The Center administers a graduate program on Optimization Technology.
The focus of the course is to learn about real world applications of optimization technology. A primary goal is to gain experience in identifying and effectively responding to situations where organizations can improve their functions through optimization.

Optimization is to be conceived in a board an highly practical sense, which includes the goal of effectively meeting tradeoffs between the cost of generating solutions and the quality of the outcomes obtained. Thus, "good solutions" that can be obtained with a reasonable investment of time and effort may the preferable to solutions that are optimal rigorous mathematical sense, but which may require excessive use of human and computer resources to produce.

In addition, solutions are not conceived as "one shot answers," but involve the creation of a framework for providing continuing responses, based on insight into the situations where improvement is sought.

The course objectives of learning about and applying optimization technology are part of the mission of the Hearin Center for Enterprise Science, and is fostered by supporting activities of the Center.