Degree Requirements – Minors

ACCOUNTING MINOR (15 hours)

• Selected from courses within the ACCT caption

FINANCE MINOR (18 hours)

• Principles of Accounting I — ACCT 2010
• Business Finance — BSNS 3200
• Integrated Marketing Communications I — BSNS 3350
• Investments — BSNS 4150
• Money and Banking — ECON 3410
• 3 hours from:
  • Global Finance and Accounting — ACCT 3210
  • Financial Planning — BSNS 3150
  • Practicum in Business — BSNS 3850
  • Portfolio Management — BSNS 4160
  • Topics in Business and Economics — BSNS 4240*
  • Business Internship — BSNS 4800

*When taken to fulfill a requirement for a major or minor, BSNS 4240 must have the prior approval of the student's advisor.

ECONOMICS MINOR (18 hours)

• Principles of Macroeconomics — ECON 2010
• Principles of Microeconomics — ECON 2020
• Intermediate Economic Analysis — ECON 3020
• Money and Banking — ECON 3410
• 6 hours from:
  • Public Finance — ECON 3110
  • International Economics — ECON 3210
  • Practicum in Economics — ECON 3850***
  • Topics in Contemporary Economics and Finance — ECON 4020
  • Topics in Business and Economics — BSNS 4240**
  • Public Policy and Administration — POSC 3200

** When taken to fulfill a requirement for a major, BSNS 4240 must have the prior approval of the student's advisor. When taken to fulfill a minor requirement, the course must have the approval of the dean of the Falls School of Business.
*** Practicum or internship must focus on experience related to the student's major or minor, and must be approved by the dean of the Falls School of Business.

MANAGEMENT MINOR

For majors in the Falls School of Business (15 hours):

• Selected from BSNS and ECON courses listed for the management major (excluding core courses)

For majors outside the Falls School of Business (17-18 hours):

• Principles of Management — BSNS 2710
• 5-6 hours from additional courses in the business core
• 9 hours from BSNS and ECON courses listed for the management major (excluding core courses)

MARKETING MINOR

For majors in the Falls School of Business (15 hours):

• Buyer/Seller Relations — BSNS 3210
• Marketing Research — BSNS 4110
• Marketing Management — BSNS 4330
• 6 hours from:
  • Consumer Behavior — BSNS 3220
  • Supply Chain Management — BSNS 3510
  • Integrated Marketing Communications I — BSNS 3550
  • Integrated Marketing Communications II — BSNS 4550
  • Global Marketing — BSNS 4250
  • Topics in Business and Economics — BSNS 4240**
  • eCommerce — BSNS 4440
  • Business Internship — BSNS 4800

For majors outside the Falls School of Business (17-18 hours):

• Principles of Marketing — BSNS 2810
• 5-6 hours from additional courses in the business core
• 9 hours from BSNS courses in the marketing major

**When taken to fulfill a requirement for a major or minor, BSNS 4240 must have the prior approval of the student's advisor.

NONPROFIT LEADERSHIP MINOR

For majors in the Falls School of Business (15 hours):

• Introduction to Nonprofit Leadership — BSNS 3300
• Planning and Fund Development in Nonprofit Organizations — BSNS 4300
• 9 hours from:
  • Business Internship — BSNS 4800
  • Financial Management of Nonprofit Organizations — ACCT 3300
  • Introduction to Social Welfare and Social Work — SOWK 2000
  • Social Problems — SOCI 2020
  • Christian Communities and Vocation: Discipleship and Citizenship — RLGN 2220

For majors outside the Falls School of Business (18 hours):

• Principles of Management — BSNS 2710
• Principles of Marketing — BSNS 2810
• Introduction to Nonprofit Leadership — BSNS 3300
• Planning and Fund Development in Nonprofit Organizations — BSNS 4300
• Business Internship — BSNS 4800
• Principles of Accounting I — ACCT 2010

GLOBAL BUSINESS MINOR

For majors in the Falls School of Business (15 hours):

Choose from one of the following options:

• Option 1:
  • Global Business — BSNS 3120
  • International Management — BSNS 4120
  • 6 hours from the following:
    • Global Marketing — BSNS 4250
    • International Economics — ECON 3210
    • History and Culture of Modern Germany — HIST 3210
    • History and Culture of Japan — HIST 3350
    • General History of Latin America — HIST 3370
    • Practicum in Service Experiences — INED 3500*
    • Introduction to International Politics — POSC 3300
    • Comparative Politics and Government — POSC 3400
    • POSC 3600
  • 3 hours from additional upper-division BSNS and ECON courses


• Option 2:
  • IBI program
  • 3 hours from:
    • Global Business — BSNS 3120
    • International Management — BSNS 4120

For majors outside the Falls School of Business (18 hours):

• Principles of Management — BSNS 2710
• Principles of Marketing — BSNS 2810
• Global Business — BSNS 3120
• International Management — BSNS 4120
• Principles of Macroeconomics — ECON 2010
• Practicum in Service Experiences — INED 3500*

*Specific trip must have the approval of the dean of the Falls School of Business.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP MINOR

For majors in the Falls School of Business (15 hours):

• Entrepreneurship I: New Venture Feasibility — BSNS 3100
• Entrepreneurship II: Business Plan Development — BSNS 4310
• 9 hours from:
  • Global Business — BSNS 3120
  • Buyer/Seller Relations — BSNS 3210
  • Human Resource Management — BSNS 3230
  • Operations Management — BSNS 3240
  • eBusiness — BSNS 3400
  • Law for Entrepreneurs — BSNS 3440
  • Supply Chain Management — BSNS 3510
  • Marketing Research — BSNS 4110
  • Entrepreneurship III: Funding New Ventures — BSNS 4320

For majors outside the Falls School of Business (18 hours):

• Principles of Accounting I — ACCT 2010
• Principles of Management — BSNS 2710
• Principles of Marketing — BSNS 2810
• Entrepreneurship I: New Venture Feasibility — BSNS 3100
• Entrepreneurship II: Business Plan Development — BSNS 4310
• 3 hours from:
  • Global Business — BSNS 3120
  • Buyer/Seller Relations — BSNS 3210
  • Human Resource Management — BSNS 3230
  • Operations Management — BSNS 3240
  • eBusiness — BSNS 3400
  • Law for Entrepreneurs — BSNS 3440
  • Supply Chain Management — BSNS 3510
  • Marketing Research — BSNS 4110
  • Entrepreneurship III: Funding New Ventures — BSNS 4320

eBUSINESS MINOR

For majors in the Falls School of Business (15 hours):

• eBusiness — BSNS 3400
• Entrepreneurship II: Business Plan Development — BSNS 4310
• eCommerce — BSNS 4400
• 6 hours from:
  • Operations Management — BSNS 3240
  • Supply Chain Management — BSNS 3510
  • Practicum in Business — BSNS 3850***
  • Business Internship — BSNS 4800***

For majors outside the Falls School of Business (18 hours):

• Principles of Accounting I — ACCT 2010
• Principles of Management — BSNS 2710
• Principles of Marketing — BSNS 2810
• eBusiness — BSNS 3400
• Entrepreneurship II: Business Plan Development — BSNS 4310
• eCommerce — BSNS 4400

*** Practicum or internship must focus on experience related to the student's major or minor, and must be approved by the dean of the Falls School of Business.