UTS course code: C07081
Testamur title: Graduate Diploma in Operations Research
Abbreviation: GradDipOR
Course Director: Dr Peter Petocz
Course fee: $220 per cp (local); $7,700 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 48

Course aims
Admission requirements
Attendance
Course duration
Course structure
Course program
Rules and regulations
Other information

Course aims

This course is designed to train professional people in the application of operations research principles and methods. It may be regarded as a training or retraining course for graduates from a wide range of disciplines, provided they have a sound foundation equivalent to first-year university mathematics, statistics and computing.

Admission requirements

Applicants for the Graduate Diploma program should discuss their eligibility with the Program Leader for Postgraduate Programs (Mathematics).

Attendance

For part-time students, attendance at daytime classes for some subjects may be unavoidable.

Course duration

The course is offered on a full-time basis over two semesters, or on a part-time basis over four semesters.

Course structure

The subjects in the Graduate Diploma cover standard operations research techniques and their theoretical foundations. The range of topics and the level of presentation are commensurate with those found in senior undergraduate studies in this discipline.

Students are required to complete 48 credit points comprising six core subjects and two electives. The two electives may be combined into a single 12-credit-point project taken over two semesters.

Course program

The program consists of the following subjects:
33401 Introductory Mathematical Methods 6cp
35241 Optimisation 1 6cp
35151 Statistics 1 6cp
35363 Simulation Modelling 6cp
35342 Optimisation 2 6cp
35340 Operations Research Practice 6cp
3xxxx Electives 12cp

Rules and regulations

Students will have their registration discontinued for failure to complete the course in eight semesters from the time of registration in the case of a part-time student, or four semesters from that time in the case of a full-time student, not inclusive of periods of leave of absence (Rule 3.2.6.1), or for any three failures in the course (unsatisfactory progress as defined by the Faculty Board resolution, FBMC/94/80) (Rule 3.2.6.2).

Other information

All academic inquiries should be made to:

Course Director, Graduate Diploma in Operations Research
Dr Peter Petocz
Department of Mathematical Sciences
telephone (02) 9514 2264
fax (02) 9514 1531
email Peter.Petocz@uts.edu.au