College of Business Administration
Academic Advising Office
Room 107, Business Administration Building
Tel: 330-672-2872
Web: http://business.kent.edu
Management Minor
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.
Course requirements for the management minor (24 credits):
| Requirements | 12 | |||
| ACCT | 23020 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 | |
| MIS | 24163 | Principles of Management | 3 | |
| 34165 | Dynamics of Leadership | 3 | ||
| 34180 | Human Resources Management | 3 | ||
| Electives | 12 | |||
| Choose from the following based on student's major: | ||||
| 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.