About the minor in Business Administration

Our minor in Business Administration provides you with a set of workplace skills to complement the discipline-specific knowledge you gain in your major. Through the minor, you engage in coursework in Management, Marketing, Financial Accounting and Economics.

The 18-credit program also allows you the flexibility to choose two or more electives, so that you can tailor the program to best-serve your professional goals. Whether you aspire to a career in marine biology, health care, psychology, communications or a wide range of other fields, understanding how a market works will help you succeed.

Curricular Requirements

Program Required CoursesCredits
BUAC 201 – Financial Accounting3
BUEC 204 – Microeconomics3
BUMG 200 – Management3
BUMK 200 – Marketing3
Six (6) Credits of 300+ Level Electives from the College of Business6
Minimum Total Required Credits18

Please note: While some courses can fulfill both core and program requirements, the credits earned do not count twice towards the minimum total required credits for the degree.

Find your career

Examples of Electives Based on Careers And Interests

Health Care

  • Health Economics (ADV)
  • Social Entrepreneurship (ADV)
  • Nonprofit Management*
  • Health Care Organization and Management*
  • Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management

Communications

  • Advertising
  • Sales Management
  • Marketing Strategy*
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Business and Society Relations

Nonprofits

  • Social Entrepreneurship (ADV)
  • Nonprofit Management*
  • Business and Society Relations
  • Leadership
  • Human Resource Management

Financial Sector

  • Financial Concepts and Skills
  • Money, Credit and Banking
  • Legal Environment of Business
  • Managerial Accounting
  • Investments

Starting Your Own Business

  • Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management
  • Advertising
  • Human Resource Management
  • Money, Credit and Banking
  • Legal Environment of Business

Psychology

  • Organizational Behavior
  • Business and Society Relations
  • Leadership
  • Health Economics (ADV)
  • Social Entrepreneurship (ADV)

Marine Biology or Environmental Studies

  • Sustainable Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Economics (ADV)
  • Ecological Economics
  • Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management
  • Social Entrepreneurship (ADV)

An International Career

  • International Management
  • Global Marketing
  • Global Economics
  • Business and Society Relations
  • Organizational Behavior
*Course is Currently Being Developed