Online Master's in Logistics Management

Master of Business Administration - Logistics Management

If you enjoy managing complex processes and helping to keep things running smoothly, consider the logistics field. Colorado Technical University’s Master of Business Administration-Logistics Management concentration addresses the increasing demand for logistics professionals to safely deliver products and services anywhere in the world – on time and on budget. According to Fortune magazine¹, U.S. logistics is a $1.3 trillion industry and getting bigger every year. The curriculum is designed to build upon the business principles of the MBA core to help you work to develop logistics experience in procurement, acquisition, transportation and contract management. Customize your Logistics Management program with specialized courses in military, government or private sector tracks.

The MBA in Logistics:

Is programmatically accredited by ACBSP
Has courses that integrate intellipath^®, our proprietary learning application, which you can use to customize coursework to suit your knowledge level
Is ranked among the Best Online MBA Programs by U.S. News & World Report for the eighth consecutive year*
Can be completed in as little as 12 months²

CTU aims to make it easy to manage your education with your smartphone or tablet anytime, anywhere with CTU Mobile. Our online and mobile-friendly classes run 5 weeks long and you can choose from 9 start dates a year.

* CTU programs are ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Online Programs.

Relevant Institutional/Programmatic Accreditation
CTU is institutionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission www.hlcommission.org
This business degree program at CTU is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)

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April 04, 2023
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Program Overview

Effective April 3, 2018, this program is no longer available for future enrollments at the Colorado Springs and Aurora Campuses.

The Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Logistics Management (MBA-LOG) is a 48-credit-hour program that is offered online only. The program includes 32 credit hours devoted to the business administration core and 16 credit hours for the logistics management concentration.

The Master of Business Administration in Logistics Management is a comprehensive program that is designed to build a foundation that emphasizes the application of critical thinking and management skills in today’s business environment. The program has three tracks—government, military, and private sector—so students will study how to apply the detailed functional aspects of logistics management from a global, international, and domestic perspective as it relates to military, government, or the private sector.

This program does not lead to additional licensure or certification. As such, CTU has made no determination regarding prerequisites for licensure or certification in any state or jurisdiction.
The mission of the College of Business and Management is to offer professional market-driven business degrees that build business competencies transferrable to all industries. The College of Business and Management accomplishes this mission by offering curriculum that aligns to industry standards, remains relevant, and builds practical skills applicable to the competitive global business environment.

Degree Requirements

Courses: Core

Credits

Course Title	Course Description	Credit Hours
ACCT614 This course focuses on using available accounting information to help managers of the firm make relevant decisions. Examines how the financial information developed for external users forms the basis for the managerial accounting system. Explores costing systems, cost behavior analysis, responsibility accounting and volume-profit relationships.	Applied Managerial Accounting	4
This course focuses on using available accounting information to help managers of the firm make relevant decisions. Examines how the financial information developed for external users forms the basis for the managerial accounting system. Explores costing systems, cost behavior analysis, responsibility accounting and volume-profit relationships.
ECON616 During this course the student will study the practical aspects of both micro- and macroeconomics and how they are applied to the managerial environment. The students investigate the role of economic principles in management analysis and decision making: the study of demand, cost, and supply concepts from a business viewpoint; and the application of national income measures to strategic planning and the future.	Applied Managerial Economics	4
MGMT690 Students will master analytical and integrative tools to perform in-depth analyses of industries, firms, and competitors. Course material includes methods to predict competitive behavior and develop and implement strategic plans to achieve and sustain a competitive profile in the emerging global marketplace.	Strategic Management in Dynamic Environments	4
FINC615 Emphasizes management decision making utilizing accounting and finance concepts. The following subjects are addressed in the course: financial reports and metrics, financial analysis and planning, financial forecasting, financial markets, financial leverage, working capital management, capital budgeting processes, cost of capital and long term financing. The student will apply the knowledge learned by completing a financial strategy report and accomplishing a research report summarizing an application of financial analysis from either the academic or professional literature.	Applied Managerial Finance	4
INTD670 The course analyzes the concepts of leadership versus managerial roles and responsibilities relative to societal expectations for ethical behavior and regulatory scrutiny affecting both leaders and managers in an organization setting. This course also differentiates among ethical decision-making processes and decision problems with ethical implications. Students examine a variety of complex ethical issues confronting industry leaders and professionals as they work with various stakeholders of an organization. Additionally, students explore the code of conduct at work, methods to implement a code of conduct, and issues related to managing conflicts of interest within a decision making process.	Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making	4
MGMT600 This course emphasizes the practical application of descriptive and inferential statistics to decisions made in a managerial role. The following subjects are addressed in the course: data summarization and presentation, data analysis, test of hypotheses, discrete and continuous distributions, estimation theory, simple and multiple correlation and regression, analysis of variance, multivariate statistics and non parametric methods. The student will apply the knowledge learned by completing a data aggregation and reduction exercise report and by accomplishing a research report summarizing an application of applied statistics from either the academic or professional literature.	Applied Managerial Decision-Making	4
HRMT620 Human capital management creates a paradigm to strategically look at people as the most valuable asset. This course provides a framework for students to integrate human capital management as part of the overall business strategy. By understanding, evaluating and integrating the human capital management model, the student will also be able to apply these approaches both domestically and globally.	Strategic Human Capital Management	4
MKTG630 This course emphasizes the application of marketing concepts, tools and decision-making processes middle managers use in developing marketing plans, programs and strategies. Within the marketing strategy framework, it also examines market analysis and measurement, profitability and productivity analysis, product development, promotion and pricing strategies, the logistics systems approach and the marketing plan. The student will apply the knowledge learned by structuring and presenting to the class a practical strategic marketing plan.	Applied Managerial Marketing	4
	Total Credit Hours:	32

Courses: Concentration

Credits

Course Title	Course Description	Credit Hours
	Logistics Track Choose a Logistics Track from the list below (12)
MGMT665 This final course allows MBA students to demonstrate competency of integrating applied research by synthesizing ethics, leadership, strategy, critical thinking, and reasoning skills taught throughout the program.	MBA Capstone	4
	Total Credit Hours:	16

Government Logistics Track

Credits

Course Title	Course Description	Credit Hours
LOG672 In this course the student will research, review and apply the theories of logistics management from a global perspective. The student will examine existing logistics management theories and discuss how these are incorporated into the global operations strategy. Students will also explore different cultural aspects and their impact on the logistics process. They will examine the operational challenges of underdeveloped countries. The student will research the explicit and implicit legal and the ethical rules, cultural norms and regulations that will directly impact the operational performance of the organization.	Strategic Thinking in a Global Logistics Environment: Cultural and Legal Implications	4
LOG674 In this course the student will research and apply the theories of supply chain management with a specific focus on how to integrate various supply systems in a global setting. They will research and examine the operational, financial, legal, ethical, cultural, and strategic supply chain challenges in a global environment.	Integrated Supply Chain Management in a Global Environment	4
LOG676 In this course the student will identify the services needed to support transportation/logistics operations in impaired or hazardous environments. The student will be able to identify the various terms and conditions necessary in contracts and agreements with local, state and federal governmental agencies as well as private relief and human service aid organizations.	Logistics Support Services in Impaired or Hazardous Environments	4

Military Logistics Track

Credits

Course Title	Course Description	Credit Hours
LOG660 This course will present the theories and applications around the interface of transportation modes between enriched and crude infrastructure environments. Students will understand the impacts on capacities of the infrastructure and timeframes for movement of equipment, materials, and supply. They will be able to apply distribution theories to mode splits for movement to assure optimization of movement capacity.	Intermodal Transportation/Logistics in Inclement Environments	4
LOG662 In this course students will identify services needed and learn how to establish necessary contracts and agreements with local governmental and commercial vendors. They will understand the impact of international agreements, treaties, laws and regulations on the use of local services.	Transportation and Logistics Operations in Enriched and Impaired Environments	4
LOG664 In this course students will research and apply current methodologies for providing security to cargo and transportation modes and routes in both enriched environments and impaired environments. Students will be able to analyze the methodologies and determine the impact based on the operating environments.	Transportation/Logistics Security in Enriched and Impaired Environments	4

Private Sector Logistics Track

Credits

Course Title	Course Description	Credit Hours
LOG666 This course covers concepts of inventory management as it relates to process improvement methodologies, root cause analysis, total quality management, decisions, and implications of selective interventions on the supply chain / logistics design. Students will work on a project to identify a positive and / or negative intervention that can impact the logistics design of their organization and provide a plan to improve the logistics process and / or eliminate a negative impact.	Inventory Process Management and Control	4
LOG668 This course presents a systems approach to managing inventory in single or multiple operational and / or profit centers. Emphasis is on minimizing or eliminating out of stocks and responding to immediate customers’ demands. Managing orders originated over the internet to the profit center or operation unit is discussed in details. Students will work on a project reduce out of stock in their unit or units.	Inventory and Supply Chain Management	4
LOG670 This course presents an in-depth analysis of cost and profit relative to product life cycle phases including damaged products, obsolete inventory, and reverse logistics from the end-user / customer to liquidation, recycling, donations, and / or distribution centers. Students will work on solving and / or improving a reverse logistics and / or a reverse inventory management case within a given organization and demonstrate cost benefits.	Reverse Inventory Management & Financial Implications	4

Total Credit Hours: 48

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The MBA degree program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
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MBA Foundation Requirements

The Masters of Business Administration (MBA) is built upon the expectation that students will enter the program with a solid business background to succeed in some of the core MBA courses. Therefore the MBA requires students to have prior foundational knowledge in all core business disciplines to be successful. Students entering in the MBA program without an undergraduate degree in business will be required to successfully complete two MBA foundation courses (MGMT502 and MGMT503) covering the following areas of business: accounting; economics; finance; marketing; statistics; management; business law; ethics; business policy; business strategy; information technology; operations management; and global leadership.

If the student can show evidence of a GMAT score of 500 or above the foundation requirements may be waived. Students continuing from any of CTU’s non-business bachelor programs must complete the MBA Foundation Requirements. The foundation courses are also available to students with an undergraduate business degree who wish to refresh their knowledge in these subject areas. MBA foundation courses must be completed prior to respective MBA required courses that hold MGMT502 or MGMT503 as a prerequisite. Students must successfully complete and pass MGMT502 and MGMT503 prior to the end of the first quarter. Students who do not meet the MBA foundation requirements will be withdrawn, canceled or transferred from the MBA program. Students must be able to exhibit proficiency by successfully completing the foundation course with a minimum 70% passing score. If after 5 attempts (applies to each course separately) students do not pass the foundation course, students are encouraged to work with the Student Advising department if they have questions regarding these foundation courses, timeframes for completion, or for alternative programs of study as needed.
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What is a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Logistics Management degree?

CTU’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Logistics Management Degree Program is designed to provide knowledge, skills, and abilities relevant for pursuing potential opportunities in the workforce. This business degree program builds upon the business principles of the MBA core to help students to develop logistics experience in procurement, acquisition, transportation, and contract management. You will choose from one of three different program tracks to customize your learning experience: military logistics, government logistics, or private sector logistics.

What will I study in this MBA degree program?

Depending on which track you choose as you work to complete your MBA, you may be immersed in courses covering these topics and much more: theories of logistics management from a global perspective; theories and applications around the interface of transportation modes between enriched and crude infrastructure; and inventory management.p>

When and where can I begin my classes?

Courses for the Master of Business Administration in Logistics Management start online approximately every five weeks. Completion of the CTU admissions process will depend on how quickly you complete the steps in the CTU online application process. You may complete the application process over the phone with an advisor or you may go online. Once you’ve completed the online application, you may hear from an advisor within the following 24 hours to discuss the next steps toward starting your degree program. Master’s programs may have additional entrance requirements that take additional processing time.

How many credits are required to graduate from a master’s degree program?

The Master of Business Administration in Logistics Management degree program consists of 48 credits. You may be eligible for transfer credit, which is evaluated on an individual basis. Not all credits are eligible to transfer.

Why should I pursue an MBA degree at CTU?

As you study topics in business and logistics that are always being evaluated and updated to reflect industry-relevant trends, you will experience a curriculum through classroom learning and hands-on experience that aligns to industry standards and helps you work to develop skills that are applicable to the competitive global business environment.

Is this Master of Business Administration in Logistics Management degree program accredited?

The Master of Business Administration in Logistics Management degree program at CTU is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Are there any requirements for pursuing an MBA at CTU?

Students entering in the MBA program without an undergraduate degree in business will be required to successfully complete two MBA foundation courses (MGMT502 and MGMT503). The foundation requirements may be waived if the student can show evidence of a GMAT score of 500 or above. Students continuing from any of CTU’s non-business bachelor programs must complete the MBA Foundation Requirements. MBA foundation courses must be completed prior to respective MBA required courses that hold MGMT502 or MGMT503 as a prerequisite. Students must successfully complete and pass MGMT502 and MGMT503 prior to the end of the first quarter.

¹ Fortune Magazine, http://fortune.com/2014/05/01/wanted-1-4-million-new-supply-chain-workers-by-2018/
² As a master’s degree program, this program is designed as an 18-month program; however; many factors will impact your time to completion, including course loads, proficiency and/or transfer credits and breaks. Students who take 1-2 classes per session, may complete the program in as little as 12 months.

Online Master's in Logistics Management

Master of Business Administration - Logistics Management

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Online Master's in Logistics Management Program Details

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Degree Requirements

Courses: Core

Courses: Concentration

Government Logistics Track

Military Logistics Track

Private Sector Logistics Track

Accreditations and Alignments

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Admission Requirements

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