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BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY MINORS

ACCOUNTING (Minor)

Requirements for the Accounting Minor:

Credits

ACNT 1010 Financial Accounting

3

BUS 1010 Excel for Business

1

ACNT 1011 Managerial Accounting

3

ACNT 2010 Intermediate Accounting I

3

ACNT 2011 Intermediate Accounting II

3

ACNT 2020 Individual Income Taxation

3

ACNT 3010 Cost Accounting

3

ACNT 3050 Auditing

3

 Total:

22

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Minor)

Requirements for the Business Administration Minor:

Credits

BUS 1000 Intro to Business

3

BUS 1010 Excel for Business

1

ACNT 1010 Financial Accounting

3

BUS 1610 Economics: Macro

3

ACNT/MIS/BUS/SRM/MRKT Electives at the 2000/3000-level

12

 Total:

22

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.

required courses:

Credits

MIS 1010 Managing with Information Systems

3

MIS 2050 Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence

3

MIS 2060 Coding for Business Analytics

3

MIS 3020 Gathering Business Intelligence

from Structured and Unstructured Data

3

One elective from the following options (3 credits)

ACNT 2060 Forensic Accounting

MIS 2030 E-Commerce

MIS 3050 Enterprise Systems Project Management

MRKT 2000 Marketing Analytics

 Total:

15

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.

Requirements for the coaching minor:

Credits

SRM 2010 Sport and Recreation Administration

3

SRM 2050 Principles of Coaching

3

SRM 3050 Business of Coaching

3

SRM 3450 Internship in Coaching or Administration

3

One elective from the following options (3 credits)

SRM 2000 Sport and Recreation in Society

SRM 2030 Sport and Recreation Facility and Event Management

SRM 2040 History of Women in Sport

SRM 2060 Sport Media and Communications

Total:

15

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.

Required Courses:

Credits

AC 2020 Database Concepts

3

MIS 2050 Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

CS/GD 2100 Data Storytelling & Visualization

3

MATH 3200 Mathematical Modeling

3

One elective from the following options (3 credits)

BIOL 2300 Bioinformatics

CJ/SOC 2600 Methods in Social Research

BUS 2150 Quantitative Methods

ENVS 2300 Geospatial Analysis

MATH 3130 Operations Research

MRKT 2000 Marketing Analytics

PSY 2050 Research Methods in Psychology

Total:

15

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.

Requirements

Credits

Prerequisites:

ACNT 1010 Financial Accounting

3

ACNT 1011 Managerial Accounting

3

BUS 1010 Excel for Business

1

BUS 1611 Microeconomics

3

FIN 2000 Financial Management

3

Required Courses:

FIN 2010 Financial Institutions and Markets

3

FIN 3000 Advanced Corporate Finance

3

FIN 3010 Investments

3

Two electives from the following options (6 credits)

ACNT 2011 Intermediate Accounting II

ACNT/FIN 2030 Financial Statement Analysis

ACNT/FIN 3020 Financial Planning

FIN 3020 Financial Modeling

FIN 3450 Internship & Seminar

FIN 3900 Special Project

Total:

28

MARKETING (Minor)

Requirements for the Marketing Minor:

Credits

BUS 1000 Intro to Business or

BUS 2100 Small Business Concepts

3

MRKT 2520 Marketing Management

3

Four electives from the following options (12 credits)

MRKT 2000 Marketing Analytics

MRKT 2100 Digital Marketing

MRKT 2110 Sales Management

MRKT 2120 Retail Management

MRKT 2160 Consumer Behavior

MRKT/PR 2790 Public Relations

MRKT 3000 Marketing Research

MRKT 3100 Advertising Management

MRKT 3450 Internship Marketing

MRKT 3560 Global Marketing

MRKT 3980 Senior Seminar Marketing

SRM 2020 Sport and Recreation Marketing and Revenue Streams

 Total:

18

PUBLIC RELATIONS (Minor)

Requirements for the Public Relations Minor:

Credits

PR/MRKT 2790 Principles of Public Relations

3

PR 2800 Publicity Techniques

3

PR 2850 Managing Public Relations in a Diverse World

3

PR 3900 Public Relations Research and Campaign Design

3

PR 3440 Public Relations Case Studies

3

Total:

15

SPORT AND RECREATION MANAGEMENT (Minor)

Requirements for the Sport and Recreation Management Minor:

Credits

SRM 1000 Intro to Sport and Recreation Management

3

SRM 2010 Sport and Recreation Administration

3

SRM 2020 Sport and Recreation Marketing and Revenue Streams

3

Two electives from the following options (6 credits)

SRM 2000 Sport and Recreation in Society

SRM 2030 Sport and Recreation Facility and Event Management

SRM 3000 Sport and Recreation Legal Studies

SRM 3010 Sport and Recreation Strategy and Leadership

SRM 3020 Sport and Recreation Governance and Policy

Total:  

15