Logistics Management (CSC)

Program Info

Minimum credits: 15
Length: 2 semesters (1 year) part-time

Division: Arts, Sciences, & Business
Contact: 434.797.8402 or 434.797.8462
Award: Career Studies Certificate
Plan Code: 221-370-01 CIP Code: 52.0299

Logistics is a rapidly growing field encompassing the care and management of inventory while at rest and in motion. The DCC Logistics Management CSC is offered completely online and meant to be completed on a part-time basis to accommodate the schedules of working professionals. The program is primarily designed to provide formal training for individuals already employed in logistics-related jobs, such as: Inventory management, care and control; dispatching and shipping of goods and materials; and assembling bulk orders for distribution. This program is suitable for students seeking career advancement or an entry level position in warehousing and distribution. Course topics include essentials of distribution and transportation management; inventory management; the role of retailing and wholesaling in the supply chain; people management skills necessary for supervising warehouse and transportation employees; and warehouse organization and management.

Admission Requirements: In addition to general college admission requirements, as an online program, it is expected that applicants will be proficient with Internet navigation, e‐mail, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.

Program Integration: The courses in the Logistics Management Career Studies Certificate will transfer to the Marketing - Warehousing and Distribution Specialization Associate of Applied Science Degree program.

Program Description

The Career Studies Certificate in Logistics Management program is designed primarily to provide formal training for individuals already employed in logistics-related jobs such as: Inventory management, care and control; dispatching and shipping of goods and materials; and assembling bulk orders for distribution. This program is also suitable for students seeking career advancement or an entry-level position in warehousing and distribution

Program Outcomes: Graduates will be able to:

• Demonstrate competency in presentation skills including organization, eye-contact, volume, pacing, and visual aids, utilizing a wide variety of computer software tools to enhance business communication media including written reports and business plans;
• Demonstrate basic principles of human relationship skills which can be used to successfully interrelate with customers, associates, employees, and superiors in a business setting;
• Think logically and analytically in proposing plans and creating strategies including layout, material handling, communications, shipping utilities, and building design that may be considered in complex warehousing and logistics issues facing organizations; and
• Differentiate the concepts necessary to address warehouse and logistics trade-offs between space and time in optimizing a modern warehousing and logistics organization while recognizing the social and ethical responsibilities within an organization to function effectively in the environment.