Degrees and Requirements
Supply Chain Management
The Business Group at La Roche University fosters a high standard of academic rigor and engagement, professionalism and creativity among the community of scholars who have selected Business as their discipline of study. Students acquire proficiency in all traditional core areas of Business Management as well as their selected area of focus: Accounting, Finance, International Management, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, and Supply Chain Management. The Business Group incorporates an interdisciplinary perspective through its professional and liberal education leading to successful, just leaders within a constantly changing global society.
All Business Group programs share the following components:
A common mission statement (see above)
A common college core curriculum
A Common Professional Component (CPC)
A common assessment process for Institutional Assessment (WEAVE)
A common assessment process for ACBSP purposes
A common and interdisciplinary structure which enables dual majors and multiple minors
REQUIREMENTS: To successfully complete the Supply Chain Management major within the Business Group, the following coursework is required:
- 48 credits as listed under “Major Component/Requirements” (Business Core)
- 18 credits of Major Requirements
- 9 credits of Major Electives
- 9 credits Skills Component
- 34 CORE credits
- 2 credits General Electives
- A minimum number of 120 credits are required for the degree, the last 30 of which, and 50% of the major, must be earned at La Roche University. (Developmental course work does not count toward the minimum number of required credits for graduation.)
Summary of Requirements
SCM Business Core Requirements: 48 credits
ACCT2003
ACCOUNTING I
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
The first of a two-course introductory financial accounting sequence that examines financial accounting from the viewpoint of preparers and users of financial statements. This course focuses on a basic introduction to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles along with the principles and concepts of recording, processing, and reporting accounting information. Topics include the accounting cycle, including financial statement preparation; merchandising operations, including inventory systems and cost flow assumptions; special journals; internal control systems; cash and bank reconciliations; and receivables and uncollectible accounts.
ACCT2004
ACCOUNTING II
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ACCT2003. The second of a two-course introductory financial accounting sequence that examines financial accounting from the viewpoint of preparers and users of financial statements. This course focuses on a continuation of basic Generally Accepted Accounting Principles along with the principles and concepts of recording, processing, reporting, using, and analyzing accounting information. Topics include long-lived assets, current and long-term liabilities, partnership and corporate equity transactions, the statement of cash flows, and ratio analysis.
ACCT2013
MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ACCT2003. An examination of the internal uses of accounting information, this course focuses on the relationship between accounting data and management’s information needs in support of planning, controlling, motivating, and decision making. Topics include costing systems and behaviors; product costs, period costs, and overhead application methods; cost-volume-profit analysis; budgeting; standards and variance analysis; and managerial decision making.
ADMG1005
MACROECONOMICS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
An introductory economics course focusing on the field of macroeconomics, including government spending, money, inflation, unemployment and taxes. Also included are brief sections on microeconomic and economic systems.
ADMG1006
MICROECONOMICS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
An introductory economics course focusing on the field of microeconomics. Price, cost and production theory are covered in relation to competitive, monopolistic and oligopolistic industry structure. The field of labor economics is treated in some detail. Some advanced macroeconomics topics are also covered.
ADMG1018
FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
An introduction to the three major schools of management thought: the classical, the behavioral and the management science schools. The major emphasis is on the fundamentals of each school of thought and also on the integrative approach to management, drawing on the systems and contingency approaches.
ADMG2009
BUSINESS LAW I
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This coure is an introduction to law and legal procedure. Contracts, their nature and requisites formation, operations, interpretation, discharge and remedies are discussed.
ADMG2025
HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
A study of the basics of human resources management including planning, recruitment selection, motivation and performance appraisal. Also treated are salary benefits systems and an introduction to EEOC and OSHA law.
ADMG4020
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
Study is given to the basic operations, functions and procedures. An analytical approach is utilized with emphasis on problem solving. Modern management science techniques such as linear programming, PERT and inventory control models are presented.
PREREQUISITES:
Reserved for JR/SR Only
ADMG4055
SEMINAR - BUSINESS POLICY
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
An intensive culmination and synthesization of the study of administration and management consisting of readings, case study and class discussion. The primary emphasis is on the development of the skills of strategic analysis from the viewpoint of the general manager.
PREREQUISITES:
Reserved for Senior Only
FINC3032
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ACCT2004 This course introduces external sources and processes of finance. Topics include time value of money, term structure of interest rates, risk return trade-off, discounted cash flow, ratio analysis, weighted average cost of capital, and capital budgeting.
FINC3036
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ADMG1005 AND ACCT2004 This course will provide an understanding of various types of financial markets and institutions that exist and operate in the U.S. economy. Topics include the Federal Reserve System, Monetary Polcy, and Interest Rates along with the impact at all three have on the state of the economy.
PREREQUISITES:
ADMG1005 & ACCT2004
INMT3039
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MGMT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
An introduction to international business management with particular emphasis on the field of international finance and economics. In addition, the course deals with problems in the area of finance, marketing, production and organization, both from the perspective of the multinational corporation and the domestic corporation trading in international markets.
ISTC1010
DIGITAL LITERACY
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course addresses information and technological literacy in the digital age. Students will develop cognitive and technological competencies in both the discovery and evaluation of information, as well as the creation and dissemination of content, all within a digital context. Students will be introduced to a set of basic digital tools, but the focus will be placed on developing the ability to adapt to new and changing technologies in the future.
MRKT2021
MARKETING MANAGEMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
A basic study of marketing systems in the American economy. This course includes, identifying the activities involved in the flow of goods among manufacturers, brokers, wholesalers, retailers and consumers. The nature of demand, buyer behavior, costs and pricing, sales strategies, promotions and techniques are presented.Cross-listed with ADMG2021
SCM Business Skills Components: 9 credits
ADMG3024
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course is designed to provide students in the professional areas with training in preparing and giving professional presentations. Students will develop skills in audience/client assessment, research, presentation design and development, using presentation tools and presentation evaluation.
PREREQUISITES:
Reserved for JR/SR Only
MATH1030
CALCULUS FOR BUSINESS, ECONOMICS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: MATH1010 A one-semester course in the differential and integral calculus of functions of a single variable. Emphasis on concepts and the skills of differentiation and integration with applications from Administration, Economics and Managerial Sciences.
MATH1040
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: MATH1010 The study of the fundamentals of probability theory with applications to natural and social sciences as well as to mathematics. Discrete and continuous distributions, sampling theory, linear correlation, regression, statistical inference, estimation and analysis of variance are included.
Supply Chain Major Electives: Choose 3 courses: 9 credits
ACCT3002
TAXATION II
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ACCT2004 This course examines the basic income tax provisions of the federal Internal Revenue Code, with a particular focus on those provisions applicable to partnerships, corporations, and other entities. This course focuses on choice of entity issues, tax accounting and procedural issues, planning strategies, and the evaluation of the practical and ethical issues that may be encountered in implementing tax strategies.
ACCT3014
COST ACCOUNTING
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ACCT2013 Continuing to examine the internal uses of accounting information, this course focuses on the managerial roles of planning, controlling, motivating, and decision making. Topics include a detailed examination and application of internal costing systems, the master budget and responsibility accounting, inventory cost and capacity analysis, customer profitability analysis, allocation of common cost, and the costs of quality and time as components of the balanced scorecard.
INMT4046
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: FINC3032 A growing number of firms engage in various types of international financial transactions. This course focuses on international financial management issues such as foreign exchange markets, international capital markets such as Eurobond markets and international banks, international banking and international risk analysis.
INMT4048
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: INMT3039 This course introduces concepts of international laws of contracts, sales and negotiable instruments. It also provides an overview of problems related to dispute settlement in international business and governmental administrative conflicts that restrict commerce between residents of different nations. Cross-listed with INST4048
ISTC2021
MGMT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course provides discussion and analysis of current issues related to the management of information systems. The components of an information system; hardware, software, data, connectivity, procedures and people are discussed in relationship to a variety of information systems including collaboration information systems, social media information systems, and enterprise wide systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management and Supply Chain Management. Other major areas of analysis include cloud computing, business intelligence, and the Systems Development Life Cycle. The focus of the analysis is using Information Systems to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
ISTC2045
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ISTC1010 This course provides the basic knowledge required to operate and use a computer to perform the practical tasks of data file creation, retrieval of data and maintenance of data files. DBMS's are used for all types of applications involving medium-to-large scale data files. Major focus is on the acquisition of a working knowledge of the theories, principles and operating procedures of data base management systems using a representative DBMS. This course is appropriate for all potential users of computers in all fields of study.
SCMG4051
INTERNSHIP I - SUPPLY CHAIN
Credits (Min/Max): 1/6
Supply Chain Major Requirements: 18 credits
ADMG3003
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ADMG1005 An overview of the major theories of international political economy. Topics include the increasingly important role of global factors in the American economy, the international financial environment, international trade relations and economic development. Cross-listed with INST3003
ADMG3015
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ADMG1018 This course presents a comprehensive introduction to Project Management. The task of managing projects and the challenges facing project workers are examined in the context of new realities, requirements, opportunities and problems developing in the business environment. In addition to the traditional concerns of project management involving time, budget and specifications management, quality management, contract/procurement management and communication management as they affect the management of projects in the modern work place.
ISTC3025
CASE STUDIES USING ADVANCED
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
PREREQUISITE: ISTC1005 AND ISTC1010 Case Studies Using Advanced Excel is designed to provide students with advanced Excel applications requiring analytical skills. This course will require application within a variety of both profit and non-profit situations and will focus on problem solving and critical thinking with Excel. Excel skills incorporated into case studies will include, but are not limited to: Pivot tables and charts, VLOOKUP, IF,AND,OR formulas, Text-to- Columns, and the Concatenate function. Other software, for which Excel serves as a basis, may also be covered. Cross-listed with ADMG3025
SCMG3010
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course emphasizes statistical, technological, and managerial tools and concepts that encompass the entire supply chain in the global business environment. Topics include quality theory, quality tools, and managing quality improvement teams and projects. Implementing and validating a quality system will also be addressed.
SCMG3040
LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
Prerequisite: MATH1040 This course employs a technical and analytical approach to designing and executing the logistics function within business supply chains. Topics include the analysis and evaluation of the key logistical domains of order processing, inventory functions, warehousing, transportation, distribution, and customer service elements, using quantitative methods and management science techniques. Applying a systems perspective for optimization of logistical parameters toward supply chain efficiencies in the varied dynamics of transactional fulfillment will also be addressed.
SCMG4055
SEMINAR IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Credits (Min/Max): 3/3
This course focuses on managing the flow of materials, goods, services, information, and cash via the processes, technologies, and facilities that link primary suppliers through ultimate customers. Topics include the full supply chain management flow, Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP), and Materials Requirement Planning (MRP). Interdisciplinary managerial concepts are presented to show how the integration of the supply chain processes offers great potential for improving corporate profitability and return on investment.