This resource lists many courses considered for approval in past years.
Each student’s AMS MSE program proposal is reviewed and considered in its entirety, checking for content overlap, appropriate course sequencing, and adherence to all other degree requirements. Remember that, at most, three outside (non EN.553) courses may be counted toward your degree requirements.
The appearance of a course listed as “approved” on this list DOES NOT imply it will be approved for every student in every situation. Students are required to start the approval process by submitting a program proposal well in advance of taking the course.
| 580.631 Intro to Computational Medicine: Imaging | Approved |
| 580.638 Neuro Data Design 2 | NOT APPROVED |
| 580.639 Models of the Neuron | Approved |
| 580.691 Learning, Estimation and Control | Approved |
| 580.697 Neuro Data Design I | NOT APPROVED |
| 580.721 Systems Bioengineering I | Approved |
| PH.140.600-PH.140.629 | NOT APPROVED |
| PH.140.630 Intro to Data Management | NOT APPROVED |
| PH.140.631 SAS Statistical Package: Survey | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.632 Intro to the SAS Statistical Package | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.636 Computer Science for Bioinformatics | NOT APPROVED |
| PH.140.640 Statistical Methods for Sample Surveys | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.641 Survival Analysis | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH 140.644 Statistical Machine Learning: Methods, Theory and Applications | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.651 Methods in Biostatistics 1 | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.652 Methods In Biostatistics 2 | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.653 Methods In Biostatistics 3 | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.654 Methods In Biostatistics 4 | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.655 Analysis of Longitudinal Data | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.658 Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Structural Models | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH 140.664 Causal Inference in Medicine and Public Health I | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.665 Causal Inference in Medicine and Public Health II | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH 140.676 Biostatistical Analysis of Epidemiologic Data I: Logistic Regression | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.677 Biostatistical Analysis of Epidemiologic Data II: Poisson and Conditional Logistic Regression Analysis | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.698 Spatial Analysis 3 | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.699 Spatial Analysis 4 | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.742 Risk Prediction & Precision Medicine | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH 140.751 Advanced Methods in Biostatistics I | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH 140.752 Advanced Methods in Biostatistics 2 | Approved as 1/2 course |
| PH.140.776 Statistical Computing | NOT APPROVED |
| 540.614 Computational Protein Structure Prediction & Design | Approved |
| 540.630 Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics and Kinetics | Approved |
| 540.635 Software Carpentry | NOT APPROVED |
| 540.652 Advanced Transport Phenomena | Approved |
| 540.671 Advanced Thermodynamics in Practice | Approved |
| 560.601 Applied Math for Engineers | NOT APPROVED |
| 560.604 Intro to Solid Mechanics | Approved |
| 560.608 Multilevel and Multiobjective Optimization in Systems | Approved |
| 560.618 Probabilistic Methods in Civil Engineering and Mechanics | Approved |
| 560.641 Equilibirum Models in Systems Engineering | Approved |
| 560.645 Topics in Optimization: Integer and Robust Optimization | Approved |
| 560.650 Operations Research | Approved |
| 560.653 Intro to Network Modeling | Approved |
| 560.658 Natural Disaster Risk Modeling | Approved |
| 560.667 Topology Optimization and Design for Additive Manufacturing | Approved |
| 560.730 Finite Element Methods | Approved |
| 560.740 Optimization and Learning | Approved |
| 560.772 Non-linear Finite Elements | Approved |
| 560.775 Bilevel Optimization in Energy Systems | Approved |
| 601.615 Databases | Approved |
| 601.620 Parallel Programming for Data Science | Approved |
| 601.621 Object Oriented Software Engineering | NOT APPROVED |
| 601.622 Software Testing and Debugging | NOT APPROVED |
| 601.624 Reliable Software Systems | NOT APPROVED |
| 601.629 Functional Programming in Software Engineering | NOT APPROVED |
| 601.630 Combinatorics and Graph Theory in Computer Science | Approved |
| 601.631 Theory of Computation | Approved |
| 601.633 Intro Algorithms | Approved |
| 601.634 Randomized and Big Data Algorithms | Approved |
| 601.635 Approximation Algorithms | Approved |
| 601.636 Algorithmic Game Theory | Approved |
| 601.641 Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies | Approved |
| 601.642 Modern Cryptography | Approved |
| 601.645 Practical Cryptographic Systems | Approved |
| 601.648 Computational Genomics: Data Analysis | Approved |
| 601.661 Computer Vision | Approved |
| 601.664 Artificial Intelligence | Approved |
| 601.665 Natural Language Processing | Approved |
| 601.667 Intro to Human Language Technology | Approved |
| 601.668 Machine Translation | Approved |
| 601.671 Natural Language Processing Self-Supervised Models | Approved |
| 601.675 Machine Learning | Approved |
| 601.677 Causal Inference | Approved |
| 601.682 Machine Learning:Deep Learning | Approved |
| 601.775 Statistical Machine Learning | Approved |
| 601.778 Advanced Topics in Causal Inference | Approved |
| 601.779 Machine Learning Advanced Topics | Approved |
| 601.780 Unsupervised Learning From Big Data to Low-Dimensional Representations | Approved |
| 601.783 Vision as Bayesian Inference | Approved |
| 180.636 Statistical Inference | NOT APPROVED |
| 180.653 Numerical Methods in Economics | Approved |
| 520.601 Intro to Linear Systems Theory | Approved |
| 520.612 Machine Learning for Signal Processing | Approved |
| 520.618 Modern Convex Optimization | Approved |
| 520.621 Intro to Nonlinear Systems | Approved |
| 520.622 Principle of Complex Networked Systems | Approved |
| 520.623 Medical Image Analysis | Approved |
| 520.629 Networked Dynamical Systems | Approved |
| 520.633 Intro Robust Control | Approved |
| 520.635 Digital Signal Processing | Approved |
| 520.636 Feedback Control in Biological Signaling Pathways | Approved |
| 520.637 Foundations of Reinforcement Learning | Approved |
| 520.638 Deep Learning | Approved |
| 520.645 Audio Signal Processing | Approved |
| 520.646 Wavelets and Filter Banks | Approved |
| 520.647 Information Theory | Approved |
| 520.648 Compressed Sensing and Sparse Recovery | Approved |
| 520.651 Random Signal Analysis | Approved |
| 520.652 Filtering and Smoothing | Approved |
| 520.654 Control Systems Design | Approved |
| 520.659 Machine Learning for Medical Applications | Approved |
| 520.665 Machine Perception | Approved |
| 520.666 Information Extraction | Approved |
| 520.698 Networks Meet Machine Learning: Methods and Applications | Approved |
| 525.627 Digital Signal Processing | Approved |
| 525.707 Error Control Coding | Approved |
| 525.724 Intro to Pattern Recognition | Approved |
| 525.770 Intelligent Algorithms | NOT APPROVED |
| 525.783 Spread Spectrum Communications | Approved |
| 555.644 Intro to Financial Derivatives | Approved |
| 555.645 Interest Rate and Credit Derivatives | Approved |
| 555.646 Financial Risk Management and Measurement | Approved |
| 555.648 Financial Engineering & Structured Products | Approved |
| 575.608 Optimization Methods for Public Decision Making | NOT APPROVED |
| 605.635 Cloud Computing | NOT APPROVED |
| 605.645 Artificial Intelligence | Approved |
| 605.647 Neural Networks | NOT APPROVED |
| 605.662 Data Visualization | NOT APPROVED |
| 625.603 Statistical Methods and Data Analysis | Approved |
| 625.604 Ordinary Differential Equations | Approved |
| 625.609 Matrix Theory | Approved |
| 625.615 Intro to Optimization | Approved |
| 625.636 Graph Theory | Approved |
| 625.638 Foundations of Neural Networks | Approved |
| 625.641 Mathematics of Finance | Approved |
| 625.651 Mathematical Models in Healthcare | Approved |
| 625.661 Statistical Models and Regression | Approved |
| 625.665 Bayesian Statistics | Approved |
| 625.692 Probabilistic Graphical Models | Approved |
| 625.714 Intro Stochastic Differential Equations with Applications | Approved |
| 625.717 Advanced Differential Equations: Partial Differential Equations | Approved |
| 625.718 Advanced Differential Equations: Nonlinear Differential Equations | Approved |
| 625.722 Probability, Stochastic Processes II | Approved |
| 685.621 Algorithms for Data Science | Approved |
| 705.601 Applied Machine Learning | Approved |
| 570.607 Energy Policy and Planning Models | Approved |
| 570.616 Data Analytics in Environmental Health and Engineering | Approved |
| 570.618 Multiobject Programming and Planning | Approved |
| 570.654 Geostatistics: Understanding Spatial Data | Approved |
| 570.657 Air Pollution | Approved |
| 570.695 Environmental Health and Engineering Systems Design | Approved |
| 570.697 Risk & Decision Analysis | Approved |
| 110.401 Intro to Advanced Algebra (in-person) | Approved |
| 110.401 Intro to Advanced Algebra (online) | NOT APPROVED |
| 110.405 Real Analysis I | Approved |
| 110.406 Real Analysis II | Approved |
| 110.411 Honors Algebra I | Approved |
| 110.413 Intro to Topology | Approved |
| 110.415 Honors Analysis I | Approved |
| 110.416 Honors Analysis II | Approved |
| 110.417 Partial Differential Equations | Approved |
| 110.421 Dynamical Systems | Approved |
| 110.433 Intro to Harmonic Analysis | Approved |
| 110.439 Intro to Differential Geometry | Approved |
| 110.443 Fourier Analysis | Approved |
| 110.445 Math and Computational Foundations of Data Science | Approved |
| 110.601 Algebra I | Approved |
| 110.605 Real Variables | Approved |
| 110.607 Complex Variables | Approved |
| 110.615 Algebraic Topology 1 | Approved |
| 110.616 Algebraic Topology | Approved |
| 110.631 Partial Differential Equations I | Approved |
| 110.632 Partial Differential Equations II | Approved |
| 110.633 Harmonic Analysis | Approved |
| 110.637 Functional Analysis | Approved |
| 110.645 Riemannian Geometry I | Approved |
| 110.653 Stochastic Diff Equations with Applications | Approved |
| 110.712 Topics in Mathematical Physics | Approved |
| 110.741 Topics in Partial Differential Equations | Approved |
| 530.603 Applied Optimal Control | Approved |
| 530.605 Mechanics of Solids and Materials | Approved |
| 530.616 Intro to Linear Systems Theory | Approved |
| 530.641 Statistical Learning for Engineers | Approved |
| 530.653 Advanced Systems Modeling | Approved |
| 530.654 Advanced Systems Modeling II | Approved |
| 530.767 Computational Fluid Dynamics | Approved |
| 171.610 Numerical Methods for Physicists | Approved |
| 171.612 Interstellar Medium and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics | Approved |
| 171.755 Fourier Optics and Interferometry in Astronomy | Approved |