OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MINOR
REQUIREMENTS (20 UNITS)
This minor prepares students for management careers in manufacturing or service operations, including
operations consulting, global marketing, international consulting, product development, supply chain
management, and distribution and logistics.
The requirements are as follows:
1) Have a declared major and completed a minimum of 48 units of college-level courses with a minimum overall GPA of
2.75.
2) Online applications and exact deadlines can be found on our website at:
http://students.marshall.usc.edu/undergrad/applying/. For more information please contact the Marshall Office of
Undergraduate Advising at 213-740-0690 or undergrad.advising@marshall.usc.edu or visit us in BRI-104.
3) Successful completion of the following courses with a minimum GPA of 2.0.
BUAD 311
Operations Management (4 units, FaSp)
Learn the fundamentals of operations management and acquire skills to analyze, manage and improve production
processes. Topics include: project/quality/materials management and just-in-time production. (prerequisite:
BUAD-310) ***
IOM 482
Supply Chain Management (4 units, Fa)
Issues in supply chain management. Supply chain performance and dynamics. Tools for planning, control and
coordination. Supply chain design and strategy. (prerequisite: BUAD-311)
IOM 483
Operations Consulting (4 units, Sp)
Study of concepts and techniques for improving operations, formulation and implementation of operations strategy,
and development of frameworks for process design, selection and performance evaluation. Prerequisite: BUAD-311
Choose from the following to achieve a total of at least 8 units:
IOM 401
Business Information Systems – Spreadsheet Applications (2 units, FaSp)
Provides an applied understanding of how spreadsheets are used to analyze business information. Create real world
software application for use in accounting, finance, marketing and operations.
IOM 427
Designing Spreadsheet-Based Business Models (4 units, Fa)
Application of decision analysis, simulation, and optimization techniques to managerial problems. Students learn how
to create and present useful spreadsheet models to analyze practical business problems. Recommended preparation:
BUAD 310.
IOM 433
Business Information Systems Analysis and Design (4 units, FaSp)
Information analysis and the logical specification of business systems, including logical design, physical design, and
implementation; computer exercises and case studies.
IOM 455
Project Management (4 units, Sp)
Topics related to project management in a variety of industries such as real estate projects, new product launch, plant
location, etc.
***Students who have completed a USC statistics course from their major such as: MATH-408 , EE-364, ECON 317,
PSYC 274, PPD 303, SOCI 314, or ISE 225 with a grade of C or better may be waived out of the BUAD-310 prerequisite.
No AP statistics waiver allowed.
Students in the Marshall School of Business and Leventhal School of Accounting are not eligible for the minor.
Revised 01/13 AC