UMUC

School of Undergraduate Studies

Business Supply Chain Management

Students may seek an academic minor in Business Supply Chain Management.

Minor in Business Supply Chain Management

Enhance your skills in management. The added value of a detailed knowledge of operational analysis, operational performance, decision-making techniques and more will put you, and your organization, ahead of the competition.

Objectives

The student who graduates with a minor in business supply chain management will be able to:

  • Use key concepts and theories in business and management.
  • Synthesize the various factors of management planning, implementation, and control into appropriate mathematical models that guide optimal decisions and can be used to conduct sensitivity analysis on the resulting decisions.
  • Explain the role of a decision maker in both management and staff activities in business, government, and nonprofit organizations.
  • Manage operations with a focus on streamlining, improving performance, and giving significant strategic advantage to organizations in order to transform inputs into the goods and services supplied to customers.
  • Analyze operational performance within supply chains and design and manage processes for competitive advantage.
  • Understand and explain current topics such as e-commerce, knowledge management, virtual management, Internet infrastructure, Web technology, computer-based systems, project management, systems performance, and futurology.
  • Explain technology, business, and management issues and their relation to professional workplace requirements.
  • Demonstrate effective techniques for communicating business, professional, and legal information in both oral and written formats.
  • Develop strategies employing current skills in critical thinking, problem solving, project management, interpersonal relations, and team building.
  • Incorporate computer applications, information technology, and international perspectives in articulating the domestic and global dimensions of and influences on business and management.

Business Supply Chain Management Minor - Course Requirements

The minor in business supply chain management requires the completion of 15 credits of coursework in business supply chain management, chosen from the following courses:

Students are recommended to take BMGT 304, 317, and 372 as the first courses in the minor (if they have not already applied the
courses toward other degree requirements). Courses may not duplicate those used to satisfy requirements for the major. At least 9 credits must be earned in upper-level courses (numbered 300 or above). Prerequisites apply for all courses.