Program Description
As a logistics management graduate, you’ll see products through their life cycle, from manufacturing to distribution to delivery. You’ll make sure the movement of goods is effective and efficient. Logistics specialists impact nearly every industry, which means you’ll find yourself immersed in an exciting, fast-paced world. If you’re intrigued by how products go from an idea to a household item, logistics management may be right up your alley.
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Program Overview
The course listings below are a representation of what this academic program requires. For a full review of this program in detail please see our official online academic bulletin AND consult with an academic advisor. This listing does not include the General Education courses required for all majors and may not include some program specific information, such as admissions, retention, and termination standards.
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Logistics Management Major
The Logistics Management major is designed to prepare CMU College of Business Administration students for a career in the field of logistics. Logistics Management is concerned with the effective and efficient movement and storage of products from raw material source through production to the consumer. Attention is focused on the integration and management of several areas including: transportation, inventory, warehousing, packaging and materials handling, logistics information and customer service. As managers of logistics, graduates will be responsible for providing customers with the right product at the right place at the right time at an acceptable price. Students who complete this major will find a growing number of job opportunities in the areas listed above.
Total: 36 semester hours
Common Body of Knowledge Courses I
(6 hours)
BUS 100
Essential Business Skills
3
Introduces students to the concept of a business, its disciplines, and essential business skills including decision making, team work, and oral and written communication. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format.
MGT 499
Integrated Capstone-Strategic Management
3
An integrative capstone course applying and analyzing financial, marketing, supply chain and other business functions within a global strategic management perspective. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: 86 semester hours completed; BUS 300 or 503QR; BUS 301; MGT/MKT 303; FIN 302; MKT 304; Tier 2 Admission to Professional Business Studies. Preference given to graduating seniors.
Common Body of Knowledge Courses II
(3 hours)
Select one of the following:
BUS 300QR
Applied Business Statistics
3
Applications of statistical analysis to support business decision making. Covers collection of business data, analysis of business datasets, and presentation of results. This course may be taught in an online format. Quantitative Reasoning. Prerequisites: STA 282 or 382; 26 hours completed.
BUS 503QR
Applied Lean Six Sigma
3
This course applies principles and practices of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and other operations improvements that have been demonstrated to bring value to business. LSS builds on a business statistics foundation. This course may be offered in an online format. Quantitative Reasoning. Prerequisites: STA 282 or 382 and 56 semester hours completed; or graduate school admission.
Required Courses
(21 hours)
MGT 333
Purchasing Management
3
Introduction to concepts, models, and techniques in Purchasing Management, with special emphases on vendor management, materials management, and purchasing strategy. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: 56 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor.
MKT 255
Introduction to Logistics and Physical Distribution
3
Functions, tactics, and current trends that shape logistics management. Introduces fundamentals of logistics, including inventory, transportation, and distribution. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite: 26 semester hours completed.
Characteristics of consumers affecting the decision process in buying and the marketing implications. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: MKT 300 or MKT 304, 56 semester hours completed, and admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor.
MKT 431
Logistics Operations
3
Operational issues, management techniques and technology applied to distribution operations. Focus is on the integration of logistics operations of all firms within the supply chain. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: MKT 255; 56 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor.
MKT 432
Logistics Strategy
3
Strategic planning of a firm's logistics system in a global marketplace, including customer service, inventory, warehousing and transportation strategies. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: MKT 255; MKT 300 or 304; 56 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor.
MKT 450
Marketing Research
3
Methodology used in gathering, recording, and analyzing marketing data to aid executives in making marketing decisions. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: MKT 300 or MKT 304; STA 282; 56 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor. Recommended: BUS 300.
MKT 465
Supply Chain Management
3
Integration of competencies in logistics related areas. Logistical policy establishment and decision-making for solving complex logistical problems that focus on global and intercompany logistics systems. This course may be offered in an online or hybrid format. Prerequisites: MKT 431, 432; 86 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor.
Electives
(6 hours)
Select two of the following:
ACC 321
Managerial Cost Accounting
3
Accumulation and use of cost accounting information for planning and controlling. Process, job order, and standard cost systems. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: ACC 202 or 255; STA 282 or 382; 56 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor.
BIS 423
Decision Support Systems and Business Intelligence
3
Analysis and design of information systems permitting the computer to become an integral part of the managerial decision-making process. Prerequisites: 56 semester hours completed; either admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on a signed major or minor.
FIN 442
Intermediate Financial Management
3
In-depth examination of financial management building on introductory level course. Application of current theory and practices are discussed including simulation, comprehensive cases, and term project. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: FIN 302 or 332; 56 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on a signed major or minor.
GEO 317
Economic Geography
3
Principles and theories of economic geography, the global interrelationships of regional and local economic activities, and the effects of technology on spatial economic structures. Prerequisite: sophomore standing. Recommended: GEO 121, or at least 3 credits in BUS, FIN, ECO, or MKT. (University Program Group III-B: Studies in Social Structures)
GEO 320
Population Geography
3
Spatial patterns of fertility, mortality, and migration, and the processes underlying those patterns. Population growth, distribution, problems and policies. Recommended: One of the following: GEO 120, 121, junior standing.
MGT 446
Industrial Relations
3
Relationships between organized labor and management analyzed in the light of contemporary conditions. This course may be offered in an online format. Recommended: MGT 258 or MGT 312 prior to enrollment. Prerequisites: 56 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor.
MKT 310
Marketing Communications
3
An overview of advertising, personal selling and sales promotion, and other techniques that an organization would use to communicate with its target markets. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format. Prerequisites: MKT 300 or MKT 304; 56 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor.
MKT 320
Retail Management
3
Functions of a retail establishment are examined. Significant developments taking place in the major environments of retailers-- social, economic, technological, and legal. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: MKT 300 or MKT 304; 56 semester hours completed; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on a signed major or minor; or with approval from the Office of Undergraduate Business Studies.
MKT 340
Personal Selling
3
Explores personal selling as an element of a firm’s promotional efforts to create value and serve customers, with emphasis on skill development and value creation. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisite: 30 semester hours completed.
MKT 490
Internship in Marketing/Logistics
3-6
A full time work experience occurring within a marketing or logistics organization. Detailed written report and assigned readings required. Prerequisites: Permission of instructor and department chairperson; 56 semester hours completed; Marketing or logistics major in addition to MKT 300 or MKT 304; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on signed major or minor. Recommended: Completion of 6 credit hours in marketing.
MKT 555
Market and Sales Forecasting
3
Develops familiarity with methods most commonly used in market and sales forecasting. Both qualitative and quantitative methods are included with emphasis on the latter. This course is approved for offering in a distance learning format. Prerequisites: one course in MKT; one course in statistics or MKT 450; admission to Professional Business Studies; 86 semester hours completed.
MKT 560
International Marketing
3
Policies and practices employed in international business. Considers problems in international payments, trade and investment with special emphasis on integrating managerial dimensions with related economic principles. This course may be offered in an online format. Prerequisites: MKT 300 or 304; admission to Professional Business Studies or listed on a signed major or minor; 86 semester hours completed; or graduate standing.
