Business Administration (MBA)
With the MS in Operations Analytics and Management 36-credit program, you’ll gain a well-rounded, comprehensive education in operations analytics and management, while still leaving ample room for you to customize the breadth of your degree. Course topics include risk management, Lean Six Sigma process design, modeling and optimization, supply chain management, and database development. You will also study and gain hands-on experience through internships to link practice with theory and to hone your communication and interpersonal skills.
MSOAM students must complete the six required courses listed below:
- OBC 505 Teaming and Organizing for Innovation
- OIE 501 Designing Operations for Competitive Advantage
- OIE 542 Risk Management and Decision Analysis
- OIE 544 Supply Chain Analysis and Design
- OIE 552 Modeling and Optimizing Processes
- OIE 554 Global Operations Strategy
Choose one (the other may be used as an elective):
- MIS 500 Innovating with Information Systems
- MIS 571 Database Applications Development
Choose one (the other may be used as an elective):
- OIE 555 Lean Process Design
- OIE 558 Designing and Managing Six-Sigma Processes
Students then select four electives from the following list:
- BUS 522 Global Business Experience
- BUS 545 Introduction to Health Systems
- BUS 546 Managing Technological Innovation
- BUS 547 Energy Management
- BUS 598 Sp Top: Introduction to Sustainability Management
- BUS 5900 Internship
- MIS 573 Systems Design and Development
- MIS 576 Project Management
- MIS 581 Information Technology Policy and Strategy
- MIS 582 Information Security Management
- MIS 583 User Experience Applications
- MIS 584 Business Intelligence
- MIS 585 User Experience Design
- OBC 506 The Heart of Leadership: Power, Reflection, and Interpersonal Skills
- OBC 533 Negotiations
- OBC 536 Organizational Design
- OBC 537 Leading Change
- OIE 548 Productivity Management
- OIE 553 Global Purchasing and Logistics
- OIE 556 Health Systems Modeling and Improvement
- OIE 559 Optimization Methods for Business Analytics
