Business Administration (Minor)

Business Administration (Minor)
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The Minor in Business Administration offers students majoring in other disciplines the opportunity to develop a well-rounded business background.


WHAT IS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION?

Business administration teaches you how to manage all aspects of an organization’s resources and people. Whether you aspire to work for a high-powered firm, start-up or non-profit, launch your own business, or lay the foundation for your MBA, a business administration degree opens the doors to many career opportunities. It pairs perfectly with a liberal arts major, as well as majors in the health sciences, engineering, and the biosciences making you more job ready.

WHY STUDY BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AT UNH?

A minor in business administration offers students majoring in other disciplines the opportunity to develop a well-rounded business background. You’ll complete coursework in core business areas of accounting, marketing, management, and economics. You can choose electives that meet your career goals, including human resources management, promotion and advertising and sales. Or strengthen your knowledge in economics, finance, statistics, or the decision sciences. The minor enables you to enter any job with skills and experience that distinguish you as a professional. 

Curriculum & Requirements

The Minor in Business Administration offers students majoring in other disciplines the opportunity to develop a well-rounded business background. Students complete coursework in core business areas such as accounting, marketing, management, as well as economics. The minor enables students to enter their selected industries with skills and experience that distinguish them as professionals.

Minor Requirements

  • The courses may be taken in any order; you are responsible for checking pre-requisites for elective courses.
  • Capacity in most courses may be limited.
  • ACC 501, MKTG 530, and MGT 535 are for Business Administration minor only; they do not carry credit toward Paul College majors.
  • The Business Administration minors must also follows UNH's policy on minors.
  • Following University policy, you must complete 20 semester hours with a grade of C- or better and a 2.0 grade point average.
  • Courses taken on a Pass/Fail basis may not be used for the minor.
  • No more than 8 credits used by the student to satisfy major requirements may be used for the minor.
  • No more than 8 credits or 2 courses of approved transfer courses may be used toward the minor.
Required Courses
ECON 402Principles of Economics (Micro)4
ACC 501Survey of Accounting4
or ADMN 502 Financial Accounting
MKTG 530Survey of Marketing4
MGT 535Organizational Behavior4
Elective
Select one course from the folllowing:4
ADMN 510
Business Statistics
ADMN 503
Managerial Accounting
DS 520
Topics in Entrepreneurship/Decision Sciences
ECON 401
Principles of Economics (Macro)
ECON 625
Economic History of the United States
ECON 620
Topics in Economics
FIN #620
Topics in Finance I
MGT 620
Topics in Management
MGT 640
Human Resource Management
MGT 642
Talent Acquisition
MGT 666
Strategic Negotiation and Conflict Management
MKTG 520
Topics in Marketing
MKTG 547
Promotion and Advertising
MKTG 649
Foundations of Personal Selling
PAUL 450
Personal Finance
*Other courses may be approved by petition
Total Credits20

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