Business Minor
Coordinator:
Betty T. Kane
The business minor provides students with basic business concepts and tools that can be applied to enhance the application and marketability of their liberal arts education, as well as prepare them to understand and participate more effectively in the world of work. This minor will provide grounding for non-management majors in practical applications that will serve them well throughout their lives and will assist them in relating and using their liberal arts majors in personally and professionally rewarding careers. Students will gain a basic understanding of the world of business, its global aspects and ethical issues. This minor should be a helpful addition on a transcript for job applications in any field.
The business minor provides a structure within which students gain an exposure to business concepts and tools through introductory coursework and apply them in an experiential and/or interdisciplinary component. Students may complete an internship that is focused on the student’s particular area of interest; alternatively, students with prior applicable work experience may do an independent study that requires them to integrate their coursework with the work experience. Students may substitute an approved business-related IDS 400 course for the internship or independent study.
The minor in business is not available to business management majors.
Minor Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 17 credit hours (five courses).
1. ACCT 201 Introduction to Accounting |
4 credits |
2. BUS 120 Introduction to Business or Bus 249 Principles of Management |
4 credits |
3. BUS 215 Business Law |
4 credits |
4. One focus course from: |
4 credits |
BUS 321 Human Resource Law and Management |
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BUS 331 Sales Management |
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BUS 349 International Management |
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BUS 371 Nonprofit Management |
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SPST 130 Introduction to Sport Management |
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5. One course from: |
4 credits |
IDS 402 Business Ethics or any approved 290/390 Internship |
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Total credit hours required for a business minor |
17-20 credits |