Management Minor

Everyone needs management skills. If engineers, scientists, and others hope to advance in their careers, they must learn how to lead projects and manage groups. The Management Minor offers students (other than MG, MGE, or MIS majors, who may take the courses as part of their major or as Breadth or Free Electives, as appropriate) the opportunity to learn some of the theory and practice of managing in organizations with material on management concepts and practices commonly encountered in the business world. This program will help students make a transition to the business world and will provide basic skills for operating effectively in business organizations.

To complete the Management Minor, a student must complete two units of work in the Management Area, typically through course work with the following distribution:

  1. One course from the Social Science Economics area. Any course with course designation ECON#1## will qualify. 
  2. ACC 1100, Financial Accounting
  3. OBC 2300, Organizational Science I 
  4. Either MKT 3600, Marketing Management, or MKT 3651, Industrial Marketing 
  5. Select one (1) from the following group:
    1. ACC 2101, Managerial Accounting
    2. FIN 2200, Financial Management
    3. OBC 3351, Organizational Science - Management of Change
    4. OIE 3400, Production System Design
    5. MKT 3640, Management of Process and Product Innovation
    6. MIS 3700, Information Systems Management
    7. OBC 4365, Leadership in Groups and Organizations
  6. Capstone Experience ETR 4930, Growing and Managing New Ventures

As noted above, students majoring in MG, MGE, or MIS may not minor in Management.

For general policy on the Minor, visit Degree Options.

 

 

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