Undergraduate Operations Management Concentration



In today’s ‘hyper-competitive’ market, operations managers need to ensure that their businesses run efficiently and effectively. At UT Dallas, the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with a concentration in Operations Management prepares students for such challenges.

Understanding key supply chain principles is crucial to a company’s success, and concentration courses provide students with the skills necessary to oversee operations-management activities and processes. Concentration courses provide appropriate tools and best practices for managing different aspects of operations in terms of forecasting, quality control, capacity planning, project management, inventory control and supply chain management.

Operations Management Concentration Plan

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration may concentrate in operations management by completing the following course requirements. Detailed descriptions of the content of these courses can be found at Undergraduate Catalog.

Major Courses

Guided Electives

Students must take these courses:

  • BA 4366 Introduction to Supply Chain Management
  • BA 4368 Lean and Six Sigma Processes
  • BA 4369 Integrated SCM Information Systems
 Students must take at least four of the following courses:
  • ACCT 3341 Cost Management Systems
  • BA 3372 Export Market Development
  • BA 4321 Database Fundamentals
  • BA 4332 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
  • BA 4338 Sales and Distribution Management
  • BA 4356 Enterprise Resource Planning*
  • BA 4367 Introduction to Project Management*

* Students must select at least one of the following electives: BA 4356 or BA 4367

Supply chain management has earned top of mind awareness among the world’s leading executives within the telecommunications, consumer packed goods, manufacturing, healthcare management, logistics/transportation and information technology industries.

As a business discipline, supply chain management concepts and practices are translating to real job market value. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects demand for management analysts of logistics, purchasing and operations management to increase up to 83 percent by 2018. Contact us to learn more about the Supply Chain Management programs.

Shawn Alborz, PhD
Assistant Dean and Director of OM/SCM Programs


Email
(972) 883-6455
Office – JSOM 3.406

The Fast-Track Program enables undergraduate students enrolled at UT Dallas to begin work on the MS SCM degree before graduation. Qualified seniors may take graduate courses that will both apply toward the Bachelor of Science degree and satisfy requirements for the MS SCM degree.

Even more significant, successful completion of the undergraduate Fast-Track Program while retaining the minimum GPA of 3.30 and completing BA 3360 (or its equivalent) and MATH 1325 calculus requirement provides the opportunity for application and entry into the applicable graduate program in the School of Management without submitting a GMAT or GRE exam score.

Admission to the Fast-Track Program requires that students:

  • Have completed at least 15 hours at UT Dallas
  • Are within 30 hours of graduation
  • Have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.30
  • Have completed all lower-level required courses
  • Have completed BA 3360 or its equivalent and the MATH 1325 calculus requirement

To remain in the Fast-Track Program, a student must maintain an overall undergraduate GPA of at least 3.30. For the Fast-Track courses to satisfy graduate-degree requirements, a student must achieve grades of B or better in graduate coursework. A grade of B- (minus) does not satisfy the graduate requirement.

Details of the programs are available from the Jindal School of Management Advising Office, JSOM 2.250 or call (972) 883-2275.