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Want
to add value to your degree?
Develop your competitive edge?
Consider one of the five minors offered by the College of Business.
Most minors offered to students from any major |
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Entrepreneurship
and Small Business Management:This rigorous minor is designed to provide students with perspective and skills to pursue a successful entrepreneurial career throught the Alderson Program in Entrepreneurship (coursework) and direct experience with entrepreneurs and MSU scientists in the Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West, which is housed within TechRanch Venture Incubator. Both the Alderson Program and the Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West have received national recognition for innovative design and effectiveness. Enrollment in this minor is open to business and non-business students.
Management
of Information Technology: Focus on information technology, database creation and managment, business strategy, and creation of a competitive advantage. Enrollment in this minor is open to business and non-business students.
International
Business: Develop skills and knowledge necessary for a career in international business by focusing on coursework for your own particular interest.
Business
Administration: Gain critical insights into business operations and strategy from accounting, finance, management and marketing coursework. The Business Administration Minor will provide fundamental knowledge and exposure to key business concepts. This minor is open to all non-buisness students.
Accounting: The
Accounting Minor is open to all students, with the exception of students
pursuing a business degree with an accounting option.
The coursework will help students understand the role 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.
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT MINOR |
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This rigorous minor is designed to provide students with perspective and skills to pursue a successful entrepreneurial career throught the Alderson Program in Entrepreneurship (coursework) and direct experience with entrepreneurs and MSU scientists in the Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West, which is housed within TechRanch Venture Incubator. Both the Alderson Program and the Center for Entrepreneurship for the New West have received national recognition for innovative design and effectiveness. Enrollment in this minor is open to business and non-business students.
Program objectives include:
- To provide the knowledge, skills and expertise for successful careers to future entrepreneurial careers.
- To provide a general overview of the challenges and potential rewards of entrepreneurship..
- 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.
| Courses |
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Credits |
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| BUS
201--Managerial Communication |
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3 |
| BUS
222--Managerial Accounting |
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3 |
| BUS 301--Management & Organization |
|
3 |
| BUS 341--Principles of Marketing |
|
3 |
| BUS 351--Finance |
|
3 |
| BUS 361--Introduction
to Law |
|
3 |
| MGMT 461--Small Business Management |
|
3 |
| MGMT 462–Entrepreneurship |
|
3 |
| MGMT 463–Entrepreneurial Experience |
|
3 |
| Take one of the following: |
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| FIN 451--Entrepreneurial Finance |
|
3 |
| MKTG 342--Market Research |
|
3 |
| MKTG 345--Professional Selling |
|
3 |
| MKTG 446--Marketing for Entrepreneurs |
|
3 |
| Total Credits |
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30 |
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MANAGEMENT
OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MINOR
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Focus on information technology, database creation and managment, business strategy, and creation of a competitive advantage. Enrollment in this 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 creation of competitive advantage.
Students
seeking the Management of Information Technology Minor will complete
the following courses.
| Courses |
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Credits |
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| BUS 211--Business Software Applications |
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3 |
| BUS 221--Principles of Acct I |
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3 |
| Take one of the following: |
|
3 |
| BUS 222--Mgmt Accounting |
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| ACCT 223--Principles of Accounting II |
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| BUS 301--Mgmt & Organization |
|
3 |
| BUS 311–Information Systems
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|
3 |
| MGMT 314-Business Web Design |
|
3 |
| MGMT 412–Sys
Analysis & Design |
|
3 |
| MGMT 414-Data-Driven Web Services |
|
3 |
| Take two of the following 3 credit courses (6 credits): |
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| ACCT 444–Advanced
Information Systems |
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| MGMT 315-Networks & Telecommunications |
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| MGMT
413–Mgmt
Support Systems |
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6 |
| Total Credits |
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30 |
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INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS MINOR
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Develop skills and knowledge necessary for a career in international business by focusing on coursework for your own particular interest.
The objectives of the International Business Minor are:
- Provide students with a broad-based interdisciplinary educational experience that will enable them to succeed in a culturally diverse global business environment.
- Enable students to acquire the basic skills and knowledge necessary for a career in international business.
- Provide students with 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 seeking the International Business Minor will complete the following courses. Students are responsible for fulfilling the appropriate prerequisites for all courses.
| Courses |
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Credits |
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| ECON
314--International Economics |
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3 |
| MKTG 441–International Marketing |
|
3 |
| MGMT 464–International Management |
|
3 |
| *GENERAL ELECTIVES |
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14 |
| *RESTRICTED ELECTIVES |
|
6 |
| Total Credits |
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29 |
*General electives are selected in consultation with a College of Business International Business Minor advisor from an approved list available on the College website 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 website and in Reid 457, the Bracken Center, of upper-division elective courses. |
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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MINOR |
Gain critical insights into business operations and strategy from accounting, finance, management and marketing coursework.
The Business Administration Minor will provide fundamental knowledge and exposure to key business concepts. This minor is open to all non-buisness students.
| Courses |
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Credits |
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| ECON
102--Principles of Macroeconomics |
|
3 |
| ECON 201--Intro to Microeconomics Theory |
|
3 |
| STAT 216--Elementary Statistics |
|
3 |
| Take one of the following: |
|
3 |
| BUS 201--Managerial Communication |
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| ENGL 221--College Writing II |
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| ENGL 223—Technical Writing |
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| BUS 221--Principles of Accounting I |
|
3 |
| BUS 222--Managerial Accounting |
|
3 |
| BUS 301--Management & Organization* |
|
3 |
| BUS 341--Principles of Marketing* |
|
3 |
| BUS 351--Finance* |
|
3 |
| BUS 361--Intro to Law* |
|
3 |
| Total Credits |
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30 |
*Three of
the four required courses denoted must be taken at MSU-Bozeman. A
"C" or better grade must be earned in each of these courses.
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ACCOUNTING MINOR |
The
Accounting Minor is open to all students, with the exception of students
pursuing a business degree with an accounting option.
The coursework will help students understand the role 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 interested in the Accounting Minor must complete the following courses:
| Courses |
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Credits |
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| CS
150--Computer Literacy |
|
3 |
| ECON 102--Principles of Macroeconomics |
|
3 |
| ECON 201--Introduction to Microecomonic Theory |
|
3 |
| BUS 221--Principles of Accounting I |
|
3 |
| ACCT 223--Principles of Accounting II |
|
3 |
| ACCT 327--Intermediate Accounting I |
|
3 |
| ACCT 328--Intermediate Accounting II |
|
3 |
| ACCT 425--Income Tax Accounting |
|
3 |
| ACCT 433--Cost/Management Accounting I |
|
3 |
| BUS 351--Finance |
|
3 |
| Total Credits |
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30 |
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