Logistics Management Major, B.S. in B.A.

B.S. in B.A.

The Logistics Management major is designed to prepare CMU College of Business Administration students for a career in the field of logistics. Logistics Management is concerned with the effective and efficient movement and storage of products from raw material source through production to the consumer. Attention is focused on the integration and management of several areas including: transportation, inventory, warehousing, packaging and materials handling, logistics information and customer service. As managers of logistics, graduates will be responsible for providing customers with the right product at the right place at the right time at an acceptable price. Students who complete this major will find a growing number of job opportunities in the areas listed above.

Admission Requirements, Retention & Termination Standards

To declare a major in Logistics Management:

See an advisor in the Department of Marketing and Hospitality Services Administration. 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.

Credit/No Credit coursework will not count on any major within the Department of Marketing and Hospitality Services Administration.

Program Requirements

Common Body of Knowledge Courses I (6 hours)

BUS 100	Essential Business Skills	3(3-0)
MGT 499	Integrated Capstone-Strategic Management	3(3-0)

Common Body of Knowledge Courses II (3 hours)

Select one of the following:

BUS 300QR	Applied Business Statistics	3(3-0)
BUS 503QR	Applied Lean Six Sigma	3(3-0)

Required Courses (21 hours)

MGT 333	Purchasing Management	3(3-0)
MKT 255	Introduction to Logistics and Physical Distribution	3(3-0)
MKT 305	Buyer Behavior	3(3-0)
MKT 431	Logistics Operations	3(3-0)
MKT 432	Logistics Strategy	3(3-0)
MKT 450	Marketing Research	3(3-0)
MKT 465	Supply Chain Management	3(3-0)

Electives (6 hours)

Select two of the following:

ACC 321	Managerial Cost Accounting	3(3-0)
BIS 423	Decision Support Systems and Business Intelligence	3(3-0)
FIN 442	Intermediate Financial Management	3(3-0)
GEO 317	Economic Geography	3(3-0)
GEO 320	Population Geography	3(3-0)
MGT 446	Industrial Relations	3(3-0)
MKT 310	Marketing Communications	3(3-0)
MKT 320	Retail Management	3(3-0)
MKT 340	Personal Selling	3(3-0)
MKT 490	Internship in Marketing/Logistics	3-6(Spec)
MKT 555	Market and Sales Forecasting	3(3-0)
MKT 560	International Marketing	3(3-0)

Bulletins