Decision Sciences

Decision Sciences Department

Tevfik Aktekin and students

Data-driven decision expertise is critical for the survival and growth of modern enterprises. The Decision Sciences Department brings together faculty with special expertise in decision support systems, enterprise information systems, enterprise integration, management science, business statistics, operations/technology management, operations research, and manufacturing strategy. This department coordinates the B.S. Business Administration options in Information Systems and Business Analytics and Entrepreneurial Studies, as well as the MBA Information Systems & Business Analytics specialization.


The department is composed of the four disciplines: information systems, management science, operations management, and statistics. As each discipline is critical to management education, the faculty seek to infuse their expertise and endeavors with the broad mission and specific goals of the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics. The three specific objectives of the Decision Sciences Department are:

  • To transmit, through excellent teaching, basic and advanced education in the Department's four academic disciplines.
  • To distinguish the University by making and disseminating significant research in the individual fields.
  • To serve regional, national and international businesses, professional organizations, and government agencies.

Through programs which provide the opportunity for students to concentrate in one of these disciplines, the Department strengthens its mission by providing: advanced education; dissemination of faculty research activities; and targeted services to regional, national and international businesses and organizations.

Undergraduate Degree Programs

The Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics offers bachelor of science degree programs in business administration. Students majoring in business administration can choose to complete one of the following options below.

Graduate Degree Programs

Contact Information

Kholekile Gwebu, Chair of Decision Sciences
Associate Professor of Decision Sciences
Phone: (603) 862-3372
Email: khole.gwebu@unh.edu


Donna L. Stickney, Administrative Assistant III
Phone: (603) 862-3388
Email: donna.stickney@unh.edu


University of New Hampshire
Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics
10 Garrison Avenue
Durham, NH 03824-3593

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The Decision Sciences Department seeks to distinguish itself through research. The Department is a pluralism of four broad research disciplines and seeks to provide an environment which supports academic and professional growth and intellectual maturity

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