Marshall School of Business
Master’s Degree and Graduate Certificate 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 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 adviser and the chair of the program.
| REQUIRED COURSES | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| GSBA 524 | Managerial Statistics | 3 |
| GSBA 534 | Operations Management | 3 |
| IOM 581 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| ISE 583 | Enterprise Wide Information Systems | 3 |
| ELECTIVES | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| Select 18 units from the following: | ||
| CE 589 | Port Engineering: Planning and Operations | 3 |
| IOM 502 | Operations Strategy | 3 |
| IOM 504 | Strategic Sourcing | 3 |
| IOM 520 | Logistics Management | 3 |
| IOM 522 | Applied Time Series Analysis for Forecasting | 3 |
| IOM 528 | Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Data Mining | 3 |
| IOM 537 | Global Businesses and Markets: Strategies Enabled by Technology | 3 |
| IOM 538 | Information System Strategy | 3 |
| IOM 540 | Managing Electronic Commerce | 3 |
| IOM 547 | Designing Spreadsheet-Based Business Models | 3 |
| IOM 580 | Project Management, or | |
| ISE 515 | Engineering Project Management | 3 |
| ISE 513 | Inventory Systems | 3 |
| ISE 530 | Introduction to Operations Research | 3 |
| ISE 532 | Network Flows | 3 |
| ISE 580 | Advanced Concepts in Computer Simulations | 3 |
| SAE 551 | Lean Operations | 3 |
| Total units: | 30 | |
Graduate Certificate in Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
| REQUIRED COURSES* | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| Select 15 units from the following: | ||
| GSBA 554 | Digital Strategies for Sustainability in Global Markets | 3 |
| GSBA 556 | Business Models for Interactive Digital Media and Services | 3 |
| IOM 528 | Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Data Mining | 3 |
| IOM 537 | Global Businesses and Markets: Strategies Enabled by Technology | 3 |
| IOM 543 | Global Business Issues in the Networked Digital Industry | 3 |
| IOM 551 | Digital Transformation in the Global Enterprise | 3 |
| IOM 581 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| ISE 583 | Enterprise Wide Information Systems | 3 |
Graduate Certificate in Optimization and Supply Chain Management
| REQUIRED COURSES* | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| Select 15 units from the following: | ||
| CE 589 | Port Engineering: Planning and Operations | 3 |
| IOM 522 | Applied Time Series Analysis for Forecasting | 3 |
| IOM 547 | Designing Spreadsheet-Based Business Models | 3 |
| IOM 580 | Project Management, or | |
| ISE 515 | Engineering Project Management | 3 |
| IOM 581 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| IOM 582 | Service Management: Economics and Operations | 3 |
| IOM 583 | Operations Consulting | 3 |
| IOM 584 | Global Operations Management | 3 |
| ISE 513 | Inventory Systems | 3 |
| ISE 530 | Introduction to Operations Research | 3 |
| ISE 532 | Network Flows | 3 |
| ISE 580 | Advanced Concepts in Computer Simulations | 3 |
| ISE 583 | Enterprise Wide Information Systems | 3 |
| SAE 551 | Lean Operations | 3 |
Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Strategy
| REQUIRED COURSES* | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| Select 15 units from the following: | ||
| CE 589 | Port Engineering: Planning and Operations | 3 |
| IOM 504 | Strategic Sourcing | 3 |
| IOM 538 | Information Systems Strategy | 3 |
| IOM 551 | Digital Transformation in the Global Enterprise | 3 |
| IOM 581 | Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| IOM 582 | Service Management: Economics and Operations | 3 |
| IOM 583 | Operations Consulting | 3 |
| IOM 584 | Global Operations Management | 3 |
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.