Minors : University of Connecticut School of Business

Minors

The UConn School of Business offers a Minor in Business, Entrepreneurship, and Professional Selling.

Minor in Business

The minor in Business is designed to offer a basic understanding of business topics for students who are not enrolled in the School of Business or intending to pursue a business degree.

Requirements:

• Five (5) 3-credit 3000-4000 Junior/Senior level business courses (minimum of 15 credits which may include, but are not limited to, BADM courses listed on the plan of study).
A ‘C’ (2.0) grade or better in each course to be counted toward the minor.

Additional Details:

The Plan of Study for the Minor in Business must be submitted during the student's last semester when the student is in the process of completing or has completed the minor. There can be no declaration of the minor prior to a student's last semester.
Since registration in business courses appropriate for the minor is on a space available basis, the School of Business cannot guarantee completion of the minor.
Accreditation standards restrict students who are not majors in the School of Business to no more than 27 credits of coursework offered by the School of Business.
No more than three of the credits used to satisfy requirements for the minor may be from transfer credits of courses equivalent to University of Connecticut courses, UConn Study Abroad or National Student Exchange courses. With approval, one 4 credit transfer course may be used to satisfy requirements for the minor.
Credits from internships cannot be used to satisfy requirements for the minor.
No student in the School of Business can complete both a major and a minor in Business.

BADM 3710, 3720, 3730, 3740, 3741, 3742, 3750, 3752, 3755, 3756, 3760, 4753, 4754 and 4895 (details shown on the plan of study) are not open to students in the School of Business. These courses may not be used to meet course or grade point average graduation requirements for School of Business majors, either as core business requirements or as required business electives.

View the minor in Business plan of study.

Business Minor Courses - Summer 2009

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	Campus	Course Information

May Term May 11 - 29, 2009	Storrs	BADM 3720 Business Law (D’Angelis): Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 12:00pm BUSN202 BADM 3750 Marketing (Kareklas): Monday - Friday 1:00pm - 4:00pm BUSN226

Summer Session One June 1 - July 10, 2009	Storrs	BADM 3710 Accounting (Prelle): Monday & Wednesday, 5:30pm - 8:45pm BUSN218M BADM 3720 Business Law (Spurling): Tuesday & Thursday, 5:00pm - 8:15pm BUSN127 BADM 3730 Finance (Padmanabhan): Monday & Wed., 1:00pm - 4:15pm BUSN226 BADM 3760 Information Systems (Tian): online except for orientation and exams
	Hartford	BADM 3710 Accounting (Seow): Tuesday & Thursday, 5:30pm - 8:45pm
	Waterbury	BADM 3720 Business Law (Cremins): Tuesday & Thursday, 6:00pm - 9:15pm WTBY207
	Stamford	BADM 3720 Business Law (Carrafiello): Tuesday & Thursday, 5:30pm - 8:45pm DWTN129

Summer Session Two July 13 - August 21, 2009	Storrs	BADM 3710 Accounting (Savidge): Tuesday & Thursday, 5:30pm - 8:45pm BUSN204 BADM 3730 Finance (Chigurupati): Monday & Wednesday, 5:00pm - 8:15pm BUSN203 BADM 3750 Marketing (Wei Chen): see department BADM 3760 Information Systems (Bragin): online except for orientation and exams
	Stamford	BADM 3710 Accounting (Bittner): Monday & Wednesday, 5:30pm - 8:45pm DWTN258
	Waterbury	BADM 3710 Accounting (Ramunni): Tuesday & Thursday, 9:00am - 12:15pm WTBY333

Minor in Entrepreneurship

The minor in Entrepreneurship is designed to offer a basic understanding of entrepreneurship topics for students who are not enrolled in the School of Business or intending to pursue a business degree.

Requirements:

Five (5) 3-credit 3000-4000 Junior/Senior level business courses (minimum of 15 credits which may include, but are not limited to, BADM courses listed on the plan of study).
A ‘C’ (2.0) grade or better in each course to be counted toward the minor.

Additional Details:

The Plan of Study for the Minor in Entrepreneurship must be submitted during the student's last semester when the student is in the process of completing or has completed the minor. There can be no declaration of the minor prior to a student's last semester.
Since registration in business courses appropriate for the minor is on a space available basis, the School of Business cannot guarantee completion of the minor.
Accreditation standards restrict students who are not majors in the School of Business to no more than 27 credits of coursework offered by the School of Business.
No more than three of the credits used to satisfy requirements for the minor may be from transfer credits of courses equivalent to University of Connecticut courses, UConn Study Abroad or National Student Exchange courses.
Credits from internships cannot be used to satisfy requirements for the minor.
No student in the School of Business can complete both a major and a minor in business or entrepreneurship.

Minor in Professional Sales

The minor in Professional Sales is designed to offer a basic understanding of Professional Sales topics for students who are not enrolled in the School of Business or intending to pursue a business degree.

Requirements:

A minimum of five (5) 3-credit 3000-4000 Junior/Senior - level Business Courses, which must include BADM 3750 (or MKTG 3101), BADM 3752, BADM 4753, and BADM 4754 (see reverse side for a list of BADM courses that may be used to fulfill the additional 3 credit course requirement).
Prerequisites for BADM 3750 include: ACCT 2001; ECON 1200 OR both ECON 1201 and ECON 1202; MATH 1070Q or MATH 1071Q or MATH 1120Q or MATH 1121Q or MATH 1131Q or MATH 1151Q; and STAT 1000Q or STAT 1100Q or STAT 3025Q; Open to juniors or higher. Not open to students who have passed or are taking MKTG 3101.
A ‘C’ (2.0) grade or better in each course to be counted toward the minor.
Courses used to fulfill the requirement for the professional sales minor may not also be used to fulfill the requirements for either the entrepreneurship or business minor. Note: Accreditation standards restrict students who are not majors in the School of Business to no more than 21 credits of coursework offered by the School of Business.

Additional Details:

Suggested timeline for completion of courses: all pre-requisites for BADM 3750 by the end of the 4th semester. BADM 3750: 5th semester; BADM 3752: 6th semester; BADM 4753: 7th semester; BADM 4754 8th semester.
A maximum of one three-credit hour course can be applied toward the minor from outside the University of Connecticut.
A maximum of one three-credit hour course can be applied toward the minor from a UConn Study Abroad Program or a National Student Exchange Program.
Internship credit(s)/course(s) cannot be used to satisfy requirements of the Professional Sales minor.
There can be no declaration of the minor prior to a student’s last semester.
The Plan of Study for the Minor in Professional Sales must be submitted during the student’s last semester when the student is in the process of completing or has completed the minor.
Since registration in business courses appropriate for the minor is on a space available basis, the School of Business cannot guarantee completion of the minor.
No student in the School of Business can complete both a major and a minor in Business or Professional Sales.

Many BADM courses are not open to students in the School of Business. These courses may not be used to meet course or grade point average graduation requirements for School of Business majors, either as core business requirements or as required business electives.

View the minor in Entrepreneurship plan of study.