BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Minor)
The Business Administration minor can be combined with any academic major. Business courses are open to anyone (regardless of major or minor) with an interest in business. The courses emphasize setting objectives, processing information, making decisions, implementing strategies, and evaluating consequences. Each course integrates appropriate historical, economic, social, legal, ethical, political, international, and multicultural issues. The courses provide students opportunities to participate in discussions, make oral presentations, write reports, conduct library and original research, and use personal computers.
The Business Administration minor requires six courses.
Requirements for the Minor (6 courses)
Students are required to complete five (5) core courses:
BUS 260 Financial Accounting
BUS 280 Managerial Accounting
BUS 336 Management and Leadership
BUS 337 Marketing
BUS 338 Financial Management
Students must also select at least one of the following courses as an elective:
BUS 317 Personal Finance
BUS 342 Human Resource Management
BUS 348 Investments
BUS 369 International Business
BUS 375 Advertising and Promotion
Consistent with the accreditation requirement of the AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, no more than eight undergraduate business administration courses may count toward the bachelor’s degree.
Course Descriptions:
BUS 260 Financial Accounting
Exposes students to theory and methods of using accounting information to solve problems throughout the business cycle. Emphasizes decision making based on financial statements. Utilizes computers. Prerequisite: Sophomore status.
BUS 280 Managerial Accounting
Explores accounting's role in providing managers accurate and timely information for planning, controlling, and decision making. Covers budgeting, profit planning, and statement analysis, as well as theory and application of managerial accounting in production. Utilizes computers. Prerequisite: BUS 260 and Sophomore status.
BUS 317 Personal Finance
Outlines a wide variety of financial instruments available for managing money. Touches upon personal financial statements, insurance, social security, investments, tax, retirement, and estate planning. Also introduces personal financial planning as a profession. Prerequisite: Junior status.
BUS 336 Management and Leadership
This course focuses on the processes of planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling what leaders use to achieve their objectives in organizational settings. Topics include the human, operational, and structural issues involved in managerial decision making using a variety of methods to develop analytical skills. Prerequisite: Junior status.
BUS 337 Marketing
Presents theories, applications, and case studies of marketing goods and services in public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Looks into interpreting market demands; designing and managing products; establishing distribution channels and pricing policies; communicating with consumers; and analyzing, planning, and controlling marketing activities in a socially responsible context. Prerequisite: Junior status.
BUS 338 Financial Management
Focuses on the role of the financial manager in corporate decision making. Deals with analysis of the corporate financial structure, asset management, capital budgeting, and debt versus equity financing. Prerequisite: BUS 280 and junior status.
BUS 342 Human Resource Management
Examines how to optimize human resource strategies and the people who work for an organization. Links human resource strategies to organizational goals. Provides an overview of the main functions of human resources: employee and labor relations, staffing, development, compensation, and separation. Prerequisite: Junior status.
BUS 348 Investments
Explores theories and techniques of investing, especially in the stock and bond markets. Highlights basic security analysis and portfolio management, as well as financial planning in a changing economic environment. Prerequisite: BUS 338 and junior status.
BUS 369 International Business
Details strategies U.S. firms can use to compete globally. Covers international competition, competitive advantage, international trade, international political economy, importing, exporting, licensing, foreign direct investment, and globalization. Prerequisite: Junior status.
BUS 375 Advertising and Promotion
Examines marketing communication, advertising, publicity, and promotion; management of that process; and effects on consumer behavior. Focuses on current issues. Prerequisite: BUS 33.
Last Updated: October 9, 2007
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