Oct 04, 2024

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog

2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Business Foundations Minor (for non-business majors)

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The Business Foundations minor is designed to provide non-business majors with the foundations of business. Required courses cover accounting and computer literacy. Elective courses relate to personal finance, professional selling, entrepreneurship from a small business and a corporate perspective, and global business. In GENB 3301 students will also learn how to leverage a non-business major in a business environment.

Requirements to Declare:

A 2.0 cumulative GPA at UH and junior standing are the requirements to declare the Business Foundations minor.

GPA Requirements:

A 2.0 or higher cumulative GPA in all courses attempted for the minor are required for graduation. All attempted courses from the courses listed below are used toward the calculation.

Minor Course and Residency Requirements:

The Business Foundations minor consists of 18 hours, 9 hours of which must be advanced, and 6 of the 9 advanced hours must be in residence.

Required courses include:
ACCT 2331 - Accounting Principles 1 - Financial Credit Hours: 3.0
ACCT 2332 - Accounting Principles 2 -Managerial Credit Hours: 3.0
MIS 3300 - Introduction to Computers and Management Information Systems Credit Hours: 3.0
9 semester credit hours from
ENTR 3310 - Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3.0 *
ENTR 3312 - Corporate Entrepreneurship Credit Hours: 3.0 **
GENB 3300 - Introduction to Personal Finance Credit Hours: 3.0
GENB 3301 - Connecting College to Business Credit Hours: 3.0
INTB 3354 - Introduction to Global Business Credit Hours: 3.0
INTB 3355 - Global Environment of Business Credit Hours: 3.0
MARK 3337 - Professional Selling Credit Hours: 3.0
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Note:

* ENTR 3310 is the required course for application to the Certificate in Entrepreneurship.

** Students who complete ENTR 3310 and ENTR 3312 with a grade of C or higher earn a Certificate in Corporate Entrepreneurship.

*** MARK 3337 is the required course for application to Program for Excellence in Selling (PES).