Business Administration
Minor in Business

The Department of Business Administration offers three minor programs of study. 

Minor in Business Administration

The Minor in Business Administration is open to students who would like to explore the subject of business in depth, but whose primary interests lie elsewhere.  Requirements for the minor are the completion of at least 18 semester hours of business courses.  At least nine of these hours must be at the upper-division level. The specific courses required for the minor will be selected under the supervision of a departmental advisor and will be tailored to the interests and needs of the student

Minor in Business Administration Legal Studies

The Business Administration Legal Studies Minor is designed for students who would like to develop a practical understanding of legal theory and the rules of law applicable to public and private institutions, with emphasis on business enterprises.  Students considering graduate studies in business, law, medicine, or other professional areas and those who intend to serve in an organizational leadership capacity would find that the Legal Studies Minor complements their major field of study.

The requirements for the minor in Business Administration Legal Studies is the completion of 18 semester hours as follows:

Required:

ACCT 1301 - Fundamentals of Accounting
BUSN 3302 - Legal Concepts of Business I
BUSN 3341 - Legal Concepts of Business II

One of:

BUSN 3338 - Government Regulation of Business
BUSN 3361 - International Business Law
ECON 3336 - Antitrust Economics
ECON 3339 - Economic Analysis of Law
Or appropriate BUSN 3-90 - Studies in Business
Or other course approved by the minor advisor

One of:

COMM 3362 - Media Law and Policy
PHIL 3353 - Philosophy of Law
PLSI 3351 - Constitutional Law
SOCI 3350 - Sociology of Law
Or other law courses outside of business administration and economics approved by the minor advisor.

One of:

Additional three-hour course in law from either one of listings above

Note:    Students pursuing a minor in Business Administration and a minor in Business Administration Legal Studies cannot count a course taken for more than one minor area of study.  Neither the minor in Business Administration nor the minor in Business Administration Legal Studies is open to Business Administration majors.

Minor in Communication Management

The minor in Communication Management is an interdisciplinary program that studies both advertising and public relations as part of the management of communication processes by combining mass media, speech communication, marketing, and business principles.

The requirement for the minor in Communication Management is the completion of 21 semester hours as follows:

Required:

COMM 3362 - Media Law and Policy
MGMT 2301 - Management of Organizations
MKTG 2301 - Principles of Marketing
SPCH 3334 - Persuasion

Three of:

COMM 3324 - Ethics and the Mass Media
COMM 3360 - Principles of Public Relations
COMM 3361 - Principles of Advertising
MGMT 3371 - Human Resources Management
MGMT 3372 - Organizational Behavior
MKTG 3381 -Consumer Behavior
MKTG 3382 - Promotion Management
MKTG 4381 - Marketing Management
SPCH 3362/BUSN 3311 - Organizational Communication
*SPCH 4397 - Internship
* As approved by minor advisor

 

 

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