{"id":47100,"date":"2026-07-07T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/?page_id=47100"},"modified":"2026-09-09T15:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T19:17:34","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/supply-chain-management-m-s\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Supply Chain Management and Applied Analytics, M.S.<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Supply Chain Management and Applied Analytics, M.S.\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-supply-chain-management-and-applied-analytics-m-s\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-47102\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-47102\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/supply-chain-management-m-s\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-47104\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-47104\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/supply-chain-management-m-s\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-47109\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-47109\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/supply-chain-management-m-s\/admission-and-fees\/\">Admission and Fees<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-47113\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-47113\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/academics\/graduate\/supply-chain-management-m-s\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program consists of these ten courses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PSA 500:&nbsp;<\/strong>Resiliency in Supply Chains<br><strong>PSA 501:<\/strong>&nbsp;Accounting and Finance for Supply Chain Managers<br><strong>PSA 502:&nbsp;<\/strong>Global Supply Chain and Operations Strategy<br><strong>PSA 503:&nbsp;<\/strong>International Transportation Management<br><strong>PSA 504:&nbsp;<\/strong>Supply Chain Analytics and Data Mining<br><strong>PSA 505:&nbsp;<\/strong>Warehousing and Distribution Systems<br><strong>PSA 506:<\/strong>&nbsp;Procurement and Supplier Management<br><strong>PSA 507:<\/strong>&nbsp;Customer Analytics<br><strong>PSA 508:&nbsp;<\/strong>Supply Chain Network Design<br><strong>PSA 509:<\/strong>&nbsp;Lean Six Sigma Innovation Protocols (includes Capstone Experience)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One- and Two-Year Completion Options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below are sample course schedules for the available one and two-year program completion timelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One-Year Track<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fall 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA500, PSA501<br><strong>Fall 2:&nbsp;<\/strong>PSA502, PSA503<br><strong>Spring 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA504<br><strong>Spring 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA505, PSA507<br><strong>Summer 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA506, PSA508<br><strong>Summer 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA509<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Two-Year Track<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year 1<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fall 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA500<br><strong>Fall 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA501<br><strong>Spring 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA504<br><strong>Spring 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA507<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year 2<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fall 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA502<br><strong>Fall 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA503<br><strong>Spring 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA506<br><strong>Spring 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA505<br><strong>Summer 1:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA508<br><strong>Summer 2:<\/strong>&nbsp;PSA509<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Program Learning Outcomes<\/strong><br>Upon completion of the program, graduates will be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Goal 1<\/strong>:<strong> Apply critical thinking skills to solve the high-level supply chain analytical problems facing organizations.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apply the knowledge of valuation of analytics to enhance value for supply chain practice.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate proficiency in linear programming, duality, sensitivity analyses, integer programming, and forecasting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goal 2<\/strong>: <strong>Effectively communicate in order to lead teams in problem solving.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Communicate effectively to lead collaboration among national and global partners. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop and demonstrate skills in effective negotiation to create contractual agreements.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Goal 3<\/strong>: <strong>Apply supply chain principles to analyze and interpret data for planning, decision making and problem solving in a global supply chain environment.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apply international transportation strategies and processes to solve industry-related problems.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analyze and integrate multiple supply chain and logistics inputs to determine optimal warehouse and distribution solutions across a global network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supply Chain Management and Applied Analytics, M.S. Curriculum The program consists of these ten courses: PSA 500:&nbsp;Resiliency in Supply ChainsPSA 501:&nbsp;Accounting and Finance for Supply Chain ManagersPSA 502:&nbsp;Global Supply Chain and Operations StrategyPSA 503:&nbsp;International Transportation ManagementPSA 504:&nbsp;Supply Chain Analytics and Data MiningPSA 505:&nbsp;Warehousing and Distribution SystemsPSA 506:&nbsp;Procurement and Supplier ManagementPSA 507:&nbsp;Customer AnalyticsPSA 508:&nbsp;Supply Chain Network [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5286,"featured_media":0,"parent":47094,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-47100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47100"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47628,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47100\/revisions\/47628"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}