Operations Management Minor Requirements

Available to Business Majors and Non-business Majors

Operations Management considers the utilization of resources needed to produce goods or services for customers in the most effective and efficient ways. It involves making strategic decisions in order to gain a competitive edge through operations.

Overall and WSU GPA's must be 2.250 or higher.
Each minor must have at least 3 credit hours of unduplicated coursework.
A minimum of 9 credit hours of the minor must be taken at Wichita State University.
Operations Management minor consists of 15 credit hours.

Required Courses:

  • DS 350 - Introduction to Production and Operations Management (3)
  • DS 755 - Project Management (3)
  • DS 675 / FIN 675 - Spreadsheet Modeling for Decision Making (3)

Choose two additional upper division electives (6 credit hours) from the following:

  • DS 400 / IB 400 - International Purchasing (3)
  • DS 660 - Enterprise Systems (3)
  • DS 665 - Supply Chain Management (3)
  • DS 690 - Seminar in Selected Topics (3)
  • MIS 600 - Database Management Systems (3)
  • MIS 750 - Business Intelligence and Analytics (3)

Non-Business students:

Overall and WSU GPA's must be 2.250 or higher. In order to take upper-division business courses (300+), you need to submit this REQUEST FORM. (IB-333 does not need special approval).