MS Operations Management at University of Arkansas

Programme overview

The MS in Operations Management (MSOM) targets working managers of technical and logistics operations, including production, service and support managers. It is delivered online in evening classes in eight-week terms, with five terms per academic year.

Faculty: Graduate School | Department: Department of Industrial Engineering (Operations Management program) | Duration: 33 semester hours; online evening classes in eight-week terms, five terms per year | Study mode: full-time | Location: Fayetteville, AR, United States

What you will study

Students earn 33 semester hours: 15 hours of core courses (Foundations of Operations Management, Introduction to Operations Management, Strategic Management, Project Management for Operations Managers, and Finance for Operations Managers or Economic Decision Making) and 18 hours of electives. Core courses require a B or better. A thesis is not required, though up to 6 thesis hours may count with director approval.

Career pathways

Production, service, support and technical and logistics operations managers.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Operations Management MS: Graduate School policy applies. Applicants with a 2.5 to 2.99 GPA on the first undergraduate degree are evaluated by the program. Non-native English speakers must show English proficiency before taking graduate classes (ELAC courses may be completed by the first semester of graduate courses).

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer sessions.

Graduate School application deadlines: August 1 for fall, December 1 for spring, April 15 for summer sessions; some departments set earlier deadlines. The application fee is $60 for new applicants; $30 for returning UA graduate students.

Law (JD): priority application deadline April 15, with rolling review after that date; admission is for the full-time program in the fall.

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