Operations & Supply Chain Management BSBA

Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 180.0
Co-op Options: Three Co-op (Five years); One Co-op (Four years); No Co-op (Four years)
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 52.0205
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 11-3051

About the Program

The major in Operations and Supply Chain Management is designed to prepare students for work as managers or specialists in the operations of manufacturing or service systems. Companies worldwide are competing in very different ways and very different environments than they were in the past because of technological advances. Operations, supply chain management, and logistics are key functions through which companies can gain strategic advantage, and companies are hiring graduates to drive innovations for their new economic surroundings. In this major, courses drawing on the foundations and the state of the art for both manufacturing and service industries allow students to craft a course of study that can meet the new demands. 

Please Note: No more than 2 courses or 8.0 credits can be counted towards any additional major/minor/co-major or certificate.

Additional Information

For more information about the program, students should contact the Department of Decision Sciences and MIS.

Degree Requirements 

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Degree Requirements
General Education Requirements
CIVC 101Introduction to Civic Engagement1.0
COOP 101Career Management and Professional Development *1.0
ENGL 101Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research3.0
or ENGL 111 English Composition I
ENGL 102Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing3.0
or ENGL 112 English Composition II
ENGL 103Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres3.0
or ENGL 113 English Composition III
MATH 101Introduction to Analysis I4.0
UNIV B101The Drexel Experience1.0
UNIV B201 [WI] Career Management1.0
General Education Electives (Select 18-24 credits):
Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective **6.0-8.0
Humanities & Social Science **6.0-8.0
Natural Science & Technology **6.0-8.0
Business Flexible Requirements ***
INTB 200International Business4.0
MIS 200Management Information Systems4.0
MKTG 201Introduction to Marketing Management4.0
OPM 200Operations Management4.0
STAT 201Introduction to Business Statistics4.0
Business Requirements
ACCT 115Financial Accounting Foundations4.0
ACCT 116Managerial Accounting Foundations4.0
BLAW 201Business Law I4.0
BSAN 160Business Analytics and Data Visualization4.0
BUSN 101Foundations of Business I4.0
BUSN 102Foundations of Business II4.0
BUSN 105Applied Business Analysis3.0
ECON 201Principles of Microeconomics4.0
ECON 202Principles of Macroeconomics4.0
FIN 301Introduction to Finance4.0
MGMT 450Strategy and Competitive Advantage4.0
ORGB 300 [WI] Organizational Behavior4.0
Business Impact Elective4.0
Select a course that has one the following subject codes: (ACCT) Accounting, (BSAN) Business Analytics, (STAT) Business Statistics, (ECON) Economics, (FIN) Finance, (BUSN) General Business, (HRMT) Human Resource Management, (INTB) International Business, (BLAW) Business Law, (MGMT) Management, (MIS) Management Information Systems, (MKTG) Marketing, (OPM) Operations Management, (OPR) Operations Research, (ORGB) Organizational Behavior, (REMD) Real Estate Management & Development, (SMT) Sport Management, or (TAX) Taxation with a course number range of 100-499, including T280, T380, and T480. This course cannot be applied to your major or minor.
Operations and Supply Chain Management Major Requirements
OPM 315Service Operations Management4.0
OPM 324Operations Planning4.0
OPM 341Supply Chain Management4.0
OPR 320Linear Models for Decision Making4.0
Select five (5) of the following:20.0
Designing Innovative Organizations
Technology Management
Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Logistics
Managing Queues for Service Operations
Revenue Management
Operations & Supply Chain Management Industry Project
Advanced Decision Making and Simulation
Decision Models for the Public Sector
Six-Sigma Quality Implementation
Introduction to Data Mining for Business
Introduction to Experimental Design
Free Electives 38.0
Total Credits180.0-186.0
*

Students not participating in co-op will not take COOP 101; 1 credit of Free Elective will be added in place of COOP 101.

Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

**

Please see General Education Electives catalog webpage for an up to date listing of eligible courses.

***

Please note that Business Flexible Requirement courses are all required but can be taken in any order or sequence based on student choice or major. Please consult your academic advisor for additional guidance.  

Writing-Intensive Course Requirements

In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.

A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.

Sample Plan of Study

5 year, 3 co-op (Fall/Winter)

First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BUSN 1014.0BSAN 1604.0ACCT 1154.0VACATION
BUSN 1053.0BUSN 1024.0CIVC 1011.0 
MATH 1014.0COOP 101*1.0ECON 2024.0 
ENGL 101 or 1113.0ECON 2014.0ENGL 103 or 1133.0 
UNIV B1011.0ENGL 102 or 1123.0Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0 
 15 16 16 0
Second Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCEACCT 1164.0BLAW 2014.0
  Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0
  Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective Elective***3.0-4.0Humanities & Social Science Elective***3.0-4.0
  Free Elective3.0Free Elective3.0
 0 0 14-15 14-15
Third Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCEFIN 3014.0OPM 3244.0
  OPM 3154.0Business Flexible Requirement Course4.0
  Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective Elective***3.0-4.0
  Natural Science & Technology Elective***3.0-4.0Free Elective3.0
 0 0 15-16 14-15
Fourth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCEOPM 3414.0OPR 3204.0
  ORGB 3004.0Natural Science & Technology Elective***3.0-4.0
  UNIV B2011.0Free Electives10.0
  Humanities & Social Science Elective***3.0-4.0 
  Required OSCM Major Course4.0 
 0 0 16-17 17-18
Fifth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits 
Business Impact Elective4.0MGMT 4504.0Required OSCM Major Course4.0 
Required OSCM Major Course4.0Required OSCM Major Courses8.0Free Electives10.0 
Free Electives6.0Free Elective3.0  
 14 15 14 
Total Credits 180-186
*

Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

**

Select INTB 200, OPM 200, MIS 200, MKTG 201 or STAT 201. Please note that Business Flexible Requirement courses are all required but can be taken in any order or sequence based on student choice or major. Please consult your academic advisor for additional guidance.  

***

Please see General Education Electives catalog webpage for an up to date listing of eligible courses.

Select a course that has one the following subject codes: (ACCT) Accounting, (BSAN) Business Analytics, (STAT) Business Statistics, (ECON) Economics, (FIN) Finance, (BUSN) General Business, (HRMT) Human Resource Management, (INTB) International Business, (BLAW) Business Law, (MGMT) Management, (MIS) Management Information Systems, (MKTG) Marketing, (OPM) Operations Management, (OPR) Operations Research, (ORGB) Organizational Behavior, (REMD) Real Estate Management & Development, (SMT) Sport Management, or (TAX) Taxation with a course number range of 100-499, including T280, T380, and T480. This course cannot be applied to your major or minor.

4 year, 1 co-op (Fall/Winter)

First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BUSN 1014.0BSAN 1604.0ACCT 1154.0VACATION
BUSN 1053.0BUSN 1024.0CIVC 1011.0 
MATH 1014.0COOP 101*1.0ECON 2024.0 
ENGL 101 or 1113.0ECON 2014.0ENGL 103 or 1133.0 
UNIV B1011.0ENGL 102 or 1123.0Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0 
 15 16 16 0
Second Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
ACCT 1164.0BLAW 2014.0FIN 3014.0OPR 3204.0
Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0OPM 3154.0OPM 3244.0Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0
Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective***3.0-4.0Humanities & Social Science Elective***3.0-4.0Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective Elective***3.0-4.0
Free Elective3.0Free Elective3.0Natural Science & Technology Elective***3.0-4.0Free Elective3.0
 14-15 14-15 15-16 14-15
Third Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
COOP EXPERIENCECOOP EXPERIENCEOPM 3414.0Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0
  ORGB 3004.0Natural Science & Technology Elective***3.0-4.0
  UNIV B2011.0Required OSCM Major Course4.0
  Humanities & Social Science Elective***3.0-4.0Free Electives6.0
  Required OSCM Major Course4.0 
 0 0 16-17 17-18
Fourth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits 
Business Impact Elective4.0MGMT 4504.0Required OSCM Major Course4.0 
Required OSCM Major Course4.0Required OSCM Major Course4.0Free Electives10.0 
Free Electives6.0Free Electives7.0  
 14 15 14 
Total Credits 180-186
*

Co-op cycles may vary. Students are assigned a co-op cycle (fall/winter, spring/summer, summer-only) based on their co-op program (4-year, 5-year) and major.

COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101.

**

Select INTB 200, OPM 200, MIS 200, MKTG 201 or STAT 201. Please note that Business Flexible Requirement courses are all required but can be taken in any order or sequence based on student choice or major. Please consult your academic advisor for additional guidance.  

***

Please see General Education Electives catalog webpage for an up to date listing of eligible courses.

Select a course that has one the following subject codes: (ACCT) Accounting, (BSAN) Business Analytics, (STAT) Business Statistics, (ECON) Economics, (FIN) Finance, (BUSN) General Business, (HRMT) Human Resource Management, (INTB) International Business, (BLAW) Business Law, (MGMT) Management, (MIS) Management Information Systems, (MKTG) Marketing, (OPM) Operations Management, (OPR) Operations Research, (ORGB) Organizational Behavior, (REMD) Real Estate Management & Development, (SMT) Sport Management, or (TAX) Taxation with a course number range of 100-499, including T280, T380, and T480. This course cannot be applied to your major or minor.

4 year, no co-op 

First Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
BUSN 1014.0BSAN 1604.0ACCT 1154.0VACATION
BUSN 1053.0BUSN 1024.0CIVC 1011.0 
MATH 1014.0ECON 2014.0ECON 2024.0 
ENGL 101 or 1113.0ENGL 102 or 1123.0ENGL 103 or 1133.0 
UNIV B1011.0 Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0 
 15 15 16 0
Second Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
ACCT 1164.0BLAW 2014.0FIN 3014.0VACATION
Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0OPM 3154.0OPM 3244.0 
Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective Elective***3.0-4.0Humanities & Social Science Elective***3.0-4.0Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0 
Free Elective3.0Free Elective3.0Natural Science & Technology Elective***3.0-4.0 
 14-15 14-15 15-16 0
Third Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
OPR 3204.0Required OSCM Major Course4.0OPM 3414.0VACATION
Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0Business Flexible Requirement Course**4.0ORGB 3004.0 
Culture, Diversity, & Global Perspective Elective***3.0-4.0Natural Science & Technology Elective***3.0-4.0UNIV B2011.0 
Free Elective3.0Free Electives6.0Humanities & Social Science Elective***3.0-4.0 
  Required OSCM Major Course4.0 
 14-15 17-18 16-17 0
Fourth Year
FallCreditsWinterCreditsSpringCredits 
Business Impact Elective4.0MGMT 4504.0Required OSCM Major Course4.0 
Required OSCM Major Course4.0Required OSCM Major Course4.0Free Electives10.0 
Free Electives7.0Free Electives7.0  
 15 15 14 
Total Credits 180-186
*

Students not participating in co-op will not take COOP 101; 1 credit of Free Elective will be added in place of COOP 101.

**

Select INTB 200, OPM 200, MIS 200, MKTG 201 or STAT 201. Please note that Business Flexible Requirement courses are all required but can be taken in any order or sequence based on student choice or major. Please consult your academic advisor for additional guidance.  

***

Please see General Education Electives catalog webpage for an up to date listing of eligible courses.

Select a course that has one the following subject codes: (ACCT) Accounting, (BSAN) Business Analytics, (STAT) Business Statistics, (ECON) Economics, (FIN) Finance, (BUSN) General Business, (HRMT) Human Resource Management, (INTB) International Business, (BLAW) Business Law, (MGMT) Management, (MIS) Management Information Systems, (MKTG) Marketing, (OPM) Operations Management, (OPR) Operations Research, (ORGB) Organizational Behavior, (REMD) Real Estate Management & Development, (SMT) Sport Management, or (TAX) Taxation with a course number range of 100-499, including T280, T380, and T480. This course cannot be applied to your major or minor.

Co-op/Career Opportunities

All firms have processes, suppliers, and customers, so career opportunities for operations and supply chain professionals exist in every sector of the economy. Services firms in areas such as healthcare, information technology, and event/hospitality management (sports, arts, hotels, and restaurants), need planning, scheduling, and coordination just as much as producers of cars or home appliances! There are also opportunities with local/state/national government, non-profit organizations, consultants, and specialist firms that handle operations and supply chain work outsourced from other firms. See, for example, APICS Careers or SCMTalent for further information about career opportunities and paths.

What Type of Job Skills Will You Gain From an Operations and Supply Chain Management Degree?

An undergraduate operations and supply chain management degree will provide you with the skills you need to achieve your career goals in many industries. An example of the skills this degree provides includes:

  • Planning and control of operations
  • Sustainable supply chain management and logistics
  • Managing queues for service operations
  • Revenue management
  • Decision making and simulation
  • Six-Sigma quality implementation
  • Data mining for business

What Can You Do with a Degree in Operations and Supply Chain Management?

There are a multitude of jobs available to someone with a operations and supply chain management degree in many different career fields.

What is the Average Salary for an Operations and Supply Chain Management Major?

Drexel LeBow 2020 operations and supply chain management graduates earned an average starting salary of $65,000.

Career Growth Opportunities for Operations and Supply Chain Management Majors

According to Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics, 200,000 jobs in supply chain management in the U.S. will go unfilled each year through 2018 due to lack of talent.

Students studying Operations and Supply Chain Management have a wide range of career opportunities in diverse industries. The vast majority do not work in manufacturing. Typical positions include supply chain specialist, supply chain analyst, operations manager, procurement specialist, healthcare operations manager, etc. Students landed in companies in pharmaceutical, retail, logistics, consumer goods, among many other industries.

Common Job Titles for Operations and Supply Chain Management Graduates

  • Logistics Manager
  • Operations Team Leader/Operations Manager/Operations Analyst
  • Procurement Specialist/Buyer/Purchasing Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Supply Chain Specialist/Manager/Analyst

Co-Op Landings

  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • PJM

Job Landings

Graduates of the Operations and Supply Chain Management program found jobs at the following companies:

  • Amazon
  • Aramark
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Comcast
  • Estee Lauder
  • L’Oreal
  • PJM
  • SAP
  • SPS Technologies
  • UPS

Professional Organizations

Management orientation with non-academic continuing education opportunities:

  • APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society)
  • CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals)
  • ISM (Institute for Supply Management)

Academic and industry research orientation:

  • INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences)
  • POMS (Production and Operations Management Society)

Continuing Education Opportunities

The management-oriented organizations listed above offer certifications for specialization on topics within operations and supply chain management. These certifications are well-regarded complements to an academic degree and can facilitate career advancement. Operations and supply chain management professional frequently also pursue Six Sigma training: see, for example, IASSC or ASQ.

Students who want to develop advanced skills may consider graduate studies. Drexel offers the MS in Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Doctoral studies can lead to a career working on the most challenging technical problems, such as routing UPS trucks or coordinating production levels across a global corporation.

Additional Information

Visit the Drexel Steinbright Career Development Center page for more detailed information on co-op and post-graduate opportunities. Also visit the Career Guides provided by the Steinbright Career Development Center.

Facilities

The 12-story, 177,500-square-foot home for LeBow College of Business is located at the heart of the Drexel University campus, at the intersection of Woodland Walk and Market Street, where it forms a gateway to Drexel and a backdrop to the historic statue of A. J. Drexel (Moses Ezekiel, 1904). The diagonal massing of the lower floors follows Woodland Walk and combines with the new Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (Diamond & Schmitt, 2011) to energize the University’s central quadrangle. The building’s tower will mark the LeBow College and Drexel campus from all directions while the open, glassy Market Street façade will showcase the College’s student activities to passersby.

The building’s organization unites the school’s various constituencies around a five-story-high atrium ringed by classrooms, student lounges, events spaces, and offices. The atrium is immediately accessible from main entrances at the three corners of the building. An open stair within the atrium leads to a 300-seat auditorium and 100-seat lecture hall one floor below and to a divisible multipurpose room and additional classrooms above. The building’s upper floors contain faculty offices interspersed with seminar rooms and group study rooms. The top floor houses the Dean’s suite and a boardroom and conference suite that opens to east- and west-facing terraces.

The building’s warm masonry and glass exterior reflects the emerging vocabulary of the next generation of Drexel buildings. Sophisticated solar shading devices allow maximum transparency between the inside and outside while supporting the building’s high environmental aspirations.

Key Building Features

  • Five-story atrium
  • Finance trading lab with Bloomberg Terminal Room
  • 300-seat auditorium
  • 160-seat event space
  • 100-seat lecture hall
  • 45-seat seminar rooms
  • 44-seat computer classrooms
  • 60-seat classrooms
  • Executive MBA classroom
  • 24-seat classrooms
  • Special areas for experiential learning simulations and business consulting
  • Videoconferencing capabilities
  • Integrated teaching technology in all classrooms
  • Recording studio to support LeBow College’s online programs
  • Extensive areas for students to gather socially and for collaborative study, including student collaboration rooms, two quiet study areas, and 3,500 square feet of student social space
  • EMBA Alumni Lounge for the exclusive use of EMBA alumni
  • Behavioral Studies Lab
  • Starbucks
  • Green Globe certifiable, meeting worldwide sustainability standards

Gerri C. LeBow Hall brings together faculty, students, and staff in a state-of-the-art building on the University City campus. Please visit the LeBow College of Business webpage, the Behavioral Lab webpage, and the Finance Trading Lab webpage to learn more about Gerri C. LeBow Hall.

Supply Chain Management Faculty

Edward Arnheiter, PhD (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Clinical Professor. Lean Six Sigma, quality implementation, quality management, statistical quality control, supply chain management
Avijit Banerjee, PhD (The Ohio State University) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Professor. Interface with marketing, pricing revenue management, inventory control, operations planning and scheduling, production planning and control, supply chain management
Hande Benson, PhD (Princeton University) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Professor. Interior-point methods, large scale optimization, mathematical programming, nonlinear optimization, operations and supply chain optimization, optimization software, portfolio optimization
Anna Devlin, PhD (University of Maryland, College Park). Associate Clinical Professor. Department of Decision Sciences & MIS. Behavioral operations management, contracts and incentives.
Christopher Gaffney, PhD (Rutgers University, New Brunswick) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Associate Clinical Professor. Applied probability, decision theory, risk analysis
Seung-Lae Kim, PhD (Penn State University) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Professor. Lean production systems, production capacity and flexibility, theory/philosophy of Operations Management.
Jinwook Lee, PhD (Rutgers University, New Brunswick) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Assistant Professor. Decision models, mathematical programming, risk assessment stochastic optimization, stochastic processes.
Benjamin Lev, PhD (Case Western Reserve University) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Professor. Inventory theory, scheduling, queueing theory, optimization.
Fariborz Y. Partovi, PhD (The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Professor. Manufacturing technology development, quality implementation, quality management, service management, Six-Sigma
Matthew Reindorp, PhD (University of Maryland College Park) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Associate Clinical Professor. Real options, simulation, stochastic processes, simulation.
Wenjing Shen, PhD (University of Michigan) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Associate Professor. Supply chain management, interface marketing, pricing and revenue management.
Min Wang, PhD (Columbia University) Department of Decision Sciences and MIS. Associate Clinical Professor. Healthcare operations management, inventory control, production planning and control, service management, supply chain management
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