Master of Science in Project Management with a concentration in Operations Research Online

Meet the widespread demand for leaders who can use advanced decision analysis methods to design processes and improve organizational performance.

Apply By: 5/5/25
Start Class: 5/19/25
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Program Overview

Prepare for managerial roles with this online MS in Project Management – Operations Research program

Confidently pursue leadership positions when you gain versatile expertise with the Florida Tech Online Master of Science in Project Management with a concentration in Operations Research program. Become an expert in mathematical and statistical analysis with courses focused on research models, discrete optimization, quality assurance, reliability analysis and system simulation techniques, so you can plan processes that will increase efficiency for any company.

Our curriculum is aligned with current Project Management Institute standards so you will learn to use cutting-edge tools for scope, time and budget management. For your capstone project, you will apply your new skills through an internship.

As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:

  • Develop a resource management plan and obtain commitment from resource providers
  • Examine and refine project time and cost estimates to define a project’s baseline, schedule and budget
  • Support and clarify your messages by using the appropriate vocabulary to convey information, concepts and ideas orally
  • Clearly and effectively convey information by utilizing appropriate form, emphasis, usage, spelling and punctuation to ensure quality through the written medium
  • Analyze a situation or text and make thoughtful decisions based on that analysis
  • Conduct research from primary and secondary sources; evaluate those sources' credibility, bias, evidence and reasoning; identify and challenge writer's assumptions; and write texts that are informed by one's research
As a graduate of this program, you will be prepared to:
  • Develop a resource management plan and obtain commitment from resource providers
  • Examine and refine project time and cost estimates to define a project’s baseline, schedule and budget
  • Support and clarify your messages by using the appropriate vocabulary to convey information, concepts and ideas orally
  • Clearly and effectively convey information by utilizing appropriate form, emphasis, usage, spelling and punctuation to ensure quality through the written medium
  • Analyze a situation or text and make thoughtful decisions based on that analysis
  • Conduct research from primary and secondary sources; evaluate those sources' credibility, bias, evidence and reasoning; identify and challenge writer's assumptions; and write texts that are informed by one's research

Career opportunities:

  • Project manager
  • Project management specialist
  • Information technology project manager
  • Construction manager
  • Supply Chain manager
Career opportunities:
  • Project manager
  • Project management specialist
  • Information technology project manager
  • Construction manager
  • Supply Chain manager

Also available:

At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other business programs.

Also available:

At Florida Tech, we offer a variety of in-demand online programs that prepare you with relevant skills for your career of choice. Take a look at our other business programs.

Total Tuition $21,010.11*
Duration As few as 15 months
Credit Hours 33
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Tuition

Make a smart financial investment in your future with our cost-effective tuition

Tuition for the MS in Project Management – Operations Research is affordable. Take advantage of our pay-by-the-course system, so you can manage your budget as you pursue your degree. Technology fees are included in the total tuition.

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Program Per Credit Hour Per Course Per Program
MS Project Management – Operations Research $636.67 $1,910.01 $21,010.11

*Published tuition costs may differ from a student’s estimated total “cost of attendance,” which includes the amount an online student may choose to spend on expenses such as housing and food, books and supplies, transportation and other personal items or activities per academic year. As a Florida Tech Online student, you will only ever be billed for applicable tuition and fees. All other costs listed below are estimates per academic year required by the federal government to help you budget for your education. For further information regarding program tuition and fees, please reach out to your enrollment representative or refer to the undergraduate or graduate fees policy. View full cost of attendance information.

Potential Expenses Per Year

Program Technology Fees Federal Student Loan Fees Housing & Food Books & Supplies Transport Personal Expenses Total
MS Project Management – Operations Research (Full-Time) $300 $166 $15,240 $1,200 $1,500 $2,100 $
MS Project Management – Operations Research (Part-Time) $150 $166 $7,620 $600 $750 $1,050

Tuition breakdown:

Total Tuition $21,010.11*
Per Credit Hour $636.67

Calendar

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The MS in Project Management – Operations Research online program is ideal for working students. Choose from multiple start dates and complete your degree at the pace that best fits your schedule.

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TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Summer 20255/19/255/5/255/12/255/14/255/16/257/13/258 weeks

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Next Apply Date 5/5/25
Start Class 5/19/25

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Admissions

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At Florida Tech, we’ve streamlined the admission process to help you get started quickly. Please read the requirements for the MS in Project Management – Operations Research online program.

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  • Application for admissions
  • Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Official transcripts from all colleges and universities
  • Current résumé
  • Undergraduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 on 4.0 scale

Official transcripts, test scores and other documents should be sent to:

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Admission Requirements

  • No application fee
  • No GMAT/GRE
  • GPA of 3.0 or above

Courses

Acquire new knowledge online with our master’s in project management – operations research program

For the MS in Project Management – Operations Research online, the curriculum comprises 33 project management course credit hours.

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Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Studies methods of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data for managerial decision making. Includes data presentation, measures of central tendency, dispersion and skewness; discrete and continuous probability distributions; sampling methods and sampling distributions; and confidence interval estimation of parameters and tests of hypotheses.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the contributions to management theory made by the behavioral sciences. Gives a better understanding of the human being and why he acts as he does. Studies individual and group behavior. Extensively uses current periodicals and case materials.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers cost effectiveness, trade-off analysis, system effectiveness model structure, criteria for evaluation of alternative systems, principles of cost accounting and cost estimating for system life cycle. Includes basic math for cost-effective analysis, computer tools for economic modeling and risk assessment.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Examines the practical tools of strategy, planning and implementation at business and corporate levels. Covers the primary challenges of projects (scope, time, budget). Provides fundamental techniques and principles. Follows national standards for successful Project Management Professional® (PMP) certification.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers tools and techniques used in project management. Emphasizes how to determine the appropriate tool or technique to use during the different phases of a project life cycle. Provides understanding of theory and the strategic roles of the different tools and techniques available.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers planning and managing a project. Uses learned project management concepts. Provides hands-on experience in planning and managing a student project. Gives insight through case studies and real-world analyses. Examines methodology and the importance of a formal process. Includes Organizational Project Management Maturity Model (OPM3).
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Systematically approaches risk management from project initiation to project planning, implementation, control and closeout. Discusses various techniques and models for qualitative/quantitative risk assessment and risk management in areas such as cost, schedule and outputs.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Formulates and applies the knowledge of project management in an integrative fashion within a project team environment. Requires a written project plan and a significant research paper or challenging project.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers statistical distributions, statistical tests for data, least squares and regression, estimations, tests of hypotheses, analysis of variance, planning and designing research experiments, randomized blocks, Latin and Graeco-Latin squares and data reduction, analysis using ANOVA (analysis of variance) and other methods.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers discrete and continuous random variables, generating and moment generating functions, multivariate distributions, covariance and correlation, sums of independent random variables, conditional expectation, Central Limit Theorem, Markov and Chebyshev inequalities and the Law of Large Numbers.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An applied treatment of modeling, analysis and solution of deterministic operations research problems. Includes model formulation, linear programming, network flow and transportation problems and algorithms, integer programming and dynamic programming.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An applied treatment of modeling, analysis and solution of probabilistic operations research problems. Topics chosen from decision analysis, game theory, inventory models, Markov chains, queuing theory, simulation, forecasting models.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Includes OR methodology, how an OR analyst interacts with clients, and preparation and presentation of oral reports. Students form teams to analyze real cases where each student gets an opportunity to be a team leader and present oral reports.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Surveys popular optimization techniques. Topics chosen from linear, integer, nonlinear, dynamic and network flow programming; combinatorial graph algorithms.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Studies combinatorial optimization and integer programming.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers normative models of decisions under certainty, risk and uncertainty; assessment of subjective probability and utility functions; Bayesian decision analysis and the value of information; influence diagrams; and descriptive aspects of decision making.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the principles and application of statistical quality control and statistical process control.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the principles of reliability analysis and assessment; reliability probability models; combinatorial and system reliability; and reliability estimation.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Discusses maintainability concepts relating to system effectiveness and support-system design. Includes basic mathematical concepts, design concepts and data analysis used in quantifying availability, maintainability and reliability as measures of operational readiness and system effectiveness.
Duration: 8 Weeks weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Covers the principles of building and using a discrete event simulation; construction and statistical testing of random variate generators; statistical analysis and validation of results; design of simulation projects; and variance reduction methods.
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