Minor in Business Administration
Business Administration Minor
Department of Management
615-898-2736
Deana Raffo, program coordinator
Deana.Raffo@mtsu.edu
The minor in Business Administration provides students with an overview of business. Business disciplines represented by the required courses in the minor include accounting, business law, computer information systems, finance, management, and marketing. The minor is designed for students who need a general knowledge of business as a foundation for work in their disciplines of study. A 2.00 GPA is required, and 3 hours at the upper-division level must be taken at MTSU.
Required Courses (18 hours)
- INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing 3 credit hours OR
INFS 2200 - Introduction to Microcomputing
3 credit hours
Microcomputer applications and the microcomputer environment. (Not open to CIS majors.)
- INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Focuses on information systems within organizations. Addresses how information technology (IT) supports business operations and management. Topics include strategic uses of IT, business intelligence, databases, decision support, artificial intelligence, e-business, systems development, IT infrastructure, security emerging trends and inherent social, ethical, and legal considerations. Excel spreadsheet design and data analysis for decision making key components.
- ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business 3 credit hours
ACTG 3000 - Survey of Accounting for General Business
3 credit hours
Prerequisites: A college-level math course; ENGL 1010; sophomore standing. Accounting cycle given minor emphasis; financial statement analysis and managerial uses of accounting given major emphasis. May be used for general business minors or M.B.A. candidates who have had no previous accounting courses. (Not open to Accounting majors and students with credit in ACTG 2110 and ACTG 2120.)
OR
- ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours AND
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I
3 credit hours
Prerequisites: A college-level math course; ENGL 1010; sophomore standing. Financial accounting for proprietorships with emphasis on the accounting cycle for service and merchandising organizations. Additional topics include accounting for receivables; inventories; property, plant, and equipment; and current liabilities. (Not open to students with credit in ACTG 3000.) [Same as TBR Community Colleges ACCT 1010.]
- ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours OR
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: ACTG 2110. NOTE: Students majoring in accounting or considering an accounting major/minor should take ACTG 2125. A continuation of financial accounting concepts with emphasis on debt and equity structures, the statement of cash flows, and ratio analysis. Managerial accounting topics include job, standard- and activity-based costing, cost/volume/profit (CVP) analysis, and budgeting. (Not open to students with credit in ACTG 2125 or ACTG 3000.) [Same as TBR Community Colleges ACCT 1020.]
ACTG 2125 - Principles of Accounting II for Accounting Majors
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: ACTG 2110 with a minimum grade of C. Reporting for corporations with emphasis on issues relating to debt and equity, the Statement of Cash Flows, reporting for manufacturing companies, and other issues related to the profession of accounting. (Not open to students with credit in ACTG 2120; ACTG 2120 will substitute for ACTG 2125.)
- FIN 3000 - Survey of Finance 3 credit hours OR
FIN 3000 - Survey of Finance
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Will not substitute for FIN 3010. An overview of the fundamental concepts and tools for financial decision making within a business firm. (Not open to business majors.)
- FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Theory of corporate finance, emphasizing wealth creation, valuation, risk, capital budgeting, and cost of capital.
- BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours OR
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Legal rights and potential liabilities of business persons. Presentation of the dynamic nature of law in responding to the changing social, ethical, political, regulatory, and international environment. Includes the development and nature of the legal system; business crimes; the law of torts and product liability; constitutional limitations on regulatory powers; legislative, judicial, and administrative control of business activity through the laws of business organizations, securities regulations, antitrust laws, employment laws, labor and safety laws, and consumer protection.
- BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law 3 credit hours
BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law
3 credit hours
Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Legal rights and potential liabilities of business persons. Includes basic law of contracts; UCC; sales; commercial paper; secured transactions and credit; bankruptcy; personal property and bailments; real property; and wills, trusts, and estates.
- MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Concepts of the management functions of planning, organizing, and controlling with an emphasis on behavioral science concepts as applied to managing people in organizations.
- MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing
3 credit hours
Prerequisite: Junior standing. Survey of the functions, processes, and institutions involved in the distribution of consumer and industrial goods and services. Decision making in marketing management introduced.
