Brock University Undergraduate Calendar

COURSES Aboriginal Education (ABED) Tecumseh Centre for Aboriginal Research and Education (ABST) Aboriginal Teacher Education (ABTE) Accounting (ACTG) Adult Education (ADED) Business Administration (ADMI) Academic English as Subsequent Language (AESL) Applied Computing (APCO) Arabic (ARAB) Astronomy (ASTR) Biochemistry (BCHM) Biology (BIOL) Biophysics (BPHY) Biotechnology (BTEC) Canadian Studies (CANA) Chemistry (CHEM) Community Health Sciences (CHSC) Child and Youth Studies (CHYS) Classics (CLAS) Communications Studies (COMM) Computer Science (COSC) Dramatic Arts (DART) Economics (ECON) Education (EDUC) English (ENGL) Entrepreneurial Studies (ENTR) Earth Sciences (ERSC) Education Science (ESCI) Ethics (ETHC) Film (FILM) Finance (FNCE) French (FREN) Geography (GEOG) German (GERM) Greek (GREE) History (HIST) Interactive Arts and Science (IASC) Iberian and Latin American Studies (IBLA) Intercultural Studies (INTC) Italian (ITAL) Information Technology Information Systems (ITIS) Japanese (JAPA) Labour Studies (LABR) Liberal Arts (LART) Latin (LATI) Linguistics (LING) Mandarin Chinese (MAND) Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MARS) Mathematics (MATH) Management (MGMT) Marketing (MKTG) Music (MUSI) Neuroscience (NEUR) Nursing (NUSC) Organizational Behaviour and Human Relations (OBHR) Oenology and Viticulture (OEVI) Operations Management (OPER) Popular Culture (PCUL) Physical Education and Kinesiology (PEKN) Philosophy (PHIL) Physics (PHYS) Political Science (POLI) Portuguese (PORT) Psychology (PSYC) Recreation and Leisure Studies (RECL) Russian (RUSS) Science (SCIE) Studies in Comparative Literatures and Cultures (SCLC) Sociology (SOCI) Spanish (SPAN) Sport Management (SPMA) Studies in Arts and Culture (STAC) Swahili (SWAH) Tourism and Environment (TREN) Visual Arts (VISA) Women's Studies (WISE) Writing (WRIT)
Operations Management Courses
OPER 2P51 General Operations Management Operations management and its interactions with other functional areas. Topics include process analysis, forecasting, scheduling, materials management, quality assurance and capacity planning. Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week. Restriction: not open to BAcc, BBA, BBE, BCB or combined Business majors. Prerequisite(s): ACTG 1P91 or MATH 1P98. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in OPER 2P91. OPER 2P91 Operations Management Improving efficiency and quality in organizations. Service and product design, process design, managing technology, capacity planning, facility location and design, resource planning, inventory management, scheduling, improving productivity, managing quality and various tools for decision-making. Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BCB, BTEB and combined Business majors. In the Fall Term open to BAcc and BAcc Co-op majors and in the Winter Term open to BBA and BBA Co-op majors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): ACTG 1P12 or 2P12; ITIS 1P97 Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in OPER 2P51. OPER 3P91 Advanced Operations Management Skills and intuition development for approaching various operational challenges. Tools for more advanced analysis and software for improving efficiency and quality. Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BCB and combined Business majors. Prerequisite(s): OPER 2P91. Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in OPER 3P31. OPER 3P92 Project Management Concepts and techniques for managing projects. Role of the project manager, strategic issues, resource allocation, conflict management, planning, budgeting, scheduling and controlling projects. Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BCB and combined Business majors. Prerequisite(s): OPER 2P91. Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section. OPER 3P93 Quality Management Effectively managing quality, combining theory and practice to formulate models for quality improvement and control. Statistical tools, techniques for process re-engineering and improvement, and designing quality into products and services. Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BCB and combined Business majors. Prerequisite(s): OPER 2P91. Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section. OPER 4F90 Research Topic Directed intensive study and research under the supervision of a faculty member in an area in which the student has shown particular competence. Restriction: open to BBA, BBE and combined Business majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits and permission of the Chair and supervising faculty member. Note: topic to be chosen in consultation with the supervising faculty member.
*OPER 4P26 Supply Chain Management (also offered as ITIS 4P26) Supply chain modelling and performance. Managing material, information and financial flows. Enabling roles of the Internet, technology and information. Design of supply chain networks, applications of ERP, e-commerce and e-procurement technologies and decision support systems in managing supply chains. Business process outsourcing and strategic partnerships. Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BCB and combined Business majors. Prerequisite(s): OPER 2P91 and ECON 2P91; ACTG 3P97 or ITIS 2P91 (3P97). Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section. OPER 4P31 Simulation of Business Systems Science and art of business modelling, using computer software with animation. Models for operations, information systems, finance, marketing and other types of systems. Technical aspects of simulation blended with the practical realities of working with real data in real situations. Implementation of the entire simulation modelling process, including data collection, model development, analysis of outputs and how to improve on existing system configurations and/or decision rules. Lectures, case discussion, lab, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BCB and combined Business majors. Prerequisite(s): OPER 2P91. Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section. OPER 4P41 Management Science Emphasis on modelling business issues. Topics include network optimization, integer, nonlinear and goal programming, queuing models and computer simulation. Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BCB and combined Business majors. Prerequisite(s): ECON 2P91 and OPER 2P91. Note: enrolment limited to 40 students per section. OPER 4P91 Research Topic Directed study or research under the supervision of a faculty member in an area of demonstrated student competence. Restriction: open to BBA, BBE, BCB and combined Business majors with a minimum of 13.5 overall credits and permission of the Chair and supervising faculty member Note: topic to be chosen in consultation with the supervising faculty member. OPER 4V90-4V99 Topics in Operations Management Courses in specialized areas within the discipline. Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BBE and combined Business majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 13.5 overall credits.