管理科学建立在通常用于解决私营（商业和金融）和公共（政府）部门出现的问题的一组相关定量方法的基础上。尽管学生将对传统的商务管理功能领域有所了解，但与传统的商务管理专业相比，该课程的重点更加突出，而且量化程度更高。但是，这不是应用数学或运筹学的程序，因为不断强调工具的经济解释和应用。相反，它是应用经济学的定量专业，重点是管理。
Quantitative major in applied economics with a management focus. Builds on a set of related quantitative methods for optimal allocation of scarce resources in private and public enterprises. Covers some of the functional fields of business management, however, the degree is more focused on quantitative methods than a traditional business administration major. Helps to prepare students for a MBA program. Apply the formal methods used by statisticians to analyze data to learn about the real world. Use basic econometric methods to quantify uncertainty with confidence intervals, use regression to infer causal relationships, and use regressions for prediction. Critically interpret empirical studies.