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Department of Supply Chain & Management Information Systems



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Department Chair: Seokwoo Song
Location: Wattis Business Building, Room 216
Telephone Contact: Amy Holmes 801-626-6075
Professors: Stan Fawcett, Taowen Le, Shane Schvaneveldt, Seokwoo Song; Associate Professors: Randy Boyle, Amydee Fawcett; Assistant Professors: Evan Barlow, Jeffrey Clements, Francois Giraud-Carrier, Grace Zhang

The Department of Supply Chain & Management Information Systems offers two Bachelor of Science degree programs. Supply Chain Management (SCM) provides students with the specialized skills to manage key value-added processes, inspire creative decision-making, and collaborate effectively with decision makers across the firm and around the world. The SCM program offers a whole-brain approach that incorporates soft people skills with the technical side of logistics management. Management Information Systems (MIS) prepares students for building technical and managerial skills, along with providing the knowledge and communication skills to navigate the business world. The depth and breadth of technical know-how gained in the MIS program prepares students for a successful career as an information systems professional, helping organizations support business processes and solve business problems.

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Supply Chain Management is “the value creation engine of every organization.”

Everyone who participates in the creation and distribution of a product is part of a supply chain, and a Supply Chain Management major learns how to choreograph and manage this entire chain of activities from suppliers, manufacturers, service providers and distributors, to consumers.

With its origins dating back to 1969, Weber State University’s Supply Chain Management program is one of the oldest programs in the United States. Our program covers the depth and breadth of SCM, giving our students the foundation for successful careers in logistics, purchasing, operations, and other areas of supply chain management.

Employers recognize our graduates as some of the best in the field, and the demand for Weber State University SCM graduates is strong. Traditionally, graduates from our SCM program enjoy the highest average starting salary of all business majors, and job opportunities exceed the number of graduates. Global and area companies hiring our SCM graduates include Kimberly Clark, Toyota, Ford Motor Company, Autoliv, Orbital ATK, Intermountain Healthcare, Wal-Mart, J.C. Penney Company, UPS, Northrop Grumman, and the U.S. Air Force.

In addition to many opportunities for internships, our supply chain management majors also receive several scholarships from professional associations and area companies.

Management Information Systems (MIS)

A bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems provides students with a balanced education between business and information technologies.  It provides students with a broad background in basic business knowledge, problem solving, and computer technology and skills. Graduates from this major are prepared to help organizations use computer technology to support their business processes and solve their business problems. Technologies that all MIS majors study include software development, computer architecture, database design, computer networks, and systems analysis and design.  In addition, students may also elect to study advanced networks, web development and management, and information security and computer forensics.

Management Information Systems graduates may work for a large organization, specializing in one aspect of information technology, or, they may work for a small firm as one of a few people who helps support all areas of the firm’s computer technologies.  The job will involve working with people to understand how they do their jobs and where computers can be most effective, implementing computer-based solutions, training people to use computer systems, installing and troubleshooting hardware, software, or networks, and helping management understand and plan for the best new technologies to integrate in the organization’s business processes.

Courses

SCM and MIS Course Descriptions  

Programs

    Associate of ScienceBachelor of ScienceEmphasis Option for Bachelor of Integrated Studies

       BIS emphases are also offered for most programs with a minor.

    Minor

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