Program Overview

Naveen Jindal School of Management

The Naveen Jindal School of Management offers a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management degree program.

Master of Science in Supply Chain Management

The Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MS SCM) is a minimum 36 semester credit hours STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) degree program that explores the key issues associated with the design and management of industrial supply chains, including methods for improving supply chain operations by lowering costs and improving quality.

Faculty

The faculty for the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management program includes:

• Professors:
  • Alain Bensoussan
  • Metín Çakanyildirim
  • Huseyin Cavusoglu
  • Milind Dawande
  • Dorothée Honhon
  • Ganesh Janakiraman
  • Elena Katok
  • Özalp Özer
  • Suresh P. Sethi
  • Kathryn E. Stecke
• Associate Professor:
  • Mehmet Ayvaci
  • Bin Hu
  • Anyan Qi
  • Serdar Simsek
  • Shouqiang Wang
• Assistant Professors:
  • Soraya Fatehi
  • Andrew Frazelle
  • Ignacio Rios Uribe
  • Ashwin Venkataraman
  • Guihua Wang
• Professor Emeritus:
  • John J. Wiorkowski
• Clinical Professors:
  • William Hefley
  • Sonia Leach
  • Divakar Rajamani
  • Kannan Ramanathan
  • Mark Thouin
• Clinical Associate Professors:
  • Shawn Alborz
  • Avanti P. Sethi
  • Ramesh Subramoniam
  • Aysegul Toptal
  • David Widdifield
• Clinical Assistant Professors:
  • Athena Alimirzaei
  • Jason Parker
• Professor of Instruction:
  • Luell (Lou) Thompson
• Associate Professors of Instruction:
  • Judd Bradbury
  • Monica E. Brussolo
  • Mohammad Naseri Taheri
• Assistant Professors of Instruction:
  • Negin Enayaty Ahangar
  • Rasoul Ramezani
• Associate Professor of Practice:
  • David Parks
• Assistant Professor of Practice:
  • Khatereh Ahadi

Degree Requirements

To apply for this degree program, an undergraduate degree is required (all majors are considered). Students must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) in both core courses and in all graduate courses taken in the degree program, excluding program prerequisites to qualify for the MS degree.

Prerequisites

Students pursuing the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management degree program are required to complete one semester credit hour of MAS 6102 Professional Development course (except executive education students). In addition, knowledge of calculus is required and students who have not completed an undergraduate calculus course may satisfy the prerequisite by completing OPRE 6303 Quantitative Foundations of Business.

Course Requirements

• Core Courses: 18 semester credit hours
  • OPRE 6301 Statistics and Data Analysis
  • OPRE 6302 Operations Management
  • OPRE 6366 Global Supply Chain Management
  • OPRE 6370 Global Logistics and Transportation
  • OPRE 6371 Purchasing, Sourcing and Contract Management
  • And choose one course from the following courses:
    • ACCT 6305 Accounting for Managers
    • FIN 6301 Financial Management
• Elective Courses: 18 semester credit hours
  • Students may choose any master's level course with the OPRE prefix, excluding OPRE core courses, or any course listed below.
  • OPRE 6009 Supply Chain Management Internship (required elective)
  • OPRE 6304 Operations Analytics
  • OPRE 6305 Business Analytics with R
  • OPRE 6325 Healthcare Operations Management
  • OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
  • OPRE 6334 Advanced Business Analytics with SAS
  • OPRE 6335 Risk and Decision Analysis
  • OPRE 6340 Flexible Manufacturing Strategies
  • OPRE 6341 Retail Operations
  • OPRE 6354 Quality Improvement in Healthcare: Six Sigma and Beyond
  • OPRE 6355 Deal Making Strategies
  • OPRE 6359 Advanced Statistics for Data Science
  • OPRE 6362 Project Management in Engineering and Operations
  • OPRE 6363 Inventory Control
  • OPRE 6367 Capstone Projects in Supply Chain Management
  • OPRE 6368 Industrial Applications in Supply Chains
  • OPRE 6369 Supply Chain Software with SAP
  • OPRE 6377 Demand and Revenue Analytics
  • OPRE 6378 Supply Chain Strategy
  • OPRE 6379 Product Lifecycle Management
  • OPRE 6382 Supply Chain Trade Compliance
  • OPRE 6388 Engineering Packaged Goods Distribution
  • OPRE 6389 Managing Energy: Risk, Investment, Technology (MERIT)
  • OPRE 6393 Database Foundations
  • OPRE 6394 Technology and New Product Development
  • OPRE 6398 Prescriptive Analytics
  • OPRE 6399 Business Analytics with SAS
  • OPRE 6V98 Supply Chain Management Internship
  • OPRE 6V99 Special Topics in Operations Research

Supply Chain Management Tracks

The MS SCM degree program offers students with opportunities to focus in a specific track or combination (optional) to obtain an in-depth knowledge in a specific business area depending on their interests.

• Analytics track is recommended for students interested in managing and analyzing large-scale data and developing organizational strategies.
  • OPRE 6304 Operations Analytics
  • OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
  • OPRE 6398 Prescriptive Analytics
• Retail track is recommended for students interested in managing retail operations, understanding demand and pricing and customer relationships.
  • OPRE 6341 Retail Operations
  • OPRE 6355 Deal Making Strategies
  • OPRE 6377 Demand and Revenue Analytics
• Risk track is recommended for students interested in understanding uncertainty, decision making in risky environment and budgeting and scheduling projects.
  • OPRE 6335 Risk and Decision Analysis
  • OPRE 6362 Project Management in Engineering and Operations
  • OPRE 6389 Managing Energy: Risk, Investment, Technology (MERIT)
• Strategy track is recommended for students interested in business strategy, product development and quality.
  • OPRE 6340 Flexible Manufacturing Strategies
  • OPRE 6364 Lean Six Sigma
  • OPRE 6378 Supply Chain Strategy
  • OPRE 6379 Product Lifecycle Management