College of Business & Management

About Business Administration with an Operations Management Major**

Innovation drives every industry, and operations management drives innovation. Enter this exciting field and become an integral part of how advancements in technology and business are transformed from a vision to a saleable product or service. Earn your degree in Business Administration with a major in Operations Management and develop broad-based technical knowledge and competencies that you can apply to product development and business strategy. Graduates in this field find a wide variety of opportunities in manufacturing and service industries such as aerospace, pharmaceuticals, or electronics.

Your Business Administration degree program with an Operations Management concentration helps prepare you for APICS certification through The Association for Operations Management. Beyond that, many operations management students continue their education by earning a master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) through DeVry University's Keller Graduate School of Management.

Program at a Glance

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (in Ohio, Bachelor of Business Administration; in New York, Bachelor of Professional Studies in Business Administration)
Major/Concentration: Operations Management
College: Business & Management
Semesters: 8 full time
Minimum credit hours required for graduation: 124
Accelerated option: Earn your bachelor's degree in as few as 3 years if you attend class year-round.
Location: Find out which DeVry University locations offer this degree program or explore taking classes through our online degree programs.

DeVry University offers you a great deal of flexibility. You can take your classes onsite, online, or a mix of both—whatever best fits your schedule and your life.

Note: Program availability varies by location.

Course Highlights

Course Areas

Hours

Communication Skills

15

Humanities

9

Social Sciences

9

Personal and Professional Development

5

Mathematics and Sciences

12

Business Core

36

Electives

9

Operations Management Major/Concentration

30

To learn more about required and elective courses for the Business Administration bachelor's degree program, as well as to view individual course descriptions and requirements for each major/concentration, please see the undergraduate academic catalog.

Graduate Success

At DeVry University, everything we do is focused on your career success. The proof is in the numbers. For the year ending with the October ‘08 graduates, 92% of U.S. DeVry Business Administration graduates were employed in their field at an average salary of $40,757 graduates who actively pursued and obtained employment and those who were already employed in education-related careers within 180 days of graduation.)

** Concentrations in Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania.