Dr. Rafael Diaz, Graduate Program Coordinator
This certificate program is designed to help working supply chain professionals develop and enhance their supply chain management and leadership/planning skills. The program consists of four graduate courses that expose students to supply chain management and logistics, supply chain 4.0 and the superimposition of AI/ML, analytics, big data, and cybersecurity on supply chain processes, distribution center and material handling management, and strategic sourcing and supply management.
Admission Requirements
All applicants admitted to the certificate program must meet Old Dominion University requirements for graduate admission: an earned baccalaureate degree from a regionally-accredited institution or an equivalent degree from a foreign institution. Those whose native language is not English must satisfy any one of the following: a minimum score of 550 on the paper-based TOEFL, a 79 on the TOEFL IBT, an overall 6.5 or higher on the IELTS, a 150 on the GRE’s verbal reasoning, a 480 on the GRE’s verbal, a 480 on the SAT’s critical reading, a 26 on the SAT’s reading test, an O level pass in English for the GCSE or GCE, or a C or higher on the CPE.
Curriculum Requirements
The certificate is awarded based upon the student’s successful completion of 12 credit hours of graduate level courses in Supply Chain Management.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credit Hours |
| 6 |
| SCLM 641 | Supply Chain Management and Logistics | 3 |
| SCLM 550 | Supply Chain 4.0 Technologies and Innovations | 3 |
| |
| Maritime and Supply Chain Risk and Insurance | |
| Supply Chain and Maritime Intelligence | |
| Warehousing, Distribution and Material Management | |
| SCLM 630 | Strategic Sourcing and Procurement (SCLM 641 and SCLM 550 are both overarching looking at end-to-end fulfillment paradigms and tools therein. SCLM 630 is a niche area and is therefore well suited as an elective along with SCLM 561. This also repositions the certificate with an industry 4.0 focus. ) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours | 15 |
