Major in Operations Management [Business]

Sequence of Courses

Year Three

BUS 303 - Application of Business Concepts
12 units in Operations Management electives (See Note 2)
15 units in free electives (See Note 1)

Year Four

9 units in Operations Management electives (See Note 2)
18 units in free electives (See Note 1)

BUS 404 - Capstone Project

Notes

See Policy on Elective Courses .
Operations Management electives may be chosen from any 400-level OM courses and from a list of additional approved courses available from the Department of Accounting, Operations, and Information Systems. At least four of the seven Operations Management electives must be chosen from 400-level OM courses or MGTSC 405 .

Minors

Students with a declared major in Operations Management may choose to do a minor in any subject area of Business. See Minors for Business Students . Minors are not required. Students are urged to select areas complementary to the Operations Management major. Some suggestions and details are listed next. Students may also wish to consider the Cooperative Education program (see Bachelor of Commerce Cooperative Education ).
Students with a declared major in another area may complete a minor in Operations Management by fulfilling the requirements of Minors for Business Students .
Students wishing to construct informal programs of study outside the Faculty of Business should consider the following suggestions:
1. Economics: Any senior ECON course, with Departmental approval.
2. Statistics/Mathematics Computing Science: Additional work is recommended for students who are interested in graduate studies, for example, MATH 373 and STAT 265 .

Operations Management Concentrations

Students majoring in Operations and Supply Chain Management can tailor their program to focus on either Operations and Supply Chain Management (the purchasing, transformation and delivery of goods and services to customers) or Business Analytics (modeling and analysis to support decisions in operations and other fields). Recommended courses for each of these streams are listed below.

Operations and Supply Chain Management:

Business Analytics:

BTM 412 - Managerial Support Systems
MGTSC 405 - Forecasting for Planners and Managers
OM 420 - Predictive Business Analytics
OM 421 - Data Visualization
OM 422 - Simulation and Computer Modelling Techniques in Management
OM 468 - Business Analytics Consulting Project
OM 471 - Decision Support Systems
other courses in business technology management, finance, marketing, mathematics, statistics, and economics.

Professional Designations

Many Operations Management positions require a professional designation. Elective courses in Operations Management help prepare students for pursuing professional designations and count towards the requirements of some professional designations. Please consult the appropriate governing body.

CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) and CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional): Offered by ASCM: The Association for Supply Chain Management.
SCMP (Strategic Supply chain Management Professional): Offered by the Supply Chain Canada.
CCLP: Offered by the CITT, Canada’s Logistics Association.
CORS Diploma: Offered by the Canadian Operational Research Society.
CAP (Certified Analytics Professional): Offered by INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences).