Minor in Supply Chain Management

The minor in supply chain management (SCM) prepares graduates to pursue careers in the running of a firm’s operations to deliver products and services to customers.

The minor focuses on supply chain management skills that develop timely and effective business operations and enable firms to capitalize on new technologies. In particular, the minor promotes the integration of information technologies that create strong entrepreneurial opportunities for firms.

Supply chain management entails an understanding of how manpower, equipment, and other resources need to be organized for a firm to be successful. The minor highlights the importance of multinational supply chains and logistics that are critical to the success of the UAE given its location as a worldwide trade hub. The role of quality and service delivery in operations is incorporated into the minor since they are vital to the success of firms competing in a global marketplace.

Students applying to this minor should have successfully completed a minimum of 60 credits and be in good academic standing.

The following rules apply:

• The minor consists of a minimum of 18 credits including at least six credits in courses at or above the 300 level in the supply chain management (SCM) discipline, and at least three credits in courses at or above the 300 level in other non-SCM business courses offered by SBA.
• At least nine credits of the 18 required for the minor must be taken in residence at AUS.
• At least six credits of the nine credits at or above the 300 level must be taken in residence at AUS.
• A minimum GPA of 2.00 must be earned in courses completed to satisfy the minor.

Students seeking a minor in supply chain management must successfully complete the following courses or their equivalent. All course prerequisites must be satisfied.

Minor Requirements (nine credits)

• MGT 315 Enterprise Resource Planning
• SCM 310 Management of Supply Chain
• SCM 311 Logistics Management

Minor Electives (minimum of nine credits)

Students must successfully complete a minimum of nine credits in courses selected from the following:

• ACC 360 Accounting Information Systems
• ECO 401 Managerial Economics
• ECO 452 Economic Forecasting
• FIN 430 Financial Forecasting
• MKT 303 E-Commerce
• MKT 307 B2B Marketing and Negotiations
• SCM 320 Quality Management and Service Organizations
• SCM 394/494 approved special topics in supply chain management. Consult the online course catalog or the online class schedule accessible via the AUS student information system to verify course classifications.
• any 300-level or above MIS and/or MGT courses not listed as requirements for the minor