MGMTMSA 403

Optimization

Management-Master of Science in Business Analytics · 2 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)

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Limited to Master of Science in Business Analytics students. Introductory course in optimization. Introduction to modeling and spreadsheet modeling, linear programming, logistics and network programming, integer programming, and non-linear programming. Emphasis on model building and solving problems using Excel-based solvers.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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