Doctor's Degree in Mineral Economics Quantitative Business Methods / Operations Research at Colorado School of Mines |
Colorado School of Mines
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Colorado School of Mines is a Public, 4-year or above Research Universities (high research activity) with 4,560 students in Golden, CO.
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This school offers the following degree levels:
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Colorado School of Mines
Doctor's degree
Mineral Economics
Quantitative Business Methods / Operations Research
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The Division of Economics & Business offers graduate programs leading to distinctive Ph.D. degree 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 Ph.D. in Mineral Economics include study in following area of specialization:
Quantitative Business Methods / Operations Research (QBM/OR)
Quantitative Business Methods / Operations Research (QBM/OR)</b>
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.
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The Ph.D. degree requires 72 semester hours beyond the bachelor's degree of coursework and research combined. Included are 24 hours of core curriculum coursework, 12 credit hours taken in area of specialization, 12 credits in an approved minor program, and 24 hours of research credit under the supervision of a faculty advisor culminating in the successful defense of a doctoral thesis. A two-semester residence period is required of all doctoral students. To be considered a candidate for the Ph.D. degree, all students must pass a qualifying exam.
Ph.D. Core Curriculum:
EBGN 509 Mathematical Economics
EBGN 510 Natural Resource Economics
EBGN 511 Microeconomics
EBGN 512 Macroeconomics
EBGN 590 Econometrics
EBGN 611 Advanced Microeconomics
EBGN 690 Advanced Econometrics
EBGN 695 Research Philosophy
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