Business Minor
The Business Department offers a minor in Business to students who wish to develop business skills and knowledge yet major in another discipline. This minor degree is available to any bachelor degree seeking student who is completing a degree outside of the Business Department.
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate data and information using critical thinking and decision-making skills to devise solutions for common business problems.
- Apply basic accounting methods and accounting software to analyze financial data and provide ethical guidance.
- Apply the major theories and principles of ethics and law to the modern business environment.
- Identify and apply major theories of effective marketing.
- Demonstrate the use of major economic theories to analyze business problems and devise solutions.
- Analyze business environments using the strategic management process in order to identify and forecast trends and suggest preferred courses of action.
- Analyze complex business issues and effectively communicate findings through written and oral communication methods.
Requirements
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECON XXX3 | Economics Elective (ECON 1013, ECON 2023) | 3 |
| ACCT XXXX | Accounting Elective (ACCT 1124, ACCT 5043) | 3 or 4 |
| BUAD XXX3 | Ethics or Law Elective (BOAD 3043, BUAD 5043, BUAD 7023) | 3 |
| MKTG XXX3 | Marketing Elective (MKTG 2073, MKTG 6003) | 3 |
| TMGT 7153 OR BUAD 3153 | Management Elective | 3 |
| Total Number of Credit Hours | 15 or 16 | |
Declaration Requirements
- Minimum of 30 hours completed with a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
- The minor must be completed with an overall GPA of 2.5 in all courses taken at Alfred State College. For complete details, please see the College Catalag or contact the Business Department: chair at 607-587-3413.
- The minor must be completed with at least six (6) credit hours of upper-level credits.
Business Minor Electives
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| BUAD 5003 | Management Communications |
| BUAD 5013 | Principles of Leadership |
| BUAD 5023 | Human Resource Management |
| BUAD 4403 | Business Computer Applications |
| BUAD 6003 | Managerial Finance |
| BUAD 6113 | Strategic and Creative Problem Solving |
| BUAD 6403 | Project Management for Business Professionals |
| BUAD 7033 | Operations Management |
| ECON 2023 | Microeconomics |
| BUAD 7043 | Quantitative Problem Solving Methods |
| BUAD 7273 | Organizational Behavior |
| BUAD 8003 | Management Information Systems |
| BUAD 8013 | International Business |
| BUAD 8023 | Strategic Management |
| PSYC 1013 | General Psychology |
| SOCI 1163 | General Sociology |
| TMGT 7003 | Managing Technology and Innovation |
| BUAD 6213 | Business in the European Union |