Global Supply Chain Management Concentration Requirements
Recommended Custom Core Course: MBA 731, Managerial Accounting
GSCM students must complete a total of six (6) courses, of which at least 1 course from each of the four clusters must be selected:
1) Supply Chain and Operations Management Cluster covers the strategic capabilities afforded by the integration with customers and suppliers.
o MBA711 - Supply Chain Management
o MBA718 - Global Supply Chain Management*
2) The Modeling Cluster covers the decision-aiding and analytic tools for the optimization of material, information, and financial flows necessary to effectively coordinate business activities that are geographically dispersed.
o MBA701 - Management Science Models
o MBA705 - Operations Management Models
o MBA763 - Marketing Models
3) Global Management Cluster addresses the inherently global nature of supply chain management in today’s business environment.
o MBA718 - Global Supply Chain Management*
o MBA806 - Global Context of Business
o MBA870 - Global Immersion Elective
o MBA886 - MBA Exchange
4) Application Cluster covers areas such as project management, new product development, knowledge and innovation management, sustainability, quality, e-operations and other best practices.
o MBA710 - Project Management
o MBA721 - Business Innovation and The Digital Age
o MBA728 - Managing in the High Tech Sector
o MBA754 - Innovation and Product Development
Two (2) additional electives courses can be taken from any of the above cluster courses and/or from the following list of other related GSCM Concentration electives:
Other GSCM Concentration Electives:
o MBA743 - Customer Relationship Management
o MBA751 - Services Marketing
o MBA760 - Pricing
o MBA796 - Global Financial Markets
o MBA798 - Managing Turnarounds
o MBA815 - Sustainable Enterprise
o MBA822 - Negotiations
o MBA828 - Strategy Implementation
o MBA828C - Strategic Innovation
o MBA828D - Strategy Development Frameworks for Consulting Projects
*MBA718 can satisfy the requirement for either the Supply Chain Cluster or the Global Management Cluster, but not both.
Note: The list of cluster and elective courses is constantly evolving to reflect the needs of the business marketplace and latest developments. For this reason, the students are encourage to keep in constant contact with the concentration leader and faculty members teaching in the GSCM Concentration to learn about the newest course offerings that may be taken as electives.
GSCM "CORE" COURSES BY CLUSTER