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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

OM 374 Introduction to Operations Management


The major design, processes and control problems of operations management in manufacturing and service organizations. Topics include product or service design; facilities location and layout; productivity, including job design, standards, and incentive plans; project management; materials management, including forecasting, purchasing and inventory control; operations control; quality assurance and control.

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall, Winter, and Summer (in-person; online)

Prerequisites -
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Class - Undergraduate standing

Equivalent Course(s) -
Course History -
Change to prerequisites 2/2024, effective Fall 2024; Change to prerequisites, class and major restrictions 5/2023, effective Fall 2023; Change to prerequisites 4/2018, effective Fall 2018; Change to dept. (CIS to MKTG) 6/2017, effective Fall 2017; Change to major restriction 8/2016, effective Winter 2017

operations , management , business  


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