Operations Management M.S.

Department of Management and Marketing

Department Chair: Michael Casey

Program Director: Paul Jacques

Management Program Faculty: Casey, Farinella, Jacques, Sahba

Admission Requirements

1. Completed application form accompanied by a $50 nonrefundable application fee.
2. A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
3. Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
4. An applicant’s letter describing the applicant’s professional goals including how the program will help the applicant achieve these professional goals.
5. Three letters of recommendation that address professional or practical/applied experience in the field of Operations Management as a whole. At least one of the letters of recommendation must be from a professional employed within the field of Operations Management or a Management instructor in higher education.
6. Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Note: Candidates with a degree in business from Rhode Island College or the University of Rhode Island, with a 3.00 GPA in the major, will be exempt from the GMAT/GRE requirement.
7. An interview may be required.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MGT 455	Global Logistics and Enterprise Management	3	As needed.
MGT 510	Managing Productivity	3	Fall, Spring.
MGT 515	Leading Change and Innovation	3	Fall, Spring.
MGT 520	Developing High-Performance Teams	3	Fall, Spring.
MGT 525	Managing Continuous Quality and Processes Improvement	3	Annually.
MGT 530	Data Analytics	3	Annually.
MGT 535	Project Management	3	Fall, Spring.
MGT 590	Directed Research Seminar	3	Fall, Spring.

Electives

Three courses from either content area listed below, in any combination, for a total of nine credits.

Health Care Administration Operations

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HCA 501/HCA 401	Health Law and Ethics	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 537	Performance Improvement in Health Care	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 547	Transformational Leadership in Health Care Organizations	3	Fall, Spring.

Information Technology, Operations Management (Logistics and Supply Chain Management)

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ACCT 510	Advanced AIS: Systems Modeling	3	As needed.
CIS 535	Data Management	3	As needed.
CIS 543	Decision Support Systems	3	As needed.

Total Credit Hours: 33