Logistics, AAS

Program Description

The Mid-Plains Community College Associate of Applied Science in Business with an emphasis in Logistics/Materials Management option is designed to prepare you to manage and coordinate all logistical functions in an enterprise.

Logistics includes instruction in acquisitions and purchasing, inventory control, storage and handling, just-in-time manufacturing, logistics planning, shipping and delivery management, transportation, quality control, resource estimation and allocation, and budgeting. Graduates will have the required foundation in procurement and logistics to manage the flow of materials through the supply chain in a local, regional, or global marketplace.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities with this degree may include the following:

  • Logisticians
  • Transportation managers
  • Storage and distribution managers
  • Cargo and freight clerks
  • Shipping
  • Receiving
  • Traffic clerks
  • Operations research analysts
  • Dispatcher
  • Freight operator
  • Transportation sales executive
  • Warehouse manager
  • Operation supervisor

Associate of Applied Science Degree Business

Logistics Emphasis

Suggested Sequence of Study

Plan of Study Grid
First Semester
FallCredit Hours
ACCT 1025
Introduction to Accounting
or Principles of Accounting I
3.0
BSAD 1000 Leadership & Team Development 1.5
BSAD 1050 Introduction to Business 3.0
BSAD 1100
Personal Finance
or Human Relations: People Skills
3.0
WARE 1100 Introduction to Logistics 3.0
Computer Elective 1.5
 Credit Hours15.0
Second Semester
Spring
BSAD 1010 Personal/Professional Development 3.0
BSAD 1030 Business & Professional Speaking 3.0
BSAD 2500 Business Mathematics 3.0
BSAD 2540 Principles of Management 3.0
WARE 1200 Global Logistics 3.0
 Credit Hours15.0
Third Semester
Fall
BSAD 2510 Business Computer Systems 3.0
BSAD 2520 Principles of Marketing 3.0
BSAD 2710 Business Law I 3.0
WARE 1250 Transportation Logistics 3.0
WARE 2150 Supply Chain Management 3.0
 Credit Hours15.0
Fourth Semester
Spring
BSAD 2250 Business Communications 3.0
BSAD 2745 Business Internship 5.0
WARE 2400 Purchasing Logistics 3.0
Computer Elective 1.0-1.5
Business Elective 3.0
 Credit Hours15.0-15.5
 Total Credit Hours60.0-60.5

Course work in business, foreign language, economics, real estate, psychology, sociology, government, composition, statistics, information technology and cultural diversity would complement the business program. Please see the list of electives below.

Electives List

ACCT 1010Payroll Accounting2.0
ACCT 1210Principles of Accounting II3.0
ACCT 2020Income Tax Acct for Individuals3.0
ACCT 2130Intermediate Accounting3.0
ACCT 2170Cost Accounting3.0
AGRI 1410Intro to Ag-Economics3.0
AGRI 1745Agribusiness & Food Marketing3.0
AGRI 2040Farm & Ranch Management4.0
AGRI 2041Farm & Ranch Management Lab0.0
BSAD 1060Introduction to Sports Management3.0
BSAD 1070Customer Service3.0
BSAD 1100Personal Finance3.0
BSAD 1110Introduction to Events Management3.0
BSAD 1500Leadership Behavior1.5
BSAD 2000Intro to Leadership Concepts3.0
BSAD 2010Principles of Selling3.0
BSAD 2020Leadership Development3.0
BSAD 2050Strategic Planning and Leadership3.0
BSAD 2060Intro Sports Facilities Management3.0
BSAD 2100Organizational Behavior3.0
BSAD 2370Digital Marketing3.0
BSAD 2520Principles of Marketing3.0
BSAD 2540Principles of Management3.0
BSAD 2560Information Management3.0
BSAD 2570MS Office Integration3.0
BSAD 2580Administrative Proc & Mgmt3.0
BSAD 2720Business Law II3.0
CSCEAny CSCE course approved by the business advisor and business & technology faculty
ECON 1000Contemporary Economic Issues3.0
ECON 2110Principles of Macroeconomics3.0
ECON 2120Principles of Microeconomics3.0
ENGL 1010English Composition I3.0
ENTR 2040Entrepreneurship Feasibility Study3.0
ENTR 2050Marketing for the Entrepreneur3.0
ENTR 2090Entrepreneurship Business Plan3.0
INFOAny INFO course approved by the business advisor and business faculty
PSYC 1810Intro to Psychology3.0
SOCI 1000Human Relations: People Skills3.0
SOCI 1010Intro to Sociology3.0
SOCI 2150Exploring Unity & Diversity3.0
SPAN 1010Elementary Spanish I5.0
WARE 1100Introduction to Logistics3.0
WARE 1200Global Logistics3.0
WARE 1250Transportation Logistics3.0
WARE 2150Supply Chain Management3.0
WARE 2400Purchasing Logistics3.0