Business Minor

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

The Business minor provides students with exposure to a basic business core and helps them gain an overview of the world of business while pursuing a degree in another field.

 

BUSINESS MINOR REQUIREMENTS (21 credits)
Course		Title	Credits
ACCT	23020	Introduction to Financial Accounting	3
ECON	22060	Principles of Microeconomics	3
	22061	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
FIN	36053	Business Finance *	3
MKTG	25010	Principles of Marketing *	3
MIS	24053	Introduction to Computer Applications	3
	24163	Principles of Management *	3
TOTAL			21

* See registration requirements in the course listing for completed hours and cumulative GPA.

Requirement to declare the business minor:

• Minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA; or if new freshman, no established GPA is required.
  

Requirement to graduate with the business minor:

• Minimum 2.50 GPA (including all attempts the 30000 level course) is required in the minor courses.

Notes:

1. 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.
2. It is recommended that students pursuing a business minor take a statistics course and an operations course.
   Recommended statistics course:  MIS 24056 Fundamentals of Business Statistics
   Recommended operations course: MIS 34060 Operations Management (prerequisites are MIS 24053 and MIS 24056).