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Management Minor

College of Business Administration
Academic Advising Office
Room 107, Business Administration Building
Tel: 330-672-2872
Web: http://business.kent.edu

The minor in management is intended to provide a basic core of management courses, with emphasis on strategic management, leadership and the management of employees. These courses allow students to gain an overview of managerial functions and expertise that will add value to the career preparations provided by their major programs. The minor is valuable to students outside, as well as inside, the College of Business Administration. Students are expected to satisfy all prerequisite requirements.

 

MANAGEMENT MINOR REQUIREMENTS (24 credits)
Course Title Credits
ACCT 23020 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3
MIS 24163 Principles of Management 3
  34165 Dynamics of Leadership 3
  34180 Human Resources Management 3
Electives: choose from the following 12
Business Majors: Maximum one course from each curricular area  
COMM 20001 Interpersonal Communication (3)  
  25863 Business and Professional Communication (3)  
  35864 Organizational Communication (3)  
ENG 30064 Argumentative Prose Writing (3)  
  30065 Expository Prose Writing (3)  
MIS 34054 Using IS for Business Problems (3)  
  34185 Individual and Group Behavior in Organizations (3)  
PSYC 31773 Industrial Psychology (3)  
  41282 Personality (3)  
  41532 Social Psychology (3)  
Non-Business Majors:Maximum one course from each curricular area.  
ACCT 23021 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3)  
COMM 20001 Interpersonal Communication (3)  
  25863 Business and Professional Communication (3)  
  35864 Organizational Communication (3)  
ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics (3)  
  22061 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)  
FIN 36053 Business Finance (3)  
MIS 24053 Introduction to Computer Applications (3)  
  34185 Individual and Group Behavior (3)  
MKTG 25010 Marketing (3)  
TOTAL 24

 

Requirements to declare the management minor:

  • Officially declared major (not pre-major, general, undeclared or exploratory); however, advising is available and recommended anytime prior to declaration
  • Minimum 60 semester hours completed
  • Minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA among the top students who apply

Requirement to graduate with the management minor:

  • Minimum 2.50 GPA (including all attempts) is required in the minor courses.

Note: To earn a College of Business Administration minor, students must complete at least two courses in the minor at Kent State University on a graded basis. At least one of these courses must be at the upper-division (30000 or 40000) level.