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Undergraduate Program: Curriculum: Degree Requirements: Management Concentrations: OMS (Operations Management Science)
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SCIENCE CONCENTRATION (OMS)
Six courses (18 credits)

Overview Students who concentrate in OMS become highly skilled in using and managing cutting edge decision technologies to enhance the operations of organizations. The concentration focuses on ways in which companies use management science techniques and information systems to assess, manage, and improve their productivity and efficiency in order to maintain their competitive edge in both national and international markets.
   
Career Paths Graduates of the OMS concentration will be ready to begin careers in all types of organizations and in a variety of industries including high-tech, transportation, health care services, financial services, and others. Opportunities may include, project management, systems development, quality management, supply chain management, operations management, and more.
   
Advising Notes The prerequisites for these courses are strictly enforced, so OMS concentrators should plan their schedules carefully and early.

At least three:
MSIS 425: Project Management
MSIS 450: Operations Management: Domestic and Global
MSIS 452: Quality Management
MSIS 454: Supply Chain Management
Take at least two of the following:
MSIS 422: Decision Support Systems and Groupware
MSIS 455: Decision Analysis
AF 363: Cost Accounting
With additional choices:
MSIS 309: Databases and Programming for Managers
MSIS 414: Computer Networks for Management
MSIS 415: Object-oriented Programming for Business
MSIS 426: e-Business and e-Commerce Infrastructure
MSIS 430: International Information Management
MSIS 461: Systems Analysis and Design
MSIS 478*: Special Topics in Management Science and Information Systems
MSIS 480*: Internship
MGT 497*: Honors Seminar
*Students may count only one of MSIS 478, MGT 497, and MSIS 480 towards this concentration .

For More Information Contact:
Jean Pierre Kuilboer, Chair of the Management Science and Information Systems Department.

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