The Minor in
Business Management and the Minor in Marketing and Entrepreneurship will expand
your skills and understanding of the managerial or marketing functions. These
options augment your specialty, make your degree more attractive to potential
employers, and provide the background necessary for entrance into graduate degree
programs in business or engineering management. Each minor consists of 27
credits as follows:
Business Management Minor
Note: students in the BS-BM, BS-BUS, BS-M, BS-IB and BS-MIS programs are not eligible to receive the minor in Business Management.Required Courses
Students must complete 21 credits of required coursework from the following. Substitutes to the prescribed list may be considered for select majors.
MS-221 Microeconomics -- or -- MS-2220 Foundations of Business Economics
MS-331 Business Law
MS-340 Production Management
MS-342 Management Principles
MS-354 Principles of Accounting
MS-356 Business Finance
MS-361 Marketing
Elective Courses
Students must complete six credits of elective coursework from the following:
MS-327 International Business
MS-3401 Applied Operations Management: Lean Techniques
MS-3403 Managing for Quality
MS-3411 Leading Project Teams
MS-3420 International Management
MS-3423 Innovation and Business Markets
MS-344 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Development
MS-358 Managerial Cost Accounting
MS-393 Quantitative Management Techniques
MS-3991 Supply Chain Management
MS-439 Principles of Real Estate
MS-4411 Compensation System Design
MS-441 Supervision
MS-442 Management in the Era of Rapid Technological Change
MS-443 Labor Relations
MS-444 Business and Government Relations
MS-448 Employment Law
MS-449 Human Resource Management
MS-450 Management Control Systems
MS-4599 Managerial Finance
Marketing and Entrepreneurship Minor
Note: students in the BS-BM, BS-BUS, BS-M, BS-IB and BS-MIS programs are not eligible to receive the minor in Business Management.Required Courses
Students must complete 21 credits of required coursework from the following. Substitutes to the prescribed list are considered for select majors.
MS-221 Microeconomics -- or -- MS-2220 Foundations of Business Economics
MS-331 Business Law
MS-3423 Innovation & Business Markets -- or -- All three of the following one-credit courses:
MS-3425 Entrepreneurship-An Overview
MS-3427 Entrepreneurial Business Plans
MS-3429 Entrepreneurial Finance
MS-361 Marketing
MS-467 Marketing Research
MS-468 Promotion and Advertising Strategies
MS-469 Advanced Marketing Strategies
Elective Courses
Students must complete six credits of elective coursework
from the following:
HU-494 Creative Thinking
MS-273 Web Site Design
MS-327 International Business
MS-3330 Legal Aspects of Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
MS-342 Management Principles
MS-344 Organizational Behavior and Leadership
Development
MS-3615 Services Marketing
MS-363 E-business Marketing Strategies
MS-365 Business-to-Business Marketing
MS-4601 International Marketing and Export
Management
MS-462 Technical Selling
MS-4801 Project Management
MS-483 Database Management Systems
TC-242 Persuasive Speech
TC-342 Professional Presentation Techniques
TC-351
Organizational Communication
Program Director: Dr. Michael J. Payne
If you would like to learn more about this program, please contact the Admission Office.