Business Administration, Operations Management, B.S.

Operations management is about getting things done effectively and efficiently in organizations. All organizations have an operations function. Operations managers work in managing manufacturing processes or managing the delivery of a service to a customer. An Operations Management major provides a strong managerial and technical education to students interested in the field including manufacturing planning and control, supply-chain, service, project, process and quality management.

Specific offerings for each semester may be found in the Schedule of Classes.

Requirements for the major in Business Administration, Operations Management, B.S.

Students seeking the Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Management must complete a minimum of 120 credits including the following requirements:

General Education requirements

In order to graduate on-schedule without taking additional courses, it is highly recommended that students meet with an Undergraduate Academic Adviser concerning the selection of all of their general education courses.

Each candidate for an Oakland University baccalaureate will need to satisfactorily complete approved courses in each of the following areas: Foundation, Exploration, Integration, Writing, U.S. Diversity, and Capstone. For details, refer to the General Education Requirements section of the catalog.

Business Pre-Core required courses

*If a student places into and completes MTH 1222 or MTH 1554 with the required minimum grade, MTH 1221 or MTH 1441 or MTH 1331 is not required.

Business Core required courses

ECN 3030 - Managerial Economics (3)
FIN 3220 - Managerial Finance I (3)
MGT 3500 - Legal Environment of Business (3)
MGT 4350 - Management Strategies and Policies (3)
MIS 3000 - Management Information Systems (3)
MKT 3020 - Marketing (3)
ORG 3300 - Introduction to Organizational Behavior (3)
ORG 3310 - Introduction to the Management of Human Resources (3)
POM 3430 - Operations Management (3)
WRT 3082 - Business Writing (4) or ENG 3110 - Advanced Critical Writing (4)

Operations Management required course

POM 3990 - ACHIEVE III - Operations Management (0)

Complete Six Operations Management elective courses

ACC 4003 - Managerial and Cost Accounting II (3)
POM 4350 - Management of Service Operations (3)
POM 4400 - Process Management (3)
POM 4410 - Operations Analytics (3)
POM 4420 - Supply Chain Management (3)
POM 4430 - Operations Planning and Control (3)
POM 4470 - Procurement and Global Sourcing (3)
POM 4480 - Project Management (3)
POM 4600 - Lean Kaizen in Organizations (3)
QMM 4400 - Management Science (3)
QMM 4520 - Forecasting (3)

Additional requirements

Students must complete the core program and the requirements of one of the business majors in the SBA with a minimum grade of C in each of the pre-core, core and major courses. Once admitted to the business program as a pre-business or undecided business student or major, a student must complete all of the remaining business core, major and business minor coursework for the degree at Oakland University.

Students must complete at least 31 credits of courses offered by the School of Business Administration, excluding ECN 1500, ECN 2000 or ECN 2020, ECN 2010, ECN 2100 and QMM 2400 and QMM 2410. Of these 31 credits, at least 12 credits must be in the student’s major.

Students earning an additional major are permitted to do so in all areas except general management. No more than four credits of independent study (4996) courses may be used to meet the major elective requirement. Courses numbered 3800 and 4900 may be repeated for up to eight credits provided the topics are different. All major courses require a 2.6 GPA or better or major standing to take these courses (excludes Economics and non-SBA major courses).