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USC Marshall School of Business

Master's Degree Programs

Master of Digital Supply Chain Management

The Master of Digital Supply Chain Management program includes one master’s degree and three graduate certificates offering individuals an opportunity to expand their knowledge of the rapidly expanding uses of technology in the management of global supply chains.

Admission Requirements

In addition to the general admission requirements, applicants should have significant full-time work experience. Admission decisions are based on consideration of the applicant’s previous academic record, resume, letters of recommendation and responses to several questions included in the application.

Application Procedure

Prospective students may apply to begin the programs in the fall or spring semester. Applications are submitted online through the Marshall School of Business Admissions Website at www.marshall.usc.edu/admissions/applyonline. International applicants are advised to see the instructions for international students published in the USC Graduate Admissions Application Booklet.

A complete application includes the online application form, an application fee, responses to several questions, two letters of recommendation and transcripts from all institutions attended since the applicant last applied to USC.

  • Current USC students and USC alumni are not required to submit an application fee, new GMAT or GRE scores or transcripts to verify degrees earned prior to their attendance at USC.
  • All other applicants must submit all documentation identified in the online application instructions including the application fee, official GMAT scores and transcripts.

For additional information, contact Supply.Chain@marshall.usc.edu or call (213) 740-0671.

Degree Requirements

The Master of Digital Supply Chain Management degree requires 30 units including four required courses plus 18 units of course work chosen from a list of electives. The four required courses should be completed prior to the electives.

Students who have taken elsewhere one or more of the required classes may petition to replace these classes by appropriately related courses offered by the Master of Digital Supply Chain Management program. Such a replacement must be approved by the student advisor and the chair of the program.

REQUIRED COURSESUNITS
GSBA 524Managerial Statistics3
GSBA 534Operations Management3
IOM 581Supply Chain Management3
ISE 583Enterprise Wide Information Systems3

ELECTIVESUNITS
Select 18 units from the following:
CE 589Port Engineering: Planning and Operations3
IOM 502Operations Strategy3
IOM 504Strategic Sourcing3
IOM 520Logistics Management3
IOM 522Applied Time Series Analysis for Forecasting3
IOM 528Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Data Mining3
IOM 537Global Businesses and Markets: Strategies Enabled by Technology3
IOM 538Information System Strategy3
IOM 540Managing Electronic Commerce3
IOM 547Designing Spreadsheet-Based Business Models3
IOM 580Project Management, or
ISE 515Engineering Project Management3
ISE 513Inventory Systems3
ISE 530Introduction to Operations Research3
ISE 532Network Flows3
ISE 580Advanced Concepts in Computer Simulations3
SAE 551Lean Operations3
Total units:30

Graduate Certificate in Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
REQUIRED COURSES*UNITS
Select 15 units from the following:
IOM 520Logistics Management3
IOM 528Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Data Mining3
IOM 537Global Businesses and Markets: Strategies Enabled by Technology3
IOM 538Information System Strategy3
IOM 540Managing Electronic Commerce3
IOM 581Supply Chain Management3
ISE 583Enterprise Wide Information Systems3

Graduate Certificate in Optimization and Supply Chain Management
REQUIRED COURSES*UNITS
Select 15 units from the following:
CE 589Port Engineering: Planning and Operations3
IOM 520Logistics Management3
IOM 522Applied Time Series Analysis for Forecasting3
IOM 547Designing Spreadsheet-Based Business Models3
IOM 580Project Management, or
ISE 515Engineering Project Management3
IOM 581Supply Chain Management3
ISE 513Inventory Systems3
ISE 530Introduction to Operations Research3
ISE 532Network Flows3
ISE 580Advanced Concepts in Computer Simulations3
SAE 551Lean Operations3

Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Strategy
REQUIRED COURSES*UNITS
Select 15 units from the following:
CE 589Port Engineering: Planning and Operations3
IOM 502Operations Strategy3
IOM 504Strategic Sourcing3
IOM 520Logistics Management3
IOM 538Information System Strategy3
IOM 540Managing Electronic Commerce3
IOM 581Supply Chain Management3

*Students who begin one of the graduate certificate programs and subsequently wish to complete the master’s degree instead must apply for admission to the master’s degree program prior to completing the certificate program and, if admitted to the master’s degree program, will be withdrawn from the certificate program.

For current USC graduate students, courses credited to graduate certificate programs may be completed in conjunction with course work required for a graduate degree program in which the student is already enrolled. Applicability of courses to the student’s primary degree program is determined by the student’s home department. For USC alumni, courses completed in conjunction with the individual’s prior degree may not be credited toward a certificate, but may be applied toward the master’s degree. If necessary, appropriate substitutions for required courses will be determined and documented by the program director.

Successful completion of a graduate certificate program is acknowledged by a certificate awarded by the university.