Contact:
Dr. Michael J. Payne
Phone: (414) 277-7279
The Business Management Minor and the Marketing and Entrepreneurship Minor 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 related graduate programs.
Business Management Minor
The Minor in Business Management expands a student’s understanding of business and skills in management. The minor augments a student’s major and provides the background necessary for entrance into business related graduate programs.
At least 27 credits of “MS” course work are required for the minor. The Minor in Business Management requires taking at least two courses (six credits) in addition to those defined in a student’s major program. If the major allows, one of these courses (three credits) can be used toward a program elective. The advisor for the minor will establish a plan of study for each student. At least 50 percent of the minor requirements must be completed at MSOE. Students in the BSBM, BSBUS, BSM, BSIB and BSMIS programs are not eligible to receive the Minor in Business Management.
Required courses. Students must complete 21 credits of required course work from the following.
MS-221 Microeconomics (or MS-2220 Foundations of Business Economics)
MS-331 Business Law (or CM-3021 Business and Construction 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 course work from the following:
MS-322 Macroeconomics
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
The Minor in Marketing and Entrepreneurship expands a student’s understanding of marketing, innovation and commercialization. The minor augments a student’s major and provides the background necessary for business development.
At least 27 credits are required for the minor, distributed as 21 “MS” credits plus six elective credits. The Minor in Marketing and Entrepreneurship requires taking at least two courses (six credits) in addition to those defined in a student’s major program. If the major allows, one of these courses (three credits) can be used toward a program elective. The advisor for the minor will establish a plan of study for each student. At least 50 percent of the minor requirements must be completed at MSOE. Students in the BSBM, BSBUS, BSM, BSIB and BSMIS programs are not eligible to receive the Marketing and Entrepreneurship Minor.
Required courses. Students must complete 21 credits of required course work from the following.
MS-221 Microeconomics (or MS-2220 Foundations of Business Economics)
MS-331 Business Law (or CM-3021 Business and Construction Law)
MS-3423 Innovation and 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 course work 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