Curriculum for Supply Chain Management Major

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