Supply Chain Management

Post-Baccalaureate Credit Certificate Program

Dr. John E. Tyworth
454B Business Building
University Park, PA 16802
Telephone: 814-865-1866
Fax: 814-863-7067
E-mail: jet@psu.edu

The primary goad of the program is to prepare supply chain professionals to manage value-creating supply chain networks that modern business enterprises employ to acquire, produce, and deliver goods and services on a global scale. Students learn how to analyze and manage core business processes including sourcing and procuring raw materials, supplies and components and planning and fulfilling customer demand. All candidates are required to complete with a passing grade the three prescribed 500-level, four-credit courses to earn the certificate.

Admission Requirements

An applicant must have received, from an accredited institution, a baccalaureate degree under residence with credit conditions substantially equivalent to those required by Penn State. Additionally, the applicant's baccalaureate degree should be in business, engineering, economics, information sciences, or a related field and the applicant should have completed a college-level course in microeconomic principles.

Required Courses

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM)
800. Supply Chain Management (4)
810. Transportation and Distribution (4)
820. Strategic Procurement (4)

Graduate courses carry numbers from 500 to 599. Advanced undergraduate courses numbered between 400 and 499 may be used to meet some graduate degree requirements when taken by graduate students. Courses below the 400 level may not. A graduate student may register for or audit these courses in order to make up deficiencies or to fill in gaps in previous education but not to meet requirements for an advanced degree.

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM) course list

Effective Date: Fall Semester 2007
Expiration Date: Summer Session 2012

The University reserves the right to change the requirements and regulations listed here and to determine whether a student has satisfactorily met its requirements for admission or graduation, and to reject any applicant for any reason the University determines to be material to the applicant's qualifications to pursue higher education. Nothing in this material should be considered a guarantee that completion of a program and graduation from the University will result in employment.

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Last Revised by the Department: Fall Semester 2007

Blue Sheet Item #: 35-07-550

Review Date: 6/12/07