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College of Business and Global Affairs
100 Business Administration Building
University of TN at Martin
Martin, TN 38238
(731) 881-7227

Dean: Ernest R. Moser emoser@utm.edu

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College of Business & Global Affairs

The College of Business and Public Affairs offers the following minors:

 

The minor in Business Administration consists of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Accounting 300 or Accounting 201
  • Business Law 201
  • Economics 201 or 202
  • Finance 301
  • Management 300
  • Marketing 301


The minor in Accounting consists of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Accounting 201 and 202 (Financial/Managerial Accounting)
  • Accounting 301 and 302 (Intermediate Accounting)

6 additional hours of upper division accounting courses:

  • Accounting 321 (Strategic Cost Management)
  • Accounting 401 (Auditing and Assurance Services)
  • Accounting 431 (Individual Taxation)
  • Accounting 441 (Advanced Financial Accounting)
  • Accounting 451 (Governmental and NonProfit Accounting)

Six additional hours would be necessary to meet the minimum number of credit hours in accounting needed to sit for the CPA exam in Tennessee.



The minor in Computer Science consists of the following courses: (18 hours)

Two of the following computer science courses:

  • Computer Science 211
  • Computer Science 221
  • Computer Science 222
  • Computer Science 226
  • Computer Science 250
  • Computer Science 260

and

  • 12 additional hours of computer science courses, at least 9 of which are upper-division (300 or 400 numbered courses)

 

 

The minor in Finance consists of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Accounting 201 or 300
  • Economics 201 or 202,
  • Finance 301
  • Finance 311
  • Finance 341

and one of the following:

  • Finance 302
  • Finance 313
  • Finance 332
  • Finance 351
  • Finance 370
  • Finance 411

The minor will provide non-finance majors with knowledge of financial theory and practice that will complement and enhance their education within their majors.

 

 

The minor in Entrepreneurship consist of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Accounting 321
  • Finance 341
  • Management 304
  • Management 307
  • Management 481
  • Marketing 302

The minor is designed to give non-business students exposure to entrepreneurial ideas within business and to integrate this exposure with their non-business studies.

 

 

The minor in International Studies consists of multi-disciplinary courses: (18 hours)
  • Students are required to take History 200 plus one course from five of the following areas of study:
  • Agriculture 295
  • Agricultural Economics 335, 350
  • Art History 340
  • Economics 321, 322, 333
  • English 330, 401
  • Geography 380, 381, 441, 442, 461, 462
  • Finance 332
  • French 311, 321, 360, 370, 381, 382
  • German 321, 360, 370, 381, 382
  • History 320, 321,343, 432, 420, 421, 441, 442, 448, 468, 470, 482, 484
  • Japanese 315, 341, 342, 360, 370
  • Management 461
  • Marketing 410
  • Political Science 321, 322, 341,401, 467, 480
  • Psychology 312
  • Religious Studies 301
  • Sociology 300, 304, 306, 433, 495
  • Spanish 321,322, 360, 370, 381, 382, 385, 386

 

 

The minor in Leadership consists of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Economics 322
  • Leadership 321
  • Leadership 323
  • Management 304
  • Natural Resource Management 100 or 101

plus three additional hours from one of the following:

  • Engineering 100
  • Philosophy 210

 

 

The minor in Management consists of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Management 300
  • Management 350
  • Management 461

and

  • 9 additional hours of upper-division management electives (300 or 400 numbered courses)

 

 

The minor in Management Information Systems consists of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Computer Science 211
  • Computer Science 221
  • Computer Science 250

and one course chosen from

  • Computer Science 360
  • Computer Science 410
  • Information Systems 361
  • Information Systems 310

and three hours chosen from:

  • Computer Science 201 (3 hours course)
  • Information Systems 211, 212, 213 (1 hour courses)
  • Information Systems 221, 222, 223 (1 hour courses)
  • Information Systems 231, 232, 233 (1 hour courses)

and two courses, one of which must be upper-division (300 or 400 numbered courses), selected from:

  • Computer Science 211
  • Computer Science 221
  • Computer Science 222
  • Computer Science 250
  • Computer Science 351
  • Computer Science 352
  • Computer Science 360
  • Computer Science 410
  • Information Systems 361
  • Information Systems 461
  • Information Systems 491

 

 

The minor in Marketing consists of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Economics 201 or Economics 202
  • Marketing 301
  • 12 additional hours of marketing courses.

The minor will provide non-business majors knowledge of marketing thought and practices and enhance their education within their respective majors.

 

 

The minor in Office Information Systems consists of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Information Systems 212-213 (1 hour courses)
  • Information Systems 222-223 (1 hour courses)
  • Information Systems 232-233 (1 hour courses)
  • Information Systems 310
  • Information Systems 461
  • Information Systems 462

and one of the following:

  • Information Systems 351
  • English 325

 

 

The minor in Political Science consists of the following courses: (18 hours)
  • Political Science 210
  • Political Science 220

12 hours of upper-division courses (300 or 400 numbered)

Only six hours (2 courses) can be from the following courses:
  • Political Science 400
  • Political Science 410
  • Political Science 420
  • Political Science 467

 

The minor in Paralegal Studies consists of the following courses: (21 hours)
  • Political Science 210
  • Political Science 220
  • Political Science 390
  • Political Science 391
  • Political Science 392
  • Political Science 393
  • Political Science 451

The minor in paralegal studies is designed to prepare a person for a career as a legal assistant. Also, as part of an overall degree program, it is an excellent minor for students who plan to attend law school.

 
Note: Students majoring in political science cannot receive a separate minor in paralegal studies; however, courses in the paralegal studies minor can count toward satisfying the major.