Online Associate of Applied Business in Supply Chain Management Technology
The Associate of Applied Business in Supply Chain Management Technology program is a fully online, two-year associate degree program. Students will receive a fundamental introduction to the field of supply chain management in conjunction with basic business management technology success skills and a well-rounded general college education.
What Is Supply Chain Management?
Supply chains are made up of all the companies that participate in the design, assembly, and delivery of a particular product. Supply chain management goes well beyond what is generally considered “logistics” and is the reason that a producer can provide customers what they want, when and where they want it, at the price they need.
To get a first-hand perspective on the SCMT program, explore our new article, Unlocking the Secrets of Supply Chain Management: Insights from Dr. Seth Powless, in which we interview UC’s Assistant Professor and Supply Chain Program Coordinator, Dr. Seth Powless.
A supply chain looks like this:
- Vendors supply raw materials.
- Producers convert those raw materials into products.
- Warehouses store that product until it’s needed.
- Distribution centers pick up and deliver that product.
- Retailers, online and in-store, bring that product to consumers.
Supply Chain Management Technology Program Highlights
High Quality Education
- Learn from the Best: Led by nationally recognized faculty and offer you the same community that the traditional classroom experience provides
- Advance Your Career: upgrade your current management skills or be prepared for an entry-level management position
- Bachelor Degree Transfer Program: seamlessly transition into UC’s (100% online) Bachelor of Technical and Applied Studies (BTAS) and complete your bachelor’s degree in two years
Flexibility
- 100% online - no campus visits required
- Option to transfer credits
- Multiple program start dates per year
Support from Application to Graduation
At UC, you’ll have a full support team behind you:
Enrollment Services Advisor: Your partner through the application process, getting enrolled, and starting your program
Student Success Coordinator: Helping you prepare for classes and stay on track
Access to Resources: Access to university resources that will support you through your program including online learning expectations and resources, health and wellness resources, and academic support
The online Associate of Applied Business in Supply Chain Management Technology is 60 credit hours. Upon successful completion of this program, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the principles of Supply Chain Management including its role and purpose within a larger business environment.
- Explain technologies used by carriers to track the movement and storage of inventory between supplier and customer.
- Define and examine the history of the role of procurement, purchasing, and sourcing relative to the supply chain and the current business environment, including benefits to the organization.
- Evaluate the expanding influence of globalization and technology on Supply Chain Management.
- Demonstrate proficiency in skills related to personal goal setting and career planning.
| Course | Title/Description | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| MGMT1050 | Introduction to Business FYE course that provides an introduction to the university, opportunity to explore business programs and career opportunities, and overview of business structure and issues. |
3 |
| ENGL1001 | English Composition English Composition 1001 is a writing-centered course that emphasizes the careful reading, analytical thinking, and persuasive strategies inherent in researching and writing within an academic community. Students learn that rhetorical knowledge is the basis of composing while learning to write with purpose, audience, context, and conventions in mind. Students develop rigorous academic research practices: how to locate and evaluate primary and secondary sources relevant to their line of inquiry and position their own ideas in conversation with public writing. Students also engage in regular self-reflection: articulating what they know, what they can do, and how to apply their knowledge and skills in various contexts. |
3 |
| ACCT2081 | Financial Accounting This course develops foundational knowledge and skills needed to prepare and analyze basic financial statements. Topics include cash, inventory, fixed assets, current and long-term liabilities and equity. Students will prepare multi-step income statements, classified balance sheets and statements of cash flows. Students will utilize efficiency and effectiveness ratios, as well as vertical and horizontal analysis, to evaluate financial performance. |
3 |
| MGMT2070 | Fundamentals of Management This course is an introduction to theories and techniques of management. Course topics include an overview of managerial functions, organizational communication and group theories. The course emphasizes on the application of management skills by responding to a variety of case scenarios that require identifying the case problem and deciding on an appropriate remedy. This course is intended for the Associate of Applied Business (AAB) program, and does not apply toward a Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA). |
3 |
| SCMT1001 | Introduction To Supply Chain Management Technology This course provides an overview of Supply Chain Management Technology including its role and purpose across organizations, the various strategies and techniques used to improve organizations, analysis and performance measurement tools to ensure improvement, the integration of technology into the supply chain and global and emerging issues impacting the financial, legal, environmental and security aspects of organizations. |
3 |
| ECON1001 | Introduction to Microeconomics The course assists students to learn and comprehend (1) economics as a social science that draws conclusions based on hypotheses, theories, and data in order to understand human behavior, (2) basic microeconomics terms and concepts, including scarcity and choice, equilibrium, efficiency and equity, positive and normative economics, comparative advantage, and specialization, (3) the fundamental economic question of allocating scarce resources, (4) opportunity cost and the production possibility frontier, (5) supply and demand, the function of prices in markets, how markets work and sometimes don't work, including market failure and externalities, (6) the effects of government intervention in markets, (7) how consumers make choices, (8) production theory, (9) the costs of production, (10) firm behavior in competitive markets, (11) firm behavior in imperfect markets, (12) elasticity and its application, (13) markets for resources, the determination of wage rates, interest, and rent, (14) the determination of income distribution, including poverty and discrimination, (15) the determinants of international trade flows, (16) to apply economic |
3 |
| STAT1034 | Elementary Statistics I An introduction to statistics for students without a calculus background. The course covers data analysis (numerical summaries and graphics for describing and displaying the distributions of numerical and categorical data), the basic principles of data collection from samples and experiments, elementary probability, the application of the normal distribution to the study of random samples, statistical estimation (construction and interpretation of one sample confidence intervals), and an introduction to hypothesis testing (the structure of one sample hypothesis tests and the logic of using them to make decisions). |
3 |
| ACCT2082 | Managerial Accounting This course develops foundational knowledge and skills needed to apply accounting data in planning and controlling business operations. Topics include costs, cost drivers and allocation, contribution margin and managerial budgeting. |
3 |
| SCMT1003 | Purchasing, Sourcing and Supplier Management This course examines the role of purchasing/sourcing within the integrated supply chain and how the management of suppliers is critical to the effectiveness and efficiency of today’s organization. The course addresses issues of process, tools and techniques, metrics, laws, and emerging trends. |
3 |
| Boks: FA, HP, HU | Humanities/Historical Perspectives/Fine Arts Elective Boks: FA, HP, HU – Humanities/Historical Perspectives/Fine Arts Elective |
3 |
| MKTG2080 | Introduction to Marketing Marketing activities, analysis, strategies, and decision making in the context of other business functions. Topics include: integration of product, price, promotion, and distribution activities; research and analysis of markets, environments, competition, and customers; market segmentation and selection of target markets; and emphasis on behavior and perspectives of consumers and organizational customers. Planning and decision making for products and services in profit and nonprofit, domestic and global settings. |
3 |
| MGMT2085 | Fundamentals of International Business and Cross Cultural Management An introduction to the critical marketing, finance, accounting, organizational, and legal aspects of competing in the global marketplace. The course also examines the nature of cultural differences and their impact on working relationships and organizational structure. This course is intended for the Associate of Applied Business (AAB) program, it does not apply toward a Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA). |
3 |
| IS2080C | Digital Technologies for Business Information Systems (IS)-and the enabling digital technologies-constitute integral and critical resources for all aspects of a business, from operational efficiency and managerial decision making, to the implementation of transformative business strategies. Businesses spend over $1 trillion annually on technology and related information systems. This course is designed to help students develop a working knowledge of digital technologies, to understand business opportunities created by digital technologies, and to gain awareness of how organizations leverage digital technologies to improve organizational processes and enhance related business strategies.The course also has a hands-on component-students will develop specific competencies in using spreadsheet, database, and web development tools to make informed business and financial decisions. |
3 |
| Boks: NS | Natural Science Elective Boks: NS – Natural Science Elective |
3 |
| ENGL2089 | Intermediate Composition Intermediate Composition is a writing-centered course that builds on what students learn in first-year composition and focuses students’ attention on theoretical underpinning of how meaning is made, understood, and communicated within and across various discourse communities and genres. The course emphasizes critical reading and writing, advanced research and analysis skills, and rhetorical sensitivity to differences in academic, professional, and public composing. This course challenges students to engage in substantive projects drawing on primary research and source analysis methods and asks students to document, communicate, and reflect on their research. |
3 |
| BLAW2080 | Legal Environment of Business This course examines the legal environment in which business operates, and develops an understanding of the legal consequences attached to business decision making. Topics include the study of torts, contracts, property, ethics and the legal system of the United States. |
3 |
| SCMT2002 | SCMT Classroom To Career This course is a collaborative project-based learning opportunity to develop work experience in the field of SCMT through the application of specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to resolve workplace issues in real time. Specific focus placed on professional skill development and career planning. |
3 |
| SCMT2005 | Contemporary Topics In Supply Chain Mgmt Tech This course provides an overview of the contemporary professional and scholarly literature of supply chain management and its associated technologies with an emphasis on analysis and evaluation of current trends for practical workplace applications. |
3 |
| SCMT1001 | Introduction To Supply Chain Management Technology This course provides an overview of Supply Chain Management Technology including its role and purpose across organizations, the various strategies and techniques used to improve organizations, analysis and performance measurement tools to ensure improvement, the integration of technology into the supply chain and global and emerging issues impacting the financial, legal, environmental and security aspects of organizations. |
3 |
| SCMT1002 | Logistics and Transportation Logistics is concerned with the design and management of systems for the movement of products from points of production to points of consumption. Such systems typically encompass activities such as areas of safety, transportation, warehousing, materials handling, inventory planning, facility location, scheduling, and purchasing of transportation services. |
3 |
| SCMT2000 | Globalization, Innovation and Sustainability This course analyzes and evaluates the importance of integrating globalization, innovation, and sustainability as essential elements in developing the strategic competitive advantage required to succeed in the rapidly changing world of supply chain management technology in 21st Century. |
3 |
Prerequisites
Admission into the University of Cincinnati’s online Associate of Applied Business in Supply Chain Management Technology program is open to all students with a high school diploma or GED and the desire to succeed in college. Although admission is open, students accepted into the program must meet the academic standards of the program to advance to upper levels of study.
First-Year:
- You are currently a high school senior or have a high school diploma, GED, or home-school equivalent.
- As a first-year student, you will need to take an English and mathematics placement test if you have not obtained the minimum ACT/SAT score required for exemption. These tests do not affect your admission; however, the results are essential for your proper placement in classes. You must complete placement tests before you register for English or mathematics courses. All placement tests are given free of charge.
Transfer:
- Transferability is based on school accreditation, course/content comparability (including evaluation of practical assignments), year taken, and final grade.
- Submit all official transcripts for every school attended. Learn more about requesting your transcripts.
- If you have earned fewer than 30 semester or 45 quarter college credits, you must submit high school transcripts as part of your transfer application.
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| Term | Application Deadline | Classes Start |
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Summer 2026 | First Half Summer 2026 | Second Half Fall 2026 | First Half Fall 2026 | Second Half Spring 2027 | First Half Spring 2027 | Second Half |
March 15, 2026 April 1, 2026 July 15, 2026 November 15, 2026 August 1, 2026 December 15, 2026 |
May 11, 2026 June 25, 2026 August 24, 2026 January 11, 2027 October 13, 2026 March 1, 2027 |
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