<p>Does your undergrad degree really matter to enter the OR field...</p>
<p>I mean do I really have major in IE, or is any undergrad major fine (I was thinking about going into EE)</p>
<p>anyone?</p>
<p>My guess is both of them are fine...</p>
<p>You should have a good foundation in math, which any good EE program will provide. However, if you want to do OR, why not just do IE?</p>
<p>I'm interested in EE as well...</p>
<p>This is a good question, one that has recently come into my mind as well. It would be great to hear from some people.</p>
<p>^^^^
bump</p>
<p>I know people who major in EE, other Eng majors, and non-engineering majors (science, math, stst. etc.) who get a graduate degree in OR or IEOR and enter the OR field.
And there are others who get a B.S.I.E. and then go for a graduate degree in OR as well.</p>
<p>But I think Most ppl in the OR field have a undegrad degree usually in a non-IE major.</p>
<p>But it doesn't matter because you need atleast a Masters to enter the OR field......</p>
<p>what is IE?</p>
<p>Industrial Engineering</p>
<p>what is "OR"?</p>
<p>Operations Research</p>
<p>hmmm...</p>
<p>lll</p>
<p>Just about any technical major. As I noted in another threat, I majored in chemistry and went into OR from there. </p>
<p>But, you will do math. Lots of linear algebra, nonlinear multivariate stuff, statistics, advanced probability, forecasting, etc. The thing is, no other engineering major deals with these subjects in exactly the same way. That's why it's a different discipline.</p>
<p>So expect to know your way around MATLAB.</p>
<p>What do people in operations research do?</p>
<p>So is it better to major in something other than IE at the undergrad level?</p>