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Business Administration, Minor

Business is everywhere. The minor in business administration at Â鶹´«Ã½'s Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business provides students in all majors a broad, business-oriented supplement to their major field of study. Students will develop skills and gain an understanding of essential principles across business disciplines vital to many professions and businesses.

The business administration minor at SLU is only available to non-business students.

Required Courses
´¡°ä°ä°ÕÌý2200Financial Accounting3
´¡°ä°ä°ÕÌý2220Accounting for Decision Making 13
µþ±õ´ÜÌý1002Business Foundations Excel Lab0
µþ°Õ²ÑÌý2000Introduction to Business Technology Management3
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý1900Principles of Economics (meets °ä°¿¸é·¡Ìý3600 Ways of Thinking: Social and Behavioral Sciences) 23
¹ó±õ±·Ìý3010Principles of Finance3
²Ñ³Ò°ÕÌý3000Management Theory and Practice3
²Ñ°­°ÕÌý3000Introduction to Marketing Management3
°¿±Ê²ÑÌý2070Introduction to Business Statistics 23
Elective Courses
Select two of the following:6
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý3120
Intermediate Macroeconomics 3, 4
·¡°ä°¿±·Ìý3140
Intermediate Microeconomics 3, 4
±õµþÌý2000
Introduction to International Business (meets University Core Attribute: Global Interdependence)
²Ñ³Ò°ÕÌý2000
Legal Environment of Business I
°¿±Ê²ÑÌý3050
Introduction to Management Science and Operations Management
Total Credits30
1

Course prerequisite of µþ±õ´ÜÌý1002 Business Foundations Excel Lab (0 cr) may be met via Microsoft Excel certification.

2

Additional prerequisite: ²Ñ´¡°Õ±áÌý1200 College Algebra.

3

Additional prerequisite: ²Ñ´¡°Õ±áÌý1320 Survey of Calculus or ²Ñ´¡°Õ±áÌý1510 Calculus I.

4

Students earning the B.A. in economics cannot count this course towards the business administration minor.

NOTE:

Outside of the Business Common Body of Knowledge (CBK), a maximum of one business course (3 credit hours) may be used to fulfill requirements in two business majors/minors.

Continuation Standards

Students must maintain a minimum 2.00 grade point average (GPA) in all courses used to fulfill minor requirements. If the minor GPA falls below a 2.00, students will have one semester to increase their minor GPA to a 2.00, or they will not be allowed to enroll in 3000- and 4000-level minor courses.

Students can complete all or part of the business administration minor at SLU’s campus in Madrid.

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