Students in IT must take four approved elective courses, with at least one course in each of the following three areas: Technology and Infrastructure, Information Economics and Strategy, and Managing IT Implementation. The fourth course may be chosen from among these three areas, or from the list of other approved IT electives. The currently approved IT elective courses are listed below by area. Other suitable courses may be substituted by petition.
Technology and Infrastructure (at least 1 course):
- ORIE 4800 Information Technology, 4 crs
- CS 4302 Web Information Systems, 3 crs
- CS 4320 Introduction to Database Systems, 3 crs
- CS 4450 Computer Networks, 4 crs
- CS 5300 The Architecture of Large-Scale Information Systems, 4 crs
- ECE 4450 Computer Networks and Telecommunications, 4 crs
- ECE 5660 Fundamentals of Networks, 4 crs
Information Economics and Strategy (at least 1 course):
- ORIE 3800 Information Systems and Analysis**, 4 crs
- HADM 7720 Information Systems Management, 3 crs
- INFO 4400 Advanced Human-Computer Interaction Design, 3 crs
- NBA 6000 The Strategic Role of Information Technology, 3 crs
- NBA 6010 E-commerce, 3 crs
** ORIE 3800 may be taken ONLY by permission of the MEng Director
Managing IT Implementation (at least 1 course):
- ORIE 5140 Applied Systems Engineering, 3 crs
- CEE 5900 Project Management, 4 crs
- CS 5150 Software Engineering, 4 crs
Other Approved IT electives:
- ORIE 4820 Spreadsheet-Based Modeling and Data Analysis, 3 crs
- ORIE 4850 Applications of Operations Research and Game Theory to Information Technology, 3 crs
- ORIE 5126 Supply Chain Management, 3 crs
- ORIE 5130 Service System Modeling and Design, 3 crs
- CS 3300 Data-driven Web Applications, 3 crs
Students with good undergraduate preparation in operations research can complete the IT concentration in two semesters. Others may need three semesters to complete the IT concentration due to the fact that certain courses have prerequisites (and/or enrollment limits) and because of the timing and sequence of course offerings. Note that Cornell undergraduates who have successfully completed IT elective courses as part of their undergraduate studies may count at most two of these courses towards the satisfaction of the MEng IT concentration requirements (although no academic credit will be given towards the MEng degree).
One or more of the ORIE 5980 projects will have a strong information technology component, and to the extent possible, IT students will be given preference to these projects when assignments are made
"The program's focus on the practical aspects of Operations Research makes the degree unique and sets it apart from many other distinguished OR degrees. The course work prepared me extremely well for the realities of the business world and helped to make the transition from academia to industry very smooth." —Russ Labe '79