Operations Management and Strategy

As a PhD student in the Operations Management and Strategy department, you will be following one of two tracks, operations and supply chain management or strategy and entrepreneurship. As a new doctoral student, you are initially under the supervision of a faculty member assigned to assist you in navigating your decided track, and to coordinate other faculty in the joint mentorship of students in the first two to three years of study.

Once you have passed your comprehensive exam, the role and responsibilities of academic advisor transfer to your dissertation advisor. This faculty member supervises your academic activity during your dissertation phase.

Both tracks can be divided into three groups of mandated coursework: seminars, research methodology and managerial skills requirements. You can find the details below.

Major Requirements - Operations and Supply Chain Management Track

Seminars Research Methodology Managerial Skills coursework

Doctoral students will complete a minimum of 24 credit hours in methodology-related coursework. The school of management PhD core course MGG 700: Introduction to Research Methods provides credit toward this requirement. Examples of other approved courses are listed below, divided into group A and group B. Within the 24 hour requirement, students are further required to have completed a minimum of three credit hours within each of the two groups.

Group A: Statistical and Empirical Analysis

  • MGO 615 Econometric Methods and Managerial Applications I*
  • MGO 616 Econometric Methods and Managerial Applications II*
  • CEP 523 Statistical Inference II*
  • ECON 613, 614 Econometrics **
  • PSY 614 Structural Equation Modeling **
  • PSY 704 Research Methods in Social Psychology **
  • PSY 708 Field Research in Social Psychology **
  • SOC 578 Survey Research**
  • SOC 605 Quantitative Research Design
  • SOC 606 Research Methods in Sociology**
  • SOC 607 Multiple Linear Regression
  • STA 502 Intro to Statistical Inference*

Group B: Analytical and Theoretical Modeling

  • ECO 665 Microeconomics Theory I
  • ECO 666 Microeconomics Theory II
  • ECON 611, 612 Mathematics for Economists**
  • IE 572 Linear Programming**
  • IE 573 Discrete Optimization**
  • IE 575 Stochastic Methods**
  • IE 576 Applied Stochastic Processes**
  • IE 603 Location Theory
  • IE 661 Scheduling Theory
  • IE 662 Queuing Theory**
  • IE 671 Nonlinear Programming**
  • IE 674 Integer Programming**
  • IE 675 Game Theory**
  • IE 677 Network Optimization**
  • IE 678 Urban Optimization Research

Courses marked with a single asterisk (*) also count toward the school of management’s requirement that a doctoral student take two statistics courses. Courses marked with a double asterisk (**) also count toward the school of management’s requirement that a doctoral student take two methodology courses. Courses completed to meet the School of Management’s overall statistics and methodology requirements may be counted toward the operations and supply chain management track’s research methodology requirements if those courses appear in the lists here. Additional courses may be allowed as either meeting a group A or group B requirement with the approval of the student’s academic advisor. Students should be aware that some of the most advanced courses listed here are not necessarily available every year and thus may not be options for a particular student’s schedule. The academic advisor will also vet the student’s choice of courses to assure that courses selected from different departments do not overlap inappropriately in terms of content covered.

 

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Major Requirements - Strategy and Entrepreneurship Track

Seminars Research Methodology Managerial Skills Requirements

Doctoral students will complete a minimum of 24 credit hours in methodology-related coursework. MGG 700: Introduction to Research Methods, ECON 613: Introduction to Econometrics and ECON 614: Econometric Applications and Methods provide credit toward this requirement. Examples of other approved courses are listed below.

  • MGF 743 Research Methodology**
  • MGF 744 Empirical Methods in Finance**
  • MGO 615 Econometric Methods and Managerial Applications I*
  • MGO 616 Econometric Methods and Managerial Applications II*
  • ECON 612: Mathematics for Economists**
  • ECO 665: Microeconomics Theory I **
  • ECO 721/722 Industrial Organization**
  • ECO 712 Time Series Analysis*
  • ECON 731 Optimal Contract Theory**
  • ECON 582 Computational Econometrics OR STA 503 Applied Linear Statistical Models**
  • STA 502: Intro to Statistical Inference*
  • CEP 523 Statistical Inference II* 
  • SOC 578: Survey Research**
  • SOC 605 Quantitative Research Design**
  • SOC 606: Social Research Methods **
  • SOC 607: Multiple Linear Regression**
  • PSY 614 Structural Equation Modeling **
  • PSY 704 Research Methods in Social Psychology **
  • PSY 708 Field Research in Social Psychology **

Courses marked with a single asterisk (*) also count toward the School of Management’s requirement that a doctoral student take two statistics courses. Courses marked with a double asterisk (**) also count toward the School of Management’s requirement that a doctoral student take two methodology courses. Courses completed to meet the School of Management’s overall statistics and methodology requirements may be counted toward the Strategy and Entrepreneurship Track’s research methodology requirements if those courses appear in the lists here. Additional courses may be allowed as either meeting a Group A or Group B requirement with the approval of the student’s academic advisor. Students should be aware that some of the most advanced courses listed here are not necessarily available every year and thus may not be options for a particular student’s schedule. The academic advisor will also vet the student’s choice of courses to assure that courses selected from different departments do not overlap inappropriately in terms of content covered.

Minor in OMS

Operations and Supply Chain Management Strategy and Entrepreneurship Track

MGO 639 Sustainable Operations

No comprehensive exam is required for the PhD minor in Operations and Supply Chain Management.