Operations Management Minor

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The Operations Management minor helps students develop business ready skills to manage and improve the activities concerned with the conversion of raw materials into finished products and/or services. Students will learn about forecasting techniques, capacity (or resource) planning, inventory management, quality control, and operations scheduling. This minor prepares students for entry-level positions such as a production planner, inventory analyst, project (or systems) analyst.

Students must attain a 2.0 or higher in each course. (Refer to the course description for specific prerequisites.) Failure to attain a 2.0 in courses may lengthen the time to graduation. This minor is not available for Supply Chain Operations Management majors.

Requirements (18 credits):

SCM 250 Total Quality Management 3 credit hours
SCM 300 Operations Management 3 credit hours
SCM 320 Lean Systems 3 credit hours
QBA 260 Data Driven Decision Making 3 credit hours
MGT 150 Principles of Management 3 credit hours
OR
SCM 100 Modern Value Chain 3 credit hours
MGT 410 Project Management 3 credit hours
OR
SCM 325 Six Sigma Process Management 3 credit hours