Minors
The Marketing and Management Department offers four minors:
Business Minor (for Non-Business Majors)
The Minor consists of six courses.
Minor Requirements:
19 credits
| BUSS 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BUSS 201 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BUSS 220 | Marketing | 3 |
| BUSS 224 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| ECON 101 | Principles of Economics – Micro | 3 |
| ECON 102 | Principles of Economics – Macro | 3 |
Event Management Minor
The Event Management minor consists of five courses.
Minor Requirements:
15 credits
| HEM 102 | Fundamentals of Special Events | 3 |
| HEM 217 | Strategies for Meeting Planning | 3 |
| HEM 322 | Special Events Planning | 3 |
Choose one of the following courses:
| HEM 101 | Hospitality Management | 3 |
| BUSS 101 | Contemporary Issues in Business | 3 |
| SMGT 102 | Introduction to Sport Management | 3 |
Choose one of the following courses:
| HEM 218 | Convention Sales and Group Planning | 3 |
| HEM 222 | Hospitality Operations Management | 3 |
| SMGT 301 | Sport Facility & Events Management | 3 |
Human Resources Minor
The minor consists of six courses. Social Science majors must select at least three courses with a BUSS designation, and Business majors must select at least three courses with a psychology or sociology designation.
Minor Requirements:
18 credits
| BUSS 336 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| PSYC 345 | Assessment of Individual Differences | 3 |
| MGMT 731 | Human Resource Law | 3 |
Choose three of the following courses:
| COM 308 |
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Strategies | 3 |
| PSYC 202 | Psychology of Personality | 3 |
| PSYC 218 | Psychology of Small Groups | 3 |
| PSYC 220 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| BUSS 205 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUSS 224 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| BUSS 235 | Ethics in Business | 3 |
| BUSS 317 | Managing U.S. Health Care Resources | 3 |
| BUSS 330 | Managing Change | 3 |
| SOC 301 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
Social Science majors will do at least one semester of internship in a Human Resources setting.
Law and Business
The Law and Business minor consists of six courses. At least three of the courses must be courses not required for the individual student’s major. Additionally, Accounting, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Hospitality and Event Management, International Business, Management, Marketing, Sports Management, and Fashion Retail and Merchandising majors must take a minimum of three Legal Studies courses. Legal Studies majors must take a minimum of 3 Business courses from the list.
Minor Requirements:
18 credits
| LS 101 | Foundations of the American Legal System | 3 |
| BUSS 205 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
Choose one of the following courses:
| BUSS 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| HEM 101 | Introduction to Special Events Management | 3 |
| FASH 101 | Contemporary Issues in Fashion Merchandising | 3 |
| SMGT 102 | Introduction to Sport Management | 3 |
Choose three of the following courses:*
| LS 202 | Legal Research and Analysis | 3 |
| LS 203 | Justice, Law and the Constitution | 3 |
| LS 206 | Law of Commercial Transactions | 3 |
| SMGT 201 | Legal Aspects of Sport | 3 |
| LS 210 | Special Topics in Legal Studies | 3 |
| LS 301 | Legal Writing and Reasoning | 3 |
| LS 304 | Litigation Practice | 3 |
| LS 305 | Comparative Law and Legal Systems | 3 |
| COM 308 | Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Strategies | 3 |
| LS 307 | Tort and Personal Injury Law | 3 |
| LS 308 |
Property Law | 3 |
| LS 320 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| LS 325 | Evidence | 3 |
| BUSS 201 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BUSS 202 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUSS 203 | Financial Management | 3 |
| BUSS 204 |
Federal Income Taxation | 3 |
| BUSS 220 | Marketing | 3 |
| BUSS 224 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| BUSS 235 | Ethics in Business | 3 |
*Please note that several of the electives on this list have prerequisites that must be taken before taking the course.
