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Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – Supply Chain Management Concentration


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Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – Supply Chain Management Concentration


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Program Overview

Gain insights into our online BBA – Supply Chain Management program

$1,400 per session Flat-Rate Tuition
12 months* Duration
120 Credit Hours

Gain the strategic knowledge and preparation you need to support business in a crucial role—that of ensuring products are delivered to their final destination. Our Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration – Supply Chain Management Concentration online program prepares you for a career where you can serve as essential personnel overseeing the production flow of goods or services from start to finish.

This accredited online supply chain management program gives you a thorough understanding of how business functions today as you learn to lead the technology initiatives of tomorrow. 100% online coursework covers competencies that help you become proficient in management information systems, business computing, business analytics, financial management, and managerial accounting. You will also learn about the legal and ethical environment of business as well as strategic professional communication. Experiential learning activities provide opportunities to solve real-world problems facing a hypothetical organization..

With a BBA in Supply Chain Management degree, you'll master how production schedules, procurement, supplier relations, transportation and distribution, quality, and warehousing management work together and individually with other business functions. You will learn how to implement quality and efficiency across the entire supply chain pipeline and, ultimately, create customer satisfaction.


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Designed to leverage your previous knowledge, college coursework, and work experience, competency-based education enables you to earn your degree at your pace as you demonstrate mastery of relevant academic content.

How our YourPace online programs save you time and money:

  • Prove your knowledge, move ahead—the faster you advance, the more you save
  • Flat tuition rate per 8-week session, no matter how many courses you complete
  • With no weekly deadlines, you control the speed of completion

In this online supply chain management program, you will learn to:

  • Apply proven supply chain management principles to business situations
  • Examine globalization effects on the organization’s supply chain and product or services production
  • Analyze the implications of supply chain management on organizational effectiveness
  • Apply proven supply chain management principles to business situations
  • Examine globalization effects on the organization’s supply chain and product or services production
  • Analyze the implications of supply chain management on organizational effectiveness

In this online supply chain management program, you will learn to:

  • Apply proven supply chain management principles to business situations
  • Examine globalization effects on the organization’s supply chain and product or services production
  • Analyze the implications of supply chain management on organizational effectiveness
  • Apply proven supply chain management principles to business situations
  • Examine globalization effects on the organization’s supply chain and product or services production
  • Analyze the implications of supply chain management on organizational effectiveness

Supply chain management career opportunities include:

  • Logistics Manager
  • Supply Chain Analyst
  • Operations Manager
  • Purchasing Manager
  • Quality Control Manager
  • Logistics Manager
  • Supply Chain Analyst
  • Operations Manager
  • Purchasing Manager
  • Quality Control Manager

$1,400 per session Flat-Rate Tuition
12 months* Duration
120 Credit Hours

"If you don’t mind working at your own pace and have the ability to push yourself, you can complete this program in a much shorter amount of time than you ever imagined possible."

-David Falls, UMPI YourPace Online Graduate

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Tuition

Choosing our online program is cost-effective

Our B.A. in Business Administration – Supply Chain Management online program features the same affordable flat tuition rate regardless of how many courses you complete each session, with no hidden fees or extra textbook costs. The faster you finish, the more you save!

Tuition breakdown:

$1,400 per session Flat-Rate Tuition

Tuition breakdown:

$1,400 per session Flat-Rate Tuition

Calendar

Know your program’s upcoming dates and deadlines

UMPI offers six opportunities throughout the year to start your supply chain management BBA online program. Find the session start below that works best for you and apply before the application deadline. Please note, application and document deadlines are the same. UMPI must receive all documents including official transcripts by the document deadline to be considered. Transcripts can often take 10 or more business days from the request date to be received by UMPI, please plan accordingly.

Now enrolling:

4/19/23 Next Application Due Date
5/8/23 Start Class
TermStart DateApp DeadlineDocument DeadlineRegistration DeadlineTuition DeadlineClass End DateTerm Length
Spring 23/13/232/21/232/23/233/7/233/8/235/5/238 weeks
Summer 15/8/234/19/234/20/235/2/235/3/236/30/238 weeks
Summer 27/3/236/14/236/15/236/27/236/28/238/25/238 weeks
Fall 18/28/238/8/238/10/238/22/238/24/2310/20/237 weeks
Fall 210/23/2310/3/2310/5/2310/17/2310/19/2312/15/237 weeks
Spring 11/16/2412/26/2312/28/231/9/241/11/243/8/247 weeks
Spring 23/11/242/20/242/22/243/5/243/7/245/3/247 weeks
Summer 27/1/246/11/246/13/246/25/246/27/248/23/247 weeks

Now enrolling:

4/19/23 Next Application Due Date
5/8/23 Start Class

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Admissions

Requirements for this online supply chain management BBA program

Our admission process is simple and streamlined, making it easier for you to begin your B.A. in Business Administration – Supply Chain Management YourPace online program. Applicants should have the equivalent of a high school diploma and possess some prior college credit or work experience.

Admission Requirements:

  • No Application Fee
  • Minimum 1.75 GPA

Admissions Requirements and Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs

  • Students must be 20 years of age at the time of application.
  • High school diploma or equivalent (e.g., HiSet, GED)
  • Minimum cumulative college of GPA 1.75 from most recently attended institution
    • Submission of all official transcripts:Transcripts are only considered official if they are sent directly to UMPI from the granting institution or their electronic ordering service. Student-submitted transcripts are not accepted.
    • College credits with a cumulative GPA of less than a 1.75 must also submit a resume to indicate activities and experience post high school diploma (or equivalent). An interview may be required.
  • Students who do not have any college credits must submit the following:
    • Provide high school transcript, high school equivalency test (HiSet), or GED
    • A resume to indicate activities and experience post high school diploma (or equivalent)

Instructions for international students:

  • Students must be 20 years of age at the time of application
  • International transcripts must be evaluated by a NACES- or AICE-endorsed agency and sent from the agency directly to UMPI; evaluations often take a few weeks to process and must be received by the appropriate document deadline
  • International students are required to demonstrate English proficiency by submitting a TOEFL (71 IBT / 197 CBT / 530 PBT minimums) or IELTS (6.0 minimum) score. Students can obtain a waiver for this requirement if they come from an English-speaking country or have successfully completed a credit-bearing, college-level written/spoken English course (ESL courses do not fulfill this requirement). Documentation of English proficiency must be received by the appropriate document deadline.

**Student under 20 years of age do not meet the requirements for the YourPace programs. We do offer other programs that may meet your needs. If you would like more information about our traditional programs, please visit https://www.umpi.edu/academics/. You can also reach out to the Admissions Office at [email protected] or by calling 207.768.9532.

Submit documents electronically to: [email protected]

Mailing Address:

Application Processing Center
PO Box 412
Bangor, ME 04402-0412

Fax: 207-581-5456

Courses

Read about our BBA – Supply Chain Management online classes

To earn your online UMPI supply chain management BBA, you need to complete 120 credit hours of coursework. Each course is built around a series of competencies. Once you have mastered the series, you complete the course. Using our personalized learning model, we look at your past college credit, prior learning, and work experience to create your custom degree plan.

The program includes 40 credit hours of general education courses, 59-62 credit hours of business core/Supply Chain Management Concentration courses, and 18-21 credit hours of electives.

Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course is intended to help first year business management students clarify their business education and career goals. Basic concepts of management, marketing, operations, finance, and human resource management will be surveyed. Classroom lectures will be supplemented by field trips to local businesses and lectures by guest speakers.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Topics include transaction analysis, recording accounting information, and preparation of financial statements. Additional topics include accounting for sales, cost of sales, inventory, and other assets. The emphasis is on communicating financial information to external users. Students use accounting software to establish and maintain an accounting system for a simulated business. Must be taken before BUS 220.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
In-depth exploration of the advanced features of the Microsoft Office suite. Integration of spreadsheet and database information into reports and presentations and querying functions. Students lacking significant experience with Microsoft Office should take BUS 125 before taking BUS 200.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Accounting for internal decision making, planning, and control purposes. The manufacturing environment is emphasized. Topics include cost behavior and analysis, relevant costs, job order and process cost systems, budgeting, and standard costs. Prerequisite: BUS 325.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will provide an introduction to computer and telecommunications information systems. Topics covered will include information system concepts, hardware and software systems components, basics of systems operation, and the ethical use of information systems in culturally diverse organizations and societies. This course is designed to accommodate non-business majors who wish to gain a greater understanding of information systems. Prerequisite: BUS 125 or BUS 200.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course emphasizes the role of the financial manager in forecasting and planning, coordination and control, dealing with financial markets, and, primarily, major investment and financing decisions. Coverage includes financial statement analysis, the time value of money, valuation of securities, the cost of capital, capital budgeting, capital structure, financial forecasting, and managing and financing current assets. Prerequisite: BUS 220 and BUS 150.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
An overview of business and society, corporate social responsibility and ethics; focused study of legal topics including the Constitution, contracts, torts and government regulation. Developing analytical skills and professional communication skills are emphasized.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course focuses on the development and delivery of predictive data analysis for strategic decision making in organizations. Students will apply the principles and tools to real-world problems, enabling them to integrate their knowledge of business intelligence in their careers and is essential to their performance and competitive advantage.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Using business knowledge and analytical skills, students develop professional level oral and written communication skills. Experiential learning exercises provide opportunities to develop strategic solutions to situations confronting a hypothetical organization.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Fundamental principles of capitalist macroeconomics including growth and recession, inflation, unemployment, the role of government regulation, economic development, and trade. Micro topics include supply and demand, market structure, and market failure.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Mathematical analysis for economics, accounting, finance, and management. Graphing, exponential and logarithmic functions, mathematics of finance, derivatives and optimization. Equivalent: MAT 131. Prerequisite: MAT 117 or equivalent score on placement test.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Students will master the necessary communication skills to thrive in any business or professional area. They’ll become proficient in everything from phone etiquette, e-mail and memos, to proposals and presentations. They’ll get out of the classroom, partnering with an organization to apply what they’ve learned.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course explains how to utilize inventory management tools to create value by understanding the value and costs savings available through implementation of warehouse and inventory management systems.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course will develop an understanding of the necessity of quality and the measurements for continuous quality improvement, target setting, and the importance of considering future markets and organizational strategy to define and implement quality.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will analyze the forces that drive organizations to change, examine impediments to change, and survey a range of approaches for making organizational change more effective. This course provides practical skills for managing and leading change in your personal life and within any organization.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course develops an understanding of supply chain fundamentals and the role of logistics in supply chain management by creating an organizational view through the perspective of supply chain or process or product flow and business improvement.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course will focus on the ability to identify, select and manage appropriate sources for procurement, to establish and execute strategic sourcing plans.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
The course will develop an understanding of the opportunities to create value through supplier relationship management (SRM), partnerships and strategic alliances, and creating supplier evaluation measures.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
Operations management focuses on the use of six sigma methodology in both the manufacturing and service industries. Topics will include introducing students to the DMAIC steps for process improvement, while having the ability to apply those steps through a service learning project with a real organization.
Duration: 8 weeks
Credit Hours: 3
This course will analyze direct traffic and distribution options and develop a communication plan to ensure optimum flow of material. Additionally, it will apply an understanding of the principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, road, pipeline, or digitally, including the benefits, costs, and risks associated with each option.

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*Time to completion varies by student and is based on several factors including prior college coursework, relevant work experience, amount of time dedicated to studying, and the number of courses completed each session.