Operations & Supply Chain Management
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.
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 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
COM 270 [WI] | Business Communication | 3.0 |
COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development * | 1.0 |
ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
MATH 101 | Introduction to Analysis I | 4.0 |
MATH 102 | Introduction to Analysis II | 4.0 |
PHIL 105 | Critical Reasoning | 3.0 |
PSY 101 | General Psychology I | 3.0 |
UNIV B101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
UNIV B201 [WI] | Career Management | 1.0 |
English literature elective ENGL 200 through ENGL 399 | 3.0 | |
Fine Arts elective | 3.0 | |
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Architecture (ARCH), Art History (ARTH), Dance (DANC), Film Studies (FMST), Interior Design (INTR), Music (MUSC), Photography (PHTO), Visual Studies (VSST), Screenwriting & Playwriting (SCRP),Theatre (THTR) | ||
History (HIST) elective | 4.0 | |
Select two of the following: | 6.0 | |
Applied Cells, Genetics & Physiology | ||
or BIO 101 | Applied Biological Diversity, Ecology & Evolution | |
Applied Chemistry | ||
Applied Physics | ||
or PHYS 170 | Electricity and Motion | |
or PHYS 175 | Light and Sound | |
General Education Electives | 12.0 | |
Students select (12.0 credits) general education electives, with a minimum of one course in each of the following four categories. | ||
Diversity & Multicultural | ||
Society and Culture | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Communications (COM), English (ENGL), Fine Arts (ARCH, ARTH, DANC, DIGM, FMVD, SCRP, FMST, INTR, MUSC, PHTO, THTR, WBDV, VSST), Global Studies (GST), Language (LANG) or Philosophy (PHIL) | ||
Social Science | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Anthropology (ANTH), Criminology and Justice Studies (CJS), History (HIST), Sociology (SOC), Political Science (PSCI), Psychology (PSY) | ||
Science | ||
Courses with the following subjects and course range from 100-499. Computer Science (CS), Information Systems (INFO), Science, Technology and Society (SCTS) | ||
Business Requirements | ||
ACCT 115 | Financial Accounting Foundations | 4.0 |
ACCT 116 | Managerial Accounting Foundations | 4.0 |
BLAW 201 | Business Law I | 4.0 |
BSAN 160 | Business Analytics and Data Visualization | 4.0 |
BUSN 101 | Foundations of Business I | 4.0 |
BUSN 102 | Foundations of Business II | 4.0 |
ECON 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.0 |
ECON 202 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4.0 |
FIN 301 | Introduction to Finance | 4.0 |
INTB 200 | International Business | 4.0 |
MGMT 450 | Strategy and Competitive Advantage | 4.0 |
MIS 200 | Management Information Systems | 4.0 |
MKTG 201 | Introduction to Marketing Management | 4.0 |
OPM 200 | Operations Management | 4.0 |
ORGB 300 [WI] | Organizational Behavior | 4.0 |
STAT 201 | Introduction to Business Statistics | 4.0 |
Select one of the following: | 4.0 | |
Introduction to Entrepreneurship | ||
For-Profit Business Consulting | ||
Nonprofit Business Consulting | ||
Startup Business Consulting | ||
International Business Consulting | ||
Negotiations and Conflict Resolution | ||
Sport Business Consulting | ||
Business Statistics II | ||
Operations and Supply Chain Management Major Requirements | ||
OPM 315 | Service Operations Management | 4.0 |
OPM 324 | Operations Planning | 4.0 |
OPM 341 | Supply Chain Management | 4.0 |
OPR 320 | Linear Models for Decision Making | 4.0 |
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 | 18.0 | |
Total Credits | 180.0 |
- *
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.
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 | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
MATH 101 | 4.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
UNIV B101 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | General Education elective | 3.0 | ||
MATH 102 | 4.0 | ||||||
16 | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ACCT 116 | 4.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | ||
STAT 201 | 4.0 | COM 270 | 3.0 | ||||
History Elective | 4.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | ||||
Select one of the following: | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||
0 | 0 | 15 | 14 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | MIS 200 | 4.0 | FIN 301 | 4.0 | ||
MKTG 201 | 4.0 | ORGB 300 | 4.0 | ||||
OPM 200 | 4.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | ||||
ENGL 200 - ENGL 399 Course | 3.0 | General Education elective | 3.0 | ||||
0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | ||||
Fourth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | OPM 324 | 4.0 | OPM 315 | 4.0 | ||
OPR 320 | 4.0 | Free Electives | 4.0 | ||||
PHIL 105 | 3.0 | General Education elective | 3.0 | ||||
Free Elective | 4.0 | Operations & Supply Chain Management Elective | 4.0 | ||||
0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | ||||
Fifth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | OPM 341 | 4.0 | ||
Free Elective | 3.0 | Operations & Supply Chain Management Electives | 8.0 | Fine Arts Elective | 3.0 | ||
General Education elective | 3.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | ||||
Operations & Supply Chain Management Elective | 4.0 | Operations & Supply Chain Management Elective | 4.0 | ||||
Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ||||||
14 | 12 | 15 | |||||
Total Credits 180 |
- *
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.
4 year, 1 co-op (Fall/Winter)
First Year | |||||||
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Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | COOP 101* | 1.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
MATH 101 | 4.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
UNIV B101 | 1.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | General Education Elective | 3.0 | ||
MATH 102 | 4.0 | ||||||
16 | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ACCT 116 | 4.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | MIS 200 | 4.0 | FIN 301 | 4.0 |
STAT 201 | 4.0 | COM 270 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | ORGB 300 | 4.0 |
History Elective | 4.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | OPM 200 | 4.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 |
Select one of the following: | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ENGL 200 - ENGL 399 Course | 3.0 | General Education Elective | 3.0 |
15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | OPM 324 | 4.0 | OPM 315 | 4.0 | ||
OPR 320 | 4.0 | Free Electives | 4.0 | ||||
PHIL 105 | 3.0 | General Education Elective | 3.0 | ||||
Free Elective | 4.0 | Operations & Supply Chain Management Elective | 4.0 | ||||
0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | ||||
Fourth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | OPM 341 | 4.0 | ||
Free Elective | 3.0 | Operations & Supply Chain Management Electives | 8.0 | Fine Arts Elective | 3.0 | ||
General Education Elective | 3.0 | Free Elective | 3.0 | ||||
Operations & Supply Chain Management Elective | 4.0 | Operations & Supply Chain Management Elective | 4.0 | ||||
Select one of the following: | 4.0 | ||||||
15 | 12 | 14 | |||||
Total Credits 180 |
- *
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.
4 year, no co-op
First Year | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
BUSN 101 | 4.0 | BUSN 102 | 4.0 | ACCT 115 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ECON 201 | 4.0 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | BSAN 160 | 4.0 | ||
ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | ECON 202 | 4.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
MATH 101 | 4.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | PSY 101 | 3.0 | ||
UNIV B101 | 1.0 | MATH 102 | 4.0 | General Education Elective | 3.0 | ||
16 | 16 | 17 | 0 | ||||
Second Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
ACCT 116 | 4.0 | BLAW 201 | 4.0 | MIS 200 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
STAT 201 | 4.0 | COM 270 | 3.0 | MKTG 201 | 4.0 | ||
History Elective | 4.0 | INTB 200 | 4.0 | OPM 200 | 4.0 | ||
Select one of the following: | 3.0 | Select one of the following: | 3.0 | ENGL 200 - ENGL 399 course | 3.0 | ||
15 | 14 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Third Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
FIN 301 | 4.0 | OPM 324 | 4.0 | OPM 315 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
ORGB 300 | 4.0 | OPR 320 | 4.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | ||
Free Elective | 4.0 | PHIL 105 | 3.0 | General Education Elective | 3.0 | ||
General Education Elective | 3.0 | Free Elective | 4.0 | Operations & Supply Chain Management Elective | 4.0 | ||
15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||||
Fourth Year | |||||||
Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
UNIV B201 | 1.0 | MGMT 450 | 4.0 | OPM 341 | 4.0 | ||
Free elective | 3.0 | Operations & Supply Chain Management Electives | 8.0 | Fine Arts Elective | 3.0 | ||
Operations & Supply Chain Management Electives | 8.0 | Free elective* | 4.0 | ||||
Select one of the following: | 4.0 | General Education Elective | 3.0 | ||||
16 | 12 | 14 | |||||
Total Credits 180 |
Co-op/Career Opportunities
Operations Management 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.