Go further, faster in every field with the skills you gain with a Minor in Business Administration
3
Use your AUCC credits to fulfil minor requirements in just three semesters
21
Acquire marketable skills and add value to your talents in 21 credits of courses
90%
Offer rate from jobs and graduate programs for graduates with the business minor
Business in your back pocket
Support your career, wherever it takes you with coursework that offers the flexibility to enhance any major with the skills that best suit your plans. The Minor in Business Administration allows you to individualize your academic journey to fit your future with the flexibility of four tracks. Develop a broad overview of professional skills or focus on your needs to simultaneously earn a certificate in business-to-business sales or entrepreneurship. We offer minor advising for all students, please contact the advisor to set up an appointment.
Business Minor Core
Business Foundations
21 Credit Program
Coursework to fit your goals
Chart your own course and complete your Minor in Business Administration with the skills and experiences that best match your future. The 21-credit program can be completed in only three semesters and is open to all CSU students who are not Business majors. Select from a wide range of courses and education abroad opportunities to build the skill set that accelerates success in your field.
General Business track
Expand on the fundamentals in the minor’s core curriculum with deeper exploration of your choice of topics that include business information systems, legal issues, customer relations, real estate or marketing, among other options.
In order to declare your business minor or certificate, please contact the Business Minor Advisor.
Business-to-Business Selling track
Focus on developing the skills to strengthen customer relationships and managing sales teams while honing your own sales skills. Completing this track simultaneously fulfils the requirements to earn a Certificate in Business-to-Business Selling.
In order to declare your business minor or certificate, please contact the Business Minor Advisor.
Entrepreneurship track
Prepare to launch your own venture and cultivate the diverse skills you need to succeed in your field with course options as wide-ranging as apparel design to biomedical design. Completing this track simultaneously fulfils requirements to earn a Certificate in Entrepreneurship.
In order to declare your business minor or certificate, please contact the Business Minor Advisor.
Music Business track
Lay the foundations for success in a unique and dynamic industry as you learn about licensing and revenue streams, merchandising, concert promotion and music marketing. Completing this track simultaneously fulfils requirements to earn a Certificate in Music Business.
In order to declare your business minor or certificate, please contact the Business Minor Advisor.
Take the next step
Declare your minor in business administration or request more information about the program*.
*Please Note: you must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA to declare the minor
Looking for more options?
Enhance your degree with a Minor in Real Estate, Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, or a Minor in Music Business.
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