Operations Management

Faculty

Nabil A. Tamimi, Ph.D., Chair
Ying I. Chien, Ph.D.
S. Kingsley Gnanendran, Ph.D.
Deborah J. Gougeon, Ph.D.
Prasadarao Kakumanu, Ph.D.
Satyanarayana V. Prattipati, Ph.D.
Rose Sebastianelli, Ph.D.
Ling Xue, Ph.D.

Overview

Operations Management is primarily concerned with the effective management of production and operations systems in manufacturing and service organizations. Career opportunities include:

Minor in Operations Management

A student must take a minimum of 18 credits. Four courses are required: STAT 252, OIM 351, OIM 352, and OIM 471, and two electives from OIM and EC courses..

Operations Management Curriculum
Dept. and No.				Descriptive Title of Course	Credits
				FIRST YEAR	FALL	SPRING
GE S/BH		ECO 153-154		Prin. of Micro - Macro Economics	3	3
GE SPCH - WRTG		COMM 100 - WRTG 107		Public Speaking - Composition	3	3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL 120 - T/RS 121		Introduction to Philosophy - Theology I	3	3
GE C/IL		C/IL 104		Computing and Information Literacy		3
GE QUAN		MATH ELECT 1		Math Option (2 courses)	3-4	3-4
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT 2		Humanities Elective	3
GE FSEM-PHED		INTD 100 - PHED ELECT		Freshman Seminar - Physical Education	1	1
					16-17	16-17
				SECOND YEAR
BUS CORE		ACC 253-254		Financial - Managerial Accounting	3	3
BUS CORE		STAT 251-252		Statistics for Business I-II	3	3
BUS CORE		MGT 251		Legal Environment of Business		3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL 210 - T/RS 122		Ethics - Theology II	3	3
GE NSCI		NSCI ELECT		Natural Science Electives	3	3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Electives	3	3
GE ELECT		ELECT 3		Free Elective	3
					18	18
				THIRD YEAR
MAJOR		OIM ELECT		Oper. & Info. Mgt. Elective	3
MAJOR		OIM 363		Total Quality Management	3
BUS CORE		MGT 351-352		Principles of Management I-II	3	3
BUS CORE		MKT 351 - FIN 351		Intro to Marketing - Intro to Finance	3	3
BUS CORE		OIM 351 - OIM 352		Intro to Mgt. Science - Intro to Oper Mgt.	3	3
BUS CORE		ECO/IB 351		Environment of Intl. Business		3
GE PHIL-T/RS		PHIL - T/RS ELECT		Philosophy or T/RS Elective		3
					15	15
				FOURTH YEAR
MAJOR		OIM 470		Production Planning and Control	3
MAJOR		OIM 366		Supply Chain Management		3
MAJOR		OIM ELECT		Oper. & Info. Mgt. Electives 4	3	3
BUS CORE		MGT 455		Business Policy & Strategy	3
BUS CORE		OIM 471		Business Information Management		3
GE HUMN		HUMN ELECT		Humanities Elective	3
GE ELECT		ELECT		Free Electives	3	6
GE PHED		PHED ELECT		Physical Education	1	1
					16	16
					Total: 130-132 Credits
1 Two math options are available to Business majors: Option I* (six credits): MATH 107 (Quantitative Methods II); MATH 108 (Quantitative Methods III) Option II* (eight credits): MATH 114 (Analysis I); MATH 221 (Analysis II) Both options cover the topics of calculus. Option I takes an applied approach; Option II a theoretical approach. *Students are tested for math placement during summer orientation. On the basis of these tests and their high school background it will be recommended that some students take Option II, especially if they expect to pursue graduate studies. The majority of students will be placed in Option I, and may also be required to take MATH 106 (Quantitative Methods I) as a prerequisite to taking MATH 107.
2 If EDUC 113 is required in the first semester, it is taken in place of a humanities elective and is counted as a GE free elective. One GE free elective in the fourth year must then be taken as a humanities elective. 3 If a third math course is required, it replaces this GE elective. 4 Major electives: two OIM courses, EC 472, or MGT 462.