Curriculum

Please find the curriculum for the incoming class of MSBA students below. For the Fall '19 MSBA Class, please refer to the curriculum page here.

The MSBA program is a three-semester STEM 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:

  •  a minimum of 18 credits (typically 6 courses) within Columbia Engineering, IEOR Department
     
  •  a minimum 12 credits (typically 4-6 courses) 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.

Program Plan

Core - 9 credits

*Students must register for IEOR E4501 Tools for Analytics, IEOR E4004, IEOR E4101, MRKT B9561 in their first semester, if they do not successfully pass the summer evaluation of IEOR E4502 Python for Analytics Bootcamp. IEOR E4004 Optimization must be completed by their second semester

Core - 6 credits

+ 1 Business School Elective (with course code: DROM or MRKT)

+ Remaining Electives

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:

*Students may take MRKT B8602 or MRKT B9656, but not both.

*Students may take MRKT B8602 or MRKT B9656, but not both.