Minor in Business Administration

The minor in Business Administration is designed for undergraduate students in any non-business major or program to increase their understanding of business theory, practices, and applications within a wider economic and social context. The curriculum is designed to emphasize critical competencies, including strategic thinking, integrated business knowledge, communication and teamwork needed by students with a broad range of interests to succeed in the 21st century.

The minor requires 30 credits (minimum of 20 credits in residence). There are four specific courses required for a total of 20 credits. An additional 10 credits of electives, which should generally be taken after completion of all required courses, are selected from an approved list of classes.

Students may request to transfer in up to 10 credits to be applied toward the required courses. The student must earn a 2.0 GPA in each of the required courses. At least three courses for the Business Minor must be taken at the upper-division (i.e. 300-400) level.

Learning Outcomes

1. To recognize the social, political, ethical, and environmental consequesnces of management decisions.
2. To understand group and individual dynamics in organizations.
3. Diagnose complex organizational problems and design effective solutions.
4. Understand basic financial statement analysis and reporting.
5. To evaluate an organization's market, competitive position, and customers, in order to make effective decisions regarding organizational focus and resource deployment.

All course are 5 credits unless otherwise listed.

Required Courses (20 credits)

• T ACCT 210 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
• T FIN 220 - Introduction to Microeconomics
• T BUS 300 - Managing Organizations
• T BUS 320 - Introduction to Marketing Management

Elective Courses (10 credits)

• T BGEN 412 - Ethical Issues in Business
• T BUS 330 - Introduction to Information Technology
• T MGMT 430 - Managing the Workforce
• T MGMT 433 - Managing Organizational Diversity
• T MGMT 452 - The Dynamics of Leadership
• T MGMT 455 - Managing and Motivating Work Teams
• T MGMT 457 - Negotiation and Conflict Management
• T MGMT 475 - Creating, Leading, and Implementing Change
• T MGMT 478 - International Business
• T MGMT 480 - International Management
• T MKTG 348 - Social Marketing
• T MKTG 355 - Professional Sales
• T MKTG 425 - Advertising
• T MKTG 445 - Services Marketing
• T MKTG 450 - Consumer Marketing
• T MKTG 460 - Research Methods

Other electives as approved by a Milgard School of Business academic adviser in consultation with Business faculty.

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