Departments

The OR major is one of a few inter-disciplinary majors at USAFA. Four departments—Computer Science, Economics and Geosciences, Management, and Mathematical Sciences—teach courses in support of the OR major such as Computer Simulation (CS 362), Microeconomic Theory (Econ 332-333), Probabilistic Models (OR 321), and Matrices and Differential Equations (Math 243/253).

Classes

The most up-to-date information on classes will be in the Curriculum Handbook which is kept on the Registrar's website. Go to page 174 of the Curriculum Handbook for further information on the Operations Research major.

Many people find that a double major of OR and Math or Econ works very well since there are so many overlapping courses. Your academic advisor can help you tailor your course load to accommodate this.

Fourth Class Cadets. If you're declaring OR as a Fourth Class Cadet, the only pressing matter is that you get Math 243 on your schedule for Fall of your second year.

Some of the classes that you will take (2007-2008 Handbook):

• Comp Sci 211 Intro to Programming for Scientists and Engineers
• Comp Sci 362 Computer Simulation
• Comp Sci 364 Information Storage and Retrieval
• Econ 332 Microeconomic Theory I
• Econ 333 Microeconomic Theory II
• Econ 465 Introduction to Econometrics
• Econ 466 Forecasting and Model Building
• Math 243 (or Math 253) Calculus III (or Advanced Placed Calculus III)
• Math 344 Matrices and Differential Equations
• Math 377 Applied Probability and Statistics (substitutes for Math 300)
• Math 378 Advanced Probability and Statistics
• Ops Rsch 310 Systems Analysis (substitutes for Systems Option)
• Ops Rsch 321 Probabilistic Models
• Ops Rsch 411 Topics in Mathematical Programming
• Ops Rsch 419 Capstone in Operations Research: Case Studies
• Ops Rsch 420 Capstone in Operations Research
• Ops Rsch 405 Operations Research Seminar