FOCUS AREA OPTION
Students may earn a focus area designation in four areas:
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- Business Management
- Human Resource Management
- Industrial Management
- Safety and Health Care Management
Focus Areas are optional, and a student may obtain a general degree in Operations Management. Because not all courses are available in distance formats, distance students may find it difficult to complete certificates in Human Resource or Health and Safety Management.
Focus Area Request Form (Adobe PDF)
Focus Area Request Form (Excel spreadsheet)
FOCUS AREA MATRIX
Six of the yellow highlighted courses must be taken in one of the four focus areas in order to earn a designation in that specialty. Courses highighted in blue are required for that focus area.
NOTE: This worksheet does not include OMGT 5003, which is required for the MSOM degree, but does not count toward any focus area.
| FOCUS AREA
OMGT COURSE |
Business Management | Human Resource Management | Industrial Management | Safety & Health Management |
| 4303--Safety | X | X | required | |
| 4583--Automation | X | |||
| 4613--Inventory |
|
X | ||
| 4623--Strategic Mgmt | X | X | X | |
| 4783--Proj Mgmt | X | X | ||
| 4873--Prin of OR | X | |||
| 5013--Supply Chain | X | X | ||
| 5113--Hum Res | X | required | X | |
| 5123--Finance | required | X | X | X |
| 5133--Service Sector | X | X | ||
| 5143--Contemp. HR | X | |||
| 5223--Safety Research | X | X | ||
| 5303--Health Care | X | required | ||
| 5373--Quality | X | X | ||
| 5423--Global | X | X | ||
| 5433--Cost Estimation | X | X | ||
| 5463--Econ Decision | X | X | ||
| 5503--Maintenance | X | |||
| 5733--Human Behav | X | X | ||
| 577V--Spec Prob | required | required | required | required |
| 5823--Computer Apps | X | |||
| 5873--Org & Control | X | X | X |