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Everyone needs a little business in their back pocket. The College of Business offers an innovative minor in Business Administration to students across campus. The minor in Business Administration is built in a modular format with two parts: a solid grounding in key foundational knowledge, and an optional component so students can strategically choose courses that combine with their primary major or career interests.  Students will develop competencies to understand the language and key concepts of business, and apply them in a wide variety of careers.  In addition to earning the minor, given the diversity of program options, students could also earn a certificate in Business-to-Business Selling, Entrepreneurship, or Music Business while completing the 21-credit minor requirements.

Effective Fall 2022

Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.

Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.

Students must achieve a minimum GPA of 2.000 in courses used to satisfy the minor. 

Required Courses:
ACT 205Fundamentals of Accounting3
BUS 220Ethics in Contemporary Organizations (GT-AH3)3
FIN 200Personal Finance and Investing (GT-MA1)3
or FIN 305 Fundamentals of Finance
MGT 305Fundamentals of Management3
or MKT 305 Fundamentals of Marketing
Select one group from the following:9-10
Group A: Select 3 courses (9 credits) from the following not previously taken:
Legal and Ethical Issues in Business
Contemporary Business Topics: Entrepreneurship
Contemporary Business Topics: International Business
Business Information Systems
Personal Finance and Investing (GT-MA1)
Fundamentals of Finance
Fundamentals of Management
Fundamentals of Marketing
Business Customer Relationships
Real Estate Principles
Group B: Business-to-Business Selling (9 credits) 1
Business Customer Relationships
Professional Selling
Sales Management
Group C: Entrepreneurship (9-10 credits) 1
Select one course from the following:
Contemporary Business Topics: Entrepreneurship
Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
Select one course from the following:
Technology Entrepreneurship
New Venture Creation
Design Thinking in Social Entrepreneurship
Designing for Defense
Select one course from the following (3-4 credits):
Apparel Design and Retail Entrepreneurship
Small Agribusiness Management
Agricultural Business Management
Biomedical Design Practicum: Capstone Design I
Chemical and Biological Engineering Design I
Senior Design Principles
Senior Design Project I
Creative Industries Career Management
Engineering Design Practicum: I
Creativity, Innovation, and Value Creation
Social and Sustainable Venturing
Group D: Music Business (9 Credits) 1
Principles of Music Marketing
Making Money in Music
Concerts and Live Events
Program Total Credits:21-22
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Completing this Group may satisfy a certificate – contact a Business advisor.