The following business minors are offered by the College of Business. All minors are open to students from majors outside of business.

• Accounting (not available to accounting-option students)
• Business Administration (not available to business-major students)
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
• Finance (not available to business students in the finance option)
• International Business
• Management of Information Technology

The Accounting minor is not available to business students in the accounting option, and the Business Administration minor is not available to students in any option in the College of Business. The Entrepreneurship, International Business, and Information Technology minors are open to students in any major.

In accordance with the Board of Regents' policy, students must earn a C- or better in all courses in a minor.

ACCOUNTING MINOR

The course work in the Accounting minor helps students understand the role that accounting plays in business decisions. Students who minor in accounting will learn how to prepare and analyze income statements, balance sheets, cost/managerial reports, and tax returns.

Students must complete all of the following courses:

In addition students must complete any three (9 cr.) of the following list of 3 credit courses:

*ACTG 328 is a prerequisite for these courses.

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MINOR

Students seeking a minor in business administration must complete the following courses.

*Of the four required courses denoted with an *, three must be taken in residence at MSU.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MINOR

Enrollment in the minor is open to business and non-business students. Program objectives include:

• To provide the knowledge, skills and expertise necessary for successful entrepreneurial careers.
• To provide a general overview of the field of business and management.
• To provide entrepreneurial expertise and economic stimulus to the region and the state.

Students seeking the Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management minor will take the following courses.

FINANCE MINOR

Enrollment in the finance minor is open to business and non-business students. Program objectives include:

• To provide the tools for financial decision making, including time value of money techniques, asset valuation, and capital budgeting analysis.
• To develop in students an analytical perspective in problem solving.
• To provide flexibility to design one’s own program through choice of electives.

Students seeking the Finance minor must complete the following courses:

All students are responsible for fulfilling the appropriate prerequisites for all courses.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MINOR

The objectives of the International Business minor are:

• To provide students a broad-based interdisciplinary educational experience that will enable students to succeed in a culturally diverse global business environment.
• To enable students to acquire the basic skills and knowledge necessary for a career in international business.
• To provide students a flexible yet rigorous program that suits each student's own individual needs and interests.

Foreign language study is not required but is strongly recommended. As many as 14 credits of language study may be applied toward the minor as electives. The 20 credits of electives must come from at least three different disciplines including, for example, language, geography, history, political science, religious studies or business. A study abroad experience is also strongly recommended.

Students completing the International Business minor will complete the following courses. Students are responsible for fulfilling the appropriate prerequisites for all courses.

**General electives are selected in consultation with a College of Business International Business minor advisor from an approved list available on the College web site and in Reid 457, the Bracken Center, of lower- and upper-division elective courses which can include up to 14 credits of language study.

***Restricted electives are selected in consultation with a College of Business International Business minor advisor from an approved list available on the College web site and in Reid 457, the Bracken Center, of upper-division courses.

MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MINOR

Enrollment in the minor is open to business and non-business students. Program objectives include:

• To provide perspectives, concepts, and tools to evaluate and exploit business opportunities and challenges presented by changing information technology.
• To develop managerial skills to facilitate organizational change that accompanies adoption and implementation of new information technologies.
• To understand and cope with the complexities of business risk including data security and regulatory compliance.
• To examine the linkages between information technology, business strategy, and creating competitive advantage

Students seeking the Management of Information Technology minor will complete the following courses.

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