B.S. in Supply Chain Management

The supply chain management program offers a robust foundation for diverse career opportunities covering sourcing, logistics, sustainability, operations, process, quality and inventory management.

The curriculum equips students with essential qualitative and quantitative methodologies to enhance supply chain efficiency and responsiveness. Students develop analytical skills to address contemporary challenges in global supply chains and enhance organizational operations.

By engaging in hand-on applications and utilizing modern analytics software, students apply their knowledge to make well-informed decisions with complex, real-world data. Our program highlights the importance of cultural competence, ensuring students are prepared for success in diverse global supply chain environments.

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Curriculum

Our curriculum emphasizes methodologies used in areas such as forecasting quality management and process analysis. You will explore and analyze issues arising in the coordination of modern supply chains.

Program and degree requirements

Career Opportunities

Traditional supply chain programs educate students on how to interact with suppliers and customers to meet their needs and may work in careers in procurement, operations and logistics. The SCMA department prepares students for these traditional roles but integrates these areas with analytics so as to produce students who use data to make more informed decisions aimed at improving systems, lowering costs, and enhancing firm performance distribution channels.

Careers in the field:

  • Commodity Manager 
  • Demand Planner
  • Distribution Specialist 
  • Inventory Control Specialist 
  • Logistics Analyst 
  • Material Coordinator 
  • Procurement Specialist 
  • Production Planner 
  • Purchasing Manager 
  • Sourcing Specialist 

Industry partners & employers 

Afton Chemicals logo

Altria logo

Amazon logo

Beacon logo

Capital One logo

Carmax logo

Century logo

Dominion Energy logo

Estes logo

Fastenal logo

Hamilton Beach logo

JB Hunt logo

Lego logo

McKesson logo

Molg logo

Newport News Shipbuilding logo

Target logo

U.S. Army logo

WestRock logo

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