Lee Kong Chian School of Business

Maritime Business and Operations Track (MBOT)

Overview

Maritime Business and Operations track provides you with a deep understanding of the maritime business covering the economic, legal and managerial environment, as well as the operations of their organizations up and down the maritime and trade value chain. You will be able to develop your domain knowledge in different business operational management aspects of the maritime sector such as port-focal logistics and maritime operations, shipping business, logistics and transportation and business analytics. In addition, you will be introduced to other aspects of the maritime related industry job roles through non-credit classes taught by industry practitioners that range from tanker chartering and ship brokering to applications of data analytics and how robotics and automation are applied in the maritime sector. You will also have opportunities to gain industry exposure through internships, overseas Industry Study Missions and local site visits where you will learn about the various operational intricacies which provide maritime companies their competitive edge.


Curriculum


Compulsory courses for OM major:

  • OPIM311 Service Processes
  • OPIM321 Supply Chain Management


Additional compulsory courses for Maritime Business and Operations Track:

  • OPIM343 Port-Focal Logistics and Maritime Operations
  • OPIM314 Logistics and Transportation Management
  • TRAD201 Shipping Business
  • LGST223  Law of International Trade
  • 2 CUs of other Maritime Business and Operations Track electives from the list below**:
    • MGMT317 Managing Process Improvement
    • OPIM318 Sustainable Operations
    • OPIM322 High Performance Warehousing and Fulfillment
    • OPIM324 Global Supply Chains
    • OPIM326 Service and Operations Analytics
    • OIM344 Sustainable Shipping and Ports
    • OPIM347 Shipping Strategies -  The Digital Dimensions (SSDD) (Previously known as Shipping Strategy - The Global and Digital Challenges)
    • OPIM348 Supply Chain Analytics
    • FNCE310 Trade Finance* (Not OM Major Elective)
    • MGMT346 Global Trade and Maritime Work-Study Elective (2 CUs)* (Not OM Major Elective)
      (Click here for more details about this elective.)
  • At least three non-credit seminars (Agri-Commodities, Maritime and Logistics Management, Commodity and Energy Trading, Geopolitics and Impact on Shipping Routes, Financial Risk Management, Sustainability, Carbon Trading, The LNG Value Chain, Container Liner Trade, Technology and Trade, Port Operations, Data Analytics)

*For Maritime Business and Operations Track's students who enrol in 2 CUs from Trade Finance, and/or Global Trade and Maritime Work-Study Elective to fulfil the Track elective requirement, they will have to take 1 additional CU of Operations Management Major Elective to fulfil the major's requirement.

**List of electives may be subject to changes. Students may transfer up to 2CUs of MBOT Electives from their exchange programme.

For more information, students can visit https://iti.smu.edu.sg/undergraduate

Note: In addition to the above, non-BBM students would need to take OPIM101 Decision Analysis and OPIM201 Operations Management.

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