200 purchasing, inventory management, production planning and control, quality management, transportation, and distribution management. The growing recognition by industry of the value of more effective and dficient management of the supply chain has intensified demand for persons with formal education in this area. Weber State has enjoyed considerable success in placing supply chain management graduates in a wide variety of employment opportunities with above-average salaries with such firms as Ford Motor Company, Kimberly Clark, Emerson Eledric, TRW, Wal-Mart, J.C. Penny, Emery Worldwide, and Autoliv. We are also noting that career paths to senior executive positions in large corporations are increasingly mandating education or experience in operations and logistics. Professional logistics associations make three scholarships available each year exclusively to supply chain management majors at Weber State University. Business Administration: Supply Chain Management Emphasis bachelors degree (bs or ba) » Program Prerequisites: Most business and economics courses with numbers above 3000 require formal admission to the John B. Goddard School of Business Sc Economics and completion of ACTG 2010, ECON SS2010, ECON SS2020,1ST TE2010, and QUAN SI2600. These five courses are referred to collectively as "Business Foundations." (Refer to the John B. Goddard School of Business Sc Economics Requirements on pages 180-183.) » Minor: Not required. » Grade Requirements: Candidates for the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees must complete all prerequisite and required business and economics courses with a grade of "C-" or higher. In addition, the cumulative Business Foundations GPA, the overall business and economics GPA, and the overall university GPA must be 2.5 or higher. » Credit Hour Requirements: A total of 120 credit hours is required for graduation - 60-61 of these are School requirements, 30 are required within the major, and the balance should be taken outside of the major. The required 40 upper-division credit hours (courses numbered 3000 and above) are included in the School and major requirements. Academic Advisement Advisement is strongly encouraged for all GSBE majors and minors. See more information on available advising resources on page 182. Admission Requirements Acceptance to the John B. Goddard School of Business Sc Economics is required for all business majors, minors, and certificates. Students may obtain an application for admissions from the GSBE Advising Center, WB 211, (801) 626-6534 and/or the Department of Business Administration, WB 216, (801) 626-6075. General Education Refer to pages 37-43 for either Bachdor of Science or Bachelor of Arts requirements. The following courses required for the Supply Chain Management Emphasis also will satisfy general education requirements: ENGL EN1010, ENGL EN2010 (English Composition); MATH QL1050 (Quantitative Literacy); ECON SS2010 or ECON SS2020 (Sodal Sdence); and BTNY LSI403 (Life Science). Course Requirements for BS or BA Degree John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Requirements Liberal Support Curriculum (13 or 14) Business Foundations (13) BSAD 2899 Business Foundations Assessment (0) Business Cross-Functional Core (19) Business Functional Core (15) Business Courses Required (27 credit hours) 1ST 3110 Info Technology for Business (3) MGMT 3200 Managerial Communications (3) SCM SI3500 Computer Models/Applications (3) SCM 3720* Transportation and Global Supply Chain Management (3) SCM 4050 Contemporary Supply Chain Management Practices (3) SCM 4100 Quality Management (3) SCM SI4410 Materials Sc Inventory Management (3) SCM SI4600 Simulation (3) SCM 4730 Purchasing and Supply Management (3) * SCM 3720 satisfies the International Course requirement under the Business Cross-Functional Core as well as the Business Courses Elective Courses (6 credit hours) Select two courses from the following (see an advisor for guidance in course selection) ACTG 3300 Cost Accounting (3) FIN 3500 Capital Budgeting (3) MGMT 4300 Influence and Group Effectiveness (3) MGMT 4650 Negotiations (3) SCM 4860 Supply Chain Management Internship (3) or BSAD 4680 Senior Consulting Proj ect (3) BSAD SI3500 Introduction to Business Research (3) BSAD 3600 [World Region] Business Sc Sodety (3) BSAD 4210 Survey of Business Law (3) BSAD 4500 Entrepreneurship (3) MGMT 3300 Human Resource Management (3) MKTG 4400 Marketing Strategy (3) One additional international business course from GSBE list SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT COURSES - SCM SCM 3050. Operations and Logistics Management (3) F, 5 This course considers the management of an organization's chain of value adding activities, from procurement of resources and transformation into manufactured goods and service outputs, through distribution to customers. Topics include operations strategy, quality, produd and service design, process selection and layout, capacity, produdion scheduling, inventory, location, supply chain management, procurement, transportation, and other rdated issues and models. Prerequisites: Business Foundations. SCM SI3500. Computer Models/Applications (3) F, 5 This course concentrates on the use of computer software to aid in the solution and interpretation of operations management and logistics models. Emphasis is placed on problem identification, problem setup, computer solution, and interpretations of solution results. A significant portion of the course deals with sensitivity analysis which involves using different scenarios of inputs to see how sensitive the model solution is to variation. Prerequisites: Business Foundations; QUAN SI3610; SCM 3050. Weber State University 2009 - 2010 Catalog