Mineral Economics Quantitative Business Methods / Operations Research - Colorado School of Mines

Mineral Economics Quantitative Business Methods / Operations Research from Colorado School of Mines is a Campus Master Economics degree that prepares you for a Business career. The Division of Economics & Business offers graduate programs leading to distinctive M.S. degree in Mineral Economics. The division's graduate program focuses on (1) the economic and business challenges of developing and managing energy and mineral resources (2) the environmental and public policy issues associated with energy and mineral resources and (3) the finance, management science and decision-making technologies that apply to a broad set of industry environments. The M.S. in Mineral Economics include study in following area of specialization: Quantitative Business Methods / Operations Research (QBM/OR) Quantitative Business Methods / Operations Research (QBM/OR) The QBM/OR specialization has been carefully crafted to provide the student with an increased competence in the key functional areas of business . Our courses are designed to meet the challenges of optimization and value creation in a competitive global environment. The student also benefits from studying leading-edge business concepts and industry best practices. The QBM/OR specialization has a particular emphasis on the importance of technology and its management through our unique and real-world approach to operations research . Our program's emphasis on quantitative business methods leads to a natural focus on finance, investment and project analysis, decision and risk analysis, the engineering-manufacturing-technology interface, concepts of financial engineering, management science and operations research. Students are engaged in strategic thinking, leadership development and decision making, while sharpening analytical techniques and gaining a better understanding of business functional areas and their relationships. Graduates in QBM/OR are uniquely qualified in terms of their analytical skills, financial insights and modeling expertise. The QBM/OR specialization offers the following courses: (1) Advanced Mineral Asset Valuation (2) Corporate Finance (3) Decision Analysis (4) Financial Risk Management (5) Economic Evaluation and Investment Decision Methods (6) Operations Research Methods (7) Investments and Portfolio Management (8) Linear Programming (9) Computational Nonlinear Programming (10) Network Models (11) Industrial Accounting (12) Simulation (13) Advanced Econometrics (14) Exploration Economics (15) Advanced Computational Optimization and (16) Supply Chain Management. Master of Science The M.S. degree is offered in two formats: non-thesis and thesis. All students complete 18 credit hours in core courses. Students choosing the non-thesis option must then earn 12 credit hours from their chosen area of specialization and 6 hours of elective course credits from either within the division or other departments. Thesis students must earn 6 hours of credit from their area of specialization and 12 hours of research credit under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Thesis students must then write and defend a master's thesis on their original research . M.S. Core Curriculum: EBGN 509 - Mathematical Economics EBGN 510 - Natural Resource Economics EBGN 511 - Microeconomics EBGN 512 - Macroeconomics EBGN 525 - Operation Research Methods EBGN 590 - Econometrics View more details on Colorado School of Mines . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Economics courses.