Only students already enrolled in one of these doctoral programs at Columbia are eligible to participate in this specialization. Students should fulfill the requirements below in addition to those of their respective department's Ph.D. program. Students should discuss this specialization option with their Ph.D. advisor and their department's director for graduate studies.
Applied Mathematics Doctoral Program
Computer Science Doctoral Program
Decision, Risk, and Operations (DRO) Program
Electrical Engineering Doctoral Program
Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Doctoral Program
Statistics Doctoral Program
The specialization consists of either five (5) courses from the lists below, or four (4) courses plus one (1) additional course approved by the curriculum committee. All courses must be taken for a letter grade and students must pass with a B+ or above. At least three (3) of the courses should come from outside the student’s home department. At least one (1) course has to come from each of the three (3) thematic areas listed below.
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