Curriculum

Tracks are informal course plans inside the OTM degree. Students are encouraged to choose one of the focused tracks to match specific learning and career objectives, but may also – in consultation with adviser – pick elective courses across tracks.  Each track requires a minimum of three courses:

• Healthcare Management
• Entrepreneurial Management
• Technology Product Management
• Production Systems Management

The complete OTM curriculum for the class of 2017 – with required and elective courses – is listed below.

 

Year One Curriculum

Fall Semester			Spring Semester
231-704	Data to Decisions Core	3	236-723	Business Strategy Core	3
232-700	Financial Accounting Core	3	238-700	Operations Management Core	3
233-700	Intro to Financial Management Core	3	238-732	Economics for Managers Core	3
236-706	Leading and Working in Teams Core	2	238-765	Supply Chain Analytics	3
237-700	Marketing Management Core	3		OTM/Free Elective Elective	3
232-710	Managerial Accounting	3
	Semester Credits	17		Semester Credits	15

Year Two Curriculum

Fall Semester			Spring Semester
231-710	Ethics, Society and Integrity Core	1	238-765	Global Operations Strategy	3
238-758	Managing Tech. & Org. Change	3		OTM/Free Elective Elective	3
238-751	Service Operations Management	3		OTM/Free Elective  Elective	3
	OTM/Free Elective Elective	3
	OTM/Free Elective Elective	3
	OTM/Free Elective Elective	3
	Semester Credits	16		Semester Credits	9
Total Credits: 57

OTM ELECTIVES: Students must choose three OTM Electives from the two Fall/Spring semester lists below. They must also choose an additional three OTM or Free Electives (see list of recommended electives below). The elective courses can be taken any of the last three semesters.

OTM Electives, Fall Semester, Second Year:

• OTM 710: Operations Research I
• OTM 765: Database Management and Applications
• OTM 770: Sustainable Approaches to System Improvement *
• IS 722: Computer-Based Data Management
• IS 765: Information Security Management
• MHR 722: Entrepreneurial Management # @
• MKT 710: Marketing Research
• MKT/OTM 722: Logistics Management
• ISyE 515: Engineering Management of Continuous Process Improvement

*These courses qualify for the Certificate in Business, Environment and Social Responsibility
# These courses qualify for the Certificate in Entrepreneurship
@These courses qualify for the Certificate in Strategic Innovation

OTM Electives, Spring Semester, First or Second Year:

• OTM 654: Production Planning and Control
• OTM 765 : Database Concepts of Operations Management
• OTM 765 : Healthcare Operations Management
• OTM 770 : Sustainable Approaches to System Improvement *
• OTM 860: Sustainable Design of Products, Services and Systems * # @
• OTM 861: Embedding Sustainable Strategy
• IS 724:    Analysis and Design of Computer-Based Systems
• FIN 726: Valuation and Corporate Investment Decisions
• MKT 710: Marketing Research
• MKT 724: Strategic Global Sourcing
• MKT 726: Seminar in Supply Chain Management
• MKT 727: Enterprise Systems and Supply Chain Management
• MKT 737: Developing Breakthrough New Products: A Practicum # @
• RMI 650: Sustainability, Environmental and Social Risk Management * # @
• MHR 715: Strategic Management of Innovation # @
• MHR 722: Entrepreneurial Management # @
• MHR 741: Technology Entrepreneurship # @
• MHR 710: Challenges and Solutions in Business Sustainability *
• ISyE 559: Patient Safety and Error Reduction in Health Care
• ISyE 617: Health Information Systems
• ISyE 641: Design and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems
• PHS/ISyE 875: Assessment of Medical Technologies

*These courses qualify for the Certificate in Business, Environment and Social Responsibility
# These courses qualify for the Certificate in Entrepreneurship
@These courses qualify for the Certificate in Strategic Innovation

RECOMMENDED FREE ELECTIVES:

Choose three or more; can be taken any of the last three semesters

Recommended free electives (besides the OTM electives listed above):

• GB 701: Managing the Legal Environment # @ (Spring)
• ACCT 603: Financial Statements Analysis (Spring)
• ACCT 771: Strategic Cost Management and Performance Measurement (Spring)
  
• MKT 725: Marketing Channels  (Spring)
  
• FIN 725: Corporate Finance Theory & Practice(Fall)
• FIN 727: Corporate Finance Decisions (Spring)
  
• FIN 757: Entrepreneurial Finance # (Spring)
• MHR 728: Bargaining, Negotiation, Dispute Settlement* (Fall and Spring)
  
• MHR 734: Venture Creation # (Fall)
• MHR 738: Weinert Applied Ventures in Entrepreneurship (WAVE) Practicum # (Spring)
• ECON 548: Healthcare Economics (Fall and Spring)
• PHS 785: Health Systems, Management and Policies (Spring)

*These courses qualify for the Certificate in Business, Environment and Social Responsibility 
# These courses qualify for the Certificate in Entrepreneurship
@These courses qualify for the Certificate in Strategic Innovation