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Sustainable Value Chain
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Enhance your strategic skills and help strengthen your organization’s logistical and supply chain operations with an online sustainable value chain bachelor's degree from 91Ö±²¥ of Maryland Global Campus. Engage with a diverse network of peers and learn from highly respected faculty members as you prepare to move ahead in this growing sector. With convenient online courses, multiple start dates, access to lifetime career services, and a generous transfer credit policy, UMGC provides the flexibility and support you need. Begin your journey today.Ìý
Program Highlights
- Evaluate data: Assess the value chain of a business for operational effectiveness and sustainability using data.Ìý
- Communicate effectively: Analyze processes, technology and communications to improve customer relationship management and organizational efficiency.Ìý
- Increase quality: Recommend improvements to the supply chain of a business to increase quality and sustainability.Ìý
- Utilize statistics: Employ appropriate statistical techniques to enhance production processes and systems.Ìý
- Enhance functions: Recommend improvements in functional aspects of the value chain, including marketing, operations, and quality management.Ìý
- Improve decision-making: Apply project management techniques to managerial decision-making.Ìý
- Advance technology: Recommend enhancements to procurement, inventory, and logistics technology.Ìý
- Conduct analysis: Conduct and present a strategic analysis of a corporation’s value chain.Ìý
Required Courses
Core Courses (Major)Ìý
- (3 Credits, MRKT 394)
- (3 Credits, BMGT 487)Ìý
- (3 Credits, DATA 320)Ìý
- (3 Credits, DATA 335)Ìý
- (3 Credits, BMGT 411)Ìý
- (3 Credits, OPMG 310)Ìý
- (3 Credits, OPMG 320)Ìý
Elective Courses (Major)Ìý
You must complete a total of three courses (9 credits) from the options listed below. You may select all three courses from one track or mix and match. The courses are grouped by topic area for your reference.Ìý
Business AnalyticsÌý
- (3 Credits, DATA 300)Ìý
- (3 Credits, DATA 430)Ìý
- (3 Credits, ARIN 460)Ìý
Environmental SystemsÌý
- (3 Credits, ENHS 300)Ìý
- (3 Credits, ENHS 315) or (3 Credits, ENHS 305)Ìý
- (3 Credits, ENHS 340)Ìý
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- (3 Credits, MRKT 412)Ìý
- (3 Credits, MRKT 354)Ìý
- (3 Credits, MRKT 454)Ìý
Project ManagementÌý
- (3 Credits, BMGT 365) or BMGT 465Ìý
- (3 Credits, BMGT 488)Ìý
- (3 Credits, OPMG 350)*
Supply ChainÌý
- (3 Credits, BMGT 488)Ìý
- (3 Credits, OPMG 340)*
- (3 Credits, OPMG 330)*
Capstone Course (Major)Ìý
- (3 Credits, OPMG 495)Ìý
*ÌýSome courses may not be immediately available but will be available in future terms.
Career Preparation
The sustainable value chain program is designed to enable you to succeed in the service or manufacturing industries, specifically in the areas of process improvement and supply chain operations. Graduates may pursue careers as business analysts, inventory managers, logistics coordinators, sustainability analysts, supply chain directors, quality assurance managers, and more.Ìý
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $330 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Data Science
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Acquire key skills in research, analysis, and technology with an online bachelor’s degree in data science from 91Ö±²¥ of Maryland Global Campus. Expand your knowledge base as you take courses in data modeling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Study a truly modern curriculum by enrolling in convenient online classes taught by our experienced faculty members, who bring real-world experience to the classroom. Plus, you’ll save time and money while earning your degree, thanks to UMGC’s generous transfer credit policy. Ready to move your career forward? Apply today!
Program Highlights
- Communicate effectively: Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, meeting expectations for content, purpose, organization, audience, and format.
- Implement data stages: Implement all stages of data science methodology, including data extraction, data cleaning, data load, and transformation.
- Use technology: Execute best practices, using diverse technologies, in data science, business intelligence, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
- Analyze issues: Analyze social, global, and ethical issues and their implications as they relate to the use of existing and emerging data science, machine learning, and AI technologies.
- Evaluate problems: Evaluate a business problem or opportunity to determine the extent to which data science can provide a viable solution and translate the business problem into a viable project to meet organizational strategic and operational needs.
- Incorporate best practices: Incorporate data security, data privacy, and risk management best practices in the planning, development, and implementation of data science solutions.
- Deploy models: Build and deploy the machine learning process throughout its life cycle in full compliance with best practices for tool evaluation, model selection, and model validation.
- Leverage analytics: Leverage big data analytics and AI technology to create solutions for stream analytics, text processing, natural language understanding, AI, and cognitive applications.
Required Courses
- (3 Credits, STAT 200)
- (3 Credits, DATA 230)
- (3 Credits, DATA 300)
- (3 Credits, CSIA 300)
- (3 Credits, DATA 320)
- (3 Credits, DATA 330)
- (3 Credits, DATA 335)
- (3 Credits, DATA 430)
- DATA 440
- (3 Credits, DATA 445)
- DATA 450
- DATA 460
- (3 Credits, DATA 495)
Related Required Courses
The following required courses may be applied to general education requirements:
- (3 Credits, DATA 200)
- (3 Credits, MATH 115) or a more advanced MATH course
Career Preparation
This online degree program is the perfect fit for mid-career professionals who are looking to advance their careers and play their part in a modern and future-facing industry. The skills you learn in this program are universal and can help you apply for jobs in the public sector, the private sector, or the non-profit sector. Potential job titles include data scientist, data architect, AI application developer, business intelligence manager, and AI engineer.
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
Up to 90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $330 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
Marketing
Bachelor of ScienceThese program requirements are for students who enroll in the 2024-2025 academic year.
Build important communication skills and learn to tell a compelling story about your organization or brand with an online bachelor’s degree in marketing from 91Ö±²¥ of Maryland Global Campus. Engage with like-minded peers as you master the principles of both traditional and digital marketing. Learn from experienced faculty members who bring their real-world experience with them to the classroom. Plus, with UMGC’s generous transfer credit policy and lifetime career services, securing your future has never been easier. Ready to take the next step? Apply for the marketing program today!
Program Highlights
- Apply marketing strategy: Apply strategic marketing skills, such as scenario planning, market intelligence, customer profiles, and digital planning, to market products or services.
- Develop insights: Develop marketing insights with data derived from internal and external sources.
- Design comm plans: Design effective integrated marketing communication plans using traditional, digital, and social media channels.
- Develop campaigns: Develop multichannel campaigns for nonprofit organizations through fundraising, recruiting volunteers, and promoting alliances using traditional and digital marketing channels.
- Focus on customers: Create consumer-driven marketing strategies for a consistent consumer experience across multiple marketing channels.
- Cultivate relationships: Develop successful customer relationships and enhance customer loyalty using appropriate marketing technologies.
- Create strategy: Create marketing strategies to meet the challenges of a competitive global market.
Required Courses
Core Courses (Major)
(3 Credits, BMGT 330)
(3 Credits, MRKT 354)
(3 Credits, MRKT 394)
(3 Credits, MRKT 411)
(3 Credits, MRKT 412)
(3 Credits, MRKT 458)
(3 Credits, MRKT 311)
(3 Credits, MRKT 314) or any upper-level MRKT courseÌý
(3 Credits, MRKT 454) or any upper-level MRKT course
Capstone Course (Major)
(3 Credits, MRKT 495)
Career Preparation
UMGC's marketing degree is designed for mid-level professionals looking to take the next step in their career paths. Graduates of this program may be able to pursue careers as marketing product managers, marketing directors, digital marketing managers, and more.Ìý
Experience Recommended for Success in the Program
No previous experience is needed.
Total Program Credits
120
Transfer Credits
90
Format
- All courses available online
- Select hybrid courses available
Tuition Per Credit
- $330 per credit (in-state)
- $499 per credit (out-of-state)
- $250 per credit (military)
- Other fees may apply
Admission Requirements
This program follows standard UMGC admission requirements.
Military-Specific Details
This program does not have military restrictions. It is available to all eligible civilian and military-affiliated students.
State-Specific Details
This program does not have state-specific restrictions.
