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Purchasing and Supply Management Major, B.S. in B.A.

Interdepartmental - B.S. in B.A. degree 

This major is only available to students admitted to the College of Business Administration. This major can be signed by a designated faculty in either the Management or the Marketing and Hospitality Services Administration departments.

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

  1. To register for most of the courses on the major students must be admitted to Professional Business Studies. Please see the bulletin for course prerequisites.
  2. Courses taken on a credit/no credit basis are not accepted on the Purchasing and Supply Management Major.
  3. At least 15 credit hours of the required and elective course work of the major must be taken in the accredited AACSB Program at CMU.

Program Requirements

Common Body of Knowledge Courses I (6 hours)

BUS 100Essential Business Skills

3(3-0)

MGT 499Integrated Capstone-Strategic Management

3(3-0)

Common Body of Knowledge Courses II (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

BUS 300QRApplied Business Statistics

3(3-0)

BUS 503QRApplied Lean Six Sigma

3(3-0)

Required Courses (15 hours)

MGT 333Purchasing Management

3(3-0)

MGT 533Purchasing Strategy

3(3-0)

MGT 542Inventory and Materials Management

3(3-0)

MKT 255Introduction to Logistics and Physical Distribution

3(3-0)

MKT 431Logistics Operations

3(3-0)

Electives (9 hours)

ACC 321Managerial Cost Accounting

3(3-0)

BIS 323Spreadsheet-Based Modeling for Business

3(3-0)

MGT 335Introduction to Management Science

3(3-0)

MGT 365International Business

3(3-0)

MGT 442Computer Applications for Production Operations Management

3(3-0)

MGT 490Internship in Management

1-6(Spec)

MGT 543Management and Control of Quality

3(3-0)

MGT 545Operations Strategy

3(3-0)

MKT 305Buyer Behavior

3(3-0)

MKT 340Personal Selling

3(3-0)

MKT 432Logistics Strategy

3(3-0)

MKT 465Supply Chain Management

3(3-0)

MKT 490Internship in Marketing/Logistics

3-6(Spec)

MKT 555Market and Sales Forecasting

3(3-0)

MKT 560International Marketing

3(3-0)

Note: You may count 3 hours of either MGT 490 or MKT 490, not both.

Total: 33 semester hours