Minors

 

Business Administration Minor

See Business Administration minor in the Course Catalog.

The Business Administration minor is available to non business students in all schools and departments at the University. This provides the opportunity for non-business majors to gain understanding of the basic concepts and tools of business.

The minor in business administration requires a total of 18 units. The lower-division classes—Macroeconomics and Financial Accounting—are required in addition to 12 units selected from the Business Administration core.

Sports Management Minor

See Sports Management minor in the Course Catalog.

The worldwide increase in recreational sports and fitness participation, coupled with society's growing concern over healthy lifestyles, has created a need within the sports and recreation industry for additional trained management professionals possessing a wide variety of skills.

The Sports Management Minor provides exposure to the many facets of the sports, recreation and leisure business including sports marketing, coaching theory and practice, facility and operational management, legal liability and risk management, sports psychology, and sports news media and public relations

Students are invited to participate in an internship program designed to provide work skills and practical experiences in the sports field.

Leadership Studies Minor

See Leadership Studies minor in the Course Catalog.

The Leadership Studies Minor is a multi-disciplinary program that provides stduents the opportunity to study and practice leadership from multiple disciplines, including both theoretical and experiential components, emphasizing active learning and community service.

Regardless of one's academic major, this minor seeks to improve the student's abilities for leadership roles in their chosen field. The program has four components: theoretical, experiential, skill building, and a culminating capstone.

Learning Outcomes

  • Compare the prevailing leadership and followership theories
  • Analyze, explain, and evaluate the tenets of change leadership and transformation of cultures from a historical, organizational, political and societal perspective
  • Compare and apply the major theoretical and experiential approaches to effective leadership communication
  • Explain key theories of organizational behavior
  • Analyze and discuss the challenges facing individuals and organizations in pursuit of ethical behavior and socially responsible decision making
  • Lead through participation in campus organizations, clubs, community leadership projects


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