Jilin University

1. Objectives

The major is aimed to cultivate interdisciplinary applied talents who boast socialist core values, have a high sense of social responsibility and mission, a good scientific and cultural literacy and an international vision, master the basic theories of management and economics, and the analysis, design, operation and management knowledge, methods and techniques of modern logistics and supply chain systems, be familiar with the logistics operations in corporate production and management activities, meet the needs of internationalization and informationization, have a strong innovation spirit, entrepreneurial awareness and the ability to innovate and start up business, and are able to engage in supply chain design and management, logistics system optimization and operational management in enterprises, research institutes and governmental bodies.

2. Requirements

Students of the major shall study the basic theories and knowledge of management science and engineering, economics, business administration, logistics management, as well as modern logistics and supply chain management, accept the basic training of supply chain design and management and logistics system optimization and operations, and master the knowledge and skills in logistics and supply chain management, procurement management, production logistics management, sales management, logistics system design and optimization.

Graduates should have the following knowledge and abilities:

2.1 Have the basic knowledge of humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, foreign languages and computers;

2.2 Master the basic theories and knowledge of management, economics, logistics management and engineering disciplines;

2.3 Have basic skills in supply chain design, logistics system design, logistics business operation and logistics management, and have certain practical ability to manage logistics;

2.4 Have a broad international vision, understand the theoretical and practical development status and trends of domestic and international supply chain and logistics, be familiar with the basic operation modes of domestic and foreign manufacturing companies, circulation and logistics enterprises, and understand the standards, practices, laws and policies involved in the technology, economy and management of domestic and international supply chain and logistics operations.

2.5 Have certain ability to acquire and apply knowledge, including the abilities of self-learning, expression, social contact, computer and information skill application, comprehensive experiments, professional practice, as well as use professional knowledge to discover, analyze and solve problems;

2.6 Have certain ability to innovate, including critical thinking, creative thinking, innovative experiments, entrepreneurship, scientific and technological development, and scientific research;

2.7 Basically master a foreign language, be able to read foreign books and periodicals of the major, and have certain international academic communication skills.

3. Major disciplines and core courses

Major disciplines: Management, Economics, Systems Science

Core courses: Management, Economics, Operations Research, Management Statistics, Basic Accounting, Financial Management, Production and Operations Management, Management Information Systems, Modern Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Logistics System Planning and Design, Purchasing Management, Transportation and Distribution Management, Warehousing Management, Logistics Cost Management, etc.

Main practices: Enterprise business comprehensive simulation, management business understanding internship, enterprise logistics innovation design and practice, international logistics training simulation, e-commerce simulation training, supply chain design, logistics system planning training, logistics system modeling and simulation, logistics business simulation

Major experiments: Econometric experiment

4. Features and directions

Logistics management is a typical interdisciplinary major. Students are cultivated to have a knowledge base of management, economics, management science and engineering. Students shall have a wide-ranging interdisciplinary field of expertise and skills. They master the basic theories, methods and techniques of modern logistics and supply chain system analysis, design, operation and management, and are familiar with the logistics operations in the production and operational activities of enterprises. They shall work in the management departments of manufacturing, distribution, sales and other types of enterprises, public institutions, governmental bodies and other social and economic units, like departments of logistics and supply chain management, procurement management, production logistics management, sales management and comprehensive strategies, and engage in specific management, planning and design, consulting and planning, and operation management of specific logistics business.

5. Period of schooling

Four years in general.

6. Award of degree

Bachelor of Management.

7. Qualification standards for graduation

7.1 Have a good ideological and moral quality, conform to the college's moral education and sports requirements.

7.2 Pass all the courses specified in the program, and obtain the total credits of 160.5 required by the major, of which the theoretical courses are 133.5 credits and the practical courses are 27 credits.

7.3 Obtain 8 credits for the extracurricular training program.