Business Administration Minor

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Objectives

The minor in Business Administration is designed to allow students to explore four main components of business through the study of economic principles, accounting principles, marketing principles, and human resource leadership for the purpose of optimizing business performance and organizational value.

Competencies, Knowledge, or Skills to be Achieved

By completing the minor, students will:

define and discuss micro- and macro-economic concepts used to describe firm-level economic indicators and global economic indicators (ECON 205 )
define and discuss financial- and managerial- accounting information systems used to determine income, financial position, product/service costs, break-even point, and budgeting processes. (ACCT 205 )
develop the business knowledge, skills and leadership to attract, serve and retain the right customers. (MKTG 301 )
develop the business knowledge, skills and leadership to attract, develop and retain the right employees. (MGMT 303 )

This minor is not approved for students majoring in accounting, business administration, finance, management, marketing & business development, or supply chain management.

Structure of the Minor:

*Prerequisites must be met - see course descriptions for prerequisite requirements
*** May substitute ECON 201 for this requirement

Required Courses (12 Credit Hours):

ACCT 205 - Survey of Accounting Credit Hours: 3
ECON 205 - Survey of Economics Credit Hours: 3 ***
MKTG 301 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3 *
MGMT 303 - Management & Organizational Behavior Credit Hours: 3

Elective (3 Credit Hours):

**Other 3-credit hour courses must be approved by the ME Department Head

Choose one of the following

BLAW 301 - Legal & Ethical Environment of Business Credit Hours: 3
BLAW 303 - Commercial Law Credit Hours: 3 *
BLAW 311 - Principles of Real Estate Credit Hours: 3
COMM 216 - Professional Communications Credit Hours: 3 *
ENTR 401 - Small Business Management/Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3
ENTR 411 - Technology & Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3
ENTR 421 - Applying Innovation Credit Hours: 3
FINC 301 - Principles of Finance Credit Hours: 3 *
FINC 304 - Financial Markets & Institutions Credit Hours: 3
FINC 402 - Personal Finance Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 307 - Leading Inclusion & Diversity Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 311 - Human Resource Management Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 313 - Leading Teams Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 315 - Management of Change Credit Hours: 3 *
MGMT 411 - Business Ethics Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 421 - Management Information Systems Credit Hours: 3 *
MGMT 431 - International Business Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 302 - Personal Branding & Networking Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 303 - Business Development I Credit Hours: 3 *
MKTG 401 - Marketing Management Credit Hours: 3 *
MKTG 403 - Marketing Analytics & Inquiry Credit Hours: 3 *
MKTG 404 - Negotiations & Conflict Resolution Credit Hours: 3 *
MKTG 405 - Create Your Own Adventure Credit Hours: 3 *
MKTG 406 - International Marketing Credit Hours: 3 *
MKTG 407 - Consumer Behavior Credit Hours: 3 *
SCMT 301 - Principles of Operations Management Credit Hours: 3 *

Total Credit Hours Required:

15 (at least 9 of which must be completed at The Citadel)

Note: Please refer to Academic Minor policy within the Undergraduate Curriculum section of the College Catalog regarding the applicability of courses towards core major curriculum and minor curriculum requirements. For more information, please contact the ME Department Head.