Business Minors

• Business Information Technology—Any major (except information systems) can benefit from this minor, which includes a concentration of course work on enterprise systems, database management, and Web publishing.
• Economics—An economics minor is useful to any major. It includes foundations of microeconomics and macroeconomics and allows students to choose from a variety of economics electives.
• Finance—This 15-hour minor is open only to Miller College of Business majors (except finance). It requires three specified classes and selection of two finance electives.
• International Business—This minor provides the fundamentals for practicing business in a global setting.  It requires a 15-hour minor in a foreign language.
• Legal Studies in Business—This minor includes choices among several courses in business law, risk management, estate planning, environmental law, and insurance law.
• Marketing—This minor is open to all majors (except marketing). It includes principles of marketing plus five marketing electives.
• Professional Selling—Open to all majors (except marketing), the professional selling minor includes marketing principles along with instruction in sales management, sales technology, professional selling, and elective course work.
• Risk Management and Insurance—Open to all majors (except risk management and insurance), this minor covers principles of risk management and related topics.
• Financial Planning—Open to all majors, this minor provides course work necessary for a career in financial planning and covers the following topics: investments, estate planning, insurance, employee benefits, and retirement planning and taxes.

Minors for Non-Business Majors:
A minor in business can be a great pairing with all kinds of non-business majors across the Ball State campus. Adding business to your background can help you advance in whatever career you’ve chosen and can be the key to landing an attractive management position.

• Business Information Technology—Any major (except information systems) can benefit from this minor, which includes a concentration of course work on information systems, data management, and microcomputer applications.
• Consumer Finance—This minor blends course work in personal finance, real estate, risk management, insurance, and consumer law.
• Economics—An economics minor is useful to any major. It includes foundations of microeconomics and macroeconomics and allows students to choose from a variety of economics electives.
• Entrepreneurship—This minor gives non-business majors an opportunity to learn more about increasing business success in business finance, investments, and financial markets plus a choice of two more classes from a list of business topics.
• Foundations of Business—This 21-credit-hour minor prepares you for the business world by offering courses in accounting, business law, economics, and information systems.
• Foundations of Management—This minor offers 21 credit hours of instruction into management, accounting, economics, operations management, and information systems.
• Legal Studies in Business—This minor includes choices among several courses in business law, risk management, estate planning, environmental law, and insurance law.
• Marketing—This minor is open to all majors (except marketing). It includes principles of marketing plus five marketing electives.
• Professional Selling—Open to all majors (except marketing), the professional selling minor includes marketing principles along with instruction in sales management, sales technology, professional selling, and elective course work.
• Risk Management and Insurance—Open to all majors (except risk management and insurance), this minor covers principles of risk management and related topics.
• Financial Planning—Open to all majors, this minor provides course work necessary for a career in financial planning and covers the following topics: investments, estate planning, insurance, employee benefits, and retirement planning and taxes.