Objectives and Admission to the Minor

The minor program in business functional areas is designed to provide undergraduate students with an understanding in a functional or career-related area to enhance their major.

Nonbusiness majors seeking minors in business must have the same grade point average requirements as students changing their major to pre-business at the time of filing for a minor. Students will not be permitted to take any of the required upper division business administration courses until all prerequisites have been completed.

Minors are available for nonbusiness majors in accounting, finance, global energy management, management, management information systems, marketing, risk management and insurance, sales, and business administration. Minors are available for business majors in accounting, finance, global energy management, management, management information systems, marketing, risk management and insurance, and sales.

General Requirements for Minors

Students must complete at least 9 semester hours in advanced business administration courses (see specific requirements for each minor).

List of Business Minors

• Accounting
• Finance
• Global Energy Management
• Management
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Risk Management and Insurance
• Sales
• Supply Chain Management 
• Business Administration (for nonbusiness majors only)

Accounting Minor

Prerequisites:

• ACCT 2331: Accounting Principles I–Financial
  and
• MIS 3300: Introduction to Computers and Management Information Systems

Required Courses:

• ACCT 2332: Accounting Principles II–Managerial
• ACCT 3367: Intermediate Accounting I
• ACCT 3368: Intermediate Accounting II
• ACCT 3371: Accounting Information Systems
• Three hours of advanced accounting electives

Finance Minor

Prerequisites:

• MATH 1313: Finite Mathematics With Application
  and
• MATH 1314: Calculus for Business and the Life Sciences
• ACCT 2331: Accounting Principles I–Financial
• ECON 2304: Microeconomics
• STAT 3331: Statistical Analysis for Business Applications I

Required Courses:

• FINA 3332: Principles of Financial Management
• Twelve hours of advanced finance electives

Global Energy Management Minor

The Global Energy Management Minor allows other business and nonbusiness majors to benefit from a defined set of courses related to energy careers to complement their major.

Prerequisites:

• MATH 1313 and 1314 (or MATH 1431, 1432, and 2331)
• ACCT 2331
• ECON 2304
• MIS 3300 and STAT 3331 (or MATH 3338 and 3339)

Required Courses: 15 semester credit hours

• FINA 3332
• and 12 hours of courses from the following: FINA 4350, 4351, 4360, 4375; ACCT 4378; SCM 4390; or any other energy-related finance courses at the 4000-level (consult the finance advisor for an approved list).

Students may not count courses for both the Global Energy Management minor and their business major requirement or another business minor. These courses can, however, be used to meet advanced business elective requirements.

Management Minor

Prerequisites:

• Junior standing

Required Courses:

• MANA 3335: Introduction to Organizational Behavior and Management
• Twelve hours of advanced management electives

Management Information Systems Minor

Prerequisite:

• Junior Standing

Required Courses:

• MIS 3360 (formerly 3380) Systems Analysis and Design and
• four (4) of the following courses:
  • MIS 3370: Information Systems Development Tools*
  • MIS 3371: Transaction Processing Systems I*
  • MIS 3376: Business Database Management Systems
  • MIS 4477: Data Communications**
  • MIS 4374: Information Technology Project Management
  • MIS 4371: Interactive Programming
  • MIS 4372: Transaction Processing II
  • MIS 4373: Transaction Processing III
  • MIS 4478: MIS Management**
  • MIS 4379: Business Systems Consulting
  • MIS 4397: Special Topics

Students may take any four courses beyond MIS 3360, but * identifies a more technical track, and ** a more non-technical track, and all other courses for both tracks.

Marketing Minor

Prerequisites:

• Junior standing

Required Courses:

(Business majors who take MARK 3337 to meet the Business and Professional Communication requirement for the B.B.A. must take an additional three-hour Marketing course.)

• MARK 3336. Elements of Marketing Administration
• MARK 3337. Professional Selling
• Nine hours of advanced marketing electives

Risk Management and Insurance Minor

Prerequisites:

• MATH 1313 and 1314 (or MATH 1431, 1432, and 2331)
• ACCT 2331
• ECON 2304
• MIS 3300 and STAT 3331 (or MATH 3338 and 3339)

Required courses: 15 hours

• FINA 3332, 4354, and 4355, and
• 6 hours from FINA 4356, 4357, 4358, and 4359.

Students cannot count courses toward both the Risk Management Minor and toward their business major requirements or another business minor. These courses can be used to meet advanced business elective requirements.

Sales Minor

Prerequisites:

• Junior standing

(4000-level courses require acceptance into the Program for Excellence in Selling)

Required Courses:

(Business majors who take MARK 3337 to meet the Business and Professional Communication requirement for the B.B.A. must take an additional three-hour Marketing course approved by the PES.)

• MARK 3336. Elements of Marketing Administration
• MARK 3337. Professional Selling
• MARK 4373. Advanced Professional Selling
• MARK 4374. Sales Management
• MARK 4376. Sales Force Automation

Supply Chain Management

Prerequisites:

• MATH 1313 (or approved substitute), and Junior standing

Requirements:

• SCM 3301 (formerly DISC 3301) Service and Manufacturing Operations and
• 12 hours of advanced SCM electives from the following courses: SCM (formerly DISC) 4361, 4362, 4363, 4364, 4365 4366, 4367, 4368, 4369, 4370 (formerly 4356), 4371, 4388, 4390, 4397, 4398.

Business Administration Minor (for nonbusiness majors only)

Required Courses

• ACCT 2331: Accounting Principles I-Financial
• ACCT 2332: Accounting Principles II-Managerial

Three of the following four courses:

• FINA 3332: Principles of Financial Management
• MANA 3335: Introduction to Organizational Behavior and Management
• MARK 3336: Elements of Marketing Administration
• SCM 3301: Service and Manufacturing Operations