Brock University Undergraduate Calendar

COURSES

Aboriginal Studies (ABST)

Accounting (ACTG)

Adult Education (ADED)

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Applied Language Studies (APLS)

Astronomy (ASTR)

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Biology (BIOL)

Biotechnology (BTEC)

Canadian Studies (CANA)

Chemistry (CHEM)

Community Health Sciences (CHSC)

Child and Youth Studies (CHYS)

Classics (CLAS)

Communications (COMM)

Computer Science (COSC)

Dramatic Arts (DART)

Economics (ECON)

Education (all courses) (EDUC)

English Language and Literature (ENGL)

Entrepreneurship Studies (ENTR)

Environment (ENVI)

Earth Sciences (ERSC)

Film Studies (FILM)

Finance (FNCE)

French (FREN)

Great Books/Liberal Studies (GBLS)

Geography (GEOG)

German (GERM)

Greek (GREE)

History (HIST)

International Studies (INTL)

Italian (ITAL)

Information Technology Information Systems (ITIS)

Japanese (JAPA)

Labour Studies (LABR)

Latin (LATI)

Applied Language Studies (LING)

Mandarin Chinese (MAND)

Mathematics (MATH)

Management (MGMT)

Marketing (MKTG)

Modern Languages, Literatures and Culture (MLLC)

Music (MUSI)

Neuroscience (NEUR)

Nursing (NUSC)

Organizational Behaviour (OBHR)

Oenology and Viticulture (OEVI)

Operations Management (OPER)

Popular Culture (PCUL)

Physical Education and Kinesiology (PEKN)

Philosophy (PHIL)

Physics (PHYS)

Political Science (POLI)

Portuguese (PORT)

Psychology (PSYC)

Recreation and Leisure Studies (RECL)

Russian (RUSS)

Sociology (SOCI)

Spanish (SPAN)

Sport Management (SPMA)

Studies in Arts and Cultures (STAC)

Tourism Studies (TOUR)

Visual Arts (VISA)

Women's Studies (WISE)

Writing (WRIT)

Operations Management Courses

OPER 2P51

General Operations Management

Operations management and its interactions with other functional areas. Topics include process analysis, forecasting, scheduling, materials management, quality assurance and capacity planning.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: not open to BAcc, BBA, BCB or combined Business majors.

Prerequisites: ACTG 1P91, MGMT 1P51 (1P92) and 1P52 (1P91).

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in OPER 2P91.

OPER 2P91

Introduction to Operations Management

Concepts and techniques used in managing the operations function in the manufacturing and service sectors for both profit and not-for-profit organizations. Topics may include, but are not restricted to, managerial implications of several types of processes, capacity planning and facility location, product and process design, aggregate planning, inventory management, scheduling, productivity and quality management. Capital budgeting, simulation and decision analysis models, including linear programming and other management science tools.

Lectures, case discussion, computer applications, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA, BBE, BCB and combined Business majors with a minimum of 5.0 overall credits. In the Fall Term open to BAcc and BAcc Co-op majors and in the Winter Term open to BBA Co-op majors until date specified in BIRT guide.

Prerequisite: ACTG 1P12 or 2P12; ECON 2P91 and ITIS 1P97.

Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in OPER 2P51.

OPER 3P31

Operations Management

Long-term aspects of managing the operations function in the manufacturing and service sectors for both profit and not-for-profit organizations. Topics include aggregate planning and scheduling, quality control, facilities planning, technology planning and operations strategy.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Prerequisite: OPER 2P91.

OPER 3P92

Project Management

Concepts and techniques for managing projects. Role of the project manager, strategic issues, resource allocation, conflict management, planning, budgeting, scheduling and controlling projects.

Lectures, case discussion, 3 hours per week.

Restriction: open to BAcc, BBA and BCB majors or permission of the instructor.

Prerequisite: OPER 2P91.