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Twin Cities Campus
Management MinorCurtis L. Carlson School of Management - Adm
Curtis L. Carlson School of Management
The Management Minor is a 21 credit minor that provides an opportunity for students in majors outside of the Carlson School of Management to gain exposure to business while developing knowledge in a focus area of business that complements their major and career goals.
Students are admitted on a rolling basis and are encouraged to apply for the minor as soon as they have completed microeconomics or business economics and statistics. A minimum 2.5 GPA is recommended.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
Students must complete
2 courses
before admission to the program.
A GPA above 2.0 is preferred for the following:
Students are admitted on a rolling basis and are encouraged to apply for the minor as soon as they have completed microeconomics or business economics and statistics. A minimum 2.5 GPA is recommended.
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
Required prerequisites
Required Prerequisites
Economics
ECON 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
or
ECON 1165 - Business Economics
[SOCS]
(4.0 cr)
or
APEC 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
or
APEC 1101H - Principles of Microeconomics
[SOCS, GP]
(4.0 cr)
Statistics
BA 2551 - Business Statistics in R
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
STAT 1001 - Introduction to the Ideas of Statistics
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
STAT 3021 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics
(3.0 cr)
or
STAT 3022 - Data Analysis
(4.0 cr)
or
PSY 3801 - Introduction to Psychological Measurement and Data Analysis
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
SOC 3811 - Social Statistics
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
IE 3521 - Statistics, Quality, and Reliability
(4.0 cr)
or
EE 3025 - Statistical Methods in Electrical and Computer Engineering
(3.0 cr)
or
CEGE 3102 - Uncertainty and Decision Analysis
(3.0 cr)
or
ANSC 3011 - Statistics for Animal Science
(4.0 cr)
or
BIOL 3272 - Applied Biostatistics
(4.0 cr)
or
POL 3085 - Quantitative Analysis in Political Science
[MATH]
(4.0 cr)
or
NURS 3710 - Statistics for Clinical Practice and Research
[MATH]
(3.0 cr)
Minor Requirements
Minor Core
BA 2051 - Modeling Business Scenarios in Excel
(2.0 cr)
ACCT 2051 - Introduction to Financial Reporting
(4.0 cr)
or
ACCT 2051H - Honors: Introduction to Financial Reporting
(4.0 cr)
Management Minor Focus Areas
Students choose 7 credits from one of the minor focus areas.
Focus areas cannot be mixed and matched. A minimum 7 credits must come from the same focus area. Substitutions will not be allowed.
General Business
Take 7 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
ACCT 3001 - Strategic Management Accounting
(3.0 cr)
·
FINA 3001 - Finance Fundamentals
(3.0 cr)
·
HRIR 3021 - Human Capital Management
(3.0 cr)
·
IDSC 3001 - Information Systems & Digital Transformation
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
MKTG 3001 - Principles of Marketing
(3.0 cr)
·
MGMT 3015 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 3001 - Fundamentals of Management
(3.0 cr)
·
SCO 3001 - Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations
(3.0 cr)
·
BA 2062 - Impact Lab Problem Solving
(2.0 cr)
or
Accounting
ACCT 3001 - Strategic Management Accounting
(3.0 cr)
ACCT 5101 - Intermediate Accounting I
(4.0 cr)
or
Entrepreneurial Management
MGMT 3015 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship
(4.0 cr)
Take 3 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
MGMT 4175W - New Business Feasibility and Planning
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4171W - Entrepreneurship in Action I
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4172 - Entrepreneurship in Action II
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4080W - Applied Technology Entrepreneurship
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4055 - Managing Innovation and Change In Action
(2.0 cr)
or
Finance
FINA 3001 - Finance Fundamentals
(3.0 cr)
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
FINA 4121 - Financial Markets and Interest Rates
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 4221 - Principles of Corporate Finance
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 4321 - Portfolio Management and Performance Evaluation
(2.0 cr)
·
FINA 4621 - The Global Economy (Macro)
(2.0 cr)
or
Human Resources
HRIR 3021 - Human Capital Management
(3.0 cr)
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
HRIR 3031 - Staffing and Selection: Strategic and Operational Concerns
(2.0 cr)
·
HRIR 3032 - Training and Development
(2.0 cr)
·
HRIR 3051 - Compensation: Theory and Practice
(2.0 cr)
·
HRIR 3071 - Union Organizing and Labor Relations
(2.0 cr)
·
HRIR 5222 - Creating and Managing Diversity and Inclusion
(2.0 cr)
or
Labor Relations
HRIR 3021 - Human Capital Management
(3.0 cr)
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
HRIR 3071 - Union Organizing and Labor Relations
(2.0 cr)
·
HRIR 3072 - Collective Bargaining and Dispute Resolution
(2.0 cr)
or
Organizational Behavior
MGMT 3041 - The Individual and the Organization
(2.0 cr)
MGMT 3042 - Organizational Behavior: Groups and Teams
(2.0 cr)
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
MGMT 4044 - Negotiation Strategies
(4.0 cr)
·
HRIR 5222 - Creating and Managing Diversity and Inclusion
(2.0 cr)
·
HRIR 5443 - Principles of Effective Coaching
(2.0 cr)
or
Information Systems
IDSC 3001 - Information Systems & Digital Transformation
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
IDSC 3104 - Enterprise Systems
(2.0 cr)
·
IDSC 3202 - Analysis and Modeling of Business Systems
(4.0 cr)
·
IDSC 4401 - Information Security
(2.0 cr)
·
IDSC 4411 - Information Technology Governance and Assurance
(2.0 cr)
·
IDSC 4441 - Electronic Commerce
(2.0 cr)
·
IDSC 4455 {Inactive}
(2.0 cr)
or
Marketing
MKTG 3001 - Principles of Marketing
(3.0 cr)
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
MKTG 3011 - Marketing Research
(4.0 cr)
·
MKTG 3041 - Buyer Behavior
(4.0 cr)
or
Strategic Management
MGMT 3001 - Fundamentals of Management
(3.0 cr)
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
MGMT 4033 - Strategy Implementation
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4034 - Technology Strategy
(2.0 cr)
·
MGMT 4055 - Managing Innovation and Change In Action
(2.0 cr)
or
Supply Chain & Operations Management
SCO 3001 - Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations
(3.0 cr)
Take 4 or more credit(s) from the following:
·
SCO 3041 - Project Management
(2.0 cr)
·
SCO 3045 - Sourcing and Supply Management
(2.0 cr)
·
SCO 3048 - Transportation and Logistics Management
(2.0 cr)
·
SCO 3051 - Service Management
(2.0 cr)
·
SCO 3056 - Supply Chain Planning and Control
(4.0 cr)
·
SCO 3059 - Quality Management and Lean Six Sigma
(4.0 cr)
·
SCO 3072 - Managing Technologies in the Supply Chain
(2.0 cr)
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