+ General Business Minor

Undergraduate Studies in Business
371 Business Administration, 419-372-2747

The general business minor is designed for students who are majoring in non-business fields and want a foundation in business. The general business minor is available to all students except those completing a BSBA degree or majoring in general studies in business in the College of Arts and Sciences or majoring in business education or marketing education in the College of Education and Human Development.

Minor (24-26 hours)

• All courses must be taken for a letter grade and only courses for which a grade of "C" or better is earned will be counted toward the minor.
• All course prerequisites must be met.
• ACCT 200 or 221 (credit allowed for only one)
• ECON 200, 202 or 203 (credit allowed for ECON 200 or for both ECON 202 and 203)
• FIN 300
• MGMT 305 or 360 (credit allowed for only one)
• MKT 300
• Select one from: MATH 120, 122, 126, 128, 130, 131, 134
• Select six hours from business courses at the 200 level or above, with the following restrictions:
  
  • no more than three additional hours from ACCT, ECON, FIN, MGMT or MKT;
  • no more than six hours from BA, LEGS, MIS, OR or STAT;
  • independent study, workshop or internship courses may not be used to fulfill minor requirements (currently numbered 395, 396, 489, 491, 492, 495);
  • no more than six total hours may be taken from any one business discipline (including required courses).

If the college of the student's major does not allow the same courses to be counted for both the major and minor, the number of remaining hours for the minor must be at least 18. If the college of the student's major does allow the same courses to be counted for both the major and minor, the number of additional business hours must be at least six. Substitute courses must be approved by the College of Business Administration.

The total number of hours earned in College of Business Administration courses may not exceed 25 percent or 30 hours of the 122 needed for graduation, counting the major and minor (six hours of STAT and nine hours of ECON are exempt from this limitation).