Bachelor of Business Administration in Operations and Technology Management

Operations and technology management (OTM) is a hybrid major involving information technology and operations management. OTM is an innovative, quantitative major designed to equip students with the tools necessary to guide them as they face the growing challenges and constant changes in managing global operations. The OTM major prepares students for careers as supply chain analysts, management consultants, quality engineers, data/information analysts, business systems analysts, etc.

University Core Curriculum Requirements — 40 credit hours

All University of Portland students progress through a set of shared course options as part of the University’s liberal arts Core Curriculum. This curriculum offers a foundation of multiple lenses to address enduring questions of human concern, integrating the liberal arts, the University mission, and the knowledge, skills, and values needed in a diverse society and in the workplace.

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Two of the three core requirements in the Scientific and Quantitative Literacy and Problem Solving Habit are satisfied by ECN 120 and the mathematics requirements within the major.

BUS 250 and BUS 456 are the designated Writing in the Discipline courses for the B.B.A. in Operation & Technology Management.

Business Requirements — 56 credit hours

Non-Business Courses - 15 credit hours

CST 107Public Speaking for Change

3

ENG 107College Writing

3

MTH 121Calculus for Business and Social Science

3

MTH 141Finite Mathematics

3

MTH 161Elementary Statistics

3

P4 Professional Development Requirements - 3 credit hours

BUS 202Professional Development

1

BUS 302Internship Preparation

1

BUS 397Professional Development Internship

1

Global Acumen Requirements - 4 credit hours

BUS 360Cross Cultural Organizational Behavior and Ethics

3

BUS 496Meaningful International Experience

1

Business Foundation Lower Division - 28 credit hours

BUS 100Introduction to Leadership Skills

3

BUS 101Software Applications Workshop

1

ECN 120Principles of Macroeconomics

3

ECN 121Principles of Microeconomics

3

BUS 200Principles of Marketing

3

BUS 205Foundations of Finance

3

BUS 209Financial Accounting

3

BUS 210Managerial Accounting

3

BUS 250Legal and Social Responsibility in Business

3

BUS 255Introduction to Operations & Technology Management

3

Business Foundation Upper Division - 6 credit hours

BUS 355Decision Modeling and Analytics

3

BUS 364Innovation

3

Major Requirements — 27 credit hours

Required Courses — 12 credit hours

BUS 361Foundations of Operations Management

3

BUS 452Project Management

3

BUS 453Supply Chain Analytics

3

BUS 456Systems Analysis and Design

3

Coding Course - 3 credit hours

Select one course from the following:
BUS 449Python Programming for Business and Analytics

3

BUS 461R Programming for Business and Analytics

3

Approved Coding Course

3

Major Electives - 12 credit hours

Select four courses from the following:

BUS 356Database Management

3

BUS 449Python Programming for Business and Analytics

3

BUS 454Project Management Processes and Certification

3

BUS 455Prescriptive Analytics

3

BUS 457Inventory Management

3

BUS 459Business Analytics

3

BUS 460Process Analysis & Quality Management

3

BUS 461R Programming for Business and Analytics

3

BUS 463/BUS 558Introduction to Data Science

3

BUS 469Object Oriented Analysis and Design

3

BUS 478Applied Machine Learning for Business

3

BUS 480Advanced Topics in Operations Analytics

3

BUS 481Simulation for Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics

3

BUS 485IT Audit

3

BUS 488IT Security

3

One of the four electives may be from the following non-OTM courses:
BUS 365Accounting Information Systems

3

BUS 400Strategic Management

3

BUS 413Accounting Analytics for Decision Managers

3

BUS 436Financial Analytics

3

BUS 470Marketing Research

3

BUS 474Digital Marketing

3

BUS 483Strategic Controls for New Venture Operations

3

Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours


Total Credit Hours: 120