School of Business - Clarkson University

B.S. in Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM)
The principles behind supply chain management focus on
developing seamless flows of raw materials, products/services,
information, and financial capital. The supply chain starts at
the initial design process and includes raw material sourcing,
logistics and continues through the delivery of that product or
service to the end customer, with a goal of creating customer
satisfaction at optimal cost. The GSCM curriculum takes a
systems approach, which includes concepts and faculty from
operations management, marketing, information systems,
human resource management, strategic management, and
economics woven together in a seamless curriculum. Concepts
emphasized include:
• Integration through ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
• A process management approach to quality
• A global orientation
• E-commerce based strategies
• Employing IT as a decision-making tool
• People and organizational skills for implementing GSCM
solutions
• Incorporating environmental sustainability perspectives
Students earning a degree in Global Supply Chain Management
must complete the Clarkson Common Experience and complete
120 credits including the following: 33 credits of Clarkson
Common Experience requirements (including the Clarkson
Seminar, two mathematics courses (calculus and statistics),
two science courses (one of which must include a lab), five
knowledge area courses, and a technology course); 42 credits
of foundation coursework in business; 27 credits of specialized
business courses to satisfy the major requirements; and 18
12
credit hours of electives. Since 50% of coursework must
be taken outside the School of Business (no more than 3
economics and 2 statistics courses can count as non-business
courses), most electives, depending on courses chosen to fulfill
the requirements of the Clarkson Common Experience, will
be non-business courses taken in other schools at Clarkson
University.
Required courses include:
EC451 Industrial & Supply Chain Economics
IS428 Information Systems for Supply Chain Management
MK431 Supply Chain Distribution Channels
OM341 Global Sourcing & Supply Chain Design
OM351 Quality Management & Lean Enterprise
SB361 Supply Chain Environmental Management
SB441 Advanced Topics in Global Supply Chain Management
OS466 Negotiations & Relationship Management
Students choose one professional elective from the following
list:
IS314 Database Management
MK436 Creativity and Developing Innovation & New Products
LW471 Law & Society II
MK332 Marketing Research
OM476 Management of Technology
MK437 Retail Marketing
SB305 Cost Management
The following would be the typical Third- and Fourth-Year Plan.
There is enough flexibility so that students studying abroad
during the third year should still be able to complete the degree
requirements.
Third Year — first Semester Third Year — Second Semester
Course Title Cr. Hrs. Course Title Cr. Hrs.
OS351 Quality Management & Lean Enterprise 3 IS428 Information Systems for Supply Chain Management 3
OS352 Strategic Human Resource Management 3 OM341 Global Sourcing and Supply Chain Design 3
FN361 Financial Management 3 Free Elective 3
Free or Non-Business Elective 3 Professional Elective 3
Non-Business Elective 3 Knowledge Area Requirement 3
ToTAl 15 ToTAl 15
fourth Year — first Semester fourth Year — Second Semester
Course Title Cr. Hrs. Course Title Cr. Hrs.
OS466 Negotiations & Relationship Management 3 SB441 Advanced Topics in Global
MK431 Supply Chain Distribution Economics 3 Supply Chain Management 3
OS432 Organizational Policy and Strategy 3 EC451 Industrial and Supply Chain Channels 3
Non-Business Elective 3 SB361 Supply Chain Environmental Management 3
Knowledge Area Requirement 3 Non-Business Elective 3
ToTAl 15 Knowledge Area Requirement 3
ToTAl 15