Curriculum for Supply Chain Management Major
Our undergraduate program in SCM is designed to help students master a variety of the latest supply chain management strategies and technologies, which include but are not limited to, global sourcing project management, procurement and business risk analysis, logistics operations optimization, enterprise information systems, sales and operations planning, importation and exportation, demand fulfillment, business process and quality improvement, new product development, and customer and supplier relationship management. Upon graduation, this new generation of graduates shall have the ability to reengineer the business processes involving multiple firms and different functional departments towards achieving a higher level of business performance and profitability.
Students must take at least 24 major credits beyond the school core, including 15 credits of the required courses and at least 9 credits of electives. (29 is Newark code; 33 is New Brunswick code.) For a sample syllabus for each course, click the word Syllabus next to the course name.
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School Core Courses
Including but not limited to:
29/33:799:301 - (3) | Syllabus
Introduction to Supply Chain Management
Required Courses
(15 Credits)
29/33:799:300 - (3) | Syllabus
Global Procurement and Sourcing Strategies
29/33:799:310 - (3) | Syllabus
Demand Planning and Fulfillment
29/33:799:330 - (3, Spring) | Syllabus
Business Logistics and Transportation
29/33:630:385 - (3) | Syllabus
Marketing Research
Choose one course from the following two:
29/33:630:369 - (3) | Syllabus
New Product Planning
29/33:799:380 - (3)
Introduction to Project Management**
Electives
(at least 9 Credits)
Students have the option to choose any combination of following electives, regardless of the track.
Track 1: Procurement and Sourcing
29/33:799:380 - (3) | Syllabus
Introduction to Project Management
29/33:799:430 - (3, Fall)
Supply Security and Risk Management
29/33:799:490 - (3, Fall) | Syllabus
Supply Chain Environmental Management/Green Purchasing
29/33:620:350 - (3)
Negotiations
Track 2: Logistics and Supply Chain Technology
29/33:799:320 - (3, Spring) | Syllabus
Fundamentals of SC Solutions with SAP
29/33:799:410 - (3, Fall)
Service Management
29/33:799:460 - (3, Spring) | Syllabus
Intro. to Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing
29/33:799:470 - (3) | Syllabus
Business Intelligence for Supply Chain and Marketing
Track 3: Distribution and Sales Management
29/33:630:368 - (3) | Syllabus
Retail Marketing
29/33:630:370 - (3, Spring) | Syllabus
Business to Business Marketing
29/33:630:401 - (3, Spring) | Syllabus
Sales Management
Field Practice Course
(All the honor track students must take this course)
29/33:799:420 - (3, Fall) | Syllabus
SCMS Industry Client Projects*
*Students who take the co-op program must register 29/33:799:420 SCMS Industry Client Projects to claim 3 credits.
*Double major students may waive 3 elective credits if taking the following courses (29/33:620:350 Negotiations, 29/33:620:375 Organizational Design and Change, 29/33:620:410 Exec Leadership, 29/33:390:430 Working Capital Mgmt).
*Students double majoring in Accounting and SCMS can substitute 29/33:010:458 (Accounting Information Systems) for 29/33:623:370 (Management Info Systems).
*This curriculum becomes effective, starting from Fall 2010. Students who have claimed the SCMS major before this date should follow the old curriculum.
**Starting 2012 every Fall and spring NB and Newark
Contacts
Curriculum Questions NB: Professor Xiaowei Xu at xiaoweix@business.rutgers.edu
Curriculum Questions NWK: Professor Lian Qi at lianqi@business.rutgers.edu
Other Questions: Shen Yeniyurt at yeniyurt@business.rutgers.edu
Corporate sponsors for 33:799:420 SCMS Industry Client Projects include
AstraZeneca, Bayer HealthCare, Becton Dickinson, Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Colgate-Palmolive, Deloitte, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Exelon Corporation, ISM, ITOCHU International, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, MetLife, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Panasonic, PSEG, Sandoz, Schering-Plough, and Sciele Pharma
