Schedule

Weekly topics, readings, self-checks, and graded take-homes for Fall 2026.

Two sessions per teaching week (Mon + Wed, 2:20–3:35 PM). Click a week to open its lesson page: readings, self-checks, the group practice, and that week’s graded take-home. No class Mon Sep 7 (Labor Day) or the week of Thanksgiving (Nov 23–27). Our last meeting is Wed Dec 9, the second of the course-synthesis presentations; the 14-point submission is due Sun Dec 13. There is no final exam and no finals-week meeting.

Six in-class checkpoints run in the Wednesday session of Weeks 4, 6, 9, 11, 13 and 15: Sep 16, Sep 30, Oct 21, Nov 4, Nov 18 and Dec 2. Each is 15 minutes and draws at random from the self-checks and take-homes of every week finished before it. They are marked in the table below.

Attendance and late work follow the 3-3-3 rule. The schedule is subject to limited change in the event of extenuating circumstances; any change is announced in class and on Canvas.

Wk Dates Topic Take-home Checkpoint
1 Aug 24 / Aug 26 Week 1: Course introduction; Break-even & Math/Stats Review I (TBD) Take-home  
2 Aug 31 / Sep 2 Week 2: Math/Stats Review II: Probability & Expected Value (TBD) Take-home  
3 Sep 9 (Wed only. Labor Day) Week 3: Decision Making Under Uncertainty (criteria) (TBD) Take-home  
4 Sep 14 / Sep 16 Week 4: Decision Making Under Risk (EV, EOL, EVPI) (TBD) Take-home CP1 · Wed Sep 16
5 Sep 21 / Sep 23 Week 5: Decision Trees & Sequential Decisions (TBD) Take-home  
6 Sep 28 / Sep 30 Week 6: Additional Information: Bayesian Revision, EVSI & Utility (TBD) Take-home CP2 · Wed Sep 30
7 Oct 5 / Oct 7 Week 7: Linear Programming: Formulation & Graphical Solution (TBD) Take-home  
8 Oct 12 / Oct 14 Week 8: Linear Programming: Solver (TBD) Take-home  
9 Oct 19 / Oct 21 Week 9: LP Sensitivity Analysis & Shadow Prices (TBD) Take-home CP3 · Wed Oct 21
10 Oct 26 / Oct 28 Week 10: Transportation, Transshipment & Assignment (TBD) Take-home  
11 Nov 2 / Nov 4 Week 11: Multi-Criteria Decision Making & Goal Programming (TBD) Take-home CP4 · Wed Nov 4
12 Nov 9 / Nov 11 Week 12: Project Management: CPM & PERT (TBD) Take-home  
13 Nov 16 / Nov 18 Week 13: Forecasting I: Moving Average & Exponential Smoothing (TBD) Take-home CP5 · Wed Nov 18
14 break Week 14: Thanksgiving Break (no class)    
15 Nov 30 / Dec 2 Week 15: Forecasting II: Linear Trend & Regression (TBD) Take-home CP6 · Wed Dec 2
16 Dec 7 / Dec 9 Week 16: Synthesis Presentations & Course Close (TBD) Synthesis