Program Overview

The purpose of this degree program is to prepare students with an undergraduate degree in business or engineering for a career in supply chain management. Integrated supply chain management has emerged as a critical strategic priority for many firms over the past decade, but the talent pool that can properly conceptualize and drive supply chain from this new strategic perspective is currently lacking. This program will provide the strategic, integrative, and analytical skills that businesses desire in new talent and prepare students for the day-to-day problems they will face on the job. The structure of the Supply Chain Management major, MS, approaches the subject with a truly integrative approach that encompasses sales, procurement, operations, logistics, customer service, and other functions of the overall process, in order to develop talent that can effect change across an integrated supply chain and, ultimately, the entire organization. This integrative approach is innovative, global in outlook, and will be prized by both students and the business community.

Tri-Continent Supply Chain Concentration

The Haslam College of Business (HCB) at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) offers the Master of Science degree with a major in Supply Chain Management (MSSCM) to prepare students for careers in supply chain management. This Tri-Continent Supply Chain concentration offers the opportunity to study for one semester at Kühne Logistics University (KLU), Hamburg, Germany, along with two terms of study at UTK. For students who choose to pursue a second degree from KLU, a second semester of study abroad is required at a school of the student’s choice. This concentration is a cohort group where students from two universities study together on each of the two campuses. A majority of graduate credit hours for UTK students will be earned at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the degree will be solely from the University of Tennessee. A double degree option is available from KLU and requires completion of an additional semester of coursework and a thesis as a KLU student.

The purpose of this concentration is to prepare students with an undergraduate degree in business, engineering or related fields for a career in supply chain management. Supply chain management has emerged as a critical strategic priority for many firms over the past decade, but the talent pool that can properly conceptualize and drive supply chain from this new strategic perspective is currently lacking. This concentration will provide the strategic, integrative, and analytical skills that businesses desire in new talent and prepare students for the day-to-day problems they will face on the job.