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14 courses
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Develops critical thinking to assess how digitization shapes business strategy, innovation, and operations. Covers defining the digital economy and identifying emerging technologies.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Information Technology in Supply Chains explores using IT to manage and operate supply chains, covering ERP implementation and SAP simulations.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026Product Management covers the technical and interpersonal sides of developing and managing a product, from ideation to launch.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Equips students with project management concepts and tools, emphasizing quantitative aspects alongside qualitative topics like initiation, scheduling, and agile methods.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Tom Burkard
The course was described as hard and tough, with the professor cold-calling students in lecture and pressing into them to maintain high engagement.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Business Process Improvement covers terminology, concepts, principles, and techniques for managing and improving business processes.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · David Dwight
There are no exams, but the course includes homework assignments and three big projects. Professor Dwight is strict about participation, requiring students to talk several times every class for full credit.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Supply Chain Analytics teaches analytics methodologies and concepts applied to business problems in supply chain and operations management, covering data visualization, forecasting, and machine learning.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026Information Technology in Supply Chains explores using IT to manage and operate supply chains, covering ERP implementation and SAP simulations.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2023–Spring 2026A graduate course on project management that equips students with broadly applicable concepts and tools for managing projects, covering qualitative and quantitative aspects.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Spring 2026This course covers fundamentals of supply chain management, focusing on strategy, product development, marketing, finance, sourcing, production, logistics, and technology in a strategic context.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Verda Blythe
One past student reported one exam and a large group project; another reported weekly quizzes and a group simulation.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Covers procurement and supply management functions, including purchasing, cost management, negotiation, sourcing, supplier management, and outsourcing.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Xiaoyang Long
Assignments were not terribly difficult for students who attended lectures, though the instructor took a long time to grade them.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Operations Analytics applies descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive methods to real industry data and case problems in operations and supply chains.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Greg DeCroix
Assignments were rated as fair, but the workload involved many group projects, which was a notable aspect of the course structure.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Strategic Global Sourcing explores modern supply management (procurement), focusing on functional responsibilities and exemplary practices across major industry sectors.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026Covers discrete-time and continuous-time Markov chains, Poisson point processes, and renewal processes, with applications to queueing, branching, and models in science, engineering, and business.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Timo Seppalainen
Homework assignments were challenging and time-consuming, but students noted there were only about ten. The homework was significantly harder than the exams, meaning thorough homework completion often reduced the need for additional exam study.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Covers the design, management, and improvement of systems and processes for producing and delivering goods and services, emphasizing operations excellence and competitive advantage.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
Past student reviews · Bob Batt, Amir Bahreini
The course had few homework assignments and barely any work outside of class. Students noted exams were straightforward, with one mentioning a page of notes was allowed.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026