This programme offers students the theoretical and practical competence to use operations research and computer science in a decision-making environment. The focus is on using modelling skills and numerical and programming techniques to make real-life decision and solve management problems.
Type: undergraduate degree
Duration: 3 years part time
Compulsory Subjects
First year subjects:
- Introduction to the business world
- Modelling in a financial environment
- Descriptive statistics and probability
- Data analysis and inference
- Pre-calculus Mathematics
- Calculus
- Linear algebra
- Introduction to programming
- Computer systems: fundamental concepts
- Theoretical computer science
- End-user Computing
- Introduction to programming
Second year subjects:
- Mathematical programming
- Rational decision making
- Financial modelling
- Distribution theory
- Programming: data structures
- Programming: contemporary concepts
- Numerical methods
- Computer organisation
- Formal logic
Third year subjects:
- Advanced programming
- Operating systems and architecture
- Numerical methods
- Techniques of artificial intelligence
- Production modelling
- Optimisation of resources
- Simulation
- Financial risk modelling
Careers: operations researcher, decision modeller.
Source: www.unisa.ac.za