Courses

Operations & Decision Technologies

Some of the courses listed are offered infrequently. Students are advised to check with the schedule of classes published by the Registrar or the corresponding academic department for availability.

Business Analytics:

  • BUS-K 271 Global Business Analysis (1.5 cr.) P: BUS-D 270 with a grade of C or better. K271 extends the knowledge gained in D270, Global Business Environment. This class concentrates directly on the management of multinational firms. Students are placed in the role of the decision-makers responsible for solving the myriad of practical problems resulting from a globalized and highly interconnected business environment. 
  • BUS-K 272 Global Business Immersion (3 cr.) P: BUS-D 270 with a grade of C or better. The Global Business Immersion course includes international travel. It extends the knowledge gained in Global Business Environment, D270 and concentrates directly on the management of multinational firms. An application is required to be a part of this course. See more information about Global Business Immersion.
  • BUS-K 303 Technology and Business Analysis (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with a grade of C or higher. An introduction to the ways that technology enables and empowers business decision making. In this introductory analytics course you will learn how companies apply technology tools to prepare, analyze, model and display the information used to manage their business. You will apply these same techniques using spreadsheet modeling and other tools. Credit not given for both BUS-K 303 and BUS-K 304.
  • BUS-K 304 Technology and Business Analysis-Honors (3 cr.) P: (BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with a grade of C or better) and (member of Business Honors Program or member of Hutton Honors College). This course provides an introduction to the decision-making process, including both the relevant thought processes and the analytical decision-making tools used by companies to solve a variety of problems. Credit not given for both BUS-K 304 and BUS-K 303.
  • BUS–K 315 Business Process Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with a grade of C or higher. While focusing on the fundamentals of business process management, this course's objective is to learn how information technology can enable and help manage business processes. The three main topic areas of the course are enterprise data exchange, enterprise systems, and process management and analysis.
  • BUS–K 327 Modeling Business Data (3 cr.)  P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with a grade of C or higher. This course provides immersion into business skills including critical thinking, problem solving, process development and modeling, and analytical tools employed to convert raw data into information for decision making. It emphasizes fundamental data analytics principles, taking a layered approach: 1) data retrieval; 2) data analysis; and 3) modeling decision-making processes.
  • BUS–K 353 Business Analytics & Modeling (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with a grade of C or higher. This course focuses on the layered process of transforming data into insights, which includes descriptive analytics to characterize data, predictive analytics that centers on the use of machine learning algorithms to evaluate the likelihood of future outcomes and prescriptive analytics to identify optimal strategies to achieve the performance goals.
  • BUS-K 355 Topics in Business Analytics (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Business Analytics.
  • BUS-K 390 Business Analytics Topics Abroad (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit Business Analytics elective course completed on a Kelley School of Business approved study abroad program. Approved courses earn direct IU credit.
  • BUS-K 455 Topics in Business Analytics (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Business Analytics.
  • BUS-K 481 Business Analytics Consulting Workshop (1.5 - 3 cr.) Students enroll in BUS-BE 481. The objective of this course is to prepare students for careers in business analytics consulting. This course will provide students with: 1) understanding the players in the business analytics consulting industry; and 2) developing engagement recommendations for a client by applying decision-making frameworks. An application is required for this course. See more information about Kelley Undergraduate Workshops.
  • BUS-K 490 Independent Study in Business Analytics (1 - 5 cr.) Supervised individual study and research in student's special field of interest. The student will propose the investigation desired and, in conjunction with the instructor, develop the scope of work to be completed. Consent of instructor and written report required.

Supply Chain Management and Operations Management:

  • BUS-P 155 Topics in Operations & Supply Chain Management (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Operations & Supply Chain Management.
  • BUS-P 254 Introduction to Business Operations Consulting (1.5 cr.) This course engages students in discussions with business operations consulting practitioners so that they can understand and apply the frameworks, tools and techniques used in business operations consulting. The culmination of what is learned throughout the course will be a team case presentation that includes analysis of a real-world situation. An application is required for this course. See more information about Kelley Undergraduate Workshops.
  • BUS-P 255 Topics in Operations & Supply Chain Management (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Operations & Supply Chain Management.
  • BUS-P 256 Business in a Flat World (3 cr.) In view of greater global integration in economic, technological, political, and ecological spheres, it is increasingly important to understand businesses in the "flat" world. This course focuses on global interdependence and concentrates on socio-political background as well as the business and its institutional context in India, an emerging economy. An application is required for this course. See Kelley International Programs for more information.
  • BUS-P 257 Digital Innovation - Logistics (1.5 cr.) The objective of this course is to prepare students for careers in logistics and transportation. This course will introduce students to: 1) digital innovation in logistics and transportation; 2) use cases in application of digital technologies in logistics and transportation. That will be followed by the analysis of multiple cases. An application is required for this course. See more information about Kelley Undergraduate Workshops.
  • BUS–P 271: Global Business Analysis (1.5 cr) P: D-270 with a grade of C or higher. P271 extends the knowledge gained in D270, Global Business Environment. This class concentrates directly on the management of multinational firms. Students are placed in the role of the decision-makers responsible for solving the myriad of practical problems resulting from a globalized and highly interconnected business environment.
  • BUS–P 272 Global Business Immersion (3 cr.) P: BUS-D 270 with a grade of C or higher. The Global Business Immersion course includes international travel. It extends the knowledge gained in Global Business Environment, D270 and concentrates directly on the management of multinational firms. An application is required to be a part of this course. See more information about Global Business Immersion.
  • BUS–P 300 Introduction to Operations Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with a  grade of C or better and must not be a Kelley School of Business student. Provides an overview of operating decisions and practices in both manufacturing- and service-oriented firms. While no attempt is made to cover any particular area in-depth, standard terms and concepts required to communicate effectively with operating personnel are introduced. Credit not given for both BUS-P 300 and (BUS-P 301, BUS-P 304, BUS-P 370).
  • BUS–P 304 Operations Management: Honors (3 cr.) P: Must be a Business Honors student and have completed all I-Core prerequisites with grade of C or better. Students enroll in BUS-BE 304. A survey course concerned with the production and distribution of goods and services. It is a part of the Integrative Core, along with survey courses in finance and marketing. Topics include: inventory management, demand forecasting, aggregate production planning, shop scheduling, project management, quality control, and layout and process design. The primary focus for integration is a case problem at the end of the semester. BUS-P 304 and (BUS-P 300, BUS-P 301, BUS-P 370).
  • BUS-P 316 Sustainable Operations (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with a  grade of C or better. This course focuses on operational sustainability and employs case studies to cover topics such as lean, take-back legislation, environmental management systems and ISO 14001 certification, green buildings/LEED certification, lifecycle assessment, reducing an organization's carbon footprint, renewable energy, design for environment, leasing and servicizing, remanufacturing, recycling, reuse, and sustainable sourcing.
  • BUS–P 319 Supply Chain Management with Digital Technologies (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with grade of C or better. Supply chain management is an integrated approach to planning, implementing and controlling flow of information, materials and services from raw material to finished product for distribution to customers and includes topics such as facility network design, supply chain coordination, forecasting, omnichannel retail, inventory management, transportation network design, sourcing and sustainability.
  • BUS–P 320 Supply Chain Management: Global Sourcing (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with a  grade of C or better. Sourcing is the process of acquiring goods and services to support an organization's operations and includes topics such as 1) operational sourcing that identifies the purchase function and activities; 2) strategic sourcing that matches business with sourcing strategies; and 3) future of sourcing including Industry 4.0, blockchain with smart contracting.
  • BUS-P 354 Business Operations Consulting: Essentials for Success (1.5 cr.) The objective of this course is to prepare students for careers in business operations consulting. Our primary learning objectives are to better understand the lifecycle of a business operations consulting engagement, selling and proposing business operations consulting services, and the the ethical dilemmas one encounters in business operations consulting.
  • BUS-P 355 Topics in Operations & Supply Chain Management (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Operations & Supply Chain Management.
  • BUS-P 356 Lean Six Sigma (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with a  grade of C or better. This course introduces the fundamental Lean Six Sigma principles, concepts, tools, and methodologies that underlie continuous improvement approaches and showcases the application of these practices to improve quality, productivity, customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, time-to-market and financial performance and includes topics such as Lean, Kaizen, DMAIC, project management, and change management.
  • BUS-P 357 Digital Logistics & Transportation (1.5 cr.) The objective of this course is to prepare students for careers in logistics and transportation. This course will provide students with: 1) an overview of sub-sectors within logistics and transportation; 2) an understanding of management frameworks for firms; and 3) a business plan for infusing digital technologies in this area. An application is required for this course. See more information about Kelley Undergraduate Workshops.
  • BUS–P 370 I-Core—Operations Component (3 cr.) P: Completion of all I-Core prerequisites with grade of C or higher. Students enroll in BUS-BE 375. The operations component is concerned with the production and distribution of goods and services. Topics include inventory management, demand forecasting, aggregate productions planning, shop scheduling, project management, quality control, and layout and process design. Includes a cross-functional case done in teams. BUS-P 370 and (BUS-P 300, BUS-P 301, BUS-P 304).
  • BUS-P 390 Supply Chain Management Topics Abroad (3 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit Supply Chain Management elective course completed on a Kelley School of Business approved study abroad program. Approved courses earn direct IU credit.
  • BUS-P 391 Operations Management Topics Abroad (3 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit Operations Management elective course completed on a Kelley School of Business approved study abroad program. Approved courses earn direct IU credit.
  • BUS–P 429 Operations Processes (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with a grade of C or better. This course focuses on the analysis and design of the processes by which products or services are created and delivered to customers and includes topics such as bottleneck analysis, process design principles, static process analysis, value chain analysis and lean, process variability and quality, and queueing models.
  • BUS–P 431 Supply Chain Management: Logistics and Distribution (3 cr.) P: BUS-P370 or BUS-P 304 with a grade of C or higher. Logistics refers to coordinating and moving resources-people, materials, inventory, and equipment-from one location to another. Logistics includes topics such as network planning, distribution, warehousing and packaging and benefits from innovations such as blockchain. Logistics applications include same-day delivery, global logistics, reverse logistics and humanitarian logistics.
  • BUS-P 455 Topics in Operations & Supply Chain Management (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Operations & Supply Chain Management.
  • BUS-P 481 Supply Chain Planning and Analytics (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with grade of C or higher. At the intersection of supply chain management and data analytics, this course showcases quantitative approaches to modeling managerial tradeoffs and selecting among data-driven alternatives and includes topics such as static and adaptive forecasting, aggregate planning, sales and operations planning, deterministic and stochastic inventory models, optimal product availability, and revenue management.
  • BUS-P 490 Independent Study in Operations & Supply Chain (1 - 5 cr.) Supervised individual study and research in student's special field of interest. The student will propose the investigation desired and, in conjunction with the instructor, develop the scope of work to be completed. Written report required.

Information Systems and Digital Technology Management:

  • BUS-S 155 Topics in Information Systems (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Information Systems.
  • BUS-S 255 Topics in Information Systems (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Information Systems.
  • BUS-S 271 Global Business Analysis (1.5 cr.) P: BUS-D 270 with a grade of C or better. S271 extends the knowledge gained in D270, Global Business Environment. This class concentrates directly on the management of multinational firms. Students are placed in the role of the decision-makers responsible for solving the myriad of practical problems resulting from a globalized and highly interconnected business environment.
  • BUS-S 272 Global Business Immersion (3 cr.) P: BUS-D 270 with a grade of C or better. The Global Business Immersion course includes international travel. It extends the knowledge gained in Global Business Environment, D270 and concentrates directly on the management of multinational firms. An application is required to be a part of this course. See more information about Global Business Immersion.
  • BUS-S 302 Digital Business Technologies (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with a  grade of C or better. This course focuses on the digital ecosystem, the interplay between physical and digital worlds, to explore digital trends and innovations for businesses. Course topics include enterprise modeling frameworks, enterprise system platforms, digital transformation, and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) project management framework.
  • BUS–S 305 Technology Infrastructure (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with a grade of C or higher. This course examines how computer networks move messages from one computer to another, and how firms design and deploy network infrastructure and includes topics such as five network layers, network technologies such as LAN and backbone network components, WAN technologies, network design, and network security and management.
  • BUS–S 307 Data Design & Management (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with a  grade of C or better. This course focuses on the lifecycle of data management including data requirements elicitation, conceptual and logical design, along with database implementation/querying using SQL and NoSQL. Using hands-on tools, students learn how to apply key concepts of database design and write SQL/NoSQL queries to develop dashboards that dove-tail with business needs.
  • BUS–S 308 Business Application Development (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with a grade of C or higher. This course covers concepts underlying design, implementation and use of modern programming languages with an emphasis on business applications. The course first focuses on coding fundamentals and programming logic and then introduces a dominant paradigm in computing, object-oriented-programming, which is the basis for modularity and reusability.
  • BUS–S 310 Analysis and Design of Digital Solutions (3 cr.) P: BUS-S 302 with a grade of C or higher. This course focuses on the development of the prototype of a digital solution for a business case, following an Agile approach and includes topics such as Scrum, Unified Modeling Language (UML), web development languages and tools such as HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap, which is used to create a responsive system.
  • BUS-S 326 Web and Social Media Analytics (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with a grade of C or better. This course focuses on retrieving, visualizing, and analyzing social media and web traffic data to monitor and improve digital service performance. The course starts with technical understanding and practical applications of social network analysis. Next, it delves into managerial understanding and hands-on practice of web analytics for web performance optimization.
  • BUS-S 355 Topics in Information Systems (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Information Systems.
  • BUS-S 364 Business Data Programming (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 201 or K204 with a grade of C or better. This course employs business data programming to introduce the principles of programming for business analytics and includes topics such as data structures, loops, functions, file input/output, reading from data sources, and the use of Python packages such as NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn to conduct the entire lifecycle of business analytics.
  • BUS-S 375 Introduction to Technology Consulting (1.5 cr.) This course focuses on a new topic in Information Systems relevant to management decision making. Learning occurs through lecture, case discussion, problem solving, group projects, or completion of exercises that further the knowledge and skills of students enrolled in the course. An application is required for this course. See more information about Kelley Undergraduate Workshops.
  • BUS-S 390 Information Systems Topics Abroad (3 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit Information Systems elective course completed on a Kelley School of Business approved study abroad program. Approved courses earn direct IU credit.
  • BUS-S 391 Digital Technology Management Topics Abroad (3 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit Digital Technology Management elective course completed on a Kelley School of Business approved study abroad program. Approved courses earn direct IU credit.
  • BUS–S 400 Integration of Systems and the Business (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with a grade of C or higher and must not be an Accounting major. This course takes an integrative approach to showcase how accounting applications are at the core of every organization's enterprise systems and includes topics such as systems selection/architecture, role of IT in an organization, business cycles (e.g., Purchase-to-pay, Order-to-cash), internal controls, process mapping, project management and hands-on use of enterprise systems software.
  • BUS-S 432 Applied Data Programming for Business (1.5 cr.) P: BUS-F 303 and BUS-F 305 with minimum C- grades; C: BUS-S 432. Students enroll in BUS-BE 432. This is the first course of a two-course sequence. The course introduces business analytics programming based on Python using IDEL and Jupyter as the integrated development environment. It teaches how to retrieve and manipulate databases, text files, and other data stores. It covers basic statistics, simple analytics, and Python libraries.
  • BUS–S 433 Information Systems Security (3 cr.) P: BUS-K 303 or BUS-K 304 with a grade of C or higher.This course focuses on principles of confidentiality, integrity, and availability as they pertain to information systems security and provides a foundation-level literacy of security knowledge, methods, and best practices to help modern business enterprises address the challenge. Hands-on labs showcase how to apply various security strategies through a practical application.
  • BUS-S 455 Topics in Information Systems (1 - 5 cr.) Variable topic, variable credit course in Information Systems.
  • BUS-S 475 Technology Consulting Essentials (1.5 cr.) The objective of this course is to prepare students for careers in IT consulting. The process of merging business consulting with technology for an external client is a challenging and rewarding profession. The course will present the inner workings of the IT consulting industry. An application is required for this course. See more information about Kelley Undergraduate Workshops.
  • BUS-S 490 Independent Study in Information Systems (1 - 5 cr.) Supervised individual study and research in student's special field of interest. The student will propose the investigation desired and, in conjunction with the instructor, develop the scope of work to be completed. Written report required.

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