BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY MINORS

ACCOUNTING (Minor)

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Minor)

BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Minor)

The Business Analytics and Information Systems (BAIS) minor was designed to provide the skills needed to be modern data-driven managers. Students will learn how to design a data architecture that can support the digital transformation of a business, collect, clean, visualize and analyze business data. Students will become proficient in applying these concepts to solve various business problems.

Program Learning Objectives

• Apply appropriate concepts and methodologies to design a data architecture that is aligned with the strategies of the business, facilitates the flow of business processes, and can support the information requirements of managers and other users.

•  Design queries to analyze data stored in relational databases and acquire relevant business information

•  Build code to gather, transform, visualize, and analyze data using machine learning, statistical modeling packages, text analytics, and social network analytics.

•  Select the most appropriate design and analytics tools to suit various scenarios from the sub-areas of business.

•  Explain how emerging technologies can be used to store, manipulate, and analyze unstructured data (e.g., social media content, images, email text) to enable better decision-making in business.

• Design code to implement machine learning/artificial intelligence models to predict outcomes and provide information that can be used to solve problems in various areas of business.

Note: ONE of the above electives may be substituted with IT 2789 Programming and Problem Solving, ACNT 2060 Forensic Accounting, AC 2768 HTML and Design, or BUS 2100 Small Business Concepts. 

COACHING (Minor)

Program Learning Objectives

• Apply critical thinking and techniques to solve real problems related to coaching and player development within the sport and recreation industries.

• Recognize, understand and apply laws, ethical situations, and social responsibility as it relates to working in secondary, collegiate, professional or club coaching.

• Evaluate strategies and the techniques of effective in-game coaching and in practice development.

• Employ appropriate oral and written communication with players, administrators, organizations, the media and the public across all industry settings.

• Recognize and apply effective recruitment strategies in teambuilding and explore innovative technologies used in today’s coaching industry.

• Explore and evaluate coaching styles, leadership theories, and effective player-coach dynamics including the emotional and social needs of athletes.

• Implement various coaching responsibilities and team organizational procedures.

DATA ANALYTICS (Minor)

Students in the program will complement and enhance their disciplinary learning with the knowledge and skills to use data in the decision-making process within their major field of study. They will learn about structures and skills for data management, use programming to execute data analysis functions, understand the role, function, and limitations of machine learning and business intelligence, and participate in gathering requirements, performing exploratory analyses, and interpreting, applying, and visualizing the results to solve real-world problems. Throughout the program, students will integrate the themes of ethical practices, principles of design, and productive team functioning.

Program Learning Objectives

• Use currently available data analytics tools to perform data analysis functions.

• Manage and transform data from multiple sources in and out of databases.

• Compare the different types of machine learning algorithms and build machine learning models to find patterns in training datasets from a variety of disciplines.

• Analyze the problem situation and identify the users’ requirements of a data analytics project, while navigating the moral, ethical, social, and legal issues surrounding data collection and analysis.

• Perform exploratory and inferential analyses to recognize and communicate the value and limitations of the models generated in the context of data analysis projects.

• Select and implement data analysis strategies to solve real world problems, interpret and apply the results generated, and visually communicate the work to a variety of audiences.

FINANCE (Minor)

The finance minor’s primary objectives are to provide a high- quality finance education program that enables graduates to become contributing members to the finance community and provide graduates with a foundation upon which continued life- long learning can be built.

Program Learning Objectives

• Apply terminology, theories, concepts, practices, and skills specific to the field of corporate finance.

• Apply financial principles to practical business and personal finance situations.

• Perform financial analysis using quantitative concepts and techniques.

• Interpret financial statements and ratios.

• Examine investment and financial risk.

• Apply legislation, regulations, and principles of practice to financial scenarios.

• Communicate professionally through writing and presentations.

MARKETING (Minor)

PUBLIC RELATIONS (Minor)

SPORT AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT (Minor)