Curriculum
The MSBA program is a three-semester program which can be completed in a single calendar year. Students enter in the Fall term and can finish as soon as the following August, or engage in a summer internship to complete the program by the end of the following Fall. Students are required to take the equivalent of 12 three-credit courses (36 credits), in the following areas:
- at least 6 courses (18 credits) within Columbia Engineering, IEOR Department
- 4 to 6 courses (12-18 credits) within the Columbia Business School
- and the remaining courses (if any) can be taken from Columbia’s other graduate schools including: the School of International and Public Affairs, the Law School, or Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
A program plan will be available for students to use to plan their studies. This program plan will be used to facilitate a dialogue with your designated faculty advisor. For more course information, students can check out the IEOR course listing.
Required Core Courses: (18 credits)
- IEOR
- E4575
- Mathematics for Business Analytics (0-credit)
- IEOR
- E4004
- Optimization Models and Methods
- IEOR
- E4101
- Probability, Statistics and Simulation
- IEOR
- E4501
- Tools for Analytics
- IEOR
- E4523
- Data Analytics
- ENGI
- E4000
- Professional Development Leadership (0-credit)
- IEOR
- E4650
- Business Analytics
- IEOR
- E4524
- Analytics in Practice
Students may complete 1 or 2 concentrations to fulfill the remaining credits for the degree. Students may select courses within other concentrations and the breadth elective list.
Select (1) of the following (4) concentrations:
- DROM
- B8510
- Managerial Negotiations
- DROM
- B8816
- Quantitative Pricing and Revenue Analytics
- DROM
- B9122
- Computing for Business Research
- IEOR
- E4106
- Stochastic Models
- IEOR
- E4500
- Applications Programming for Financial Engineering
- IEOR
- E4525
- Machine Learning for Financial Engineering & Operations Research
- IEOR
- E4574
- Technology Innovation in Financial Services (1.5)
- IEOR
- E4720
- Deep Learning
- IEOR
- E4725
- Big Data in Finance
- MRKT
- B8649
- Pricing Strategies
- MRKT
- B8696
- Data Driven Dollars
- DROM
- B8122
- Game-Theoretic Business Strategy
- DROM
- B8123
- Demand and Supply Analytics
- DROM
- B8131
- Sports Analytics
- DROM
- B8510
- Managerial Negotiations
- DROM
- B9122
- Computing for Business Research
- DROM
- B9127
- Online Marketplaces
- IEOR
- E4407
- Game Theoretic Models of Operations
- IEOR
- E4506
- Designing Digital Operating Models
- IEOR
- E4577
- OR Methods in Marketing (1.5)
- IEOR
- E4601
- Dynamic Pricing and Revenue Management
- MKTG
- B8607
- Strategic Consumer Insights
- MKTG
- B8617
- Marketing Research & Analytics
- MKTG
- B8679
- Digital Marketing
- MKTG
- B8683
- Marketing Models
- MRKT
- B7676
- Developing QI: Responsive Decision Making Through Quantitative Intuition
- MRKT
- B8608
- New Product Development
- MRKT
- B8696
- Data Driven Dollars
- MRKT
- B9613
- Mathematical Models in Marketing
- MRKT
- B9651
- Marketing Analytics
- DROM
- B8107
- Service Operations
- DROM
- B8128
- Healthcare Investment and Entrepreneurship HCIT and Services
- DROM
- B8132
- Digital Healthcare Startups
- DROM
- B8510
- Managerial Negotiations
- DROM
- B8832
- US Healthcare System
- IEOR
- E4000
- Production and Operations Management
- IEOR
- E4405
- Scheduling
- IEOR
- E4520
- Applied Systems Engineering
- IEOR
- E4521
- Systems Engineering Tools and Methods (OR)
- IEOR
- E4540
- Data Mining for Engineers
- IEOR
- E4505
- Operations Research in Public Policy
- IEOR
- E4507
- Healthcare Operations Management
- MRKT
- B7676
- Developing QI: Responsive Decision Making Through Quantitative Intuition
- COMS
- W4111
- Introduction to Databases
- CSOR
- W4231
- Analysis of Algorithms
- DROM
- B8111
- Analytics for Business Research
- DROM
- B8127
- Big Immersion Seminar - Big Data (1.5 pts)
- DROM
- B8130
- Applied Statistics and Data Analytics
- DROM
- B8510
- Managerial Negotiations
- IEOR
- E4008
- Computational Discrete Optimization
- IEOR
- E4525
- Machine Learning for Financial Engineering & Operations Research
- IEOR
- E4407
- Game Theoretic Models of Operations
- IEOR
- E4418
- Transportation Analytics and Logistics
- IEOR
- E4526
- Analytics on the Cloud
- IEOR
- E4540
- Data Mining for Engineers
- MRKT
- B9160
- Applied Multivariate Statistics
- MRKT
- B9608
- Experimental Design & Analysis for Behavioral Research
- MRKT
- B9616
- Bayesian Modeling & Computation