About the Program

Supply chain management prepares students to become leaders in supply management, the emerging paradigm for world-class corporations. Supply chain management is a total systems approach taken by companies, suppliers, and partners to deliver manufactured products and services to the end customer. Information technology is used to coordinate all elements of the supply chain from sourcing parts to coordination of retailers to achieve a level of integration that results in a competitive advantage not available in traditional logistics systems. Careers in supply chain management include roles such as buyer, risk management analyst, logistics planner, and staff consultant. Supply chain managers tend to be individuals with good communication and negotiation skills who are systems oriented (people who see the "big" picture).

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Sample Supply Chain Management 4-Year Sequence

This is a sample schedule intended for planning purposes only. Please consult with an Academic Advisor for more details on required courses and scheduling.

Courses in bold are prerequisites for later courses.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Calculus I (Math 408K or Math 408C)	Business Administration 101S
Rhetoric 306	Calculus II (Math 408L or Math 408D)
Economics 304K	Economics 304L
Psychology/Sociology/Anthropology	Natural Science
Fine Arts/Humanities	Communication Studies 306M

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Accounting 311	Accounting 312
Business Administration 324	Management Information Systems 301
Statistics 309	English 316K
Government 310L	Government 312L
Natural Science	Fine Arts/Humanities or Social Science

Junior Year

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Management 336	Supply Chain Elective
Operations Management 335	Finance 357
Marketing 337	Legal Environment of Business 323
American History	Upper-Division Non-Business Elective
Free Elective	American History

Senior Year

Fall Semester	Spring Semester
Operations Management 353 (Internship)	Management 374
Operations Management 368 (Fall Only)	Operations Management 367 (Spring Only)
Supply Chain Elective	Free Elective
Upper-Division Non-Business Elective	Free Elective
Free Elective	Free Elective

Student-Submitted Videos About the Supply Chain Management Program

These videos were submitted via the McCombs Next Top Major contest, which pitted student-produced films about all McCombs School majors against each other to voted on by students, family and friends. Watch all of the McCombs Next Top major films here.