Business (Minor)

Program Overview

The Business minor at CMU provides students with a solid foundation in business principles, enhancing their job market competitiveness. It includes core courses in accounting, management, marketing, and communication, along with a selection of electives to tailor the program to individual interests. Students must have basic computer and communication skills and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.00 for the minor courses.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The minor in Business is designed to prepare students to enter the world of business with the basic business skills needed to contribute more efficiently and effectively in their place of work. A foundation in accounting, management, marketing and workplace communication, provides students an opportunity to build a foundation in business. Additionally, courses in management, marketing, accounting, finance, and computer information systems allow students to choose classes that best fit their program goals. A business minor coupled with a non-business major can increase the employment opportunities available in a variety of areas.

Other:

• Students are presumed to have basic communication and computer literacy, including working knowledge or word processing and spreadsheet software.
Students lacking this basic knowledge are responsible for attaining it through coursework, tutorials, or workshops.
• The Catalog Year determines which program sheet and degree requirements a student must fulfill in order to graduate.
• A minor is not a degree by itself and must be earned at the same time as a baccalaureate degree.
• A minor must be outside the major field of study.
• A student may earn up to five minors with any baccalaureate degree at CMU.
• Visit with your advisor or academic department to determine which catalog year and program requirements sheet you should follow.
• See “Requirements for Undergraduate Degrees and Certificates” in the catalog for a complete list of graduation requirements.
• A minor consists of 15-24 semester hours.
• There may be prerequisites required for the minor which will increase the total number of credit hours for a student who has not already taken those prerequisites.
• Courses taken to satisfy Essential Learning, major requirements, or electives can be counted toward the minor if applicable.
• At least 33 percent of the credit hours required for the minor must be in courses numbered 300 or above.
• At least 25 percent of the classes must be taken at CMU.
• 2.00 cumulative GPA or higher for the courses used for the minor.

Required Courses:

• ACCT 201 Principles of Financial Accounting (3 credit hours)
• MANG 201 Principles of Management (3 credit hours)
• BUGB 211 Business Communications (3 credit hours) or MANG 410 Effective Workplace Communication (3 credit hours)
• MARK 231 Principles of Marketing (3 credit hours)

Elective Courses:

• ACCT 202 Principles of Managerial Accounting
• BUGB 231 Survey of Business Law
• CISB 305 Solving Problems Using Spreadsheets
• ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics-GTSS
• ENTR 300 Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• ENTR 450 Entrepreneurship
• HRMA 371 Human Resource Management
• MANG 301 Organizational Behavior
• MANG 410 Effective Workplace Communication
• MARK 325 Consumer Behavior

Note:

• At least two, and in some cases three courses, must be upper division.
• If a student takes BUGB 211 rather than MANG 410, then the student must take three upper-division courses in the choices listed above.
• Some electives may have additional course prerequisites beyond those required for the Minor.