Minors
Students majoring in General Business are required to select and complete a non-business minor to fulfill their degree requirements.
Students with a specialty major (all business majors except General Business) can also have an approved non-business minor. A number of minor fields of study are offered by other departments within the University and are available as options for business students. Requirements for minors vary among the departments that offer them, but they generally require a minimum of 18 hours of coursework. Six hours of the minor must be taken in residence at the University of Mississippi and students must have a 2.0 or higher GPA in the minor requirements.
Students pursuing a minor should carefully consider choosing non-business electives that apply toward the minor. In some cases, liberal arts courses that are a requirement in the business curriculum will count toward a minor field. Students should discuss their interest in earning a minor with their Business School advisor.
Business students may also pursue a minor in Entrepreneurship or Management Information Systems.
Entrepreneurship Minor
(for all Students)
A minor in Entrepreneurship is available to business and non-business students. The minor’s focus is on building an entrepreneurial mindset in our students with options to learn about issues related to family-led businesses, legal and human resources issues in small business, as well as financing and effective management of small and startup businesses. All students must meet the individual course prerequisites (please see requirements) before taking courses toward the Entrepreneurship minor.
For business students, earning the entrepreneurship minor requires declaring it to the Advising Office. Students outside the business school need to declare their intent to their major department (Entrepreneurship must be an approved minor for your department).
Students in General Business may choose to pursue the Entrepreneurship minor in addition to the required non-business minor; however, the requirements for the Entrepreneurship minor may not be used as major course requirements. Please see an Advisor if you have questions.
A minor in entrepreneurship consists of any six of the following courses: ACCY 201, ACCY 202, GB 350, GB 370 OR MGMT 371, BUS 380 (Study Abroad or Study USA trip approved by department), BUS 300 (internship related to entrepreneurship approved by department) and any 300-level or above ENT course.
Learn lots more about an Entrepreneurship Minor.
General Business Minor
(for Non-Business Students)
Students from other schools/colleges at the University of Mississippi can earn a General Business minor by completing the following courses:
- ACCY 201 – Introduction to Accounting Principles I OR ACCY 202 – Introduction to Accounting Principles II
- ECON 202 – Principles of Microeconomics OR ECON 203 – Principles of Macroeconomics
and choose four courses from the following:
- GB 310- Information Technology in Business
- GB 320- Essentials of Supply Chain Management
- GB 330- Essentials of Finance
- GB 350 – Essentials of Marketing
- GB 370 – Entrepreneurship and Management
Students must complete at least 6 hours of minor courses in residence at the University of Mississippi and have a 2.0 or higher GPA in the minor requirements.
Management Information Systems
(for all Students)
Students from other schools/colleges at the University of Mississippi can earn a Management Information Systems minor by completing the following courses:
- ECON/BUS 230 – Business Statistics I
- MIS 280 – Business Application Programming I
- MIS 309 or GB 310 – Management Information Systems
& 3 courses (9 hours) from the following:
- MIS 307 – Systems Analysis Design
- MIS 317 – Applied Systems Analysis and Design
- MIS 330 – Business Application Programming II
- MIS 408 – Advanced Management Information Systems
- MIS 412 – Web Application Programming
Students must complete at least 6 hours of minor courses in residence at the University of Mississippi and have a 2.0 or higher GPA in the minor requirements.
Marketing
(for all Students)
A minor in marketing is available to business and nonbusiness students. This minor provides students with the opportunity to learn the critical skills needed to bring revenue into an organization. Whether its product is a good, service, or idea, developing a marketing plan is essential for success. This minor provides flexibility by allowing students to select areas that they are interested in such as digital marketing, product and campaign design, professional sales, distribution and logistics, or marketing research. All students must meet the individual course prerequisites (please see requirements) before declaring and taking courses toward the marketing minor.
A minor in marketing consists of the following courses: GB 350: Essentials of Marketing or Mktg 351: Marketing Principles plus five additional marketing (Mktg) courses of which four must be at least 300 level or above.
Students are required to maintain a 2.0 or higher grade-point average in the courses applied to the minor.