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Jul 04, 2024
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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025
Operations and Supply Chain Management, B.B.A.
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Description
The OSM major provides students the background needed to become business leaders who will be equipped to solve problems and make decisions in sourcing and procurement, warehousing and logistics, process improvement and lean operations, project management, and enterprise resource planning both within and across companies.
What careers can this major prepare you for?
The OSM major prepares students to become successful managers in three main business disciplines: Procurement and sourcing, Operations, and Logistics and Warehousing. Students who graduate from the OSM program typically hold the following positions: Purchasing and Sourcing: Purchasing Buyer/Manager/Agent, Category Manager / Commodity Manager, Sourcing Specialist. Operations: Supply Chain Analyst/Coordinator/Manager/Consultant, Expeditor, Materials Planner, Production Planner/Supervisor, Master Scheduler, Demand Planner, Project Manager, Quality, Continuous Improvement Manager. Logistics and Warehousing: Logistics Analyst/Coordinator/Manager, Transport Planner / Scheduler, Customer Fulfillment Analyst, Distribution Centre Manager.
What skills are developed within this major?
Skills developed within this major include: Analytical skills; Critical thinking skills; Communication skills; Data management skills; Problem-solving skills; and Application of Technology.
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Hours Required for Degree
Minimum hours required for degree: 120
Minimum hours required for major: 33 hours for the major outside of the BBA lower and upper core
College Requirements
See college page for college requirements.
Major Requirements
Students who are newly-admitted to CSU for Fall 2021 and majoring in OSM must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours of OSM coursework beyond the college core requirements, with a grade of C or better in each OSM required and elective course (including OSM 202 and OSM 311 ). A maximum of one elective course from the department approved non-OSM elective list may be substituted if enough OSM electives are not available.
For students who want to focus on a specialization, we provide four possible tracks to choose from. Please see the Monte Ahuja College of Business Advising Office to discuss the specializations.
Required Courses (15 Credit Hours)
Electives - Choose Six Courses (18 Credit Hours)
Internship
The professional internship must be pre-approved by the department chair (or the department internship coordinator) and by the director of student engagement by the end of the first week of the semester, and must be completed during the junior or senior year. Internships that started without the pre-approval process will not be considered for credit. Students need to register for OSM 490 which counts towards 33 credit hour requirement.
Note:
* All B.B.A. core courses listed above must be completed prior to taking MGT 465 , the capstone course in the BBA curriculum.
Specializations
A student may be a general OSM major or optionally may specialize in one or more of the following areas: Supply Chain Management, Global Operations Management, Business Analytics, and Project Management. Please see the College of Business Advising Office to discuss the different specializations and course options.
Honors Program
The College of Business - BBA Degree/Major Honors/Scholars Track Designation Program
- Honors Student: Completion of 15 credit hours of the honors requirements
- University Scholars Student: Completion of 12 credit hours of the honors requirements listed.
The Honors and Scholars requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree program and associated majors focuses on three areas: graduate coursework, selected high-level experiences in specific business courses and areas, and preparing for the current jobs and careers of today and tomorrow.
Business Honors Level I Requirement (9 Credit Hours)
The student will complete this requirement with business graduate 500 level courses and satisfy business BBA major or BBA Divisional Upper Core requirements. The student has the option to select concentration A or B.
Student will work with assigned College of Business professional advisor requiring these course selections.
Note: 500 level business graduate coursework does not satisfy College of Business degree completion requirements for business graduate programs.
Concentration A
- Complete nine credit hours of 500 level graduate business courses to satisfy required BBA major requirements.
Concentration B
- Complete three or six credit hours of 500 level graduate business courses to satisfy required BBA major requirements.
- Complete three or six credit hours of the following 500-level graduate business courses FIN 501 for FIN 351 or MKT 501 for MKT 301 , which will satisfy one BBA Divisional Upper Core requirement course.
Business Honors Level II Requirement (6 Credit Hours)
The student will complete two of the four courses as an Honors Contract# course to satisfy this requirement. In addition, this requirement selection will satisfy business BBA major or BBA Divisional Upper Core requirements.
- MGT 465 - Management Strategy & Policy
- BUS 351 - Business, Society, & Government
- Business Internship based on specific major with no honors designation. Student must seek approval by the Department Chair or College of Business Administrator*
- Honors Thesis - Student must seek approval by the Department Chair
# This is done in collaboration among the undergraduate business advisor, the business faculty honor advisor, honors advisor, and the course instructor. Students must reach out to the course instructor before the start of the semester to agree on an additional project, which may be more creative and/or experience-based than the rest of the coursework. Students will then record the agreement through the Honors Contract agreement form: https://honors.csuohio.edu/current-students/forms-3
* The Business Internship course can be completed twice to satisfy this honors track requirement with the completion of two different approved internship experiences.
- The student would enroll for the first approved internship experience using the internship course associated with the student’s specific BBA major.
- The student would enroll for the second approved internship experience using the College of Business general internship course BUS 490 .
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