Naveen Jindal School of Management
Supply Chain Management and Analytics (BS)
Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management and Analytics
Degree Requirements (120 semester credit hours)
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Faculty
Professors: Alain Bensoussan, Metín Çakanyildirim, Dorothée Honhon, Bin Hu, Ganesh Janakiraman, Elena Katok, Özalp Özer, Suresh P. Sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke
Associate Professor: Anyan Qi, Serdar Simsek, Guihua Wang, Shouqiang Wang, Yining Wang
Assistant Professors: Maya Balakrishnan, Mingliu Chen, Soraya Fatehi, Andrew Frazelle, Neda Miraeian, Jimmy Qin, Ignacio Rios Uribe, Ashwin Venkataraman, Mengxin Wang
Clinical Professors: Sonia Leach, Divakar Rajamani, Kannan Ramanathan
Clinical Associate Professors: Avanti P. Sethi, Ramesh Subramoniam, Aysegul Toptal, David Widdifield
Professor of Instruction: Shawn Alborz
Associate Professors of Instruction: Khatereh Ahadi, Monica E. Brussolo, Negin Enayaty Ahangar, Sarmann Kennedyd, Mohammad Naseri Taheri, Tristan Whalen
Assistant Professors of Instruction: Hien Thu Nguyen, Rasoul Ramezani
Professors of Practice: David Parks, Ramesh Subramoniam
Students must meet all course prerequisites.
I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours1
Communication: 6 semester credit hours
Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses
Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours
MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I2, 3
Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses
Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours
Select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses
Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours
Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses
Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours
Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts Core courses
American History: 6 semester credit hours
Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History Core courses
Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours
Select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Option courses
Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours
Choose one of the following:
BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems2, 3
BA 1320 Business in a Global World2, 3
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics2, 3
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics2, 3
Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses
Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours
Choose one of the following:
BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems2, 3
BA 1320 Business in a Global World2, 3
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics2, 3
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics2, 3
And select 3 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core
Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses
II. Major Requirements: 70-76 semester credit hours
Major Preparatory Courses: 15 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum
ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting2
ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting2
BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law2
OPRE 3333 Quantitative Business Analysis
OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty
or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics
Complete the following courses if not already completed as part of the Core Curriculum Requirements
MATH 1325 Applied Calculus I2, 3 (Required for all JSOM undergraduate students. May elect to substitute MATH 2413 or MATH 2417 for MATH 1325.)
Choose two of the following if not completed in Core Curriculum:
BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems2, 3
BA 1320 Business in a Global World2, 3
ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics2, 3
ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics2, 3
Major Core Courses: 28-31 semester credit hours
BA 1105 Professional Development (JSOM first-time-in-college freshmen are required to take BA 1105 in their first semester)
or BA 3105 Professional Development (Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BA 3105 in their first semester)
BCOM 3300 Business Communication
FIN 3320 Business Finance
IMS 3310 International Business
ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business
BUAN 3301 AI in Business
MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing
OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior
or OBHR 3330 Human Resource Management in Business
OPRE 3310 Supply Chain and Operations Management
Experiential Learning
A capstone course is required for all undergraduate JSOM students. The capstone requirement can be fulfilled with enrollment in one of the following courses:
OPRE 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Supply Chain Management
or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business
A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required. Depending on the internship and preference for additional electives, the student may qualify for a zero to 3 semester credit hours course with the BS SCM Program Director's approval. Completing an approved 3 semester credit hour internship under OPRE 4V90 will also satisfy a Guided Elective requirement.
OPRE 4V90 Supply Chain Management Internship
or OPRE 4090 Supply Chain Management Internship
Students are required to complete 100 hours of community engagement experience with registration in one of the courses below.
BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum4
Major Related Courses: 18 semester credit hours
Choose six courses from the following seven courses:5
OPRE 3320 Integrated Supply Chain Management
OPRE 3330 Project Management
OPRE 4310 Lean and Six Sigma Processes
OPRE 4320 Supply Chain Information Systems: SAP, AI, and Blockchain Innovations
OPRE 4330 Global Logistics and Inventory Management
OPRE 4340 Purchasing and Sourcing Management
OPRE 4362 Supply Chain Strategies, Processes and AI Applications6
The BS SCM degree program allows students to focus on a specific concentration to obtain in-depth knowledge in a particular business area. Students will choose at least nine semester credit hours from one of the following concentrations.
Any OPRE courses listed below can satisfy guided elective requirements in prior BS SCM catalogs if not used elsewhere on the student's degree plan. With advanced written permission from the BS SCM Program Director, three semester credit hours of equivalent or similar upper-level courses not used elsewhere on the degree plan may fulfill one guided elective.
A. Digital Supply Chain Concentration
Students pursuing this concentration will learn how to implement and manage a supply chain system that fully integrates the different functional areas using technology and information systems.
Choose from the following to fulfill Guided Elective semester credit hours:
OPRE 4350 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
OPRE 4357 Supply Chain Analytics, AI, and Advanced Solutions
ITSS 4340 Enterprise Resource Planning
OPRE 4393 A.I. in Supply Chain Management
B. Project Management and Leadership Concentration
Students pursuing this concentration will develop leadership and project management skills that will allow them to lead teams in different industries, to the successful completion of demanding projects.
Choose from the following to fulfill Guided Elective semester credit hours:
OPRE 4350 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
MKT 3320 Product and Brand Management
MKT 3330 Fundamentals of Professional Selling
OBHR 4352 Negotiation and Dispute Resolution
C. Analytics and AI Concentration
Students pursuing this concentration will have a solid analytical profile suited to developing data-oriented supply chain solutions and solving business problems in various industry roles.
Choose from the following to fulfill Guided Elective semester credit hours:
OPRE 4337 Marketing Analytics
OPRE 4350 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
OPRE 4353 Business Analytics
OPRE 4373 Data Science for Business Applications
OPRE 4393 A.I. in Supply Chain Management
D. Global and Sustainability Strategy Concentration
Students pursuing this concentration will learn how to manage global supply chain strategy by assigning the appropriate emphasis on speed, quality, cost, and flexibility in the global marketplace.
Choose from the following to fulfill Guided Elective semester credit hours:
OPRE 3370 Managing Sustainable Operations
OPRE 4345 Retail Operations
OPRE 4362 Supply Chain Strategies, Processes and AI Applications
OPRE 4391 Social Impact and Sustainable Community Engagement
BPS 4305 Strategic Management
E. General Concentration
If not used elsewhere in the degree plan, students may use any OPRE upper-level courses or courses in Concentrations A, B, C, or D to satisfy the required hours for guided electives. At least 6 of the 12 semester credit hours used in the General Concentration must have an OPRE prefix.
Students in the Jindal Undergraduate Research Scholars program should take BA 3350, OPRE 4V91, and/or an Individual Study based on the major to satisfy JURS program requirements. These credits may be applied to the general concentration.
III. Elective Requirements: 2-8 semester credit hours
Free Electives: 2-8 semester credit hours
Both lower- and upper-division courses may count as electives.
The plan must include sufficient upper-division courses to total 45 upper-division semester credit hours.
1. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.
2. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.
3. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.
4. Students may fulfill the community engagement requirement with BA 4095, BPS 4396, ENTP 4340, MKT 4360, or OPRE 4V91. The zero semester credit hour course BA 4095 is recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement.
5. Can be used to fulfill guided elective hours in General Concentration if not counted as a Major Related Course.
6. OPRE 4362 can be used to fulfill guided elective credit hours in Global Supply Chains and Strategy Concentration or in General Concentration if not counted as a Major Related Course.
7. OPRE 3330 can be used to fulfill guided elective credit hours in Project Management and Leadership Concentration or in General Concentration if not counted as a Major Related Course.