Global Supply Chain Management Major Requirements
(33 credits)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Business Core | ||
| See Business Core Requirements | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| GSC 115 | Introduction to Global Supply Chain Mgt. | 3 |
| GSC 235 | Supply Chain External Focus: Customer and Supplier Logistics | 3 |
| GSC 345 | Customer Focus: The Customer Driven Supply Chain | 3 |
| GSC 355 | Supply Chain Internal Focus: Firm Operations | 3 |
| GSC 445 | Supply Chain Strategy and Design | 3 |
| GSC 399 | GSC Co-op Program 1 | 6 |
| Major Electives | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Visual Data Analytics 3 | ||
Any 300-level and above Business Data Analytics (BDA) course | ||
| Application Development with JavaScript 3 | ||
Any 300-level and above Computer Information Systems (CIS) course except CIS 385 | ||
| Internatl Trade and Investment | ||
| International Entrepreneurship | ||
| International Finance | ||
| Strategic Sourcing and Procurement | ||
| Independent Study: Research and Creative Expression | ||
| International Management | ||
| Retailing Management 3 | ||
| Service Marketing 3 | ||
Any 300-level and above Marketing (MKT) course | ||
| International Business Elective | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Internatl Trade and Investment | ||
| International Entrepreneurship | ||
| International Finance | ||
| International Management | ||
| International Marketing | ||
| Business Analytics and Technology Requirement | 3 | |
| Management Information Systems for Global Supply Chain Management 2 | ||
| Total Credits | 33 | |
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Students majoring in Global Supply Chain Management are required to take a 6-credit co-op OR a 3-credit Internship and a 3-credit business elective.
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Students majoring in Global Supply Chain Management may not take CIS 385 Management Information Systems.
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Students majoring in Global Supply Chain Management may take a maximum of one 200 level BDA, CIS or MKT course to count as a GSC Major Elective.
Students must achieve a grade of at least “C-” in each of the major courses with a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the major.
Global Supply Chain Certificate
Supply Chain Analytics Certificate
Global Supply Chain Certificate
(9 credits)
Overview
The Global Supply Chain Certificate (GSCC), housed within the Global Supply Chain Program, is a certificate-bearing program that is open to all undergraduate students in the Norm Brodsky College of Business and in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (except GSC majors)1. The GSCC is designed to complement students’ major areas of study with relevant content from the supply chain discipline. In professional practice, supply chain management requires a high degree of interaction and collaboration with other major corporate functions. Managers in Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Human Resources and other functions need to understand and are often expected to work closely with corporate supply chain colleagues. The GSCC will provide students with the knowledge and skills to be effective in these cross-functional, interdisciplinary roles while the credential will provide differentiation and advantage in their job search.
Requirements
Upon successful completion of the requirements listed below, students will obtain a Global Supply Chain Analytics Certificate upon graduation from Rider. All GSCC participants must successfully complete and achieve grades of C- or better in each of three courses they take to complete the certificate, as described below:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course for Certificate: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Global Supply Chain Mgt. | ||
| Choose 2 of the following: | 6 | |
| Supply Chain External Focus: Customer and Supplier Logistics | ||
| Strategic Sourcing and Procurement | ||
| Customer Focus: The Customer Driven Supply Chain | ||
| Supply Chain Internal Focus: Firm Operations | ||
| Total Credits | 9 | |
1The GSC Certificate is open to and intended for all students except GSC majors.
Contact
Chirag Surti, Ph.D.
Director, Global Supply Chain Management Program
Sweigart Hall 357
609-895-5538
csurti@rider.edu
Program Website: www.rider.edu/gscm
Supply Chain Analytics Certificate
(9 credits)
Overview
The Supply Chain Analytics Certificate (SCAC) will be available to all GSC Certificate students in the Norm Brodsky College of Business. Students who exhibit strong technical skills and/or interest in analytic methods will be particularly encouraged to consider the SCA Certificate. Thus, this certificate offers an advanced “analytics study option” for GSC Certificate students.
The SCAC provides a meaningful and externally recognizable analytics credential for students without requiring the full effort of completing a major in Business Data Analytics (BDA), which requires the completion of six courses in the major. The credential will help these students differentiate themselves from peers at Rider and other universities as they compete for positions in the field of supply chain management.
Requirements
The SCAC is open to all Global Supply Chain (GSC) Certificate students in the Norm Brodsky College of Business. Upon successful completion of the requirements listed below, students will obtain a Supply Chain Analytics Certificate upon graduation from Rider.
The SCA Certificate is only awarded to students who have also completed the GSC Certificate. Students can work on both the SCA and GSC Certificates concurrently. However, the SCA Certificate will only be awarded upon the successful completion of the requirements for both the GSC Certificate and SCA Certificate by a student.
All SCAC participants must successfully complete and achieve grades of C- or better in each of three courses they take to complete the certificate, as described below:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Visual Data Analytics | ||
| Business Analytics with Python | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Database Systems | ||
or CIS 360 | Data Mining | |
| Total Credits | 9 | |
Supply Chain Analytics Concentration Requirements
(9 credits)
The SCA Concentration is open to all GSC Majors in the Norm Brodsky College of Business. Upon successful completion of the requirements listed below, students will obtain a Supply Chain Analytics Concentration upon graduation from Rider.
The SCA Concentration is only awarded to students who have also completed the GSC Major. Students can and are expected to work on both the SCA Concentration and the GSC Major concurrently. However, the SCA Concentration will only be awarded upon the successful completion of the requirements for both the GSC Major and SCA Concentration by a student.
All SCA Concentration participants must successfully complete and achieve grades of C- or better in each of three courses they take to complete the concentration, as described below:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | 6 | |
| Introduction to Visual Data Analytics | ||
| Business Analytics with Python | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Database Systems | ||
or CIS 360 | Data Mining | |
| Total Credits | 9 | |
Contact
Chirag Surti, Ph.D.
Director, Global Supply Chain Management Program
Sweigart Hall 357
609-895-5538
csurti@rider.edu
Program Website: www.rider.edu/gscm
Associated Department: Department of Information Systems, Analytics, and Supply Chain Management
Academic Plan of Study
The following educational plan is provided as a sample only. Rider students who do not declare a major during their freshman year; who are in a Continuing Education Program; who change their major; or those who transfer to Rider may follow a different plan to ensure a timely graduation. Each student, with guidance from his or her academic advisor, will develop a personalized educational plan.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
| CBA 110 | Business in Action 1 | 3 |
| CIS 185 | Information Systems Essentials 1 | 3 |
| CMP 120 | Seminar in Writing and Rhetoric | 3 |
| GSC 115 | Introduction to Global Supply Chain Mgt. | 3 |
| MSD 105 | Quantitative Methods for Business 2 | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| CMP 125 | Seminar in Writing and Research | 3 |
| ECO 200 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| MKT 200 | Marketing Principles | 3 |
| MSD 205 | Business Statistics 2 | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Elective 1 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ACC 210 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 |
| BDA 201 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 |
| COM 290 | Professional/Strategic Speech | 3 |
| ECO 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MGT 201 | Fund Management & Org Behavior | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| ACC 220 | Managerial Uses of Accounting | 3 |
| CBA 212 | Business Communications | 3 |
| CBA 236 | Career Planning | 3 |
| GSC 235 | Supply Chain External Focus: Customer and Supplier Logistics | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Elective 2 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| FIN 220 | Introduction to Finance | 3 |
| GSC 345 | Customer Focus: The Customer Driven Supply Chain | 3 |
| GSC 385 | Management Information Systems for Global Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| MSD 301 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Elective 3 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BUS 300 | The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business | 3 |
| GSC 355 | Supply Chain Internal Focus: Firm Operations | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Leadership Elective | 3 | |
| Liberal Arts Elective 4 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| GSC 491 | GSC Internship | 3 |
| International Business Elective for GSC Major 4 | 3 | |
| GSC Major Elective 5 | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BUS 400 | Strategic Management and Policy | 3 |
| GSC 445 | Supply Chain Strategy and Design | 3 |
| GSC Major Elective 5 | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours for Graduation | 120 | |
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CIS 185 and CBA 110 can be taken in the Fall or Spring of year 1.
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Students may be required to take MSD 104 Intro to Quantitative Methods based on placement. MSD 104 counts as a 3-credit Free Elective.
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Students must take four liberal arts electives; 3 credits must be in Natural Science, 3 credits must be in Social Science, 3 credits must be in Humanities, and 3 credits can be any course offered by the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Students are required to complete 6 credits of International Business Electives, which for GSC majors will be fulfilled as major courses.
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Students are required to complete 6 credits of GSC Major Electives. See the listing of GSC Major Electives on the Major Requirements page.
Notes:
- Business Honors students will have a different sequence.
- The above plan assumes no AP or other credits were transferred into Rider University.
- This plan assumes the student is taking a 3-credit GSC 491 Internship plus a 3-credit elective. GSCM majors can instead take a 6-credit GSC 399 Co-op. GSCM majors who choose the co-op option may have a different 4 year sequence of courses.
- For the Leadership Elective, choose from LDP 398 Co-op Experience Seminar, LDP 200 Foundations of Leadership, LDP 220 Service Learning Through MOB, MGT 355 Team Management, or MGT 363 Management Skills.
The following educational plan is provided as a sample only. Rider students who do not declare a major during their freshman year; who are in a Continuing Education Program; who change their major; or those who transfer to Rider may follow a different plan to ensure a timely graduation. Each student, with guidance from his or her academic advisor, will develop a personalized educational plan.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Credits | |
| CBA 110 | Business in Action 1 | 3 |
| CMP 120 | Seminar in Writing and Rhetoric | 3 |
| ECO 200 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| GSC 115 | Introduction to Global Supply Chain Mgt. | 3 |
| MSD 105 | Quantitative Methods for Business 2 | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| JTerm | ||
| Liberal Arts Elective 1 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| CIS 185 | Information Systems Essentials 1 | 3 |
| CMP 125 | Seminar in Writing and Research | 3 |
| ECO 201 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| MKT 200 | Marketing Principles | 3 |
| MSD 205 | Business Statistics | 3 |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Summer Semester | ||
| ACC 210 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 |
| Liberal Arts Elective 2 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| BDA 201 | Introduction to Business Analytics | 3 |
| CBA 236 | Career Planning | 3 |
| COM 290 | Professional/Strategic Speech | 3 |
| FIN 220 | Introduction to Finance | 3 |
| MGT 201 | Fund Management & Org Behavior | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 18 | |
| JTerm | ||
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| ACC 220 | Managerial Uses of Accounting | 3 |
| CBA 212 | Business Communications | 3 |
| GSC 235 | Supply Chain External Focus: Customer and Supplier Logistics | 3 |
| GSC 385 | Management Information Systems for Global Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Leadership Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 18 | |
| Summer Semester | ||
| MSD 301 | Operations Management | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 6 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| BUS 300 | The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business | 3 |
| GSC 345 | Customer Focus: The Customer Driven Supply Chain | 3 |
| GSC 355 | Supply Chain Internal Focus: Firm Operations | 3 |
| GSC 491 | GSC Internship | 3 |
| GSC Major Elective 5 | 3 | |
| GSC Major International Business Elective 4 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 18 | |
| JTerm | ||
| Liberal Arts Elective 3 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 3 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| BUS 400 | Strategic Management and Policy | 3 |
| GSC 445 | Supply Chain Strategy and Design | 3 |
| GSC Major Elective 5 | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Liberal Arts Elective 4 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Total Credit Hours for Graduation | 120 | |
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CIS 185 Information Systems Essentials and CBA 110 Business in Action can be taken in the Fall or Spring of Year 1.
- 2
Students may be required to take MSD 104 Intro to Quantitative Methods based on placement. MSD 104 counts as a 3-credit Free Elective.
- 3
Students must take four liberal arts electives; 3 credits must be in Natural Science, 3 credits must be in Social Science, 3 credits must be in Humanities, and 3 credits can be any course offered by the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Students are required to take 6 credits of International Business Electives which can be fulfilled as major courses or as free elective courses.
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Students are required to complete 6 credits of GSC Major electives. See the listing of GSC Major Electives on the Major Requirements page.
Notes:
- The above plan assumes no AP or other credits were transferred into Rider University.
- Business Honors students will have a different sequence.
- This plan assumes the student is taking a 3-credit GSC 491 Internship plus a 3-credit elective. GSCM majors can instead take a 6-credit GSC 399 Co-op. GSCM majors who choose the co-op option may have a different 3 year sequence of courses.
- For the Leadership Elective, choose from LDP 398 Co-op Experience Seminar,LDP 200 Foundations of Leadership, LDP 220 Service Learning Through MOB, MGT 355 Team Management, or MGT 363 Management Skills.
Courses and Descriptions
GSC 115 Introduction to Global Supply Chain Mgt. 3 Credits
This course introduces students to components of global supply chains and issues of managing the global supply chain. It is designed as a survey course to give first or second year business students a general view of supply chain management at both domestic and international levels, as well as familiarize them with basic concepts and major challenges of supply chain management. Delivery of course material will include lectures and guest speakers from industry, and in-class logistics mini cases.
GSC 235 Supply Chain External Focus: Customer and Supplier Logistics 3 Credits
This course is a detailed discussion of some of the major issues and components of supply chain management that are mainly external to an organization. In other words, it provides an “outward looking” perspective of supply chain management. Topics to be covered include sourcing, procurement, transportation, customer logistics, and distribution. The linkages to internal issues and components of supply chain will be made.
Prerequisite(s): GSC 115.
GSC 290 Strategic Sourcing and Procurement 3 Credits
Sourcing and procurement are vital components of a well-functioning and efficient supply chain. Obtaining raw materials, components, finished and semi-finished goods, critical technology, and essential services from different suppliers and countries with different languages, currencies, legal and cultural norms is a complex and risky task and made essential due to the value of these activities to the bottom-line of any global business today. Additionally, globalization raises issues involving not just costs but reliability, quality, credibility, product safety, product liability, and related social, ethical, governance, and environmental impact. In this course, students will learn and apply the concepts, principles, and techniques required to manage the sourcing process effectively. Topics include purchasing, outsourcing, materials management, inventory management, forecasting, price and cost analysis, transportation analysis, supplier selection, negotiation strategies, auctions, and legal framework. Students will apply the concepts covered in lectures, articles, case study analysis, a team project, and discussions. Additionally, a special component of this course will include participating in a multi-week real world procurement simulation where students will have an opportunity to interact in a purchasing process with senior industry procurement executives. The simulation will both teach and allow students to participate in developing and implementing bidding and negotiating strategies in real world vendor-customer relationships. Sophomore standing or higher.
Prerequisite(s): at least one of the following courses: ACC 210, or ECO 200, or ECO 201, or GSC 115.
GSC 315 International Business Tour 3 Credits
GSC 345 Customer Focus: The Customer Driven Supply Chain 3 Credits
Marketing and supply chain management programs are concerned with the creation and delivery of value to customers and organizations. No longer simply the domain of the warehouse manager or logistics director, supply chain management is viewed by most companies as a mission critical element. Marketing focuses on developing an understanding of customers and markets, creating products and services based on that understanding, and communicating and delivering the value added. This course will teach the student the essential role of marketing in all aspects of successful supply chain management - relationship management, technological and financial management - and it will help the student understand the structure, functions, principles and methods employed in discovering and translating consumer needs and wants into product and service specifications, and then transferring these goods and services from producers to consumers or end users.
GSC 355 Supply Chain Internal Focus: Firm Operations 3 Credits
This course is a detailed discussion of some of the major issues and components of supply chain management that are mainly internal to an organization. In other words, it provides an “inward looking” perspective of supply chain management. Topics to be covered include: manufacturing, quality, product design, inventory, and warehousing. The linkages to external issues and components of supply chain will be made.
GSC 375 Adv.Sem in Global Outsourcing 3 Credits
The course is aimed at generating a comprehensive understanding of the emergent domain of global business process outsourcing. Variously referred to as knowledge process outsourcing, IT-enabled services outsourcing, and business services outsourcing, the industry has seen enormous growth over the last decade and continues to grow. India commands the single largest share of this market but South Africa, Eastern Europe, Philippines, Morocco and Egypt have all emerged as other contenders in this global sector. The course is divided into four modules: the political economy of global outsourcing, process modeling, outsourcing management, and industry analysis. Please note: Students will not receive credit for both CIS 375 and GSC 375.
Prerequisite(s): junior standing.
GSC 385 Management Information Systems for Global Supply Chain Management 3 Credits
The purpose of this junior level management information systems course is to prepare students for today’s dynamic business environment by increasing their understanding of IT-enabled global information processing and management. This course has a specific emphasis on the impact and effective utilization of information systems and technology for the global supply chain. Students will gain a solid understanding of the value of business process integration through a combination of conceptual learning, business process analysis, and collaborative decision-making. This will be facilitated through hands-on experience with SAP ERP and analytical software as well as Microsoft Excel. GSC 385 is required for the Global Supply Chain Management major and can fulfill the CIS 385 requirement for all business majors. Please note: Students will not receive credit for both GSC 385 and CIS 385 without prior approval by the Dean's office.
Prerequisite(s): CIS 185 and junior standing.
GSC 399 GSC Co-op Program 6 Credits
The co-op program provides students with an opportunity to work full-time in an organization and apply what they have learned in their global supply chain and other business classes. It also enhances students’ employment opportunities since many employers use a co-op program as a first-step before they hire full-time employees. Eligible students include junior and senior global supply chain management majors with a minimum GPA of 3.0. The six credits are intended to be used as business electives, but it is also possible for them to be used as a combination of business and free electives.
Prerequisite(s): GSC 115 plus one additional course within the global supply chain management major, and permission of instructor.
GSC 445 Supply Chain Strategy and Design 3 Credits
This course introduces the student to the concepts and techniques necessary to design and operate global supply chains. It covers some of the strategic issues of managing a global supply chain and emphasizes the importance of understanding the organization, its value chain, industry, competitors, suppliers, and customers in a global framework. The course covers various strategies as well as different supply chain design models and approaches for efficient and effective supply chain operation.
GSC 490 The GSC Consulting Elective 3 Credits
This is a special topics Independent Research and Study course. A Global Supply Chain professor will supervise a semester long project in which a team of students completes a consulting project for one or more local firms. The consulting project, which will be determined by the GSC faculty and local firm(s), provides valuable experience for students on the team as they perform analysis of important supply chain and logistics problems that a local firm must address. The work includes analytic and research activities, and culminates in a recommendation on how the firm should address the logistics/supply chain issues that it had engaged the student team to evaluate. This experience also provides valuable lessons on how to work with clients, and how to develop and make presentations to effectively communicate recommendations.
Prerequisite(s): GSC 115 and permission of instructor.
GSC 491 GSC Internship 3 Credits
The Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) Program formally sponsors an internship in global supply chain management. The intention of the course is to supplement theoretical foundations and other material introduced in the classroom with an opportunity to work in a sponsoring organization. Through the internship experience, the student will get a chance to see how supply chains are managed and will get a chance to apply supply chain concepts for themselves. If used in place of the co-op, internship credits will count toward GSCM major requirements, but can also be used as a business or free elective.
Prerequisite(s): GSC 115 plus one additional course within the GSCM major, and permission of instructor.