Business Process Fellows

The objective of the Business Process Fellows program is to develop excellence in operations management. Students will learn and practice business process methodologies, and learn how to use software tools used by leading edge companies and agencies to design and manage complex enterprises. The program will approach organizations as interdependent systems, emphasizing statistical thinking and optimization of the enterprise. A practicum offered in conjunction with BMGT 485 Project Management course can lead to internships with partner companies.

Dr. Zhi Long Chen is the Faculty Champion for this program.

Curriculum -- 2 YEAR PROGRAM

• BMGT 385 FP section (Operations Management) Fall 1
• BMGT 487 FP section (6-Sigma Innovation) Spring 1
• BMGT 485 FP section (Project Management) Fall 2
• Plus one of the options below:
  • Option 1: Not-for-credit Internship - Student submits a one to two paragraph proposal to the faculty champion. It should contain the following information: student name, name of the company, supervisor, activities to be performed (roughly), and how (some of) the activities in the internship relates to Operations Management. - At the end of the internship, the student submits a two-page document with the following information: student name, name of the company, what activities were performed, what was learned, and how it reinforced the concepts learned in class. This document needs to be signed by the student's supervisor.
  • Option 2: For-credit Internship - Student submits a one-paragraph proposal to the faculty champion. It should contain the following information: student name, name of the company, supervisor, activities to be performed (roughly), and how (some of) the activities in the internship relates to Operations Management. - After approval, student enrolls in one of the following courses: BMGT 398 (Independent Study - with the faculty champion), BMGT 386 (General Business Internship), or BMGT373 (LTSCM Internship). Please note that in all of these for-credit courses, there is a significant academic content, with reporting milestones, and a final project.
  • Option 3: Elective Course - Student takes *one* of the three electives: BMGT 332, BMGT 430, or BMGT 434.

NOTE: Business Process Fellows is a 4 semester sequential program with a dedicated fellows section each semester. Therefore, substitutions cannot be made for dedicated fellows courses.

Co-curricular activities/events

• ICS Practicum: Students are certified in basics of Incident Command Systems: Online coursework plus experiential learning exercise in teams. Possibility for follow-on internship for more advanced ICS certification

Fellows Application Eligibility

• Must be a Business Major (preference for IS, OM, LTSCM, Finance majors)
• Rising Junior (will be a junior in Fall 2007)
• 3.0 minimum cumulative gpa
• Grade of B- or higher in BMGT 230B (or equivalent) *AND* (MATH 140 or MATH 220)
• Resume
• Not open to QUEST students

Application & Selection Process

• The application for the Fall 2009 cohort will reopen in Spring 2009.
• You can work on your application in any order you choose.
• You can save your application as a draft (before making a final submission). Your saved application is located in your "Profile" under "My Applications" in UNet. Please remember not to submit your application until you have finished entering all parts of your application . You will only be able to submit this application once and are then unable to return to make edits.