Minors offered by the College of Business:
This minor is complimentary to other majors and offers basic career preparation including public, private and governmental accounting. It is offered through the School of Accountancy. For more information, visit 300 McCool Hall or call 325-1631. Required: Plus any 3 of the following: ECONOMICS (15 hours) Select at least 15 hours of economics coursework. Three hours from finance (FIN), agricultural economics (AEC), IE 3913 or FO 4113 may be applied with approval from the advisor. Please register this minor in 312 McCool Hall. Required: Plus any three courses: FINANCE (18 hours) Engineering, pre-med, communications, and agribusiness majors benefit from this minor. Students improve understanding of the management of financial institutions and the management of financial assets (such as personal, organizational, and governmental funds as well as business assets). Required: GENERAL BUSINESS (21-22 hours) Prepare for entrance into the world of business and/or the MBA program. Students will become familiar with basic concepts and techniques necessary for analyzing business environments, making sound business decisions, and planning one’s career. Choose any seven of the following: INSURANCE (18 hours) Insurance is the fastest growing of all service industries. In good times and bad, these services are vital to individuals and to the economy. Growth in the industry has been constant and rapid, and experts predict it to continue. Required: Plus any three of the following: I. Core Courses Students in areas ranging from engineering to landscape architecture may wish to pursue careers requiring the management of people. Required: Plus any three of the following: Students in areas ranging from communications to human sciences may wish to pursue careers requiring the use of marketing activities. Required: Plus any 4 of the following: This minor allows students to enhance their undergraduate training and differentiate themselves from their peers. It also satisfies pre-licensing real estate education requirements for all state’s salesperson’s license and/or most state’s broker’s license Required: Plus any two of the following: Printable Business Minors Brochure
ACCOUNTING (15 hours)
ACC 3023 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC 3033 Intermediate Accounting II
ACC 3003 Accounting Info Systems I
ACC 3013 Cost Accounting
ACC 3053 Accounting Info Systems II
ACC 4013 Income Tax I
ACC 4063 Income Tax II
ACC 4033 Auditing
ACC 4023 Advanced Accounting
ACC 4043 Municipal & Gov Accounting
ACC 4053 International Accounting
EC 2113 Principles of Macroeconomics
EC 2123 Principles of Microeconomics
EC 3113 Intermediate Macroeconomics
EC 3123 Intermediate Microeconomics
EC 3213 Labor Economics
EC 3223 Intro to Industrial Organization
EC 3333 Managerial Economics
EC 3423 Government & Business
EC 3513 Economics Systems of the World
EC 4000 Directed Individual Study
EC 4183 US Economic History
EC 4213 Personnel Economics
EC 4223 Labor Law & Employment Policy
EC 4303 Theory of Economic Development
EC 4323 International Economic Relations
EC 4333 Applied Regional Economics
EC 4423 Introduction to Public Finance
EC 4433 Problems in State & Local Finance
EC 4523 History of Economic Thought
EC 4643 Economic Forecasting & Analysis
EC 4990 Special Topics in Economics
FIN 3113 Financial Systems
FIN 3123 Financial Management
FIN 3723 Financial Markets
FIN 4223 Intermediate Financial Management
FIN 4423 Investments
FIN 4923 International Financial Management
BL 2413 Legal Environment of Business
ACC 2013 Financial Accounting
ACC 2023 Managerial Accounting
EC 2113 Macroeconomics
EC 2123 Microeconomics
FIN 3123 Financial Management
MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing
MGT 3114 Principles of Management & Production
BIS 3233 Management Information Systems
BQA 2113 Business Statistical Methods I
BQA 3123 Business Statistical Methods II
INS 3103 Principles of Insurance
INS 4503 Risk Management
INS 3203 Property and Casualty Insurance
INS 3303 Life and Health Insurance
INS 3403 Financial Planning
INS 3503 Employee Benefits
FIN 4423 Investments
BL 3223 Law of Commercial Transactions
LEADERSHIP (19 hours)
An interdisciplinary program designed to provide academic and experiential knowledge and skills to prepare students for future leadership positions in communities, organizations, and professions. A wide variety of options are available. This is an excellent option for Management and GBA majors
II. Leadership Studies Internship
III. Electives Related to Leadership
MANAGEMENT (19 hours)
MGT 3813 Organizational Behavior
MGT 3114 Principles of Management & Production
MGT 3513 Intro Human Resource Management
MGT 3323 Entrepreneurship
MGT 3333 Field Studies/Entrepreneurship
MGT 4153 Organizational Theory
MGT 4533 Advanced Human Resource Management
MGT 4543 Compensation Management
MGT 4553 Collective Bargaining
MGT 4563 Staffing in Organizations
MGT 4613 Cross-Cultural Management
MARKETING (18 hours)
MKT 3013 Principles of Marketing
MKT 4413 Consumer Behavior
MKT 4213 Internet Marketing
MKT 3213 Retailing
MKT 4113 Personal Selling
MKT 4123 Advertising
MKT 4533 Marketing Research
MKT 4143 Sales Management
MKT 4613 Services Marketing
MKT 3933 International Marketing
MKT 3323 International Logistics
MKT 4233 International Transportation
MKT 4313 Physical Distribution Management
MKT 4333 International Supply Chain Management
REAL ESTATE (15 hours)
REF 3333 Principles of Real Estate
REF 3433 Real Property Evaluation
REF 4333 Real Estate Law
REF 4153 Real Estate Investments
REF 4253 Mortgage Financing
EC 4313 Intro to Regional Economic Development