Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management has become increasingly significant as firms strategically compete in the global marketplace. You will be prepared for careers in the areas of sourcing, operations and logistics.
Supply Chain Management Program Overview
Do you want to be a part of the exciting and rapidly evolving field of supply chain management? Do you want to choose a career from a variety of unique areas that will challenge and motivate you?
Supply chain management has become increasingly significant as firms strategically compete in the global marketplace. ECU students with a BSBA in supply chain management have gone on to successful and high-paying careers. With a focus on the efficient movement of goods and services, supply chain management is a dynamic field of business that requires strategic thinking and strong interpersonal and analytical skills.
The BSBA in supply chain management at ECU provides students with the knowledge needed to coordinate procurement, direct advanced logistics networks, optimize inventory systems, and manage complex global supply chains to ensure the uninterrupted flow of products and services from suppliers to customers.
ECU graduates are working in the industry with careers in logistics management, operations planning, procurement, distribution, inventory control, transportation management, supply chain analysis, and global supply chain coordination.
ECU Advantage
More students are enrolled in the ECU College of Business than in any other business school in the state. As a student in the College of Business, you’ll benefit from a professional college that has been continuously accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB), the premier accrediting agency of collegiate business schools worldwide, since 1967 (we are one of only two institutions in North Carolina—and 120 worldwide—that have been continuously accredited by the AACSB since 1967 or before.)
For the sixth straight year, the College of Business at East Carolina University has again earned top marks, ranking among the best U.S. business schools according to the Princeton Review.
We also offer a strong curriculum that prepares today’s students to become tomorrow’s leaders; solid preparation in valuable 21st-century skills, including leadership skills, communications skills, and professionalism; a personalized network of support in a close-knit, caring community; diverse and talented full-time faculty with real-world experience in their fields of expertise; and small class sizes coupled with flexible class schedules and a variety of online options.
The College of Business offers a unique Living Learning Community option for first-year and sophomore students as well as a Business Scholars Award—a renewable four-year merit scholarship awarded to outstanding incoming students who are pursuing a BSBA.
What You Will Study
Program Coordinator: John Kros (3121 Bate Building; 252-328-6364; krosj@ecu.edu)
The Supply Chain Management, BSBA develops business professionals who efficiently and effectively manage supply chain activities and resources to maximize customer value and achieve competitive advantage. The Supply Chain Management, BSBA focuses on sourcing of supply, management of materials and operations, and origin-to-destination logistics of products and services. Supply chain management also involves the study of global supply chain strategy and relationship management among members of a supply chain. Graduates pursue career choices in purchasing, inventory, materials management, operations, quality, project management, logistics, supply chain analytics, and global supply chain management.
The degree requires a minimum of 120 s.h. as follows:
Core Requirements:
IV. Concentration - 18 s.h.
Operations and supply chain management:
- OMGT 4743 - Purchasing and Materials Management
- OMGT 4753 - Strategic Logistics Management
- OMGT 4763 - Strategic Supply Chain Management
Choose 9 s.h. from:
- MKTG 3872 - Persuading Decision Makers
- MKTG 4532 - Business and Organizational Marketing
- MKTG 4682 - Marketing Intelligence
- MKTG 4790 - Distribution Management
- OMGT 4383 - Supply Chain Analytics
- OMGT 4493 - Quality Management
- OMGT 4733 - Project Management
- OMGT 4863 - Topics in Operations Management
Note:
Minimum of 3 s.h. must come from OMGT 4493 or OMGT 4733.
Shared BSBA Cores:
l. General education requirements including those listed below - 40 s.h.
(For information about courses that carry general education credit view the General Education Program section.)
- COMM 2020 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication OR
- COMM 2410 - Public Speaking
- ECON 2113 - Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 2133 - Principles of Macroeconomics
- MATH 1065 - College Algebra OR
- any higher approved general education mathematics course
- PHIL 1175 - Introduction to Ethics OR
- PHIL 2274 - Business Ethics OR
- PHIL 2275 - Professional Ethics
Choose 3 s.h. from:
- PSYC 1000 - Introductory Psychology
- SOCI 2110 - Introduction to Sociology
II. Cognates - 3 s.h.
(MATH 2228 or MATH 2283 count toward the general education elective requirement for this degree. Semester hours earned for one of these courses is not included in the 3 s.h. cognate requirement.)
- ENGL 3880 - Writing for Business and Industry
- MATH 2228 - Elementary Statistical Methods I OR
- MATH 2283 - Statistics for Business
III. Business core - 36 s.h.
- ACCT 2401 - Financial Accounting
- ACCT 2521 - Managerial Accounting
- FINA 2244 - Legal Environment of Business
- FINA 3724 - Financial Management
- MGMT 3202 - Fundamentals of Management
- MGMT 4842 - Strategic Management
- MIS 2223 - Introduction to Computers
- MIS 3063 - Introduction to Management Information Systems
- MKTG 3832 - Marketing Management
- OMGT 3123 - Operations and Supply Chain Management
- OMGT 3223 - Business Decision Modeling
Choose one international perspectives course from:
- ACCT 4451 - International Accounting
- FINA 4454 - International Finance
- MGMT 3352 - International Business
- MGMT 3552 - Global Perspectives in Business
- MKTG 3852 - Cultural Environment of International Business
- MKTG 4992 - International Marketing
V. Leadership and professional development - 9 s.h.
- BUSI 1200 - Strategy First
- BUSI 2200 - Experiential Leadership: Teams in Action
- BUSI 3200 - Professional Development and Ethical Leadership
- BUSI 4200 - Leadership Capstone
- Leadership and Professional Development Portfolio must be completed prior to graduation.
VI. General electives to complete requirements for graduation.
For more information about this degree visit the university's academic catalogs.
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