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Finance & Operations Management
Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration Contact: Nelson J. Lacey Office: 308 SOM Phone: 545-5630 Chair of Department: Associate Professor Nelson J. Lacey. Professors Ali, Branch, Nagurney, Robinson, Schneeweis; Associate Professors Abranovic, Kazemi, Nakosteen, Nawalkha; Assistant Professors Kapadia, McComb. Career Opportunities Students choosing the Finance concentration are prepared for careers in banking, insurance, investments, and other financial services. Their background is broad enough to allow them to enter most other areas of corporate and business activities, and many go on to graduate school. The Operations Management concentration is the area of business which is involved with the actual management of production, inventory control, product design, materials handling, quality assurance, and transportation. It is concerned with high tech management and pro-ductivity. The demand for qualified people in this field is very great and the variety of careers provide students with many options and employment opportunities. The Major Two concentrations are offered in the major. Both require the Isenberg School of Management core (15 cr): FOMGT 301 Corporate Finance MGT 301 Principles of Management MKTG 301 Principles of Marketing SOM 310 Management Communication SOM 497 Business Policy and Strategy Finance Concentration 1. Departmental courses (12 cr) 310 Capital Markets and Institutions 320 Investments One of the following sets of courses: Corporate Finance 302 Advanced Corporate Finance 304 Information Technology in Finance Investments 413 International Finance 421 Advanced Investments 2. Six upper-level courses (18 cr) in the Isenberg School and/or the Economics Department. 3. Five electives (15 cr) not in the Isenberg School or the Economics Department. Operations Management Concentration 1. Departmental courses (15 cr) 347 Introduction to Operations Management 353 Introduction to Management Science 442 Quality Management 348 Advanced Operations Management 359 Business Forecasting Methods 2. Three of the following courses: (9 cr) 341 Logistics and Transportation 354 Topics in Management Science 373 Simulation I 483 Advanced Problems in Operations Management 3. Two courses (6 cr) of Operations Management electives from related departments, such as: CMPSCI 121 Introduction to Problem Solving with Computers CMPSCI 187 Programing with Data Structures CMPSCI 311 Introduction to Algorithms CS 385 Retail Buying and Merchandise Management HRTA 355 Advanced Food Production Management MGT 314 Personnel Management MGT 446 Small Business Management MGT 448 International Management MGT 492E Entrepreneurship and Society MIE 460 Human Factors Engineering I MIE 532 Network Optimization Note: At least one of these courses must be from outside the Isenberg School. 4. Five electives (15 cr) not in the Isenberg School or the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. | |
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