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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.

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion, students will be able to:

  1. Speak the language of business by constructing and analyzing financial and operating reports, and using this information to make various business decisions.
  2. Identify and analyze various ethical dilemmas that occur in organizations, apply sound moral reasoning to address these situations, and defend recommended courses of action.
  3. Perform quantitative analyses, explain the results, and use the information to make decisions.
  4. Understand both the internal and external human dimensions of business activities.
  5. Understand the context within which businesses operate, and how to develop and implement plans to achieve desired results.

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:
BUS 205
Legal and Ethical Issues in Business
BUS 405A
Contemporary Business Topics: Entrepreneurship
BUS 405B
Contemporary Business Topics: International Business
CIS 200
Business Information Systems
FIN 200
Personal Finance and Investing (GT-MA1)
or FIN 305
 Fundamentals of Finance
MGT 305
Fundamentals of Management
or MKT 305
 Fundamentals of Marketing
MKT 330
Business Customer Relationships
REL 360
Real Estate Principles
Group B: Business-to-Business Selling (9 credits) 1
MKT 330
Business Customer Relationships
MKT 362
Professional Selling
MKT 363
Sales Management
Group C: Entrepreneurship (9-10 credits) 1
Select one course from the following:
BUS 405A
Contemporary Business Topics: Entrepreneurship
MGT 340
Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
Select one course from the following:
ENGR 422
Technology Entrepreneurship
MGT 420
New Venture Creation
MGT 424/IDEA 424
Design Thinking in Social Entrepreneurship
MGT 455/IDEA 455
Designing for Defense
Select one course from the following (3-4 credits):
AM 373
Apparel Design and Retail Entrepreneurship
AREC 328
Small Agribusiness Management
AREC 428
Agricultural Business Management
BIOM 486A
Biomedical Design Practicum: Capstone Design I
CBE 451
Chemical and Biological Engineering Design I
CIVE 402
Senior Design Principles
ECE 401
Senior Design Project I
LEAP 310
Creative Industries Career Management
MECH 486A
Engineering Design Practicum: I
MGT 330
Creativity, Innovation, and Value Creation
MGT 360
Social and Sustainable Venturing
Group D: Music Business (9 Credits) 1
BUS 361
Principles of Music Marketing
BUS 362
Making Money in Music
BUS 363
Concerts and Live Events
Program Total Credits:21-22
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Completing this Group may satisfy a certificate – contact a Business advisor.