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CURRICULUM

Develop a broad cross-functional managerial perspective.

The Master of Science degree in Supply Chain Management curriculum is designed to serve the market of logistics and supply chain management professionals looking for a top-notch academic program that emphasizes rigorous training in the fundamentals of global supply chain management, access to working tools in designing and managing world-class supply chains, a deep understanding of integrated risk management of all relevant supply chain risks, an integrated functional management perspective for the logistics and supply chain activities, a strong experiential component via relevant simulations and case studies, and an application-driven focus via challenging integrated real-world projects with corporate partners at the Boeing Center on Technology, Information, and Manufacturing (BCTIM).

The following curriculum includes a total of 36 credits, divided between required courses and electives:

Required courses (30 credits)
Elective courses (6 credits)
In addition, there are 8 credits of Foundations course work that can be waived on a case-by-case base, depending upon students’ background.
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 in all graduate course work is required to remain in good academic standing.

Transfer of Credit
Olin Business School will accept up to nine credits of course work taken at another AACSB accredited institution, if the grades you earned are "B" or better, and the Academic Review Committee judges the courses to be equivalent to Olin MBA classes in quality and content. Submit the course syllabus and transcript to your business advisor. The review process usually takes at least two weeks to complete.

COURSES
Summer Semester (August): Foundations Courses
Introduction to Finance			2
Introduction to Financial Accounting			2
Operations Management			2
Data Analysis and Modeling			2
Total credits			8
Fall Semester
Fall A		Fall B
OMM 576 Foundations of SCM	1.5	OMM 572 Strategic Quality Management	1.5
MGT 500P Wholonics (or approved elective in general management or corporate strategy)	1.5	MGT 550B Managing the Innovation Process	1.5
Project Management			3
MEC 537 Data Analysis, Forecasting and Risk Analysis			3
OMM 558 Advanced Operations Strategy			3
Total credits			15
Spring Semester
Spring A		Spring B
ACCT 502 Managerial Control Systems	1.5	SC Risk Management	1.5
OMM 577 IT & SCM	1.5	OMM 573 Operations Management in the Service Industry	1.5
FIN 524 Options and Futures	1.5	OB 565 Leading Change	1.5
OMM 559 Managing Global Business Process Outsourcing for Competitive Advantage	1.5	MKT 579G Contemporary Marketing Channels (or other suitable marketing elective)	1.5
OMM 554 Operations Planning and Control			3
Suitable elective in Negotiations or Auctions and Procurement Markets			1.5
Total credits			16.5
Summer Semester
Seminar: Advanced Topics in Logistics and Supply Chain Management			1.5
Global Supply Chain and Logistics System Design Project			3
Total credits			4.5