Supply Chain Management
- SCMA 3300Business Analytics & StatsPrerequisites: MATH 1105, INFSYS 1800, and a minimum campus GPA of 2.0. This course covers all three pillars of analytics (descriptive, predictive and prescriptive) for business applications. Topics include, but are not limited to, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, time series, forecasting and optimization. Students will learn to identify and define data-driven decision problems, build predictive and prescriptive optimization models, perform analysis and interpret results. It lays the foundation for students to be successful in more advanced analytical-oriented courses.
- SCMA 3301Intro to Supply Chain MgmtPrerequisites: A minimum campus GPA of 2.0. This course provides an understanding of fundamental concepts of supply chain management. All functional areas of supply chain management are explored in an integrated view of procurement, manufacturing and operations management, transportation and logistics, inventory and warehousing, demand planning, scheduling, network design, collaboration and performance measurement. Topics also cover supply chain financial metrics, strategy and change management for demand driven value networks.
- SCMA 3370Introduction to TransportationSame as MKTG 3770. Prerequisites: A minimum campus GPA of 2.0. This course provides an overview of the transportation sector, including history, providers, users, government regulation, and the central role of transportation in supply chain management. The course covers the importance of domestic and global transportation, the operational aspects of the various transportation modes (rail, water, motor, air, and pipeline), the role of transportation intermediaries, the demand and supply of transportation, and the managerial aspects of transport in both the commercial and urban environment.
- SCMA 3390Internship in Supply ChainPrerequisites: Minimum campus GPA of 2.0, consent of supervising instructor and department chair. Students are employed in the field where they apply the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom. Professional development and obtaining specialized work experience are the primary goals. A departmental faculty member will monitor the student's program with the student providing a formal written report at the end of the project. Students cannot receive credit towards the emphasis for both SCMA 3390 and SCMA 4389. Repeatable for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
- SCMA 4347Intro to Project ManagementSame as ENT 4147. Prerequisites: SCMA 3301 and a minimum campus GPA of 2.0. This course introduces the concepts and practices of Project Management with a focus on supply chain and analytics related projects. It covers conventional aspects of project management, such as the project evaluation, planning, roles, responsibilities, scheduling, and tracking. In addition, this class introduces agile project management as applicable to projects where there is not the specificity of goals or solutions to be applicable to traditional project management.
- SCMA 5334Intern Log & Sup Chain MgmtPrerequisites: Consent of instructor. Students receive practical experience in the area of logistics or supply chain management. The internship is supervised by a professional in the host organization in consultation with a faculty member.
- SCMA 5399Indiv Rsrch Log & Oper MgtPrerequisites: Consent of instructor and graduate director. Special individual research topics in Logistics and Operations Management under the guidance of a specific professor.
- SCMA 6347LOM Project MgmtPrerequisites: SCMA 5310. This course addresses the concepts and processes of project management as applicable to logistics and operations management. Students will study organizational design, project specification, integrated project planning, risk management and project control, and how globalization, environmental and sustainability issues, quality control, and cultural factors drive project management. Students may not receive credit for both SCMA 6347 and INFSYS 6847.