Curriculum & Course Sequence
Our applied curriculum is designed to help you grow and advance. You’ll learn best practices across the full product life cycle, strengthen relationships with suppliers and customers, and develop hands-on experience with computer-based supply chain optimization tools and generative AI. Built by experienced scholars and practitioners, the program is built on a cohort (team based) model with an EU Flex format, allowing students to attend online, on campus, or a combination of the two. The M.S. in Supply Chain Management program consists of 13 courses for a total of 9.25 credits (or 37 semester hours). Once you complete the 8 core courses, your final 4 courses will be in one of our specializations.
Specializations:
- General Management
- Managerial Leadership
- Project Management
- Public Health
Course Sequence
All courses are .75 credits or 3 semester hours unless indicated otherwise. Courses meet for 8 weeks in the fall and spring terms. J-term and summer courses meet for 4 or 8 weeks and vary by course. Students may choose elective courses within a specialization or electives from the Supply Chain Management program.
Fall Term
- SCM 515 Strategy & Finance
- SCM 516 Supply Chain Analytics
January Term
- SCM 525 Strategic Sourcing and SRM
Spring Term
- SCM 535 Demand and Supply Planning
- SCM 536 Global Logistics and Risk Management or Specialization Elective
Summer Term
- SCM 545 Transportation & Distribution Strategies
- SCM 580 Capstone 1
Fall Term
- SCM 555 Inventory and Quality Process Management
- SCM 556 Marketing and CRM or Specialization Elective
January Term
- SCM 565 Leadership Development
Spring Term
- SCM 576 Technology and E-Commerce
- SCM 577 Sustainability and Returns Management or Specialization Elective
- SCM 581 Capstone II
- General Management
The General Management specialization allows you to choose four masters-level electives across any discipline if the total is 3.0 credits (12 semester hours).
- Managerial Leadership
- MBA 550 Cultural Diversity in Organizations
- MBA 552 Leadership
- MBA 553 Organization Behavior
- MBA 555 Negotiations
- Project Management
- MPM 509 Project Management
- MPM 501 Project Management Fundamentals in Practice 1
- MPM 502 Project Management Fundamentals in Practice 2
- MPM 503 Tools and Techniques of the Project Manager OR MPM 530 AI for Project Management
- Public Health
- MPH 500 Foundations of Public Health
- MPH 505 Public Health Services Administration and Management
- MPH 508 Leadership & Innovation in Public Health
- MPH 520 Public Health Policy and Politics
Elmhurst University reserves the right to modify courses, schedules and program format without advance notice to students.
