What
is required for a minor in Business Administration?
Five Business
Administration courses are required. You must take MGNT 3105. Of the remaining
four courses, at least two of them must be upper division (e.g. 3000 or 4000
level) courses. The other two can be either upper or lower level courses.
Can I
count other courses taught by the Business Administration Department?
Almost any course that
begins with MGNT, ECON, or ACCT will count towards your minor. The one
exception is ECON 1101.
Can I
use ECON 1101 towards a minor?
For most students, the
answer is no. Most students who take ECON 1101 take it as part of the core,
specifically what is called Area E.
SPSU policy is that courses in Areas A-E of the core cannot be double-counted. That means
if you use ECON 1101 to fulfill part of your core requirements, you cannot
double-count it as part of your minor. If, however, you took ECON 1101 and do
not need it to fulfill your core requirements, then you can count it towards a
minor in Business Administration. However, that will not apply to most
students.
Some
Business courses are taught by the IET Department. Will those count?
No. Only courses that begin
with MGNT, ECON, or ACCT will count towards your minor.
I am
majoring in IET and I have to take four MGNT courses as part of my major. Can I
count these towards my minor in Management?
Yes. SPSU allows courses
like these to be double-counted, once towards your major and again towards your
minor.
I
only have four of the five courses needed to complete the minor. Can I use a
course substitution for the last course?
Generally speaking, no.
University policy is to leave the decision regarding course substitutions for
the minor to the departments issuing the minor. Except in very unusual
situations, the Business Administration Department does not allow course
substitutions to complete the minor. Generally speaking, only transfer courses
that come in as a business course, ACCT, ECON, and MGNT courses can be used to
complete the minor.
Do I
have to take all the courses for the minor at SPSU?
No. According to the
undergraduate catalog:
"To receive a
minor, a student must complete at least six hours of the upper division
requirements for the minor at Southern Polytechnic State University. Transfer
credit may be used to satisfy the other requirements for the minor. Specific
courses for minors are listed at the end of the curricula section of this
catalog."
What that means is that at
least two of your upper division (3000+) minor courses must be taken at
SPSU. The others can be transferred in from other schools.
Can I
count 6000-level MGNT courses towards a minor?
No. 6000-level courses are
graduate courses and cannot be used towards an undergraduate degree. In
addition, undergraduate students are not allowed to take MGNT 6000-level
courses. There is no graduate minor in Business Administration.