Business Studies Minor

Program: Minor
SBMS Undergraduate Student Affairs Center
Richard T. Doermer School of Business and Management Sciences

Neff Hall 366 ~ 260-481-6472 ~ www.ipfw.edu/bms

The minor in business studies provides a fundamental background in the principles of business and economics. The minor is available to any IPFW student majoring in a nonbusiness bachelor’s degree program. Your eligibility for this program is governed by the policies of the division/department in which you are enrolled. Please see your academic advisor for additional information.

To earn this minor, you must be regularly admitted to an IPFW bachelor’s degree program that permits this option. All courses that compose this option have specific prerequisites. You must meet the prerequisites for each course and earn a grade of C or better in each course marked with an *. Some of these courses may be applicable to other requirements of your degree program. See your academic advisor for details.

Program Requirements

BUS A201 - Principles of Financial Accounting Cr. 3.
*
BUS A202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting Cr. 3.
*
BUS K211 - Spreadsheets for Business Cr. 1.
*
BUS K212 - Introduction to Database Management Cr. 1.
BUS K213 - Internet Literacy for Business Cr. 1.
BUS L200 - Elements of Business Law Cr. 3.
*
BUS W204 - Social, Legal, and Ethical Implications of Business Decisions Cr. 3.
ECON E201 - Introduction to Microeconomics Cr. 3.
*
ECON E202 - Introduction to Macroeconomics Cr. 3.
*
ECON E270 - Introduction to Statistical Theory in Economics and Business I Cr. 3.
*
MA 229 - Calculus for the Managerial, Social, and Biological Sciences I Cr. 3.
(or MA 165 or 223)

Two of the following: Credits 6

Upon completion of all above courses and after attaining junior class standing, you may select a maximum of two from the following:

BUS D300 - International Business Administration Cr. 3.
*
BUS F301 - Financial Management Cr. 3.
*
BUS M301 - Marketing Management in a Competitive Environment Cr. 3.
*
BUS P301 - Managing Operations in a Competitive Environment Cr. 3.
*
BUS Z302 - Management of Organizations and People Cr. 3
*

Note

As a major in another bachelor’s degree program, you are not eligible to enroll in any additional business or economics courses. No more than 25 percent of a nonbusiness student’s baccalaureate curriculum may be in subjects available in the Richard T. Doermer School of Business and Management Sciences.

Business Studies Minor

Program: Minor SBMS Undergraduate Student Affairs Center Richard T. Doermer School of Business and Management Sciences

Program Requirements

Two of the following: Credits 6

Note

Total Credits: 31

Program: Minor
SBMS Undergraduate Student Affairs Center
Richard T. Doermer School of Business and Management Sciences