Operations & Supply Chain Management Major

Undergraduate Operations & SUPPLY CHAIN  Management Major

Tech drives business. Which drives the world.

All systems go. Business today turns on technology—production systems, manufacturing processes, inventory systems and process analysis. Become a skilled, solution-oriented expert in the operations & supply chain management field. Through a blend of coursework and hands-on experience, you’ll learn to find more efficient ways to work and revolutionize the inner workings of your industry.


Operations & Supply Chain Management Major Overview

Operations & Supply Chain Management is about getting things done effectively and efficiently in organizations. Demands for business process re-engineering, better quality, better customer service, time-based competition and supply-chain management demonstrate that superior management of the operations function is vital in business today. OSCM managers manage the production systems in manufacturing and services. All organizations have an operations function. OSCM managers might work in managing manufacturing processes or managing the delivery of a service to a customer.

Topics include process analysis and improvement, quality control, production planning, inventory systems, managing manufacturing, supply-chain management and managing the delivery of services. OSCM managers need good analytical and problem-solving skills and knowledge of computers.

 

Operations & Supply Chain Management Advising

Every Eller student has an assigned advisor to help with the academic and career questions that come up as you study here. Get to know the Operations & Supply Chain Management advisor. 

Meet Julio Peña, the Operations & Supply chain Management Advisor

Department of Management Information Systems

The Operations & Supply Chain Management major falls within the MIS Department, which is a source of pride and academic achievement at Eller. Here, students shape the future of information technology and operations & supply chain management by studying the critical intersections of business and technology.

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Operations & Supply Chain Management Sample Coursework Plan

How your Eller Operations & Supply Chain Management experience can play out:

This sample plan is based on 14-17 credits per semester, but each student and their academic plan is unique. Please meet with your Academic Advisor to create a custom plan for you.  Please note that your general education, including second language, requirements are determined by when you were admitted to the university.  Your Academic Advisor can help you navigate the requirements relevant for you. For a full list of official degree requirements, check out the University General Catalog

First Year

1st Semester
Course Units
ENGL 101* First Year Composition  
MIS 111* Computers and Internetworked Society 
MIS 112* Computers and Internetworked Society Lab  
MATH 112 College Algebra Concepts and Applications  
General Education and/or Second Language  
    
Attend Eller Career Expo and UA Fall Career Days
3
3
1
3
3-7
Total 13-17    
2nd Semester
Course Units
ENGL 102* First Year Composition  
MATH 116* Calculus Concepts for Business Majors
General Education  
General Education and/or Second Language 
BNAD 100 Language and Context of Business  
   
Attend Career Showcase and UA Spring Career Days 
3
3
3
3-7
1
Total 13-17
Summer
Use summer to catch up on math if behind in sequencing based on placement results prior to your first year.

Sophomore Year

1st Semester
Course Units
BNAD/BNAN 276* Statistical Inference in Management 
ACCT 200* Introduction to Financial Accounting  
ECON 200* Basic Economic Issues  
General Education  
General Education
BNAD 200 Career Management in Business  
    
Attend Eller Career Expo and UA Fall Career Days
3
3
3
3
3
1
Total 16
2nd Semester
Course Units
ACCT 210* Introduction to Managerial Accounting  
BNAD/BNAN 277* Analytical Methods for Business 
BCOM 214* Fundamentals of Business Communication  
General Education  
General Education or Ethics**  
   
Attend Career Showcase and apply for Professional Admissions in February, and attend UA Spring Career Days
3
4
3
3
3
Total 16
Summer
We highly recommend that students participate in a study abroad and career-related experience.

In order to take the following upper-division courses, students must be admitted to the major through a competitive and selective Professional Admission process.  

Professional Phase

1st Semester
Course Units

MGMT 310A Organization Behavior and Management  
MKTG 361 Introduction to Marketing  
BCOM 314R Business Communication  
FIN 311 Introduction to Finance 
OSCM 373 Basic Operations Management  
 

Attend Eller Career Expo and UA Fall Career Days

3
3
3
3
3
 
Total 15
2nd Semester
Course Units
ECON 300 Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions
MIS 304 Using and Managing Information Systems
OSCM 475 Service Operations Management (only offered Spring)
OSCM Major Elective 
OSCM Major Elective
   
Attend Career Showcase and UA Spring Career Days
3
3
3
3
3
 
Total 15
Summer
Use summer to gain career-related experience through internships, study abroad, or volunteering.

Professional Phase

3rd Semester
Course Units
MGMT 402 Integrating Business Fundamentals with Ethics and Law in Management  
ECON 330 Macroeconomic and Global Institutions and Policy  
ENTR 485 Innovating: Creating the Future  
OSCM 474 Manufacturing Operations Management (only offered Fall)
OSCM 477 The Supply Chain and Logistics (only offered Fall) 

Attend Eller Career Expo and UA Fall Career Days

3
3
3
3
3
 
Total 15
4th Semester
Course Units

OSCM Major Elective Course 
Minor, Electives, or remaining General Education requirements

Attend Career Showcase and UA Spring Career Days, and Graduation in May

3
3-6
Total 6-9
Summer
Enjoy your summer and continue the job search if necessary!

Students can meet the Second Language requirement by demonstrating second semester proficiency through examination or taking any of a variety of second semester language courses. Each student needs to meet a minimum of 120 total credits. Students are strongly encouraged to take BNAD 100 and BNAD 200 to develop their professional knowledge and competencies required for success in the upper division. Please consult with your Advisement Report and your academic advisor.

Effective Spring 2024, the prefix has changed from BNAD 276 to BNAN 276, and BNAD 277 to BNAN 277. 

* Eller Foundation Courses: Required to apply for Professional Admission into the Professional Program. Professional Admission is required in order to take all 300 & 400-level Professional Core and Major Courses. Students transferring directly into the upper division who do not have a BCOM 214 equivalent completed will be required to take BCOM 315 before graduation instead

** Business Emphasis Area: Students are required to take one Ethics course. This course must be completed prior to graduation; it does not need to be completed before applying for Professional Admission.


Operations & Supply Chain Management Cohort Schedules

View Operations & Supply Chain Management major cohort schedules by semester:

Operations & Supply Chain Management Sage Cohort

SAGE COHORT Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
8:00-9:15   OSCM 373   OSCM 373
9:30-10:45   BCOM 314R   BCOM 314R
11:00-12:15 MGMT 310A FIN 311 MGMT 310A FIN 311
12:30-1:45 MKTG 361   MKTG 361  

Operations & Supply Chain Management Silver Cohort

SILVER COHORT Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
11:00-12:15   FIN 311   FIN 311
2:00-3:15 MGMT 310A OSCM 373 MGMT 310A OSCM 373
3:30-4:45 MKTG 361 BCOM 314R MKTG 361 BCOM 314R

Operations & Supply Chain Management Sage Cohort

Sage COHORT

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

8:00 - 9:15

 

OSCM 373

 

OSCM 373

9:30 - 10:45

 

BCOM 314R

 

BCOM 314R

11:00 - 12:15

MGMT 310A

FIN 311

MGMT 310A

FIN 311

12:30 - 1:45

MKTG 361

 

MKTG 361

 

Operations & Supply Chain Management Silver Cohort

Silver COHORT

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

11:00 - 12:15

 

FIN 311

 

FIN 311

2:00 - 3:15

MKTG 361

OSCM 373

MKTG 361

OSCM 373

3:30 - 4:45

MGMT 310A

BCOM 314R

MGMT 310A

BCOM 314R

 

Operations & Supply Chain Management Sage Cohort

SAGE COHORT Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
9:30 - 10:45   MIS 304   MIS 304
11:00-12:15   ECON 300   ECON 300
12:30-1:45   OSCM 475   OSCM 475

Operations & Supply Chain Management Silver Cohort

SILVER COHORT Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
11:00-12:15   ECON 300   ECON 300
12:30-1:45   OSCM 475   OSCM 475
3:30 - 4:45   MIS 304   MIS 304

*ECON 300 is pre-enrolled for each student.

Operations & Supply Chain Management Sage Cohort 

sage COHORT Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
8:00-9:15 MGMT 402      
2:00-3:15 OSCM 474   OSCM 474  

Operations & Supply Chain Management Silver Cohort 

silver COHORT Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
2:00-3:15 OSCM 474   OSCM 474  
5:00-6:15 MGMT 402      

  ** All third semester Operations & Supply Chain Management students will be required to take a ENTR 485 that will be held one day a week either Tuesday, or Thursday at 8 a.m. or 3:30 p.m. for a 2 and 1/2 hour period.
 


Operations & Supply Chain Management Elective Course Options

This course introduces students to the concepts and practices of healthcare information systems. Topics include: 1. introduction to the health IT discipline; 2. major applications and commercial vendors; 3. decision support methods and technologies; 4. information systems design and engineering; and 5. new opportunities and emerging trends.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring

Broad survey of the individual, organizational, cultural, social and ethical issues provoked by current and projected uses of networked computers on the Internet.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring

This course exposes the student to a broad range of computer systems and information security topics.  It is designed to provide a general knowledge of measures to insure confidentiality, availability, and integrity of information systems.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring

The objective of this course is to provide our University of Arizona students with a thorough and operational knowledge of information security so that this critical area is recognized as a management issue and not an I.T. issue.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring

The information security arena contains a broad array of multi-level models for assessing, planning, implementing and monitoring the mitigation of security risks. At the very core of this information security spectrum are the actual system and network devices which store, manage, transmit and secure information.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems represents integrated strategy for management of information among organizations, suppliers and customers.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall

With the increased challenges from terrorism, the need to protect against security threats is even greater today. Thus, it is becoming increasingly necessary to find innovative and better ways to protect ourselves from these security threats. Finding less invasive techniques of detection suggests analyzing people's behavior or the ways/patterns in which they talk/write and identify cues to detect deception and the intent of deception.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring (when offered)

This undergraduate senior-level course (elective) will cover the important concepts and techniques relating to data analytics, including: statistical foundation, data mining methods, data visualization, and web mining techniques that are applicable to emerging e-commerce, government, health and security applications. The course contains lectures, readings, lab sessions, and hands-on projects. Most business school seniors are welcome. The course will require some basic computing and database background. The course will prepare students to become a data scientist or a data-savvy manager for different businesses.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring

Operational aspect of quality improvement. Topics include statistical process control, quality management programs.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring

3 units

This course focuses on structuring, analyzing, and solving managerial decision problems using spreadsheets. The course introduces optimization methods (such as linear, integer, nonlinear programming, and network models), computer simulations, and decision-making under uncertainty. These concepts are studied in the context of applications in strategic planning, operations and supply chain management, information systems, and other areas of business.

Organization, management and control of material flow processes; logistical strategies and relationships of procurement, handling, warehousing, transportation and inventory control.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring

Project Management is the application of knowledge, analytical skills, scheduling software tools and techniques related to various project activities in order to meet project requirements.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring

The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports and/or papers.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Spring (not offered regularly)

An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.

This course can only be used for 3 units of MIS elective, despite being 2 semesters and 6 honors units.

Units: 3
Usually offered: Fall, Spring

View all Undergraduate Operations & supply chain Management and MIS Courses


Operations & Supply Chain Management Major Career Resources

Operations & Supply Chain Management Careers

Your Operations & Supply Chain Management degree translates to in-demand careers in business analysis, project management, materials management, operations analysis and production planning and scheduling. 

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