Southwestern College Professional Studies

Is an Operations Management Major For Me?

Southwestern College Professional Studies offers an operations management major appropriate for managers in almost any business-service, retail, manufacturing, health care, or other industries. The concepts covered enhance the knowledge and skills learners already have, helping you to be valuable and sought-after in the field of your choice.

Specific areas studied include personnel management, value streaming, process management and analysis scheduling, project administration, Six Sigma, and legal and regulatory compliance issues.

Operations management is offered both in the classroom and online.

Required and Core Courses

Required Major Courses

OMGT 310 Operations Management I
OMGT 410 Operations Management II
COT 313 Project Administration
OMGT 305 Organizational Quality Management
OMGT 311 Six Sigma Green Belt I
OMGT 320 Managing Group Dynamics
OMGT 415 Integrative Supply Chain Management
OMGT 422 Finance for Management
CAPS 492 Senior Capstone

Required Core Courses

HRD 210 Building Academic Success
CLO 320 Critical Thinking
CLO 340 Ethics in Today’s Organization
CLO 410 Decision Sciences
CLO 415 Professional Communication
CLO 499 Responsibility for the Future

Recommended Electives

OMGT 312 Six Sigma Green Belt II
MTCH 318 Six Sigma Black Belt I
MTCH 319 Six Sigma Black Belt II
HRD 325 Developing Workforce Talent
SOCS 320 Adults in Transition
BQM 320 Organizational Leadership
BUS 328 Organizational Behavior
BSAD 340 Legal Environment of Business
BSAD 420 Management Information System Analysis
BSAD 440 Strategic Management
All classes are 3 credit hours unless otherwise indicated.

Course Descriptions

OMGT 310 Operations Management I

Overview of the salient aspects of operations management related to process analysis, product and service delivery design, work measurement, reliability and quality. This course is the first course in a two part series. Discussion of the aspects of operations strategy, supply chain management, competitive advantage and the management of operations in a global environment are included.

OMGT 410 Operations Management II

Overview of layout strategy, forecasting and constraint theory. This course is the second in a two part series. Includes a detailed investigation of planning and scheduling strategies that are applicable to a broad range of business situations and an introduction to simulation.

COT 313 Project Administration

An introduction to project management using Microsoft Project. Covers tasks, phases, milestones, critical path tracking, resource planning, budgeting, and skill-mix staffing.

OMGT 305 Organizational Quality Management

An overview of the key elements required in all aspects of operational management utilizing the most accepted techniques for achieving quality including Malcolm Baldrige, AS9100, and change management principles.

OMGT 311 Six Sigma Green Belt I

This course is the first of a two part series to prepare professionals to participate on teams that are designed to improve, redesign, and create efficient, customer-focused business processes. It will provide an understanding of how Six Sigma integrates tools and best practices from various disciplines into a more powerful system of management. The teaming aspects of Six Sigma will be described.

OMGT 320 Managing Group Dynamics

This course examines individual and group behavior within the context of the organizational design and culture. Includes theoretical and practical knowledge for understanding topics such as motivation, leadership, management decision-making, group process, and conflict resolution.

OMGT 415 Integrative Supply Chain Management

Intricacies of supply chain management and disruptive factors that influence the supply chain are studied. Includes an analysis of current practices that reflect maximum supply chain reliability and sustain delivery integrity.

OMGT 422 Finance for Management

Designed to address the needs of the non-financial, non-accountant manager. Study will include basic financial principles as they deal with budgeting, asset value, cost factors, direct labor, overhead, standard cost, positive and negative variances, and capital budgeting.

HRD210 Building Academic Success

Introduces academic success topics and tools that are intended to establish and strengthen understanding of the learner and academic success coach relationship, critical thinking and reading, institutional policies and procedures, and the basics of online research and academic writing while experiencing the Southwestern College Professional Studies course format on the way to becoming a Southwestern College Moundbuilder.

CLO 320 Critical Thinking

This course prepares learners to critically interpret, synthesize, analyze and evaluate information. It is designed to introduce learners to complex problems and help them come to well reasoned conclusions and solutions.

CLO 340 Ethics in Today’s Organizations

This course will utilize the expertise of professionals working in the various disciplines as well as the moral reasoning of ethicists. An approach to the ethical challenges of a modern society is developed.

CLO 410 Decision Sciences

This course introduces the learner to utilizing and applying both quantitative and qualitative methods for individual, organizational, and societal decision making. A variety of tools and techniques will be examined as the foundation for the development and interpretation of attributes and variables in addition to the use of data sources for the purpose of improving processes and organizational environments.

CLO 415 Professional Communication

A study of the communication processes in situations encountered in organizations and professional environments. Analysis of simulated and real life situations will include the creation of professional documents and various functions of written, oral, and interpersonal communications.

CLO 499 Responsibility for the Future

Seniors with various majors will share learning and approaches from their different disciplines toward dealing holistically with issues that shape the future, seeking to integrate disciplines and to synthesize knowing, caring, and doing.

CAPS 492 Senior Capstone

Learners will be required to develop a portfolio project that demonstrates their knowledge, skills, and abilities in their major discipline. Particular attention will be given to the presentation of evidence and artifacts from their major courses as well as recent research relevant to their specific program outcomes. The purpose of the final portfolio project is to document learner achievement and to ensure learning outcomes are met.

All classes are 3 credit hours unless otherwise indicated.

Admission Requirements

Entering students must have earned at least 30 college credits from previous college coursework or ACE evaluated military training, a GPA of 2.0, and have three years of work experience. Transfer hours accepted for Professional Studies admittance should include English Composition I and II, and mathematics (college algebra preferred). These courses may be considered in transfer or completed at Southwestern College.

Contact a program representative to evaluate your options.

Graduation Requirements

A total of 124 credit hours must be earned to graduate. You must have at least 60 credit hours from a four-year university or college and at least 30 hours from Southwestern College (does not include prior learning experience credits). Of the 30 hours required from Southwestern, 15 of the last 30 hours earned toward your degree must be at Southwestern College. See your advisor for more information.

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