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 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.

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: Clarkson Common Experience Knowledge Area Requirement	3			Non-Business Elective: Clarkson Common Experience 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			SB441	Advanced Topics in Global
	Management	3			Supply Chain Management	3
MK431	Supply Chain Distribution			EC451	Industrial and Supply Chain
	Channels	3			Economics	3
OS432	Organizational Policy and Strategy	3		SB361	Supply Chain Environmental Management	3
	Non-Business Elective: Clarkson Common Experience				Non-Business Elective: Clarkson Common Experience Knowledge
	Knowledge Area requirement	3			Area requirement	3
	Non-Business Elective	3			Non-Business Elective	3
	TOTAL	15			TOTAL	15