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The Major
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Source:
2005-2006 Catalog
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PURCHASING
The Associate of Applied Science (AAS) Degree in Purchasing is a program
to educate people in the procedures and regulations affecting public and
private purchasing. In addition to general education courses students
also take core courses in purchasing, such as fundamentals of purchasing,
materials management, business law, and purchasing operations.
The program is designed to teach students the basic principles needed
for both levels of certification offered by the National Institute of
Government Purchasers (NIGP). Courses are also designed to help students
meet the standards of the Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM).
Certain courses are also designed to aid private purchasers and meet standards
set by the Purchasing Management Association.
A Certificate of Completion in Purchasing is available by completing
24 credit hours. The courses required for the certificate are PC 100,
PC 102, PC 200, PC 202, PC 250 or PC 260, BU 315, BU 345 and EN 101.
Student Learning Outcomes
Purchasing students at Washburn University, upon graduation, are expected
to have:
- acquired an understanding of the variables that affect decisions
on inventory and costs;
- demonstrated the use of basic tools and techniques required for determining
the reasonableness of cost and price and the relationships between the
two;
- acquired an understanding of the basis for negotiating a final contract
between buyers and sellers; and
- demonstrated a knowledge of specification, standardization, simplification,
supply, legal and ethical issues, partnering, and total quality procurement.
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