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 Education
African-American Studies
African Studies
American Studies
Ancient Studies
Anthropology 
Applied Physics (options: Electronics, Nanoscience)
Aquatics (options: Teaching, Administration, SCUBA)
Art History
Asian Studies
Astronomy
Biology 
Biological Sciences (for Nursing majors only)
Business Administration
Business Information Technology
Campaign Communication
Chemistry
Chinese
Church Music (options: organ, voice)
Classical Culture
Classical Languages (Latin, Greek)
Coaching 
Communication Studies
Community Health Education
Computer Applications
Computer Science
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 Publishing
Earth Space Science
Economics
Educational Technology
Electronics (option on Applied Physics minor)
Energy
English
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Contexts in Health Care
Environmental Health
Environmental Management
Environmental Policy
Environmentally Sustainable Practices
Environmental Context for Business
European Studies
Family and Consumer Science
Fashion 
Film
Finance
Food Management
Foundations of Business
Foundations of Business for Actuarial Science and Mathematics Majors
Foundations of Management
French
Geographical Information Processing and Mapping
Geography
Geology
German
Gerontology
Graphic Arts Technology
Historic Preservation
History
Hospitality Management
Humanities
Industrial Leadership-Industrial Technology (Operations Management majors only)
Industrial Technology (Marketing majors/sales & promotion concentration only)
Interior Design
International Business
International Resource Management
Interpersonal Relations
Japanese
Jazz/Commercial Music
Landscape Architecture
Latin American Studies
Leadership Studies
Legal Studies in Business
Linguistics
Marketing
Mathematics
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Military Science
Multicultural Education
Music History
Music Literature
Music Theory
Nanoscience (option on Applied Physics Minor)
Natural Resources
Native American Studies
Operational Meteorology and Climatology
Organizational Communication (Marketing and Management)
Organizational Communication (Communication Studies)
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Philosophy
Physical Activity for Older Adults
Physics
Physiology
Piano
Plastics Technology
Political Science
Preparation of Teachers for Multicultural Secondary Schools
Professional Selling
Process Improvement (Lean Six Sigma)
Psychology of Human Development
Psychology
Public Health
Religious Studies
Residential Property Management
Risk Management and Insurance
Social Work
Sociology
Spanish
Special Education (Hearing Impaired)
Speech Pathology and Audiology
Sports Medicine
Sports Studies
Studio Art
Sustainable Land Systems
Symphonic Instruments and Guitar
Technical Theatre
Technology and the Environment
Telecommunications 
Theatre
Travel and Tourism
Urban Planning and Development
Voice (Music)
Web Technology
Women’s Studies