M.S. in Operations Design and Leadership: Curriculum
The MSODL program requires 35 credit hours of course work.
Note: all courses were formerly listed with the prefix ‘MG’; e.g. MG 503 is now OBC 503, MG 504 is now OIE 504, etc. Please see the Graduate Catalog for a full listing of courses.
Required Courses
- MIS 507 Management Information Systems
- OBC 503 Organizational Behavior
- OBC 511 Interpersonal and Leadership Skills for Technological Managers
- OIE 504 Operations Management
- OIE 552 Modeling and Optimizing Processes
Operations Design and Leadership Electives
Students may select 7 electives from the list below, or may choose one of two concentration tracks, Supply Chain Management or Process Design
- BUS 597 Internship
- MIS 571 Database Applications Development
- MIS 573 System Design and Development
- MIS 574 Enterprise Systems
- MIS 576 Project Management
- OBC 531 Managing Organizational Change
- OBC 533 Negotiations
- OIE 513 Designing Processes for Technological Organizations
- OIE 541 Operations Risk Management
- OIE 544 Supply Chain Analysis and Design
- OIE 546 Managing Technological Innovation
- OIE 548 Productivity Management
- OIE 553 Global Purchasing and Logistics
- OIE 554 Global Operations Strategy
- OIE 555 Lean Process Design
- OIE 557 Service Operations Management
- OIE 558 Designing and Managing Six-Sigma Processes
- OIE 598 Independent Study
Supply Chain Management Track
- OIE 541 Operations Risk Management
- OIE 544 Supply Chain Analysis and Design
- OIE 553 Global Purchasing and Logistics
- OIE 555 Lean Process Design
- Plus 3 elective courses (9 credit hours) from the approved list
Process Design Track
- OIE 513 Designing Processes for Technological Organizations
- OIE 541 Operations Risk Management
- OIE 555 Lean Process Design
- OIE 557 Service Operations Management
- OIE 558 Designing and Managing Six-Sigma Processes
- Plus 2 elective courses (6 credit hours) from the approved list
In addition, all students must take a minimum of 2 credits of any graduate management course to complete their program.
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