Process Management & Consulting

Process management & consulting is offered both as a major and concentration.

Major

The process management & consulting major is designed for students interested in managing and leading organizations or consulting with organizations.  Students develop skills and tools needed to design more effective processes and make quicker and better decisions. Students graduating with a process management & consulting major are likely to pursue careers in both the private and public sectors in areas such as organizational architecture, consulting, process and transformation management, as well as management of operating units of organizations.

Required Courses (3 credits each)
BUAD 437  Change Management & Organizational Transformation
BUAD 466  Developing Business Intelligence

Required Courses (3 credits each, choose one only)
BUAD 431  Strategic Analysis & Consulting*
BUAD 468  Analytical Tools for Consulting

Electives (1.5 credits each, choose two)
BUAD 459  Lean Processes
BUAD 461  Six Sigma
BUAD 465  Managing Supply Chains in a Digital Economy
BUAD 467  Adv. Data Management & Modeling 
BUAD 469  Visual Basic for Business
BUAD 474  Negotiation
BUAD 476  Electronic Commerce 
BUAD 480  Sustainability & Green Supply Chain 
BUAD 481  Service Quality & Marketing
BUAD 482  Project Management

Concentration

Students majoring in another business discipline may a process management & consulting concentration consisting of six credits.

Required Courses (3 credits each, choose one only)
BUAD 431  Strategic Analysis & Consulting*
BUAD 468  Analytical Tools for Consulting

Elective Credits (1.5 credits each unless otherwise noted, choose 3 credits)
BUAD 437  Change Mgmt. & Organizational Transformation (3 credits)
BUAD 459  Lean Processes
BUAD 461  Six Sigma
BUAD 465  Managing Supply Chains in a Digital Economy
BUAD 466  Developing Business Intelligence (3 credits)
BUAD 467  Adv. Data Management & Modeling 
BUAD 469  Visual Basic for Business
BUAD 474  Negotiation
BUAD 476  Electronic Commerce 
BUAD 480  Sustainability & Green Supply Chain 
BUAD 481  Service Quality & Marketing
BUAD 482  Project Management

* Students pursuing a process management & consulting major or concentration who choose to take BUAD 431 Strategic Analysis & Consulting, may count this course in place of BUAD 432 Strategic Management in order to satisfy the major strategy requirement (part of the upper-level core courses).  Students may not apply both BUAD 432 and BUAD 431 to the 120 degree requirement.  Students may, however, apply both BUAD 431 and BUAD 433 Strategies of Entrepreneurship.