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Degree Requirements

Degree Requirements

​​​​​​​​​Course Requirements

The MS in Supply and Chain Management requires 12 courses: ten core courses and two elective courses.

Core Courses (10 Required Courses)

Course Title Quarter Hours
MGT 501STRATEGIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT4
MGT 507GLOBAL SOURCING AND PROCUREMENT4
MGT 508LEAN & SIX SIGMA4
MGT 509PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT4
MGT 511TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS4
MGT 518SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS4
MGT 536CHICAGO LOGISTICS ECOSYSTEM4
MGT 537SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYTICS4
MGT 538SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CAPSTONE4
MGT 598PROJECT MANAGEMENT4

Elective Requirements (2 Courses)

KGSB Electives

Course Title Quarter Hours
Select two graduate business courses (prerequisites apply)8

Note: Suggested electives that align with different career paths are provided below, but career paths do not appear on transcripts or official documents. Non-KGSB graduate-level classes that align with student career goals will be considered upon request.

SUGGESTED CAREER TRACKS:

Leadership

  • MGT 500  Leading Effective and Ethical Organizations (OR)
  • MGT 530 Leadership in Organizations 
  • MGT 556  Ethics and Leadership

Analytics

  • MGT 585 Fundamentals of Business Analytics (AND)
  • MGT 506 Decision Making for Managers (OR)
  • MGT 586 Data Visualization (OR)
  • MGT 587 Business Analysis

Supply Chain Finance

  • FIN 555 Financial Management
  • FIN 562 Risk Management

Global Operations

  • MGT 557 International Management
  • MGT 502 Operations Management

Sustainability

  • MGT 515 Sustainable Management (AND)
  • MGT 512 Developing Sustainable Strategies (OR)
  • MGT 595 Social and Sustainable Enterprise

Social Responsibility

  • MGT 520 Humanitarian Supply Chains
  • MGT 595 Social and Sustainable Enterprise

Customer Relationship Management

  • MKT 555  Marketing Management (AND)
  • MKT 530 Customer Relationship Management

Supply Chain Entrepreneurship

  • MGT 569 Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship
  • MGT 570 Entrepreneurship and New Venture Management

Degree Requirements

  • Satisfactory completion of the college residency requirements.
  • Satisfactory completion of the 10 required courses and 2 elective courses.
  • All courses for credit toward the degree must be completed within six calendar years after the candidate's first term of enrollment in the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business. After a lapse of six years a course is expired. An expired course is not acceptable for the purpose of satisfaction of degree requirements and is not applicable to the degree without the written approval of the director of the program or the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business.​

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