LEARN TO TRANSFORM THE WAY BUSINESS WORKS
Effat College of Business
Bachelor of Science in Operations
and Information Management A S P IR E T O A C HI E V E
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
OPERATIONS AND
Principles and applications of Operations and Information Management
What does the programme cover?
You’ll be introduced to a range of strategic Operations and Information Management topics including operations management, system implementation, supply chain management and e-businesses.
With an emphasis on issues unique to the Middle East, the programme will teach you how to help organisations improve their performance through the use of state-of-the-art Information and Operations Management techniques.
In today’s fast-paced world, operations and information management professionals make a valuable and significant contribution to business operations and production processes.
Our Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Operations and Information Management (OPIM) provides you with an in-depth study of the major concepts and tools needed to bring the theory and application of modern Operations and Information
Management techniques to your future career.
What skills does the programme give you?
By the time you graduate, you’ll be able to:
Knowledge
• Possess a solid foundation in liberal arts
• Understand the functional areas of a business
• Demonstrate knowledge of a wide range of principles, tools, models and approaches in operations management and management science
• Recognise the impact of management decisions on the different functional activities within organisations
Cognitive skills
• Analyse and interpret business information to inform decision making
• Analyse and solve structured and unstructured business problems
• Identify, evaluate and develop innovative solutions for business issues
• Conduct research on operations and management issues through the collection, creation and analysis of data from a range of sources
Interpersonal skills and responsibility
• Work effectively within a team and demonstrate teamwork skills
• Demonstrate an understanding of basic ethical and legal considerations of business and organisations
• Learn independently and engage in lifelong learning skills
Communication, information technology and numerical skills
• Employ a range of appropriate quantitative and qualitative tools and methods for decision-making (such as optimisation, forecasting, project models, etc.)
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
What do you need to apply?
• A High School Certificate or its equivalent from inside or outside the Kingdom, with a minimum score of 80%
• A minimum score of 520 on your TOEFL test, 5 on TWE, 6 on IELTS, or their equivalent
• A minimum score of 65% on your Ministry of Education exam (Qiyas-Qudurat) or its equivalent (SAT)
• To successfully pass your DTMS (2 parts)
• To successfully pass your interview with our admission committee
Career opportunities
As a graduate of our OPIM programme, you can look forward to taking up roles including:
• Operations Management Consultant
• Operations Research Analyst
• Logistics Manager
• Quality Assurance Operations Manager/Director
• Operations Manager
• Product Forecaster
• Production Manager
• Supply Chain Manager
• Service Operations Manager
• Service System Planner/Analyst
• Project Manager
• Business Analyst
• System Analyst
• End-user Support Analyst
• Application Developer
• Information Security Manager
• Web/E-commerce System Developer
You’ll also need to give us these supporting documents;
Personal statement
A short written statement telling us why you’d like to study on our B.Sc. in Operations and Information Managment Programme, and describing your distinctive experiences, characteristics, and background. Our Admission Committee will use your statement to measure your creativity, intelligence, self-awareness, determination and vision, so it should give a sense of your long-term goals and artistic ambitions.
Letter of recommendation
An official letter from a referee (your high school teacher) that confirms you’ll be able to successfully complete university work. The letter should be an original, on letterhead, and stamped and sealed by your teacher.
What will you need to graduate?
• A Grade Point Average of 2.0 or higher
• 129 credits gained within a minimum of 8 semesters (excluding summer semesters) These credits should break down as:
• 42 credit hours of General Education requirements
• 51 credits hours of core Business courses requirements
• 15 credit hours of major OPIM courses
• 6 credit hours of OPIM elective courses
• 6 credit hours of business elective courses
• 6 credit hours of free electives from other Effat University programs
• 3 credit hours of internship
OPIM 4-Year Plan
Semester 1
Course No. Course Name Credits Information, Media
and Technology 3
GMTH 141B Pre-Calculus 3
Scientific Literacy Requirement 3 GENG 161 Project Based Language
Learning & Critical Thinking GISL 171 Social and Moral
Values in Islam 2
Linguistic Communication
(Arabic Language) 3
Total 16
Semester 3
Course No. Course Name Credits ACCT 240 Managerial Accounting 3
ECON 270 Microeconomics 3
OPIM 230 Decision Sciences 3
MGT 220 Principles of Management 3
Free Elective 3
Total 15
Semester 5
Course No. Course Name Credits MGT 325 Business Legal Environment 3 OPIM 330 Operations Management 3 OPIM 338 Enterprise IT Systems 3 OPIM 331 Management of
Service Operations 3
Business Elective I 3
Foreign Languages II 2
Total 17
Semester 2
Course No. Course Name Credits ACCT 140 Financial Accounting 3 MATH 160 Mathematics for Management
– Applied Calculus (GMAT 142) 3 GSTA 140 Elementary Statistics 3
Linguistic Communication
(English Language) 2
Islamic Thought and Ethics I 2 Physical and Environmental
Wellbeing 2
Total 15
Semester 4
Course No. Course Name Credits MKT 210 Principles of Marketing 3
ECON 271 Macroeconomics 3
Islamic Thought and Ethics
Requirement III 2
MGT 223 Business Communication 3
FIN 240 Finance (ACCT 140) 3
Foreign Languages I 2
Total 16
Semester 6
Course No. Course Name Credits MGT 326 Organizational Behavior 3 OPIM 332 Supply Chain Management 3
OPIM Elective I 3
GSEM 200 Interdisciplinary Seminar and
Research 3
OPIM Elective II 3
Civic Engagement 2
Total 17
Summer session
Course No. Course Name Credits OPIM 480 Supervised Internship in OPIM 3
Semester 7
Course No. Course Name Credits
MGT 427 Strategic Management 3
OPIM 432 Project Management 3
OPIM 433 Forecasting Techniques 3 Global Awareness
Requirement 3
Cultural Literacy Requirement 3
Total 15
Semester 8
Course No. Course Name Credits
MGT 428 Business Social Responsibility 3 OPIM 435 Statistical Quality Control 3
Business Elective II 3
MGT490 Research Project 3
Free Elective II 3
Total 15
Total credit hours required for OPIM Programme: 129
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Effat College of Business Effat University
PO Box 34689 Jeddah 21478 Saudi Arabia
Telephone: +966 92 000 3331 Fax: +966 12 637 7447
Email: admissions@effatuniversity.edu.sa www.effatuniversity.edu.sa
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Effat University offers courses across thirteen departments:
Finance Marketing
Human Resources Management Operations and Information Management Entrepreneurship
Masters in Islamic Financial Management
Architecture
Visual and Digital Production Design
Masters in Urban Design
Electrical and Computer Engineering Information Systems
Computer Science
English and Translation Psychology
Masters in Translation Studies
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ةيلاملا قيوستلا ةيرشبلا دراوملا ةرادإ تامولعملا و تايلمعلا ةرادإ لامعلأا ةداير ةيملاسلأا ةيلاملا ةرادلإا ريتسجام
ةرامعلا يمقرلا و يئرملا جاتنلإا ميمصتلا يرضحلا ميمصتلا ريتسجام
تابساحلا ةسدنه و ةيئابرهكلا ةسدنهلا تامولعملا مظن يللآا بساحلا مولع
ةمجرتلا و ةيزيلجنلإا ةغللا
سفنلا ملع
ةمجرتلا تاسارد ريتسجام
جمانربل ةدمتعملا تاعاسلا ددع 129 :تامولعملا و تايلمعلا ةرادإ
عباسلا يساردلا لصفلا
تاعاسلا رّرقملا مسا رّرقملا مقر
3 ةيجيتارتسلاا ةرادلاا MGT 427
3 عيراشملا ةرادإ OPIM 432
3 ؤبنتلا تاينقت OPIM 433
3 ملاعلاب يعولا تابلطتم
3 ةيفاقثلا ةيملأا وحم
15
عومجملا
نماثلا يساردلا لصفلا
تاعاسلا رّرقملا مسا رّرقملا مقر
3 ةيعمتجملا ةيلوؤسملا MGT 428
3 ةدوجلا ةبقارم OPIM 435
3 لامعلاا ةيلك نم ةيرايتخا ةدام
3 جرختلاو ثحبلا عورشم MGT490
3 ةيرايتخا ةدام
15
عومجملا
تامولعملا و تايلمعلا ةرادا – ةيساردلا ةطخلا
لولأا يساردلا لصفلا
تاعاسلا رّرقملا مسا ررقملا
3 طئاسولاو ةيتامولعملاو ةينقتلا ةيملاعلإا 3 لضافتلا باسح يف ةمدقم
لامعلأا ةيلكل لماكتلاو GMTH 141B
3 ةيملعلا ةيملأا وحم
2 )ةيزيلجنلإا ةغللا( يوغللا لصاوتلا GENG 161 2 يف ةيقلاخلأاو ةيعامتجلاا ميقلا
)ةيرابجا ةدام( ملاسلإا GISL 171 3 )ةيبرعلا ةغللا( يوغللا لصاوتلا
16
عومجملا
عبارلا يساردلا لصفلا
تاعاسلا رّرقملا مسا رّرقملا مقر
3 قيوستلا تايساسا MKT 210
3 يلكلا دصاتقلاا ECON 271
2 قلاخلأاو يملاسلإا ركفلا
3 يراجتلا لصاوتلا يف تاراهم MGT 223
3 ةيلام FIN 240
2 ةيبنجا ةغل
16
عومجملا
سماخلا يساردلا لصفلا
تاعاسلا رّرقملا مسا رّرقملا مقر
3 لامعلاا يف ةينوناقلا ةئيبلا MGT 325
3 تايلمعلا ةرادا OPIM 330
3 تاسسؤملا يف ةينقتلا مظنلا OPIM 338 3 تايلمعلا تامدخ ةرادا OPIM 331
3 ةيرايتخا ةدام
2 ةيبنجا ةغل
17
عومجملا
سداسلا يساردلا لصفلا
تاعاسلا رّرقملا مسا رّرقملا مقر
3 يميظنتلا كولسلا MGT 326
3 ديروتلا ةلسلس ةرادإ OPIM 332
3 ةرادا يف 1 ةيرايتخا ةدام تامولعملا و تايلمعلا
3 تاصصختلا ةددعتملا ثوحبلا GSEM 200 3 ةرادا يف 2 ةيرايتخا ةدام
تامولعملا و تايلمعلا
2 ةيندملا ةكراشملا
17
عومجملا
يفيصلا لصفلا
تاعاسلا رّرقملا مسا رّرقملا مقر
3 فارشلاا تحت ينهملا بيردتلا OPIM 480
3
عومجملا
يناثلا يساردلا لصفلا
تاعاسلا رّرقملا مسا رّرقملا مقر
3 ةيلاملا ةبساحملا ACCT 140
3 لضافتلا – ةرادلإل تايضايرلا
يقيبطتلا لماكتلاو MATH 160
3 ءاصحلإا ملع تايساسأ GSTA 140
2 )ةيزيلجنلإا ةغللا( يوغللا لصاوتلا 2 قلاخلأاو يملاسلإا ركفلا 2 ةئيبلاو ةيندبلا ةحصلا
15
عومجملا
ثلاثلا يساردلا لصفلا
تاعاسلا رّرقملا مسا رّرقملا مقر
3 ةيرادلاا ةبساحملا ACCT 240
3 يئزجلا داصتقلاا ECON 270
3 تارارقلا ةعانص ملع OPIM 230
3 ةرادلاا تايساسا MGT 220
3 ةيفاقثلا ةيملأا وحم تابلطتم
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