Minors

From art history and astronomy to sports medicine and Web technology, Ball State offers more than 130 minor areas of study that can be paired with our majors to complement your career goals and personal interests.

Adapted Physical Activity 
African-American Studies
African Studies 
Ancient Studies 
Anthropology 
Applied Physics (options: Electronics, Nanoscience) 
Aquatics (options: Teaching, Administration, SCUBA)
Art History
Asian Studies
Astrophysics 
Biology 
Biological Sciences (for Nursing majors only)
Business Administration
Business Administration for Construction Management
Business Information Technology
Campaign Communication 
Chemistry 
Chinese
Classical Culture
Classical Languages (Latin, Greek)  
Communication Studies
Community Health Education 
Computer Science
Computer Security
Computer Technology 
Construction Management
Consumer Finance
Creative Writing 
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Dance (options: Dance Studies, Musical Theatre Dance, Performance)
Design Technology 
Digital Media
Digital Forensics
Digital Publishing 
Economics
Educational Technology 
Electronics (option on Applied Physics minor)
Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Energy
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Contexts in Health Care
Environmental Geology
Environmental Health 
Environmental Management 
Environmental Policy 
Environmentally Sustainable Practices
Environmental Context for Business
European Studies
Exception Needs: Early Childhood Special Education
Family and Consumer Sciences
Fashion 
Film
Finance
Financial Planning
Food Management 
Foundations of Business
Foundations of Business for Actuarial Science and Mathematics Majors
Foundations of Computer Systems
Foundations of Management
French 
Geography
Geology 
German
Gerontology
GIScience
Graphic Arts Technology 
Historic Preservation
History
Hospitality Management 
Industrial Leadership
Industrial Technology (Operations Management majors only)
Industrial Technology|
Information Systems for Computer Science Majors
Information Systems for Non-Computer Science Majors
Interior Design 
International Business
International Resource Management 
Interpersonal Relations
Introductory Astronomy
Japanese 
Jazz/Commercial Music
Landscape Architecture
Latin-American Studies
Leadership Studies
Legal Studies in Business
Linguistics
Literature
Marketing
Mathematics
Meteorology and Climatology
Military Science
Multicultural Education 
Music History 
Music Literature 
Music Theory
Nanoscience (option on Applied Physics Minor)
Natural Resources 
Native American Studies
Operations Management
Organizational Communication (Marketing and Management)
Organizational Communication (Communication Studies) 
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 
Philosophy 
Physical Activity for the Older Adult
Physics
Physiology 
Piano 
Plastics Technology
Political Science
Preparation of Teachers for Multicultural Secondary Schools
Professional Selling
Professional Writing and Emerging Media
Process Improvement
Psychology of Human Development
Psychology 
Public Health
Real Estate Development
Religious Studies
Residential Property Management 
Risk Management and Insurance
Sacred Music (Music) (Options: organ, voice)
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish 
Special Education (Hearing Impaired)
Speech Pathology and Audiology
Sports Medicine
Sports Studies 
Sustainability
Sustainable Land Systems
Symphonic Instruments and Guitar
Technical Theatre 
Technology and the Environment
Telecommunications 
Theatre
Travel and Tourism
Urban Planning and Development 
Voice (Music)
Women’s and Gender Studies
Workplace Wellness