Business Minors
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 business-accounting students)
- Business Administration (not available to business students)
- Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
- International Business
- Management of Information Technology
The Accounting Minor is not available for business students in the accounting option, and the Business Administration minor is not available to students in all options in the College of Business. The Entrepreneurship, International, and Information Technology Minors are open to students in any major.
ACCOUNTING MINOR
Students seeking a minor in accounting must complete the following courses.
| Credits | |
|---|---|
| ACCT 223--Principles of Acct II | 3 |
| ACCT 327--Intermed Acct I | 3 |
| ACCT 328--Intermed Acct II | 3 |
| ACCT 425--Income Tax Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 433--Cost/Mgmt Acct I | 3 |
| BUS 221--Principles of Acct I | 3 |
| BUS 351--Finance | 3 |
| CS 150--Computer Literacy | 3 |
| ECON 102--Macro & Intntl Econ | 3 |
| ECON 201--Intro Micro Theory | 3 |
| 30 |
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MINOR
Students seeking a minor in business administration must complete the following courses. It is recommended that students selecting a Business Administration minor complete BUS 101V, Freshman Seminar, before enrolling in the required courses listed below.
| Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Take one of the following: | |||
| BUS 201--Managerial Communication | 3 | ||
| ENGL 221--College Writing II | 3 | ||
| ENGL 223--Technical Writing | 3 | ||
| BUS 221--Principles of Acct I | 3 | ||
| BUS 222--Managerial Accounting | 3 | ||
| BUS 301--Management & Organzatn* | 3 | ||
| BUS 341--Marketing* | 3 | ||
| BUS 351--Finance* | 3 | ||
| BUS 361--Intro to Law* | 3 | ||
| ECON 102--Macro & Intntl Econ | 3 | ||
| ECON 201--Intro Micro Theory | 3 | ||
| STAT 216 --Elementary Statistics | 3 | ||
| 30 |
*Of the four required courses denoted with and *, three must be taken at MSU. A "C" or better must be earned in each of these classes.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS MINOR
Enrollment in the minor is open to business and non-business students. Program objectives include:
- To provide the knowledge, skills and expertise for successful careers to future entrepreneurs.
- 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 minor will take the following courses.
| Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| BUS 201--Managerial Communication | 3 | ||
| BUS 222--Managerial Accounting | 3 | ||
| BUS 301--Management & Organzation | 3 | ||
| BUS 341--Marketing | 3 | ||
| BUS 351--Finance | 3 | ||
| BUS 361--Intro to Law | 3 | ||
| Take one of the following: | |||
| MKTG 342--Market Research | 3 | ||
| MKTG 345--Professional Selling | 3 | ||
| MGMT 461--Small Business Management | 3 | ||
| MGMT 462--Entrepreneurship | 3 | ||
| MGMT 463--Entrepreneurial Experience | 3 | ||
| 30 |
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 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 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.
| Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CS 160--Introduction to Computer Science | 4 | ||
| CS 221--Computer Science I | 4 | ||
| BUS 221--Principles of Acct I | 3 | ||
| BUS 222--Managerial Accounting | 3 | ||
| BUS 301--Management & Organization | 3 | ||
| BUS 311--Information Systems | 3 | ||
| MGMT 415--Mgmt of Info Tech | 3 | ||
| Take two of the following: | |||
| MGMT 412--Systems Analysis & Design | 3 | ||
| MGMT 413--Managerial Support Systems | 3 | ||
| ACCT 444--Advanced Information Systems | 3 | ||
| 29 |
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 fourteen 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.
| Credits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| *ECON 314--International Economics | 3 | ||
| *MKTG 441--International Marketing | 3 | ||
| *MGMT 464--International Management | 3 | ||
| **General Electives | 14 | ||
| ***Restricted Electives | 6 | ||
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* The three required courses must be completed with a "C" or better.
** General electives are selected in consultation with a College of Business international business minor advisor from an approved list (provided in Reid 338 by the College of Business Office of Student Services) of lower-and upper-division elective courses which can include up to fourteen credits of language study.
*** Restricted electives are selected in consultation with a College of Business international business minor advisor from an approved list (provided in Reid 338 by the College of Business of Student Services) of upper-division elective courses.
