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Operations and Supply Management OPSM

Career Path: Business, Management, Marketing, and Technology

Required Courses		Credit Hours
BUSINESS CORE
ACCT 201	Principles of Accounting 1	3
ACCT 202	Principles of Accounting 2	3
BLAW 301	Legal Environment of Business	3
BUSN 499	Integrating Experience	3
FINC 322	Financial Management 1	3
ISYS 321	Business Information Systems	3
MGMT 301	Applied Management	3
MGMT 370	Quality/Operations Mgmt	3
MKTG 321	Principles of Marketing	3
STQM 260	Introduction to Statistics	3
MAJOR
ACCT 205	Managerial Accounting	3
INTB 320	International Logistics	3
ISYS 200	Database Design & Implementation	3
MFGE 322	Production Processes	3
MFGE 351	Intro to Industrial Engineering	3
MFGE 354	Lean Mfg Concepts & Practices	3
MGMT 491	Management Internship	3
MKTG 466	Purchasing	3
MKTG 472	Supply Chain Management	3
STQM 351	Quality Control for Management	3
Choose One:
MGMT 302	Organizational Behavior	3
MGMT 373	Human Resource Management	3
Choose One:
MGMT 420	Small Business Consulting-SBI	3
STQM 311	Cont Improvement Tools	3
GENERAL EDUCATION
Communication Competence
Choose One:	COMM 121, or COMM 105	3
ENGL 150	English 1	3
ENGL 250	English 2	3
Choose One:	ENGL 325, or ENGL 311	3
Scientific Understanding
	Lab Science Elective	4
	Science Elective	3-4
Quantitative Skills
MATH 115	Intermediate Algebra	3
	(If MATH ACT is 24 or higher, substitute a general education elective)
Cultural Enrichment		9
Social Awareness
ECON 221	Principles of Macroeconomics*S	3
ECON 222	Principles of Microeconomics*S	3
Social Awareness Elective		3
General Education		9
Electives:	Free	6
Minimum credit hours required for B.S. degree:		121-122

Why Choose Operations and Supply Management?

The Operations and Supply Management major is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to work in the operations management profession which includes quality management, supply management, planning and scheduling, and inventory management. Students will graduate with a technical background and have the analytical competencies that employers are increasingly demanding.

Students may also supplement classroom instruction with the opportunity to earn University credit while gaining work experience through an internship program.

Get a Great Job

To put it simply, graduates of this program are in demand. Business and industry need people with combined technical and business backgrounds for positions in areas such as quality, purchasing, supply chain management, global logistics, human relations, materials, production control and technical support. The Operations and Supply Management program prepares students for these positions.

College graduates are gaining entry-level positions in production control, purchasing, supply chain management, supplier development engineer, plant layout, inventory control, materials manager, traffic management, distribution management and management training.

In fact, Ferris� placement service reports that requests for individuals with operations and supply management training are usually in greater demand than the number of available graduates. Companies that have hired Ferris graduates in the past range from Fortune 500 manufacturing firms to the growing service industry.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must present evidence of graduation from high school or the GED. To enter a Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) Program in Business, applicants are expected to meet two of the following: a minimum high school grade point average of 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale); ACT math score of 19 or higher; an ACT reading score of 19 or higher.

Graduation Requirements

The Operations and Supply Management program at Ferris leads to a bachelor of science degree in business. Graduation requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in core classes, in the major and overall.

More Information

Management Department, BUS 212
119 South Street
Big Rapids, MI 49307-2284
Phone: (231) 591-2427
Email: MGMT@ferris.edu