2023-2024 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Business Administration in Supply Chain Management
A supply chain covers all the activities that go into creating a product or service. Managing a supply chain means making sure those activities generate maximum value for customers at minimum cost to the company, its partners, and the environment. That means supply chain management professionals touch every aspect of a business: from new product development to building relationships with suppliers, designing and improving production processes, and making goods and services available to customers. They need to have strong quantitative reasoning skills and be able to work effectively with people from across a business. Supply chain talent is in high demand and companies are willing to pay a premium for new hires. The Seidman supply chain program equips students with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in this dynamic field and supercharge their company's value creating engine.
Website: gvsu.edu/management
Accreditation
All B.B.A. programs are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Requirements for the B.B.A.
Core Courses
All business core courses acquaint you with various fields in business and help you learn to communicate, to interact, and to assume responsible positions in your chosen field.
For the B.B.A., you must complete the following courses:
- ACC 212 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credits)
- ACC 213 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
- BUS 201 - Legal Environment for Business (3 credits)
- BOTH ECO 210 - Introductory Macroeconomics (3 credits) AND ECO 211 - Introductory Microeconomics (3 credits)
OR ONLY - Upper-division economics course; ECO 490 does not fulfill this requirement. (3 credits)
- FIN 320 - Managerial Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 268 - Business Processes and Management Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGT 331 - Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)
- MGT 366 - Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGT 495 - Administrative Policy (3 credits)
- MKT 350 - Marketing Management (3 credits)
Students are required to select one class from the following list. This course may count toward the major or minor if applicable.
- ACC 333 - Corporate Governance and Accounting Ethics (3 credits)
- ECO 440 - Public Economics and Ethics (3 credits)
- FIN 330 - Ethics in Finance (3 credits)
- MGT 340 - Ethics and Business, Social Justice, and Sustainability (3 credits)
- MGT 438 - Business Ethics (3 credits)
- MKT 375 - Marketing Ethics (3 credits)
Required Business Electives
Three upper-division Seidman courses are not applied to the major or minor (nine credits total). However, these courses can be applied toward a second business major if one is declared.
Elective Courses
Students may elect nonbusiness or business courses to fulfill their elective course requirements. Students may apply up to six hours of internship and independent research credit, in any combination, toward their degree requirements. Business majors may not take any of the major courses, except the internship and study abroad courses, on a credit/no-credit basis.
Requirements for a Major in Supply Chain Management
The following courses are required:
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
- MKT 354 - Distribution Institutions and Logistics (3 credits)
- MKT 457 - Logistics and Transportation (3 credits)
- MGT 337 - Supply Chain Management (3 credits)
- MGT 367 - Manufacturing Planning and Control (3 credits)
- MGT 467 - Advanced Topics in Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 credits)
Quantitative group - choose one course from the following:
- MTH 122 - College Algebra (3 credits)
- MTH 125 - Survey of Calculus (3 credits)
- MTH 201 - Calculus I (4 credits)
- MGT 361 - Management Science (3 credits)
- PHI 103 - Logic (3 credits)
Choose one course from the following:
Choose one course from the following:
- MGT 351 - Enterprise Information Systems (3 credits)
- MGT 362 - Computers in Operations Management (3 credits)
- MGT 365 - Strategic Management of Operations (3 credits)
- MGT 466 - International Management and Multinational Corporations (3 credits)
- MKT 353 - Marketing Negotiations (3 credits)
- MKT 356 - Professional Selling (3 credits)
- MKT 357 - Retailing (3 credits)
- MKT 359 - Multinational Marketing (3 credits)