Curriculum
Both the Master of Engineering in Supply Chain Management degree (MEng-SCM) and the Master of Applied Science in Supply Chain Management degree (MASc-SCM) are intensive, ten-month residential programs requiring 90 units of graduate subjects. For the MEng-SCM degree, students complete at least 78 units of required and elective subjects as well as a 12 unit thesis. For the MASc-SCM, students complete at least 81 units of required and elective subjects as well as a 9 unit capstone project. The subject requirements for this program are described below.
Descriptions of all MIT subjects can be found at: http://student.mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi
SCMr Curriculum
ORIENTATION (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER) |
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| Required Subjects | ||
| Subject Number | Title | Units |
| SCM.250 | Analytical Methods for Supply Chain Management | 6 |
| SCM.280 | Supply Chain Communications Workshop | 1 |
FALL |
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| Required Subjects | ||
| Subject Number | Title | Units |
| SCM.259 | Business Writing for Supply Chain Management | 3 |
| SCM.260 | Logistics Systems | 12 |
| SCM.264 | Databases and Database Analysis for Supply Chain Management | 6 |
| Research Project (choose one of the following) | ||
| SCM.800 | Capstone Project | 3 |
| SCM.THG | Graduate Thesis | 3 |
IAP (JANUARY) |
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| Required Subjects (10 units for credit maximum) | ||
| Subject Number | Title | Units |
| SCM.262 | Leading Global Teams | 4 |
| SCM.282 | Supply Chain Leadership Workshop | 3 |
| SCM.254 | Introduction to Programming and Data Analysis in Python | 3 |
| IAP Optional | (not for credit) | |
| SCM.272 | Supply Chain Management Workshop Special Topics | 3 |
SPRING |
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| Required Subjects | ||
| Subject Number | Title | Units |
| SCM.263 |
Advanced Writing Workshop for SCM |
3 |
| SCM.268 | Data Science for Supply Chain Management | 6 |
| SCM.281 | Supply Chain Public Speaking Workshop | 1 |
| SCM.295 | Supply Chain Study Trek | 3 |
| Research Project (choose one of the following) | ||
| SCM.800 | Capstone Project | 6 |
| SCM.THG | Graduate Thesis | 9 |
Financial Choices |
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| (choose one of the following) | ||
| Subject Number | Title | Units |
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SCM.251 & |
Supply Chain Financial Analysis (Fall) *6 units Case Studies in Supply Chain Financial Analysis (Fall) *3 units |
9
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| 15.011 | Economic Analysis for Business Decisions (Fall) | 9 |
| 15.521 | Cost Analysis and Accounting for the Manager, Entrepreneur, and Investor (Spring) | 9 |
Required Elective Categories
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| Subject Number | Title | Units |
| SCM Electives | ||
| SCM.255 | Machine Learning (Spring) | 6 |
| SCM.261 | Case Studies in Supply Chain Management (Spring) | 9 |
| SCM.265 | Global Supply Chain Management (Spring) | 6 |
| SCM.266 | Freight Transportation (Spring) | 6 |
| SCM.283 | Humanitarian Logistics (Spring) | 6 |
| SCM.284 | Humanitarian Logistics Project (Spring) | 12 |
| SCM.290 | Sustainable Supply Chain Management (Spring) | 6 |
| SCM.291 | Procurement Fundamentals (Spring) | 6 |
| SCM.293 | Urban Last-Mile Logistic (Spring) | 6 |
| Analysis Electives | ||
| SCM.255 | Machine Learning (Spring) | 6 |
| SCM.293 | Urban Last-Mile Logistic (Spring) | 6 |
| 1.200 | Transportation System Analysis: Performance & Optimization (Fall) | 12 |
| IDS.333 | Risk and Decision Analysis (Fall) | 6 |
| 15.093 | Optimization Methods (Fall) | 12 |
| 15.764 | The Theory of Operations Management (Spring) | 12 |
| 15.774 | The Analytics of Operations Management (Fall) | 12 |
| 15.871 | Introduction to System Dynamics (Fall or Spring) | 6 |
| 15.872 | System Dynamics II (Fall or Spring) | 6 |
| IDS.145 | Data Mining: Finding the Data and Models that Create Value (Fall) | 6 |
| IDS.147 | Statistical Learning and Data Mining (Spring) | 12 |
| IDS.330 | Real Options for Product & System Design (Spring) | 6 |
| IDS.338 | Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization (Not Offered - Spring 2019) | 12 |
| Management Electives | ||
| SCM.261 | Case Studies in Supply Chain Management (Spring) | 9 |
| SCM.265 | Global Supply Chain Management (Spring) | 6 |
| SCM.290 | Sustainable Supply Chain Management (Spring) | 6 |
| SCM.291 | Procurement (Spring) | 6 |
| 15.769 | Operations Strategy (Fall or Spring) | 9 |
| 15.762 | Supply Chain Planning (Spring) | 6 |
| 15.763 | Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chain Design (Spring) | 6 |
| 15.768 | Management of Services: Concepts, Design, and Delivery (Spring) | 9 |
| 15.784 | Operations Laboratory (Spring) | 9 |
