Minor in Business Administration (Non-Teaching)
The Business Administration minor is open to all non-business students. Students who obtain this minor will gain critical insights into business operations and strategy from accounting, finance, management and marketing coursework. The Business Administration minor will provide students with fundamental knowledge and exposure to key business concepts.
*All minors and certificates are open to non-business students. The following applies to business majors:
- the Accounting minor is not available to business students in the Accounting option
- the Finance minor is not available to business students in the Finance option
- the Business Administration minor, the Business Certificate, and the Entrepreneurship Certificate are not available to any business students.
Students cannot pursue a Business Certificate and a Business Administration minor nor an Entrepreneurship Certificate and an Entrepreneurship minor.
In accordance with the Board of Regents' policy, students must earn a C- or better in all courses in a minor or certificate.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Knowledge of Business: Students will have strong working knowledge of fundamental concepts in accounting, finance, management, marketing, information technology, strategy, and law.
- Critical Thinking: Students will learn to effectively and persuasively assimilate and evaluate information to solve business problems.
- Quantitative Reasoning: Students will be able to interpret, represent, and evaluate quantitative information and integrate such information into business decisions and recommendations.
- Effective Written Communication: Students will be able to develop and organize ideas, adopt an appropriate tone, employ correct grammar, sentence structure and mechanics, use appropriate vocabulary, and correctly cite sources for facts, quotations and ideas.
- Effective Oral Communication: Students will be able to develop and organize ideas, successfully employ technology in support of a message, speak extemporaneously with minimal hesitations and fillers, adopt an appropriate tone, use appropriate vocabulary, employ correct grammar and sentence structure, and manage presentation pacing and timing effectively.
Students seeking a minor in Business Administration must complete the following courses.
| BGEN 105IS | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| ECNS 101IS | Economic Way of Thinking | 3 |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Prof Business Communication | ||
| College Writing II | ||
| Intermediate Tech Writing | ||
| STAT 216Q | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| or EIND 354 | Engineering Probability and Statistics I | |
| BMIS 211 | Data Analytics I * | 3 |
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| Accounting and Finance Basics | ||
| Business Finance | ||
| Agriculture Finance and Credit Analysis | ||
| Econ Org, Finance & Credit | ||
| Business Fundamentals for Technical Professionals | ||
| Engineering Economic Analysis | ||
| BMKT 325 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BMGT 335 | Management and Organization | 3 |
| or EIND 300 | Engineering Management & Ethics | |
| BGEN 361 | Principles of Business Law | 3 |
| Total Credits | 27 | |
*M 121Q pre-requisite.