Are you interested in accounting and want to enhance your technical competency? The accounting minor is a great option for you! With two required courses and three electives, this minor can be tailored to complement your major.
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the required and elective courses listed below.
Prerequisites will not be waived. Visit the AU Bulletin to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Required Courses
Elective Courses (Choose Three)
Total Hours: 15 (must earn a minimum overall minor GPA of 2.0)
Business analytics drives decision making in today’s business world. With a minor in Business Analytics, you’ll gain an understanding of big data, how to manage it, and how it should inform business decisions—skills that will make you stand out to potential employers.
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the required courses listed below. Prerequisites
will not be waived. Visit the AU Bulletin to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Required Courses
Total Hours: 15 (must earn a minimum overall minor GPA of 2.0)
Are you interested in supplementing your degree with a business minor? This minor is designed to provide a solid foundation of core business principles to non-business majors.
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the required courses listed below. Prerequisites
will not be waived. Check out the links below to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Required Courses
*If you complete ECON 2020 as a core requirement for your major, it cannot count towards your business minor. Instead, you must take either ECON 2030: Macroeconomics OR ACCT 2700: Business Law (Building Science and Economics majors must choose this option).
Total Hours: 15 (must earn a minimum overall minor GPA of 2.0)
An interdisciplinary program with the College of Business and the College of Engineering, this minor prepares you for work in technology-intensive firms where new product development requires a combination of business and technical skills. This minor is offered to top students competitively selected from the College of Business and the College of Engineering. Applicants should have a GPA of 3.0 or greater.
Note that this minor is overseen by the College of Engineering, not the College of Business. For more information please see the Business-Engineering Technology page.
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the required courses listed below. Prerequisites
will not be waived. Check out the links below to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Required Courses
Total Hours: 16 (must earn a minimum overall minor GPA of 2.0)
The Entrepreneurship and Family Business Minor is a 15 hour program designed around the creation and management of an individual's own business as well as the fostering of an entrepreneurial mindset within a larger organization. It is perfect for students that plan to start their own business or work for a start-up, a franchise, or are interested in the purchase of an existing business. It can also be highly valuable for students that are interested in working for large, highly-innovative companies where an entrepreneurial attitude is expected and valued.
This minor is available to business and non-business majors. All students, business and non-business, are required to meet all prerequisites. Pre-requisites will not be waived.
Requirements
Required Courses:
Currently Approved Elective Courses (subject to change- check with advisor for latest updates):
Total Hours: 15 (Must earn a minimum minor GPA of 2.00)
With a finance minor, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of finance and its applications in the business world. Because this minor is made up entirely of electives, you have the opportunity to focus your interest in finance to a specific concentration or opt for a varied range of courses. Choose from corporate finance, investments, financial institution management, real estate, insurance finance, and multinational finance.
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the electives you choose. Prerequisites will not
be waived. Visit the AU Bulletin to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Elective Courses (Choose Five)
Total Hours: 15 (must earn a minimum overall minor GPA of 2.0)
Reserved for non-business students in the University Honors College. The honors business minor consists of 15 hours of coursework designed to teach core business principles to non-business majors.
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the electives you choose. Prerequisites will not
be waived. Check out the links below to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Honors-Level Courses
Four of the five courses you take as part of this minor must be honors-level courses.
Required Courses
With an information systems management minor, you’ll learn the foundations of telecommunication, business computer applications, database management, and analysis design of a business system—key knowledge to have in today’s information-rich society.
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the electives you choose. Prerequisites will not
be waived. Visit the AU Bulletin to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Elective Courses (Choose Five)
Total Hours: 15 (must earn a minimum overall minor GPA of 2.0)
The international business minor is the perfect complement for students wishing to live and work abroad. It provides students with a better understanding of international economics, international marketing and multinational finance. Additionally, students may choose to explore additional coursework in management, marketing, supply chain management or finance.
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the electives you choose. Prerequisites will not
be waived. Check out the links below to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Required Courses
Elective Courses (Choose Two)
Total Hours: 15 (must earn a minimum overall minor GPA of 2.0)
With a marketing minor, you’ll learn the foundations of marketing theory and practice. Because this minor is made up entirely of electives, you have the opportunity to explore your particular interests in the field, deepening your knowledge in areas that excite you the most. See the options available to you through the course list below.
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the electives you choose. Prerequisites will not
be waived. Visit the AU Bulletin to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Note that for ALL marketing electives, you must first take ECON 2020 and then earn a ‘C’ or better in MKTG 3310. MKTG 3310 does not count toward your minor. Also note that to take MKTG 3310, you must have Junior standing.
Elective Courses (Choose Five)
Total Hours: 15 (must earn a minimum overall minor GPA of 2.0)
With a supply chain management minor, you’ll learn the foundations of supply chain operations and develop strategies for continuous improvement, honing a valuable skill set that can be applied to any industry. A supply chain management minor complements any major!
Requirements
Prerequisites
You must meet all prerequisites for the required courses and your chosen electives
listed below. Prerequisites will not be waived. Visit the AU Bulletin to see course descriptions and their respective prerequisites (abbreviated as “Pr”).
Required Courses
Elective Courses (Choose Two)
Total Hours: 17 (must earn a minimum overall minor GPA of 2.0)
Keep in mind the following policies when declaring a minor or choosing courses to count toward your minor.
Whether you’re a business major or non-business major, declaring your business minor is easy! Business majors should declare a minor by visiting 147 Lowder Hall. Non-business majors should use the Declare Minor Form.