Operations Management Concentration - Business Administration B.S.

View information for the Department of Management, Operations, and Marketing .

Associate Professors: Zhou, Xu
Assistant Professors: Li

Office: Demergasso-Bava Hall 223
Phone: (209) 667-3507

The concentration in Operations Management is available to students earning the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration .

Majoring in Operations Management provides exciting, rewarding, and challenging career opportunities in a wide variety of organizations. Businesses are increasingly placing a stronger emphasis on Lean Manufacturing, and Supply Chain Management, resulting in an increased demand for OM graduates, as well as higher starting salaries.

Click here to view Learning Objectives for the Business Administration B.S. and its concentrations.

View the degree program Roadmap, which provide recommended advising maps to complete the degree program. Please consult your academic advisor as you develop your academic plan.

The Major

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements.

A student must comply with all University regulations and satisfy the following requirements:

Units and Residency (minimum of 120 units: 40 units of upper division coursework and 30 semester units at Stanislaus State. At least 24 of these 30 units must be earned in upper-division courses, at least 12 must be in the major, and at least 9 must be applicable to General Education-Breadth requirements)
Grade Point Average (minimum grade point average of 2.0 (C) or better)
General Education (minimum of 49 units)
Upper Division Writing Proficiency (minimum of 3 units)
- Writing Proficiency (WP) Course (may double count in the major)
United States Constitution and California State and Local Government (minimum of 3 units)
Multicultural Requirement (minimum of 3 units) (may double count with General Education requirements or in the major)

Subsequently all students must submit an application for graduation and receive approval from the major advisor, department chair, and Director of Academic Advising. For more information see the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements .

2. Complete the following prerequisites with a letter grade of C- or better in each course:

(27 units)

ACC 2110 - Financial Accounting 3 unit(s)
ACC 2130 - Managerial Accounting 3 unit(s)
CIS 2000 - Introduction to Business Computer Systems 3 unit(s)
BLW 2060 - Law, Environment and Ethics 3 unit(s)
BUS 2090 - Ethics and Social Responsibility for Businesses and Businesspeople 3 unit(s)
ECON 2500 - Principles of Macro Economics 3 unit(s)
ECON 2510 - Principles of Micro Economics 3 unit(s)
MATH 1500 - Finite Mathematics 3 unit(s) or
MATH 1410 - Calculus I
or
MATH 1552 Finite Mathematics and Business Statistics II
MATH 1610 - Statistics for Decision Making 3 unit(s) or
MATH 1600 Statistics
or
MATH 1553 Finite Mathematics and Business Statistics III

3. Complete the Writing Proficiency Requirement:

(3 units)

BUS 3100 - Business Technical Writing Communication (WP) 3 unit(s)
ENGL 3007 - Business Writing (WP) 3 unit(s)

4. Complete a minimum 26 units of coursework in the business administration core with a letter grade of C- or better in each course:

(26 units minimum)

BUS 4901 - Business Professionalism 1 unit(s)
CIS 3700 - Information Technology for Management 3 unit(s)
FIN 3220 - Business Finance 3 unit(s)
FIN 3225 - Financial Statement Analysis 1 unit(s) or ACC 3110 - Intermediate Accounting I
MGT 3310 - Management Theory and Practice 3 unit(s)
MGT 3400 - International Business 3 unit(s)
MGT 4900 - Business Policy 3 unit(s)
MKT 3410 - Principles of Marketing 3 unit(s)
OM 3010 - Operations Management 3 unit(s)
OM 3020 - Management Science 3 unit(s)

5. Complete a concentration.

The Concentration

(15-16 units)

1. Complete the following courses:

(12 units)

OM 4530 - Materials and Inventory Management 3 unit(s)
OM 4570 - Quality and Productivity Management 3 unit(s)
OM 4580 - Supply Chain Management 3 unit(s)
OM 4600 - Lean Operations Strategies 3 unit(s)

2. Complete one of the following courses as approved by the major adviser:

(3-4 units)

COMM 3110 - Organizational Communication 3 unit(s)
MGT 4340 - Executive Leadership 3 unit(s)
MGT 4620 - Seminar in Labor Management Relations 3 unit(s)
MKT 4450 - Channel Institution and Retail Management 4 unit(s)
OM 4560 - Management of Technology 3 unit(s)
OM 4590 - Global Operations Strategies 3 unit(s)
OM 4890 - Business Forecasting and Planning 3 unit(s)

Note:

All courses in the Operations Management concentration, including the Business Administration prerequisites and core, must be completed with a letter grade of C– or better.