Business Administration (BS): Operations/Supply Chain Management
To see more about what you will learn in this program, visit the Learning Outcomes website!
The field of operations and supply chain management focuses on creating efficiencies in an organization’s global “supply chain” – the network of interconnected businesses and activities involved in getting the organization’s products or services to the end users. Supply chain management spans the sourcing of raw materials and components, their movements and storage, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods/services from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. The focus is improving the way the organization coordinates and integrates these “flows” within and among organizations.
Curriculum Overview
Students concentrating in operations and supply chain learn how to develop and evaluate business processes, perform strategic and tactical supply chain planning, and manage the activities and resources that transform inputs into finished goods and services.
The operations and supply chain concentration is designed to prepare students in the following areas:
- Knowledge of how goods, services, finances and information flow through the supply chain
- Analysis and resolution of customer and supplier business problems
- Analysis and improvement of business processes to improve customer satisfaction and business performance
- Understanding of how to link suppliers, internal customers, and external customers to create value
- Resolution of real-world supply chain problems through project work with partner companies in the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative
Contact
Business Management
Poole College of Management
2300 Nelson Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695
919.515.5565
Website
Jonathan Bohlmann
Interim Department Head
Plan Requirements
Overall GPA for all courses attempted at NC State must be 2.0 or higher; and
Overall GPA for all BUS, MIE, and M courses attempted at NC State must be 2.0 or higher.
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humanities and Social Sciences | |||
| Acad Writing Research 1 | 4 | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | ||
| Public Speaking | |||
| Interpersonal Communication | |||
| Argumentation and Advocacy | |||
| PSY 200 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3 | ||
| Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | |||
| Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | |||
| Principles of Microeconomics | |||
| EC 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | ||
| Communication for Engineering and Technology | |||
| Communication for Business and Management | |||
| Communication for Science and Research | |||
| GEP Humanities | 6 | ||
Students must also take one course from the Poole College of Management Ethics list (no credit hour requirement); If a student takes a PHI course to satisfy the Ethics requirement, it may double-count as the second humanities course provided the first course was not also a PHI course. | |||
| GEP US Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 3 | ||
| Select one of the following: (verify requirement) | |||
| Managing Ethics in Organizations | |||
| Issues in Business Ethics | |||
| Contemporary Moral Issues | |||
| Ethical Problems in the Law | |||
| Ethics | |||
| Foreign Language Proficiency (verify requirement) | |||
| Mathematical and Natural Sciences | |||
| GEP Natural Sciences | 7 | ||
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3 | ||
| Elements of Calculus | |||
| Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A | |||
| Calculus I | |||
| MA 114 | Introduction to Finite Mathematics with Applications | 3 | |
| or MA 242 | Calculus III | ||
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3 | ||
| Economics and Business Statistics | |||
| Economics and Business Statistics | |||
| Introduction to Statistics II | |||
| Probability and Statistics for Engineers | |||
| Introduction to Statistical Inference and Regression | |||
| BUS 351 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 | |
| ST 307 | Introduction to Statistical Programming- SAS | 1 | |
| or ST 308 | Introduction to Statistical Programming - R | ||
| Interdisciplinary Perspectives | |||
| GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 2 | ||
| Physical Education | |||
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 2 | ||
| Corequisites | |||
| GEP Global Knowledge (verify requirement) | |||
| Major Requirements | |||
| M 100 | Personal and Professional Identity Development | 1 | |
| MIE 201 | Introduction to Business Processes | 3 | |
| ACC 210 | Concepts of Financial Reporting 1 | 3 | |
| ACC 220 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting 1 | 3 | |
| MIE 310 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
| BUS 320 | Financial Management | 3 | |
| MIE 330 | Human Resource Management | 3 | |
| BUS 340 | Information Systems Management | 3 | |
| BUS 360 | Marketing Methods | 3 | |
| BUS 370 | Operations and Supply Chain Management | 3 | |
| MIE 305 | Legal and Regulatory Environment | 3 | |
| MIE 480 | Business Policy and Strategy | 3 | |
| Concentration | |||
| BUS 470 | Operations Modeling and Analysis | 3 | |
| Select two of the following: | 6 | ||
| Operations Planning and Control Systems | |||
| Logistics Management | |||
| Purchasing and Supply Management | |||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | ||
| Cost Accounting for Effective Management | |||
| Operations Planning and Control Systems | |||
| Logistics Management | |||
| BUS 476 | Decision Modeling and Analysis | 3 | |
| Purchasing and Supply Management | |||
| Supply Chain Management Undergraduate Practicum | |||
| Free Electives | |||
| Free Electives (12 Hr S/U Lmt) 2,3 | 22 | ||
| Total Hours | 123 | ||
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C- or better
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Students should consult their academic advisors to determine which courses fill this requirement.
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Some courses will not count as free electives, such as FL 101, or 105 (in the language in which proficiency requirement is met), or MA 101, 103, 105. (12 hours of free electives may be taken for credit only.)
Acad Writing Research
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acad Writing Research | |||
| ENG 101 | Academic Writing and Research | 4 | |
| FLE 101 | Academic Writing and Research | 4 | |
| Transfer Sequence | |||
| ENG 202 | Disciplinary Perspectives in Writing | 3 | |
| ENG 1GEP | 3 | ||
Semester Sequence
This is a sample.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Hours | |
| M 100 | Personal and Professional Identity Development | 1 |
| ENG 101 | Academic Writing and Research (or GEP Natural Sciences with Lab) 1 | 4 |
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3 | |
| Elements of Calculus | ||
| Calculus for Life and Management Sciences A | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| MIE 201 | Introduction to Business Processes | 3 |
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 1 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| MA 114 or MA 242 | Introduction to Finite Mathematics with Applications or Calculus III | 3 |
| COM 110 | Public Speaking or Interpersonal Communication or Argumentation and Advocacy | 3 |
| ENG 101 | Academic Writing and Research (or GEP Natural Sciences with Lab) 1 | 4 |
| EC 201 or ARE 201 | Principles of Microeconomics 1 or Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | 3 |
| ACC 210 | Concepts of Financial Reporting 1 | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ACC 220 | Introduction to Managerial Accounting 1 | 3 |
| GEP Humanities | 3 | |
| BUS/ST 350 | Economics and Business Statistics 1 | 3 |
| GEP Natural Sciences | 3 | |
| EC 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 1 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Financial Management | ||
| Information Systems Management | ||
| Marketing Methods | ||
| Operations and Supply Chain Management | ||
| Legal and Regulatory Environment | ||
| Introduction to Entrepreneurship | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| PSY 200 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
| GEP US Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 3 | |
| ST 307 or ST 308 | Introduction to Statistical Programming- SAS or Introduction to Statistical Programming - R | 1 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Financial Management | ||
| Information Systems Management | ||
| Marketing Methods | ||
| Operations and Supply Chain Management | ||
| Legal and Regulatory Environment | ||
| Introduction to Entrepreneurship | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Communication for Engineering and Technology | ||
| Communication for Business and Management | ||
| Communication for Science and Research | ||
| Free Electives | 6 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Financial Management | ||
| Information Systems Management | ||
| Marketing Methods | ||
| Operations and Supply Chain Management | ||
| Legal and Regulatory Environment | ||
| Introduction to Entrepreneurship | ||
| Human Resource Management | ||
| Concentration course | 3 | |
| Free Electives | 6 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| Select two Concentration courses | 6 | |
| GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 2 | |
| GEP Humanities | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 4 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| MIE 480 | Business Policy and Strategy | 3 |
| Concentration course | 3 | |
| Free Electives | 6 | |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
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Must be completed with “C-” or better.
GPA Graduation Requirements
- Overall GPA for all courses attempted at NC State must be 2.0 or higher; and
- Overall GPA for all BUS, MIE, and M courses attempted at NC State must be 2.0 or higher.
Career Opportunities
Graduates in business administration are prepared for a variety of careers in business or industry including new product development, marketing, manufacturing, human resources, IT management, business analysis, banking and finance, consulting, and business development. They have the knowledge and tools to launch new business ideas and succeed in management positions.