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
| First Semester | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credit Hours | |
| ACCT 1025 or ACCT 1200 |
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 or SOCI 1000 |
Personal Finance or Human Relations: People Skills |
3.0 |
| WARE 1100 | Introduction to Logistics | 3.0 |
| Computer Elective | 1.5 | |
| Credit Hours | 15.0 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Spring | ||
| BSAD 1010 | Personal/Professional Development | 3.0 |
| BSAD 1030 | Business & Professional Speaking | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2540 | Principles of Management | 3.0 |
| OFFT 2080 | Business Mathematics | 3.0 |
| WARE 1200 | Global Logistics | 3.0 |
| Credit Hours | 15.0 | |
| 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 Hours | 15.0 | |
| 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 Hours | 15.0-15.5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 60.0-60.5 | |
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
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACCT 1010 | Payroll Accounting | 2.0 |
| ACCT 1210 | Principles of Accounting II | 3.0 |
| ACCT 2020 | Income Tax Acct for Individuals | 3.0 |
| ACCT 2130 | Intermediate Accounting | 3.0 |
| ACCT 2170 | Cost Accounting | 3.0 |
| AGRI 1410 | Intro to Ag-Economics | 3.0 |
| AGRI 1745 | Agribusiness & Food Marketing | 3.0 |
| AGRI 2040 | Farm & Ranch Management | 4.0 |
| AGRI 2041 | Farm & Ranch Management Lab | 0.0 |
| BSAD 1060 | Introduction to Sports Management | 3.0 |
| BSAD 1070 | Customer Service | 3.0 |
| BSAD 1100 | Personal Finance | 3.0 |
| BSAD 1110 | Introduction to Events Management | 3.0 |
| BSAD 1120 | Social Issues/Nonprofit Sector | 3.0 |
| BSAD 1500 | Leadership Behavior | 1.5 |
| BSAD 2000 | Intro to Leadership Concepts | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2010 | Principles of Selling | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2020 | Leadership Development | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2050 | Strategic Planning and Leadership | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2060 | Intro Sports Facilities Management | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2100 | Organizational Behavior | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2210 | Supervisory Management | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2350 | Advertising | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2370 | Digital Marketing | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2520 | Principles of Marketing | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2540 | Principles of Management | 3.0 |
| BSAD 2720 | Business Law II | 3.0 |
| CSCE | Any CSCE course approved by the business advisor and business & technology division chair | |
| ECON 1000 | Contemporary Economic Issues | 3.0 |
| ECON 2110 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3.0 |
| ECON 2120 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3.0 |
| ENGL 1010 | English Composition I | 3.0 |
| ENTR 2040 | Entrepreneurship Feasibility Study | 3.0 |
| ENTR 2050 | Marketing for the Entrepreneur | 3.0 |
| ENTR 2090 | Entrepreneurship Business Plan | 3.0 |
| FACS 2300 | Visual Merchandising | 3.0 |
| INFO | Any INFO course approved by the business advisor and business & technology division chair | |
| OFFT 1150 | Input Keyboard Technology I | 3.0 |
| or OFFT 1160 | Input Keyboard Technology II | |
| OFFT 2050 | Information Management | 3.0 |
| OFFT 2170 | MS Office Integration | 3.0 |
| OFFT 2350 | Administrative Proc & Mgmt | 3.0 |
| PSYC 1810 | Intro to Psychology | 3.0 |
| REES 1705 | Real Estate Principles & Practices | 2.0 |
| REES 1715 | Real Estate Finance | 2.0 |
| REES 1725 | Real Estate Law | 2.0 |
| SOCI 1000 | Human Relations: People Skills | 3.0 |
| SOCI 1010 | Intro to Sociology | 3.0 |
| SOCI 2150 | Exploring Unity & Diversity | 3.0 |
| SPAN 1010 | Elementary Spanish I | 5.0 |
| SPAN 1020 | Elementary Spanish II | 5.0 |
| WARE 1100 | Introduction to Logistics | 3.0 |
| WARE 1200 | Global Logistics | 3.0 |
| WARE 1250 | Transportation Logistics | 3.0 |
| WARE 2150 | Supply Chain Management | 3.0 |
| WARE 2400 | Purchasing Logistics | 3.0 |