Curriculum
Discover the comprehensive Master of Supply Chain Management program at Penn State, offered in a traditional classroom setting at the University Park campus. This 30-credit program spans two academic semesters, combining core coursework and elective options. Explore the curriculum, including courses such as Supply Chain Analysis, Supply Chain Management, and Supply Chain Design and Strategy (Capstone Course). Prepare for a successful career in supply chain management.
This 30-credit Master of Supply Chain Management program, offered in a traditional face-to-face classroom setting with dedicated course sections on Penn State’s University Park campus, begins in the fall semester and concludes in May of the following year. Each semester builds upon the required semester before it, creating a laddered educational experience that helps every student succeed, regardless of background or experience.
The program spans two academic semesters with 6 credits of chosen electives and 24 credits of core coursework, including a culminating capstone experience.
Fall Semester
Credits: 3 | Duration: 16 weeks | Professor: Felisa D. Higgins, Ph.D.
This course provides an enhanced understanding of key principles, concepts, and methodologies for effective supply chain management
This course provides an enhanced understanding of key principles, concepts, and methodologies for effective supply chain management
Credits: 3 | Duration: 16 weeks | Professor: Heather Scholz Lutz, Ph.D.
For this course, supply chain management is defined as the integration of key business processes from the end user through original suppliers that provide products, services, and information that add value for customers.
For this course, supply chain management is defined as the integration of key business processes from the end user through original suppliers that provide products, services, and information that add value for customers.
Credits: 3 | Duration: 16 weeks | Professor: Steve Tracey, MBA
Garner professional-level coverage of essential supply chain performance and financial metrics applied both within the firm and across the extended enterprise. The course helps students develop the ability to choose and utilize the correct set of performance and financial metrics for varying supply chain decision-making situations.
Garner professional-level coverage of essential supply chain performance and financial metrics applied both within the firm and across the extended enterprise. The course helps students develop the ability to choose and utilize the correct set of performance and financial metrics for varying supply chain decision-making situations.
Credits: 3 | Duration: 16 weeks | Professor: TBD
Strategy, supply chain innovation, transformation, and leadership are the key themes throughout this course. This course is designed to address strategic management issues and offers many framework models for consideration.
Strategy, supply chain innovation, transformation, and leadership are the key themes throughout this course. This course is designed to address strategic management issues and offers many framework models for consideration.
An elective course (500 or 800 level) can be chosen from a list of approved courses maintained by the graduate program office. The list of elective courses may change over time based on feedback from students and industry.
Spring Semester
Credits: 3 | Duration: 16 weeks | Professor: Susan Purdum, MBA
This course provides a broad exploration of selecting, evaluating, and determining the nature of relationships with suppliers from the buyer's perspective within the context of industry and market knowledge. Additionally, the course seeks to develop the ability to understand ethical conduct in business organizations.
This course provides a broad exploration of selecting, evaluating, and determining the nature of relationships with suppliers from the buyer's perspective within the context of industry and market knowledge. Additionally, the course seeks to develop the ability to understand ethical conduct in business organizations.
Credits: 3 | Duration: 16 weeks | Professor: David Huff, Ph.D.
Obtain an overview of the strategic position of the operations function of a firm and gives an understanding of best principles and practices in process design and control.
Obtain an overview of the strategic position of the operations function of a firm and gives an understanding of best principles and practices in process design and control.
Credits: 3 | Duration: 16 weeks | Professor: TBD
The focus of this course is the strategic design of supply chain networks. Supply chain design decisions have extraordinary impact on the cost and service value attributes of a product or service over its lifetime.
The focus of this course is the strategic design of supply chain networks. Supply chain design decisions have extraordinary impact on the cost and service value attributes of a product or service over its lifetime.
Credits: 3 | Duration: 16 weeks | Professor: David Huff, Ph.D.
This course provides an overview of the art and science of converting fuzzy business situations into quantitative supply chain models followed by an analysis and recommendation. We discuss methods that are used extensively in business organizations to solve large, structured problems.
This course provides an overview of the art and science of converting fuzzy business situations into quantitative supply chain models followed by an analysis and recommendation. We discuss methods that are used extensively in business organizations to solve large, structured problems.
An elective course (500 or 800 level) can be chosen from a list of approved courses maintained by the graduate program office. The list of elective courses may change over time based on feedback from students and industry.