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Business Administration: Management Science, Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration

BAMS: Business Administration: Management Science


  1. BAMS 500 (1.5) Management Science - Best Practices

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  2. BAMS 501 (1.5) Probabilistic Models for Management

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  3. BAMS 502 (1.5) Stochastic Processes

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  4. BAMS 503 (1.5) Simulation Modelling

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  5. BAMS 504 (1.5) Simulation Modelling II: Queuing and Discrete Event Simulation

    Simulation concepts such as Discrete Event Simulation and its benefits; queuing processes and theory; performing simulation optimization; discerning appropriateness of steady- state simulation models and conducting them; analyzing simulation outcomes and making comparisons. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  6. BAMS 506 (1.5) Optimal Decision Making I

    Models and methods in continuous optimization; linear and nonlinear programming; applications to functional business areas and related fields. Students will learn to formulate an optimization model, solve it, interpret results, and derive insight relevant to intended application. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  7. BAMS 507 (1.5) Theory of optimization

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  8. BAMS 508 (1.5) Optimal Decision Making II

    Models and methods in discrete optimization; emphasis on useful modelling methodologies and their applications. Students will learn to formulate an optimization model, solve it, interpret results, and derive insight relevant to intended application. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  9. BAMS 509 (1.5) Theory of Discrete Optimization

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  10. BAMS 517 (1.5) Decision Analysis Under Uncertainty

    Decision making under uncertainty; using decision trees; the value of information; utility and risk preferences; behavioral aspects of decision making under uncertainty. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  11. BAMS 518 (1.5) Markov Decision Processes

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  12. BAMS 521 (1.5) Analytics Leadership

    Non-technical skills and practices for consulting; project management and problem solving for business consulting projects in analytics. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  13. BAMS 522 (1.5) Consulting Practices II

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  14. BAMS 523 (1.5) Managerial Decisions Modelling and Analytics

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  15. BAMS 550 (1.5) Operations and Logistics

    Not available to MBA students. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

    Equivalency: HCEC 542.

  16. BAMS 580 (1.5) Topics in Applied Management Science

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  17. BAMS 590 (1.5/3) d Directed Studies in Management Science

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.


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