Small Business Management

Small Business Management Minor

A Small Business Management minor helps students learn how to start and run a small business successfully. It teaches practical skills in planning, organizing, communicating, and managing daily operations. Students gain a basic understanding of entrepreneurship, financial decision-making, and problem-solving to prepare them for owning or managing a small business. This minor requires 15 credit hours, with 6 credit hours in upper division.

• ACCT 115 - Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 3
• BUSI 120 - Business Communications Credit Hours: 3
• CITA 315 - Microsoft Excel for Business Applications Credit Hours: 3
• BUSI 200 - Management I Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• BUSI 205 - Small Business Management Credit Hours: 3

• Students will choose one of the following:

• BUSI 343 - Individual Behavior in Organizations Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• BUSI 345 - Risk Management and Insurance Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• BUSI 360 - International Business Management Credit Hours: 3

• OR

• BUSI 385 - Business Ethics Credit Hours: 3

Minimum Total Credit Hours = 15

Minimum Total Credit Hours = 15

Program Learning Outcomes

A student completing this minor should be able to:

•             Prepare financial statements manually in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

•             Demonstrate the communication process, writing process, functions and principles of effective business communications

•             Produce coherent messages transmitted across the most effective and efficient modes of communication

•             Apply management theory and procedures to organize people and operations to a form of business

•             Assess the merits of an idea for a potential small business

•             Create efficient spreadsheets for business analysis, decision making, and presentations

•             Evaluate small business management theory as it relates to business applications