Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management

Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management

Degree Structure

College

Business Administration

Department

Management

Level

Undergraduate

Study System

Courses

Total Credit Hours

123 Cr. Hrs.

Duration

4 Years

Intake

Fall and Spring

Language

English

Study Mode

Full Time

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Degree Overview

The BSc in Supply Chain Management prepares students for careers in the dynamic field of supply chain and logistics. This comprehensive program equips students with the skills and knowledge to manage the flow of goods, information, and finances across the supply chain. Students will explore key areas such as procurement, logistics, operations, and supply chain analytics. The program consists of 123 credits, including university, college, and program-specific courses, and requires a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 for graduation. 



The Bachelor of Science program in Supply Chain Management requires that a student completes 123 credits of courses and attains a minimum Cumulative GPA of 2.00. The program consists of three categories as summarized in Degree Requirements.  

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Study Plan for Supply Chain Management

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What You Will Learn

The Supply Chain Management concentration equips you with the knowledge and skills to manage global supply chains efficiently and strategically. You’ll learn how to implement best practices in areas such as process improvement, strategic sourcing and procurement, logistics and distribution, and operations management. With strong corporate sponsorship, the program offers you valuable opportunities for course projects, internships, and job placements, ensuring you’re well-prepared for a successful career in supply chain management. 

University Requirements

College Requirements

Degree Requirements

B.Sc. in Supply Chain Management (123 Credits)

Requirements

Compulsory

Elective

Total

Courses

Credit Hours

Courses

Credit Hours

Courses

Credit Hours

University Requirements

56

18

2

6

8

24

College Requirements

16

48

2

6

18

54

Program Requirements

8

24

2

6

10

30

Minor Requirements

--

--

5

15

5

15

Total Credit Hours

90

33

123

 

  • University Requirements

All students in all programs offered by the University have to take 24 credit hours, where 18 credits are compulsory, and 6 credits are elective. Seven domains are covered: English Language, Arabic Language, Islamic Studies, UAE Studies, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Information Technology, Humanities, Social and Arts, and Natural and Health Sciences.

  •  College Requirements

The College requirements (54 credit hours) are common courses taken by several undergraduate programs offered in the college programs. The courses are listed below.

Course#

Course Title

Credits

Prerequisite

College Compulsory Courses (48 credit hours)

1440100

Mathematics for Business

3

None

1440264

Business Statistics

3

1440100

0308151

Principles of Microeconomics

3

None

0308252

Principles of Macroeconomics

3

0308151

0301120

Financial Accounting

3

None

0301211

Managerial Accounting

3

None

0308230

Financial Management

3

None

0302160

Principles of Management

3

None

0302170

Principles of Marketing

3

None

0302250

Legal Environment of Business

3

0302160

0302262

Organizational Behavior

3

0302160

0302350

Ethics and Islamic Values in Business

3

0302250

0302361

Operations and Supply Chain Management (Note 1)

3

1440264

0302461

Research Methods (Note 2)

3

1440264

0302467

Strategic Management

3

Senior Standing

1503130

Introduction to BIS (Note 3)

3

None

College Elective Courses (6 credit hours)

0301327

Taxation and Zakat

3

0301120

0301425

Financial Statement Analysis

3

0301120

0308450

Money and Banking

3

0308252

0308334

Real Estate Finance

3

0308230

0302383

Business and Government

3

0302160

0303228

E-Business

3

0303130

0302254

Business Communication

3

0202112

1503211

Business Analytics

3

1503130

Note 1: Equivalent to 0302311 Operations Management

Note 2: Equivalent to 0302461 Business Research Methods and 0302473 Marketing Research Methods

Note 3: Equivalent to 0303130 Introduction to MIS

  • Program Requirements
  1. Compulsory courses (24 credit hours)
  2. Elective courses (6 credit hours)
  3. Minor courses (15 credit hours)

The Department of Management requires students to take 30 credit hours in the specialization and 15 credit hours from an approved minor. The specialization courses are divided into mandatory and elective courses.

Students in Supply Chain Management (SCM) program are required to take 24 credit hours of mandatory courses and complete 6 credit hours of elective courses from the below list:

Course #

Course Title

Credit Hours

Prerequisites

Compulsory Courses (24 CH)

0302340

Supply Chain Planning and Operation

3

0302361

0302341

Quality and Process Management

3

1440264 and 0302160

0302344

Logistics and Supply Chain Modeling

3

0302340

0302345

Distribution and Warehouse Management

3

0302340

0302346

Procurement and Supply Management

3

0302340

0302443

Supply Chain Analytics

3

1440264

0302449

Project in LSCM

3

0302340 and Dept. approval

0302447

Internship in SCM

3

The student should complete 75 CH

Elective Courses (6 CH)

1503230

Database Management

3

0303130 or 1503130

1503441

Enterprise Systems

3

0303130 or 1503130

0302441

Transportation Planning and Management

3

0302340

1503347

Customer Relationship Management Systems

3

0302170 or 1503240

302348

International Logistics

3

302344

302349

Logistics Cost Management

3

302344

 

  • Minor Offered

Each student in the B.Sc. in Supply Chain Management program should take any minor program (15 credit Hours) offered by the department or the college. Students can choose from the following minors:

  1. Management

  2. Marketing

  3. Human Resource Management

  4. Accounting

  5. Finance

  6. Economics

Minor in Management

The Department of Management offers a minor in Management to students studying a major other than Management. To satisfy the minor requirements, students must complete five courses (15 credit hours) from the following list:

Course Number

CourseTitle

Credit Hours

Prerequisites

0302360

Human Resource Management*

3

0302160

0302362

International Business

3

0302262

0302363

Creative Thinking and Problem Solving

3

0302160

0302366

Organizational Analysis and Design

3

0302262

0302367

Entrepreneurship*

3

0302160

0302369

Total Quality Management

3

1440264, 0302160

0302462

Managing Change and Innovation

3

0302262

0302463

Family and Small Business Management

3

0302160

0302464

Leadership and Management

3

0302160

0302465

Special Topics in Management

3

0302160

0302465

Sustainability, Business and Responsibility

3

0302160

0302382

Electronic Government

3

0303130

0302485

Innovations in Public Sector Management

3

0302280

0302377

Digital Innovation Management2

3

0302160

0302381

Social Entrepreneurship2

3

0302160

* Human Resource Management and Entrepreneurship are only available to students who are not taking any

concentration in the Department (Management, Marketing, Human Resource Management, and Supply Chain Management)

Minor in Marketing

The Department of Management offers a minor in Marketing to students studying a major other than Marketing. To satisfy the minor requirements, students must complete five courses (15 credit hours) from the following list:

 

Course Number

CourseTitle

Credit Hours

Prerequisites

0302370

Consumer Behavior*

3

0302170

0302371

Strategic Marketing

3

Note

0302372

Services Marketing

3

0302170

0302374

Management of Marketing Channels

3

0302170

0302470

Global Marketing

3

0302170

0302471

Event Marketing and Management

3

0302170

0302472

Customer Relationship Management

3

0302170

0302474

Special Topics in Marketing

3

0302170

0302373

Sales Management

3

0302170

0302376

Social Media and Digital Marketing

3

0302170

0302476

Green Marketing**

3

0302170

0302385

Marketing Analytics

3

Complete 75 credit hours

0302386

Product and Brand Management

3

0302170

0302387

Retail Management

3

0302170

*Consumer Behavior is only available to students who are not taking any concentration in the Department (Management, Marketing, Human Resource Management, and Supply Chain Management)

Note: Minimum of 99 credit hours should be earned to enroll in the Strategic Marketing' course.

** Equivalent to Sustainable Marketing (0302476)

Minor in Human Resource Management

The Department of Management offers a minor in Human Resource Management to students studying a major other than Human Resource Management. To satisfy the minor requirements, students must complete five courses (15 credit hours) from the following list:

 

Course Number

Course Title

Credit Hours

Prerequisites

0302460

International Human Resource Management

3

0302360

0302365

Recruitment and Selection

3

0302360

0302391

Current Topics in HRM

3

0302360

0302392

Employment Law in the UAE

3

0302250

0302493

Pay and Salary Administration

3

0302360

0302468

Major Project

3

0302461

0302488

HR Analytics

3

Note

Note: Complete 75 credit hours, including Human Resource Management (0302360)

Minor in Accounting

The Department of Accounting offers a minor in Accounting to all Business Administration students. To satisfy the minor requirement, students must successfully complete five courses (15 credit hours) from the following list:

Course Number

CourseTitle

Credit Hours

Prerequisites

0301310

Cost and Management Accounting

3

0301211

0301321

Intermediate Accounting I

3

0301120

0301322

Intermediate Accounting II

3

0301321

0301324

Government and Non-Profit Accounting (Arabic)

3

0301120

0301325

International Accounting

3

0301321

0301327

Taxation and Zakat

3

0301120

0301329

Accounting Internship

3

Note

0301343

Accounting Information Systems

3

0301120

0301414

Advanced Management Accounting

3

0301211

0301420

Advanced Financial Accounting

3

0301321

0301421

Auditing Principles

3

0301321

0301425

Financial Statement Analysis

3

0301120

0301426

Special Topics in Accounting

3

0301321

0301428

Internal Audit

3

0301321

0301429

Accounting Seminar

3

0301321

Note: Note 1: Minimum 75 Credit Hours/ Department Approval

Minor in Finance

The Department of Finance and Economics offers a minor in Finance to all Business Administration students. To satisfy the minor requirement, students must successfully complete five courses (15 credit hours) from the following list:

Course Number

CourseTitle

Credit Hours

Prerequisites

0308230

Financial Management*

3

None

0308331

Corporate Finance

3

0308230

0308332

Investment Analysis

3

0308230

0308334

Real Estate Finance

3

0308230

0308361

Banking Operations Management

3

0308230

0308362

Introduction to Islamic Banking and Finance

3

0308230

0308365

Risk Management

3

0308230

0308430

International Financial Management

3

0308230

0308431

Financial Markets and Institutions

3

0308230

0308461

Credit Analysis and Lending Management

3

0308230

*Pre-requisite for all Finance courses.

Minor in Economics

The Department of Finance and Economics offers a minor in Economics to all Business Administration students. To satisfy the minor requirement, students must successfully complete five courses (15 credit hours) from the following list:

Course Number

CourseTitle

Credit Hours

Prerequisites

0308351

Intermediate Microeconomics*

3

0308151

0308352

Intermediate Macroeconomics*

3

0308252

0308253

Managerial Economics

3

0308151

0308355

Introduction to Econometrics

3

0308252 and 1440264

0308452

Public Economics

3

0308252

0308450

Money and Banking

3

0308252

0308453

International Economics

3

0308252

0308455

Economic Development

3

0308252

*Either one of these courses is mandatory

 

Course Description

College Compulsory Courses

0302160

Principles of Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

None

This course presents the current management practices as they apply in the modern business world. The course discusses the four cornerstones of the management function: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. It addresses the function of management from classical, behavioral, contingency and system perspectives.

0302170

Principles of Marketing

3 CR

Prerequisite:

None

This course is designed to acquaint students with the scope and nature of the marketing function, the way business organizations build and maintain profitable relationships with customers and create value to optimize their positions in today’s dynamic competitive environment. The course will help students understand and develop a marketing plan by integrating the components of the marketing mix and by making valid, sustainable, and ethical decisions. Subjects covered include marketing definition and function, marketing plan process, the marketing environment, key customer-driven marketing strategy decisions (i.e., segmentation, targeting, positioning), and the tactical marketing tools or marketing mix (product, price, promotion, and place).

0302250

Legal Environment of Business

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302160 - Principles of Management

This course will provide a general and practical introduction to the legal environment that affects business persons, traders, and other business transactions. It will consider how laws are applied in business contexts and how it impacts upon its activities, contracts, business organizations, companies law, labor law and commercial transactions. The course will address various legal subjects including contract law, commercial law, litigation law, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), corporate law, tort law, civil law and liability law, intellectual property and Internet laws. The focus will be on common law, but the course will also consider the civil legal system in the UAE. The course mainly focuses on practical aspects of the business environment.

0302262

Organizational Behavior

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302160 - Principles of Management

This course seeks to familiarize students with the basic principles of individual and group behaviour and their applications within organizations. Topics covered include job design, perceptions, learning, communication, decision-making, motivation, group dynamics, conflict management, power and politics, leadership, organizational change and effectiveness.

0302350

Ethics & Islamic Values in Business

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302250 - Legal Environment of Business

What ‘ought’ to be the right thing to do? What ‘should’ be done? Ethics is concerned with such ‘ought’ and ‘should’ questions, making it a normative field. In this course, we try to define Ethics in general and Business Ethics in particular. We attempt to approach these questions from both a Western and Islamic perspectives.

The course is structured along three parts. In the first & second parts, we investigate the foundations of ethics from Western and Islamic perspectives. The third part looks at some important ethical issues pertaining to business activities. This part serves to apply the ethical concepts and theories to real-life business scenarios covered in the first two parts using real case studies (e.g. Enron, WorldCom, Nestle, Nike, and the like).

0302361

Operations & Supply Chain Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

1440264 - Business Statistics

This course provides an understanding of fundamental concepts of operations and supply chain management. It covers the systematic approaches to managing all activities involved in producing goods and delivering services including their transformation process from point of origin to point of use. Students will learn responsibilities of operations and supply chain managers, operations strategy, productivity measurement, layout strategy, product design, supply chain activities, and supply chain analytics using multiple tools and techniques.

0302461

Research Methods

3 CR

Prerequisite:

1440264 - Business Statistics

The course introduces students to the basics of Business Research. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of business research and how research is carried out in business settings. The course will cover both qualitative and quantitative research tools (Survey, experimentation, observation Focus group and depth interviews) and the processes of developing and assessing the validity of measurement tools. Additionally, the course will introduce common sampling procedures and will expose students to basic data analysis techniques using SPSS software. At the end of the course, students will complete in group, a research project based on business topic of interest.

0302467

Strategic Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

Senior Standing

Strategic Management is a course designed to expose students to a strategic perspective on issues that concern the firm as a whole. The course draws on and integrates concepts from the functional areas (i.e. marketing, finance, accounting, management, management information systems, and operations) in the analysis and resolution of complex business situations. It allows moving from a functional perspective to a strategic one. Beyond internal integration, Strategic Management concerns the processes by which firms choose, maintain or redirect their strategic positions within ever-changing external environments. The course also explores the issues of defining corporate mission, objectives, and goals. It focuses on the analysis of the firm's external and internal environment to identify reasons for competitive advantage in a global context. In that perspective, the course takes into account the cultural, ethical, political, and regulatory issues in the global business environment context. Through the combination of lectures, readings, case studies, class engagement, and project paper this course introduces the students to the concepts, theories, and tools and techniques prerequisite to critical and effective strategic analysis, thinking and communication.

University Required Courses

0302200

Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

3 CR

Prerequisite:

None

A non-conventional highly interactive course designed to provide UOS students with a unique experience into identifying the concepts of innovation, entrepreneurship, growth and leadership. At a practical level, this course equips students with the necessary design thinking and entrepreneurial skills and tools to enhance their personal development, business-oriented mindset and future professional career.

Supply Chain Management Compulsory Courses

0302340

Supply Chain Planning & Operation

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302361 - Operations and Supply Chain Management

This course provides students with concepts, techniques and tools to design, analyze, and improve core operational capabilities. The course focuses also on developing skills needed for analysis of planning, execution and control systems within the context of supply chains. This will include operation processes, operations strategy, supply network design, process design positioning, process design, analysis designing the innovation process, supply chain management, resource planning and control, inventory management capacity management, risk and resilience. improvement, lean synchronization.

0302341

Quality & Process Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

1440264 - Business Statistics and 0302160 - Principles of Management

This course focuses on the application of quality and process management principles and best practices to logistics, supply chain, and information systems. It covers a range of topics and concepts in quality and process management, including data collection and analysis, statistical process control tools and techniques, product and process re-design and improvement, and quality improvement projects. Emphasis is placed on the practical application to the development of business information systems and the improvement of logistics and supply chain processes and systems.

0302443

Supply Chain Analytics

3 CR

Prerequisite:

1440264 - Business Statistics

The purpose of this course is to provide a fundamental understanding of the concepts related to managing supply chains using analytics. Students will also learn; Supply chain design choices in managing the responsiveness with which goods are supplied to clients, learn how to use historical data to predict future demand for products, understand practical techniques to improve supply chain performance without necessarily increasing costs. The strategy may include rescheduling or rapid response.

0302344

Logistics & Supply Chain Modeling

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302340 - Supply Chain Planning & Operation

This course is an introduction to industrial supply chain logistics systems, that will enhance understanding of the components of logistics systems, such as suppliers, production facilities, storage and distribution facilities, freight transportation systems, and associated information and decision technologies; The course will also cover the interactions between logistics systems components; and quantitative models and techniques for the analysis of logistics systems and the development of decision support technologies.

0302345

Distribution & Warehouse Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302340 - Supply Chain Planning & Operation

This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts, issues and algorithms involved in the design and operation of contemporary warehouses and distribution centers. More specifically, the course seeks to offer a balanced development of the following issues: Emphasis on physical distribution and total supply chain management. Includes warehouse operations management, hardware and software systems, warehouse layout, organizational effectiveness, as well as warehouse design and development.

0302346

Procurement & Supply Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302340 - Supply Chain Planning & Operation

The course will teach the students the integrated approach to planning, acquisition, flow, and distribution, from raw materials to finished products. Topics such as developing a corporate culture, working successfully with teams, developing and implementing successful people management strategies, and workflow and performance management will be explored in this course. Students will be familiar with the basics of purchasing and the purchasing environment in the private and public sector, gain an understanding of the various approaches, tools, and strategies used in negotiations, learn the fundamentals of the budgeting process and managing the process in an organization, and become aware of the basic subjects in the field of price and cost analysis from a purchasing and production perspective.

0302447

Internship in Supply Chain Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

To complete 75 credit hours

This course is intended to provide students with practical training in supply chain management (SCM) according to an approved plan. Each student must complete a minimum of six weeks of full-time supervised training in an organization designated by the College in cooperation with the University training office.

0302449

Project in Logistics & Supply Chain Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302340 - Supply Chain Planning & Operation and department approval

This is a project based, field-based, capstone course intended to provide the student the opportunity to integrate and apply the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the program to a realistic logistics and supply chain problem. The project involves examining a supply chain network to identify its processes, components, and partners; critically analyzing it to identify the constraints, limitations, and opportunities for improvement; and devising solutions to optimize its performance. Students are expected to analyze, design and implement a solution to a supply chain problem, and present their solution at the end of the semester. The project is to be undertaken in small groups to emphasize the importance of teamwork.

Supply Chain Management Elective Courses

0309230

Database Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

1153130 - Introduction to BIS

This course provides students with the theoretical foundation and technical skills required to implement a business database solution on a relational database management system using Microsoft Access (latest version). The course teaches students how to create tables, perform queries, create forms and reports according to storage needs and constraints and how to retrieve and modify specific data by using the Access (latest version) & SQL components. Finally, students will learn how to develop and test a database application.

1503441

Enterprise Systems

3 CR

Prerequisite:

1153130 - Introduction to BIS

The course provides an overview of enterprise systems architecture, with particular focus on integration and implementation issues. It provides detailed coverage of planning, designing, implementing, and integrating enterprise information systems. Enterprise software engineering concepts and techniques will also be covered.

0302441

Transportation Planning and Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302340 - Supply Chain Planning & Operation

This course is designed to acquaint the students with key methods and practices related to the effective planning and management of transportation systems in supply chains and logistics. it covers topics including transportation role in supply chain, transportation and economy, costing for transportation, motor carriers, railroads, airlines, transportation risk management, global transportation, technology and sustainable transportation.

1503347

Customer Relationship Management Systems

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302170 - Principles of Marketing

The aim of this course is to incorporate the role in achieving good customer relationship management with a customer and/or stakeholders. Also, this course will enable students to understand the key skills needed to carry out successful customer relationship management, in order to build more productive & mutually rewarding relationships with customers and/or stakeholders. The course will also cover how to identify and respond to customers & stakeholder needs, expectations & issues that both meet their needs and protects the interests of the organization. To understand the skills to communicate with and influence customers & stakeholders.

0302348

International Logistics

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302344 - Logistics and Supply Chain Modeling

The course Addressing both practical and strategic perspectives of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) concepts, practices, technologies, and applications. The course contributes to specific areas of LSCM provide students with real-world insights on supply chain relationships, transport security, inventory management, supply chain designs, the challenges inherent to globalization and international trade. This course explores how information, materials, products, and services flow across public and private sectors.

0302349

Logistics Cost Management

3 CR

Prerequisite:

0302344 - Logistics and Supply Chain Modeling

The course explores the key concepts of Strategic Cost / Price Analysis, Value Analysis, and Total Cost of Ownership that will move today’s organization to the strategic focus needed to achieve world-class supply chain performance. In this course, students will learn how to reduce costs, reduce prices, and avoid costs in the whole supply chain stages and processes hence that will help the students to develop and implement strategies for improving quality and productivity while managing costs in supply chain.

 

Career Path

Graduates in Supply Chain Management can explore roles as:
- Production, planning, and expediting clerks
- Data analysts
- Purchasing agents
- Operations managers
- Logistics analysts
- Purchasing managers
- Supply chain managers
- Logistics managers
- Storage and distribution managers

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