Decision Sciences

(ISDS) DECISION SCIENCES
Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management
Marla Royne Stafford , Ph.D., Chair
Room 302 FCBE Administration Building
http://fcbe.memphis.edu/modules/general/Dp_marketing.php?

Students must have junior standing and have met specific course prerequisites with a minimum grade of “C” to be eligible for all 3000 and 4000 level courses. In addition to these requirements, students seeking a degree in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics must have (1) completed all required lower division business courses with a minimum grade of “C” in each; (2) minimum of 2.25 GPA (2.5 for accounting majors) in all required lower division business courses and MATH 1830 or 1910, and (3) 60 hours of course work including MATH 1830 or 1910 and 9 hours of English (See B.B.A. Degree Requirements-General Requirements).

A surcharge of $30 per credit hour for 3000 and 4000 level courses and $30 per credit hour for 6000-9000 level courses has been approved by the Tennessee Board of Regents. The purpose of the surcharge on these business courses is to guarantee the continuous improvement of the college and compliance with the standards of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB International).

ISDS 2710 - Business Statistics (3)
Introduction to basic statistical procedures for analysis and interpretation of business data; collection and presentation of data, probability theory, measures of central tendency and variability, sampling distributions, estimation of parameters, and principles of hypothesis testing. Introduction to a statistical software package. PREREQUlSlTE: MATH 1830 or 1910.

ISDS 3510 - Production/Operations Mgmt (3)
Operations as a key element of organizational strategy from a competitive viewpoint. Integration of various techniques to facilitate solution to productivity and quality issues in both manufacturing and service industries using multifunctional approaches in the creation of goods and services. PREREQUlSlTE: ISDS 2710.

ISDS 3711 - Analytical Tools/Business (3)
Applied analytical and qualitative methods for analysis of common business decision problems; regression, math programming and optimization; forecasting, computer simulation, and decision analysis. PREREQUISITE: ISDS 2710, or equivalent. [C]

ISDS 3760 - Operations Research (3)
Introduction to decision making, concentrating on problem solving technique; emphasis on problem definition, model construction, and various solution techniques including linear programming, project analysis and control, queuing methods, and simulation. PREREQUISITE: ISDS 3711, MIS 2749 and 2755, or equivalent.

ISDS 4510 - Operations Plan/Resource Mgmt (3)
Expands on concepts learned in basic Production Operations Management course. Focus on both planning and management of resources on supply side, in process, and distribution side of business for effectively delivering value to customer. PREREQUISITE: MGMT 3110, ISDS 3510.

ISDS 4511 - Supply Chain Strategy (3)
Comprehensive study of development, execution and measurement of integratied supply chain management strategies. PREREQUISITE: MGMT 3110, ISDS 3510, MKTG 2610.

ISDS 4512 - Current Topic/Supply Chain Mgt (3)
Current topics in supply chain management. PREREQUISITE: MKTG 2610, or permission of instructor.