Minors

Additional rules for students majoring in a business area:

• You cannot minor in the same area of business as your major.
• You must complete the Coles College Sophomore GPA Requirement in addition to any specific course prerequisites before taking courses for a business minor.
• You must earn at least nine (9) semester hours in the minor in residence at KSU.
• If you later change your major or formal minor, you must file a new “Declaration of a Formal Minor” form.
• You may not return to college after you earned the baccalaureate degree to add a minor.
• If you change the courses that make up your minor, you must complete a new “Declaration of a Formal Minor” form.
• Your business minor may not contain any courses counted as your Major Field Requirements or Major Field Electives.
• You may count courses taken for a business minor toward the Business Electives required for a B.B.A. degree.
• The student must sign, in addition to the student’s Faculty Advisor, Department Chair of Major Department, and Department Chair of the Formal Minor, in writing, the “Declaration of Formal Minor” form.

***Please indicate your intention to pursue a minor in one of these areas by submitting a “Declaration of Formal Minor” form to the Business Undergraduate Advising Center in BB 431 (770-423-6055).

If you have questions about any of these business minors, contact the Department sponsoring the minor or talk with a member of the Coles College Advising Team. A list of Team members and their walk-in advising times is available from the Business Undergraduate Advising Center.

Accounting Minor:

Offered by the Department of Accounting

BB 211            (770) 423-6084

ACCT 2200        Introduction to Managerial Accounting
ACCT 3100        Intermediate Financial & Audit
ACCT 3200        Concepts in Federal Taxation

Select two of the following:

ACCT 4050        Intermediate Financial Accounting II
ACCT 4100        Advanced Financial
ACCT 4150        Auditing & Assurance
ACCT 4200        Advanced Managerial
ACCT 4250        Advanced Tax
ACCT 4300        International Accounting
ACCT 4600        Governmental & Nonprofit

Business Law Minor:
Offered by the Department of Accounting

BB 211             (770) 423-6084

BLAW 2200       Legal and Ethical Environment of Business

Select four of the following:

BLAW 3400      Negotiation
BLAW 4100      Advanced Business Law
BLAW 4200      Employment Law
BLAW 4300      Real Estate Law
BLAW 4500      Franchise Law
BLAW 4600      International Law: Business Applications
BLAW 4960      Current Issues in Business Ethics & Law

Economics Minor:
Offered by the Department of Economics & Finance

BB 322             (770) 423-6091

ECON 2200       Principles of Macroeconomics

Select four of the following:

ECON 4210      Money & Financial Markets
ECON 4310      Economic Development in Global Perspective
ECON 4510      Microeconomics
ECON 4550      Managerial Economics
ECON 4610      Macroeconomics
ECON 4710      Econometrics & Forecasting
ECON 4810      Quantitative Decision Models
ECON 4850      Decision Analysis & Simulation

Finance Minor:
Offered by the Department of Economics & Finance

BB 322             (770) 423-6091

FIN 3100           Principles of Finance

Select four of the following:

ECON 4210       Money & Financial Markets
FIN 4220           Corporate Finance
FIN 4260           Treasury Management
FIN 4320           Financial Statement & Security Analysis
FIN 4360           Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management
FIN 4420           International Financial Management
FIN 4520           Financial Derivatives & Financial Engineering
FIN 4620           Financial Management of Financial Institutions

Management Minor:
Offered by the Department of Management & Entrepreneurship

BB 304             (770) 423-6552

For non-business majors –

MGT 3100         Management & Behavioral Science

MGT 4160         Organizational Behavior

     or 4170        Human Resource Management
MGT 4120         Venture Management
MGT 4190         International Management

One other 4000-level MGT course, NOT MGT 4199

For business majors –

MGT 4160         Organizational Behavior
     or 4170        Human Resource Management
MGT 4120         Venture Management
MGT 4190         International Management

Two other 4000-level MGT courses, NOT MGT 4199

Marketing Minor:
Offered by the Department of Marketing & Professional Sales

BB 222             (770) 423-6060

MKTG 3100       Principles of Marketing
MKTG 4150      Consumer Behavior

Three other 4000-level MKTG courses, NOT MKTG 4990

Operations & Purchasing Minor:
Offered by the Department of Management & Entrepreneurship

BB 304             (770) 423-6552

MGT 3200         Operations Management
MGT 4800         Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
MGT 4850         World Class Manufacturing
MGT 4860         Quality Management Control
MGT 4880         Service Operations Management (formerly 4210)

Professional Sales Minor:
Offered by the Department of Marketing & Professional Sales

BB 222             (770) 423-6060

MKTG 3100      Principles of Marketing
MKTG 4410      Professional Selling
MKTG 4430      Market Analysis
MKTG 4450      Sales Management
MKTG 4850      Business to Business 

                       Marketing