Department of
Management, Operations
& Marketing

Concentration in
Operations Management

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Majoring in Operations Management provides exciting, rewarding, and challenging career opportunities in a wide variety of organizations. Businesses are increasingly placing a stronger emphasis on Lean Manufacturing, and Supply Chain Management, resulting in an increased demand for OM graduates, as well as higher starting salaries.

Requirements

1. Complete University General Education requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree (51 units minimum).
2. Complete the following prerequisites (21 units) to the business administration degree with a letter grade of C– or better in each course:
   ACC 2110 Financial Accounting, 3 units
   ACC 2130 Managerial Accounting, 3 units
   BLW 2060 Law, Environment, and Ethics, 3 units
   ECON 2500 Principles of Macroeconomics, 3 units
   ECON 2510 Principles of Microeconomics, 3 units
   MATH 1500 Finite Mathematics, 3 units
   MATH 1610 Statistics for Decision Making, 3 units
3. Complete BUS 3100 Business and Technical Writing Communication (WP) (Writing Proficiency requirement), 3 units.
4. Complete 24 units of coursework in the business administration core with a letter grade of C– or better in each course:
   CIS 3700 Information Technology for Management, 3 units
   FIN 3220 Business Finance, 3 units
   MGT 3310 Management Theory and Practice, 3 units
   MGT 3400 Seminar in International Business, 3 units
   MGT 4900 Business Policy, 3 units
   MKT 3410 Principles of Marketing, 3 units
   OM 3010 Operations Management, 3 units
   OM 3020 Management Science, 3 units
5. Complete the concentration.

The Concentration (15-16 units)

1. Complete the following courses (12 units):
   OM 4530 Materials and Inventory Management, 3 units
   OM 4570 Quality and Productivity Management, 3 units
   OM 4580 Supply Chain Management, 3 units
   OM 4600 Lean Operations Strategies, 3 units
2. Complete one of the following courses as approved by the major adviser
   (3-4 units):
   CIS 4750 Decision Support Systems, 3 units
   COMM 3110 Organizational Communication, 3 units
   MGT 4340 Executive Leadership, 3 units
   MGT 4620 Seminar in Labor Management Relations
   MKT 4450 Channel Institutions and Retail Management, 4 units
   OM 4560 Management of Technology, 3 units
   OM 4590 Global Operations Strategies, 3 units
   OM 4890 Business Forecasting and Planning, 3 units

Note: All courses in the Operations Management concentration, including the Business Administration prerequisites and core, must be completed with a letter grade of C– or better.