BBA in Supply Chain Management

Overview

Supply Chain Management (SCM) can be defined as the planning and control of all activities along the supply chain—a network of companies that produce, move, store, and transform materials into finished products and services for eventual consumption by the end user. Supply chain management places a premium on effective communication, coordination, and collaboration among the supply network companies. Globalization and the rise of world-class competitors have increasingly forced companies to dramatically improve the performance of their supply chain operations in order to remain competitive.

Careers

As a result, demand by major corporations for students with specific supply chain management knowledge and skills have increased substantially over the last decade.  In order to augment the knowledge and skills gained through classroom instruction, many of these firms offer our students internship opportunities prior to graduation. Starting salaries are highly competitive. Graduates in supply chain management now work in such diverse areas as: strategic sourcing and supply management, project management, production planning and scheduling, logistics and distribution management, and quality management. It is an exciting and challenging time to begin a career in Supply Chain Management.

For SCM related internships and career positions, visit the UH Bauer College Rockwell Career Center.

Course of Study

Sophomore Year

MATH 1313

 

Junior Year

Semester 1

Semester 2

SCM 3301 Service and Manufacturing Operations

SCM 4301 Supply Chain Management
SCM Elective 1 (listed below)

Senior Year

SCM Elective 2
SCM Elective 3
SCM Elective 4
SCM Elective 5

SCM Electives

SCM 4301 Supply Chain Management
SCM 4302 Energy Supply Chain
SCM 4303 Global Supply Chain Operations
SCM 4311 Project Operations
SCM 4320 Competitive Quality
SCM 4330 Business Modeling and Decision Analysis
SCM 4350 Strategic Supply Management
SCM 4351 Strategic Sourcing and Spend Analysis
SCM 4360 Business Forecasting
SCM 4361 Distribution and Inventory Management
SCM 4362 Supply Chain Control Systems
SCM 4370 Operations in Service Industries
SCM 4380 Enterprise Resource Planning
SCM 4395 Supply Chain Management Internship
SCM 4397 Lean Systems (LS)
SCM 4397 Logistics Management (LM)
SCM 4397 Energy Trading Systems (ETS)
SCM 4397 Energy Project Management (EPM)
SCM 4397 Supply Chain Reverse Logistics (RL)

Course descriptions and prerequisite information can be found here. To major in SCM, a student must complete 18 hours of SCM 4000-level courses (with SCM 4301 required).  For students who choose to minor in SCM, a student would be required to complete 12 hours of SCM 4000-level courses. Most students who choose to minor in SCM use their four SCM courses to satisfy the four advanced business elective courses that are required to satisfy their degree requirements.

 

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS

Over the last decade, as Supply Chain Management has begun to mature as a discipline, major firms have started to demand that graduates possess increasingly specific skill sets.  Therefore, to allow our SCM graduates to demonstrate that they possess these domain-specific competencies to prospective employers, the SCM program currently offers four certificate tracks.  The four certificate programs and the course requirements for each certificate are outlined below.

Strategic Sourcing Process Management Logistics Management Energy Supply Management
SCM  4301 SCM  4301 SCM  4301 SCM 4301
SCM  4330 SCM  4330 SCM  4330 SCM 4330
SCM  4320 SCM  4320 SCM  4320 SCM 4320
SCM  4380 SCM  4380 SCM  4380 SCM 4380
       
SCM 4350 SCM  4362 SCM 4397 (LM) SCM 4302
SCM  4351 Plus One Of The Following Plus One Of The Following Plus One Of The Following
  SCM  4361 SCM  4370 SCM 4397 (EPM)
  SCM 4397 (LS) SCM  4361 SCM 4397 (ETS)
  SCM 4311 SCM 4397  (LS)  
SCM 4397 (RL) SCM 4311  
  SCM 4397 (RL)  

As you will note, no matter which certificate you pursue, four of the six courses will be exactly the same (referred to as the “Core Four”).  The two classes that you put with the core classes will determine the certificate that you earn.   Please also note that it is possible to pursue three certificates without adding any additional hours to your degree plan.  Since each additional certificate needs two additional courses and since every business student needs to take four advanced business electives, an SCM major can pursue three certificates, utilizing the four additional SCM courses to satisfy their advanced business elective requirements.

RECOMMENDED COURSE SEQUENCE

The curriculum has been structured and sequenced so that the courses build upon task-relevant prior knowledge obtained from previous courses.  Students who take their SCM courses in the recommended sequence will be exposed to all of the task-relevant prior knowledge necessary for each course.  Conversely, students who take their SCM courses out of the recommended sequence will find that they have not obtained all of the previous knowledge necessary for the subsequent class.  The recommended course sequence is ideal; scheduling issues may force a student to take classes in a non-ideal order.

 

Year

Semester

Courses

Junior

1

SCM 3301

Junior

2

SCM 4301

Junior

2

SCM 4330

Junior

3

Internship/Co-op

Senior

1

SCM Elective (Certificate)

Senior

1

SCM Elective (Certificate)

Senior

2

SCM 4320

Senior

2

SCM 4380

Academic Path

The SCM major consists of core classes, pre-business classes, required upper lever business courses, and specific SCM coursework. Please see the 2009 general degree plan for more detailed information on courses.

  • All new students wishing to declare SCM as a major should first attend a BBA Basics Information Session
  • We encourage current students to meet with an academic advisor to select courses, get support, and stay on track.
  • Students selecting SCM as a major (or double major) must declare by filing a degree plan.  After completing pre-business classes and meeting all other requirements, students should fill out this online form to declare a SCM major.  **Please review the links for degree plans, requirements, and prerequisite information. 
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