Operations Management minor

General information

The Operations Management minor is available to students in Game Development and Entrepreneurship  or Networking and Information Technology Security . The minor complements the business courses offered in these IT programs to enhance operations and team management skills.

The Bachelor of Information Technology degree with a minor in Operations Management requires a minimum of 18 credit hours in Operations Management courses. Students must complete four core courses and a minimum of two Operations Management elective courses. Students must also maintain a 2.0 GPA (C average on a 4.3 scale) in their minor courses.

Admission requirements

Students can apply to have a business minor added to their program in the winter semester of their second year in the program. Admission is competitive and based on performance in the program as well as previous business courses. Students must have a minimum 2.3 GPA (C+ average on a 4.3 scale) to be considered as well as at least a C+ average in Marketing in the Information Technology Sector (for Marketing minor) or Introduction to Project Management (for the Operations Management or Game Production Management minors). Students will be notified by their academic advisor by the end of May in their second year if they are accepted into their desired minor program.

Operations Management core courses

• BUSI 2550U – Introduction to Project Management
• BUSI 2311U – Organizational Behaviour
• BUSI 2603U – Introduction to Operations Management
• BUSI 3700U – Strategic Management for Professionals

Operations Management electives

• BUSI 3930U – Leadership, Negotiation and Teamwork
• BUSI 3330U – The Management of Change
• BUSI 3601U – Operations Analysis using Spreadsheets
• BUSI 3650U – Innovation Management
• BUSI 3670U – Risk Management Frameworks and Processes
• BUSI 4610U – Business Simulation Modelling