Nov 02, 2024  
SGPS Catalog 2024-2025 
    
SGPS Catalog 2024-2025

Operations and Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate


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Student Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to

  • Identify critical management skills such as negotiating, working effectively within a diverse business environment, ethical decision-making, and use of information technology.
  • Apply current purchasing & procurement procedures utilizing case problems and problem-based learning situations.
  • Apply project management skills, including demand forecasting (data analytics), Lean, and Six Sigma concepts to operations and supply chain management.
  • Evaluate current Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) from a production, quality management, continuous improvement, and execution standpoint.
  • Articulate the industry’s impact on the environment, sustainability, and government (ESG).
  • Recognize the emerging concept of enterprise and resource planning (ERP).
  • Express how to leverage key tools and systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning, Warehouse & Logistics Management Systems, and Supply/Demand Forecasting.
Admission Criteria:

To be eligible to apply to graduate certificate programs, you must:

  • have an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution.
  • have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher (waivers can be granted based on professional work experience and other factors).
How to apply:
  • Complete the application via the online portal
  • Submit a $25 nonrefundable application fee. (Waived for Elizabethtown College graduates).
  • Upload your current resume.
  • Request official transcripts from all undergraduate institutions attended.
  • Upload a 1-2 page essay addressing your:
    • motivation for pursuing the graduate certificate
    • statement of professional goals
    • goals for the application of the graduate certificate to your professional life

Those students who successfully complete a graduate certificate and wish to pursue a full master’s degree program will benefit from an abbreviated admission process (see below). Degree-seeking students must meet all of the established criteria for admission into their desired master’s degree program.

Advance to Stacked Graduate Certificate/Degree

After successfully completing their primary graduate certificate, students may complete the Advance in Graduate Certificate or Degree form in the JayWeb student portal to apply to a future graduate certificate or graduate degree. Additional materials may be required, depending on the program of interest. 

 

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