The minor in Operations and Supply Chain Management enables students to enhance their understanding of how businesses operate and how they interconnect with suppliers and customers. This understanding prepares students for more career opportunities in the modern business world.
Course Requirements (12 semester hours):
BUS 1950
Business Software Applications. (3 credits)
BUS 2810
Business Statistics I. (3 credits)
BUS 3950
Operations and Supply Chain Management. (3 credits)
OSC 4810
Supply Chain and Logistics Management. (3 credits)
Plus two courses (6 semester hours) selected from the following courses, with at least one course (3 semester hours) having the OSC prefix:
OSC Electives
OSC 3430
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. (3 credits)
OSC 3800
Spreadsheet Modeling and Analysis for Management Decision Making. (3 credits)
OSC 4340
Strategic Quality Management. (3 credits)
OSC 4700
Special Topics in Operations and Supply Chain Management. (3 credits)
OSC 4820
Business Analytics and Data Mining. (3 credits)
OSC 4850
Project Management. (3 credits)
Non-OSC Electives
ACC 3300
Management and Cost Accounting. (3 credits)
BUS 3500
Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence for Business. (3 credits)
EGT 4753
Lean Manufacturing. (3 credits)
EGT 4803
Plant Layout and Material Handling. (3 credits)
EGT 4843
Statistical Quality and Reliability. (3 credits)
MAR 3490
Business-to-Business Marketing. (3 credits)
MGT 4700
Special Topics in Management. (3 credits)
BAIS 3505
Advanced Microcomputer Applications and Development. (3 credits)
BAIS 4600
Special Topics in Business Analytics & Information Systems. (1 to 3 credits)
BAIS 4770
Database and Data Management. (3 credits)
Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
