Program: Supply Chain Management, B.B.A. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 04, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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A major in Supply Chain Management consists of 27 hours of management courses. All Management majors must have 50 percent of the required management courses in residence at Middle Tennessee State University.

The program below includes a Business Administration minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) Program

High achieving students majoring in Supply Chain Management who intend to pursue a master’s degree in Management (M.S.) or Business Administration (M.B.A.) may apply to participate in the Accelerated Bachelors/Masters (ABM) pathway. The pathway allows undergraduate students an opportunity to complete select requirements for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees simultaneously. Upon successful completion of the ABM pathway, students must submit an application (including application fee) to the graduate program. Additional application requirements will be waived, and the student will be admitted to the program automatically. For more information about the ABM pathway, see the Graduate Catalog.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Supply Chain Management, B.B.A., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
College of Business Core	42 hours*
Major Requirements	27 hours
Auxiliary Courses	6 hours*
Business Elective	3 hours
Electives	1-7 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the General Education curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill General Education requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following courses required by the program meet General Education requirements:

MATH 1630 or MATH 1810 (Math)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci and core course)

College of Business Core (42 hours)

All students must complete the College of Business Core which requires 42 hours with a 2.000 GPA.

Major Requirements (27 hours)

MGMT 3640 - Managing Key Performance Indicators 3 credit hours
MGMT 3715 - International Sourcing 3 credit hours
MGMT 3705 - Continuous Improvement/Problem Solving 3 credit hours
MGMT 3750 - International Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3800 - Managing Change and Conflict in Organizations 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 3810 - Human Resource Management 3 credit hours OR
MGMT 3940 - Ethical Leadership in Business 3 credit hours

Supply Chain Management Electives (12 hours)

Upper-division MGMT or ENTR elective 3 credit hours

Choose 9 hours from the following:

MGMT 3720 - Supply Chain Distribution 3 credit hours
MGMT 3725 - Lean Project Management Principles 3 credit hours
MGMT 3730 - Management of Innovation 3 credit hours
MGMT 4700 - Applications in Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (6 hours)

ACTG 3020 - Managerial Accounting 3 credit hours OR
BIA 4010 - Business Analytics and Visualization 3 credit hours
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)

Business Elective (3 hours)

Electives (1-7 hours)

Curriculum: Management, Supply Chain Management

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman Fall

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Math)
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours * (Soc/Beh Sci)
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Elective 1 credit hour

Subtotal: 14 Hours

Freshman Spring

ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours

Sophomore Fall

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours Hum/FA OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours Hum/FA OR
HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Sophomore Spring

HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours *
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Fall

BUS 3000 - The Dale Carnegie Course 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3620 - Supply Chain Operations 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Junior Spring

BIA 3620 - Introduction to Business Analytics 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
MGMT 3640 - Managing Key Performance Indicators 3 credit hours §
MGMT 3750 - International Supply Chain Management 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Fall

MGMT 3705 - Continuous Improvement/Problem Solving 3 credit hours §
MGMT 3715 - International Sourcing 3 credit hours §
MGMT or ENTR UD 3 credit hours
MGMT UD elective 3 credit hours**
MGMT 3800 - Managing Change and Conflict in Organizations 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3810 - Human Resource Management 3 credit hours § OR
MGMT 3940 - Ethical Leadership in Business 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 15 Hours

Senior Spring

ACTG 3020 - Managerial Accounting 3 credit hours § OR
BIA 4010 - Business Analytics and Visualization 3 credit hours §
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §
MGMT UD electives§** 6 credit hours
Business elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours

NOTE:

*2.25 GPA in these courses for admission to Jones College of Business
**Select from MGMT 3720, MGMT 3725, MGMT 3730, or MGMT 4700
§Admission to Jones College of Business required