriculum page for The Advanced Studies in OR and Statistics concentration course requirements |
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| ISYE 4134 | Depth (A) 3 or 6 hours are required from this group |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4232 | Depth (A) 3 or 6 hours are required from this group |
Reqd Course must be passed for that concentration |
Depth * see the curriculum page for The Advanced Studies in OR and Statistics concentration course requirements |
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| ISYE 4301 | Reqd Course must be passed for that concentration |
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| ISYE 4311 | Reqd Course must be passed for that concentration |
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| ISYE 4501 | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
| ISYE 4803 Reliability Engineering |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4803 Online Learn & Dec Making |
Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4803 Intro to Machine Learning |
Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4803 Systems Design for IEs |
Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
| ISYE 4803 Adv Manufacturing |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4803 Facility Layout and Warehousing |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4803 Financial Data Analysis |
Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4803 Decision Analysis & Risk Mgt |
Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
| ISYE 4803 Design of Experiments |
Reqd Course must be passed for that concentration |
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| ISYE 4803 Health Systems Engineering |
Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
| ISYE 4803 Linear & Convex Optimization |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ISYE 4803 Energy and Green Economy |
Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
| ISYE 4803 Fdns and Apps Machine Learning |
Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
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| ISYE 4803 Foundations of Modern Data Science |
Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
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| ISYE 4803 Network Science and Analysis |
Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
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| ISYE 4803 Proj Eval-People, Planet, and Profit |
Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth | Breadth |
| ISYE 4803 Tools for Data Analytics |
Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
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| ECON 3150 | Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ECON 4340 | Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| ECON 4350 | Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| MGT 3078 | Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| CS 4641 | Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| CX 4240 | Depth (B) 6 or 9 hours are required from this group |
Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| CX 4242 | Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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| MATH 4262 | Depth You must take at least one Depth course from within that concentration |
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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).