Minors

There are several minors open to students majoring in business.

Business Infromation Technology
Economics
Finance
International Business
Legal Studies in Business
Marketing
Professional Selling
Risk Management and Insurance

To earn a minor in business, you must have at least 63 hours outside of the Miller College of Business to graduate. Pursuit of any Miller College of Business minor, except Economics, will extend the number of hours required for graduation. If, for example, you are an Accounting major who wants a Finance minor, you will need a minimum of 132 hours (not 126) to graduate.

BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (15 hours)
Open to all business students except those majoring in Information Systems.

Prefix	Number	Title	Credit Hours
ISOM	226	Business Systems Application Development	3
ISOM	311	Introduction to Enterprise Systems	3
ISOM	313	Databases & Information Resource Development	2
ISOM	340	Multimedia & Web Publishing	3
ISOM	411	Integration Project	1
Choose 3 hours from ISOM 300, 350, 412, 413			3

ECONOMICS (18 hours)
Open to all non-business and business students except those majoring in Economics.

Prefix	Number	Title	Credit Hours
ECON	201	Elementary Microeconomics	3
ECON	202	Elementary Macroeconomics	3
Twelve hours from electives in Economics with at least nine hours from 300/400 level courses			12

FINANCE (15 hours)
Open to all business majors except those majoring in Finance.

Prefix	Number	Title	Credit Hours
FIN	301	Principles of Finance 2	3
FIN	310	Principles of Investments 1	3
FIN	320	Financial markets 1	3
Six hours from: FIN 311, 321, 352, 353, 369, 445, 490			6

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (18 hours)
Open only to Miller College of Business majors and requires a minor in a foreign language (15 hours)

Prefix	Number	Title	Credit Hours
ECON	351	International Economics	3
FIN	352	International Finance	3
INTBA	265	Introduction to International Business	3
MGT	301	International Management	3
MKG	470	International Marketing	3
Three hours from: INTBA 300, 369, 490, or an approved area of study Contact Dr. Douglas Naffziger for approval			12

LEGAL STUDIES IN BUSINESS (18 hours)

Prefix	Number	Title	Credit Hours
BL	260	Principles of Business Law	3
BL	363	Uniform Commercial Code Law	3
RMI	270	Principles of Risk Management and Insurance	3
Select nine hours from: BL 362, 367; ECON 346; POLS 347; RE 230, 332; RMI 473			9

MARKETING (18 hours)
Open to all business students except those majoring in Marketing. Students must make applications for admission to this minor. Contact Student Services (WB 147) for an application. Admission will be approved when the student has obtained the following:

at least 63 semester hours
credit in any Economics course
an overall GPA 2.25 or higher

Prefix	Number	Title	Credit Hours
MKG	300	Principles of Marketing	3
Fifteen hours from: 300/400 MKG courses with at least six hours from MKG 400 level classes			15

PROFESSIONAL SELLING (18 hours)
Open to all business students except those majoring in Marketing. Students must make applications for admission to this minor. Contact Student Services (WB 147) for an application. Admission will be approved when the student has obtained the following:

at least 63 semester hours
credit in any Economics course
an overall GPA 2.25 or higher

Prefix	Number	Title	Credit Hours
MKG	300	Principles of Marketing	3
MKG	325	Professional Selling	3
MKG	427	Sales Management	3
MKG	429	Sales Technology Application (Fall only)	3
Six hours from: MKG 367, 369, 425, 460, 495, 497			6

RISK MANAGEMENT and INSURANCE (18 hours)

Prefix	Number	Title	Credit Hours
BL	260	Principles of Business Law	3
RMI	270	Principles of Risk Management and Insurance	3
Select 12 hours from: RMI 369, 371, 377 or 330, 378, 473, 497			12