Business Minors - College of Business Administration - Belmont University - Belmont University

Minor Fields

A minor field of study may be taken in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, International Business, Management Information Systems and Marketing. Business minors are not intended for BBA degree seeking students.

The School of Business also participates in an Interdisciplinary Ethics Minor located on the Interdisciplinary page of the catalog.

Minor in Accounting	Hours
Technical Requirement (Hours Counted in Gen Ed Core):
ECO 2210, Principles of Macroeconomics (3) or ECO 2220, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Requirements
ACC 2410, 2420, Accounting Principles I & II (3,3) or ACC 2430, Integrated Accounting Principles (6) or ACC 2440, 2450, Integrated Accounting Principles I & II (3,3)	6
ACC 3310, Intermediate Accounting I	3
ACC 3320, Intermediate Accounting II	3
ACC Electives 3000-level or above	6
Total	18

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Minor in Business Administration	Hours
Technical Requirement (Hours Counted in Gen Ed Core):
ECO 2210, Principles of Macroeconomics (3) or ECO 2220, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Requirements
ACC 2410, 2420, Accounting Principles I & II (3,3) or ACC 2430, Integrated Accounting Principles (6) or ACC 2440, 2450, Integrated Accounting Principles I & II (3,3)	6
FIN 3210, Business Finance¹	3
MGT 3110, Principles of Management	3
MKT 3210, Principles of Marketing	3
College of Business Elective	3
Total		18

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Minor in Economics	Hours
Technical Requirement (Hours Counted in Gen Ed Core):
ECO 2220, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Requirements
Choose two of the following courses:	6
ECO 2210, Principles of Macroeconomics (3) ECO 2895, Mathematical Economics (3) OR MTH 1150, Elementary Statistics (3) OR MTH 1151, Elementary Statistics for Sciences (3) OR MTH 1170, Calculus I for Business, Economics, and the Social and Life Sciences (3)
Choose one of the following courses:	3
ECO 3220, Money and Banking (3) ECO 3260, Intermediate Macroeconomics (3) ECO 3270, Intermediate Microeconomics (3) ECO 4500, Global Managerial Economics (3)
Choose three of the following courses:	9
ECO Electives (any course numbered 3000 or above) PSC 2700, Political Economy (3) PSC 3610, Game Theory and Public Choice (3) PSC 3710, International Political Economy (3) PSC 3720, Environmental Political Economy (3)
Total	18

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Minor in Entrepreneurship	Hours
Technical Requirement (Hours Counted in Gen Ed Core):
ECO 2210, Principles of Macroeconomics (3) or ECO 2220, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Requirements
ACC 2410, 2420, Accounting Principles I & II (3,3) or ACC 2430, Integrated Accounting Principles (6) or ACC 2440, 2450, Integrated Accounting Principles I & II (3,3)	6
ETP 3000, Foundations of Entrepreneurship	3
ETP 3700, Entrepreneurial Financial Management	3
ETP 4500, Venture Planning	3
ETP Elective 3000-level or above	3
Total	18

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Minor in Finance	Hours
Technical Requirement (Hours Counted in Gen Ed Core):
ECO 2210, Principles of Macroeconomics (3) or ECO 2220, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Requirements
ACC 2410, 2420, Accounting Principles I & II (3,3) or ACC 2430, Integrated Accounting Principles (6) or ACC 2440, 2450, Integrated Accounting Principles I & II (3,3)	6
FIN 3210, Business Finance	3
Finance Electives selected from the following:	9
FIN 3330, Financial Institutions Management (3) FIN 3460, Investment Portfolio Management (3) FIN 4210, Corporate Finance (3) FIN 4330, International Capital Markets (3) FIN 4410, Advanced Business Finance (3) FIN 4460, Investment Management (3)
Total	18

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Minor in International Business	Hours
Technical Requirement (Hours Counted in Gen Ed Core):
ECO 2210, Principles of Macroeconomics (3) or ECO 2220, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Other Technical Requirements
• Two semesters at the 2000 level or higher in the same foreign language successfully completed. May be counted as a Gen Ed requirement or toward a Major or Minor in a foreign language. (6) • Approved study abroad experience (semester, May or summer term, or Belmont University sponsored course that has an authorized overseas component.⁴
Requirements
ACC 2430, Integrated Accounting Principles	6
INB 3300, International Business⁸	3
Business Elective (choose one of the following):	3
ECO/INB 4400, International Economics ETP/INB 4200, International Entrepreneurship⁹ FIN/INB 4330, International Capital Markets^1,3 MKT/INB 4310, International Marketing²
International Electives⁸ (choose two of the following):	6
ECO 4700, Economic Growth and Development ECO/INB 3800, Comparative Economic Systems ECO/INB 3900, Chinese Economy ECO/INB 4440, International Economics ETP/INB 4200, International Entrepreneurship^3,9 FIN/INB 4310, International Marketing^2,3 INB 4330, International Capital Markets¹ MBU 3330, International Music Business⁷ MGT 3000, International Business Practical Internship⁴ MGT/INB 3895, International Management MGT/INB 3896, Global Supply Chain Management PSC 2300, International Relations PSC 2400, Introduction to Comparative Politics⁵ PSC 3710, International Political Economy PSC 4320, International Law⁶
Total	18

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Minor in Management Information Systems	Hours
Technical Requirement (Hours Counted in Gen Ed Core):
ECO 2220, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Requirements
ACC 2410, 2420, Accounting Principles I & II (3,3) or ACC 2430, Integrated Accounting Principles (6) or ACC 2440, 2450, Integrated Accounting Principles I & II (3,3)	6
MIS 3100, Managing Information Systems in Business	3
MIS 3620, Business Data Management and Analysis	3
Electives selected from the following:	6
ACC 3520, Accounting Information Systems (3) MGT 3000, Cooperative Education (no more than 3 hours in internship credit) MGT 4180, Operations Management (3) MIS 2050, Introduction to Web Programming (3) MIS 3300, Business Systems Analysis (3) MIS 3680, Electronic Markets (3) MIS 4010, Database Applications Design and Development (3) MIS 4450, Special Topics in Information Systems Management (3) MIS 4500, Enterprise Systems (3) MIS 4730, Project Management (3) MIS 4780, Systems Outsourcing (3)
Total	18

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Minor in Marketing	Hours
Technical Requirement (Hours Counted in Gen Ed Core):
ECO 2220, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Requirements
ACC 2410, 2420, Accounting Principles I & II (3,3) or ACC 2430, Integrated Accounting Principles (6) or ACC 2440, 2450, Integrated Accounting Principles I & II (3,3)	6
MKT 3210, Marketing Principles	3
MKT Electives 3000 level or above (no more than 3 hours in internship credit)	9
Total	18

¹FIN 3210, Business Finance prerequisite requirement only if student opts to take FIN 4330 (MTH 1150 plus ACC 2440 & ACC 2450 or ACC 2430 are prerequisite requirements of FIN 3210 and only taken if student takes FIN 4330) and MGT 3300, International Business. (ACC 2410 and ACC 2420 may be substituted for ACC 2440 and ACC 2450 or ACC 2430; however, ACC 2410 will only be accepted if transferred to Belmont).

²MKT 3210, Principles of Marketing prerequisite requirement only if student opts to take MKT 4310

³Option if not taken as a business elective

⁴Requirement can be met by working for a U.S. company (stateside) conducting significant international business or by working abroad for an organization while meeting the study abroad component of the minor.

⁵PSC 1210 prerequisite requirement (may be counted as part of General Education Core Social Sciences requirement if student opts to take PSC 2400)

⁶PSC 2300, International Relations prerequisite requirement

⁷MBU 1110, Survey of Music Business prerequisite requirement only if student opts to take MBU 3330

⁸COBA majors must select 12 hours from the International Electives section since MGT 3300 is a required course for the BBA degree.

⁹ETP 3000, Foundations of Entrepreneurship prerequisite requirement only if student opts to take ETP 4200