Undergraduate Catalog 2006-2007

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MINOR IN ACCOUNTING (FOR NONACCOUNTING MAJORS)
The minor in Accounting is designed to serve nonaccounting majors who are interested in supplementing their major with an accounting dimension. A minimum of 12 hours must be taken at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. For additional information, contact the academic advisor in the College of Business.

Required Courses*

ACCT 2301	Financial Accounting	3 hrs
ACCT 2302	Managerial Accounting	3 hrs
ACCT 3311	Intermediate Accounting I	3 hrs
ACCT 3312	Intermediate Accounting II	3 hrs
ACCT 3314	Cost Accounting	3 hrs
ACCT 3321	Federal Income Tax I	3 hrs
	Total	18 hrs

*Courses may not be applied to both a major and a minor. See course descriptions for prerequisites.

MINOR IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (FOR NONBUSINESS MAJORS)
The minor is designed to provide a foundation of business knowledge for persons who want to complement a non-business bachelor’s program with a planned business program. Persons who select the minor must establish a record with the academic advisor in the College of Business and be certified by the Dean of the College of Business upon application for graduation. A minimum of 18 hours is required for the minor. At least 12 of these hours must be taken at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Required Courses*

ACCT 2301	Financial Accounting	3 hrs
ACCT 2302	Managerial Accounting	3 hrs
FINA 3310	Financial Management I**	3 hrs
MGMT 3312	Behavior in Organizations	3 hrs
MKTG 3310	Principles of Marketing	3 hrs
BLAW 3310	Legal Environment of Business***	3 hrs
	Total	18 hrs

* Courses may not be applied to both a major and a minor. Refer to course descriptions for prerequisites.
** It is assumed that all students have completed ECON 2301, ACCT 2301, and ACCT 2302.
***Substitute an upper-level business course if equivalent course was transferred from a Junior College.

For the non-business undergraduate student planning to enter a Master of Business Administration program, the completion of the Minor in Business Administration would satisfy part of the foundation requirements for the MBA.

MINOR IN ECONOMICS (FOR BUSINESS AND NONBUSINESS MAJORS)
This minor is designed to serve students who are interested in supplementing their majors with an added knowledge of economics. A minimum of twelve hours must be taken at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. For additional information, contact the academic advisor in the College of Business.

Required Courses:* (9 sem. hrs.)

	**ECON 2301	Macroeconomics Principles	3 hrs
	ECON 2302	Microeconomics Principles	3 hrs
	Either ECON3310	Intermediate Macroeconomics, or
	ECON 3311	Intermediate Microeconomics	3 hrs.
Electives: select 3 of the following courses (if not already taken as required courses)			9 hrs.
	ECON 3310	Intermediate Macroeconomics
	ECON 3311	Intermediate Microeconomics
	ECON 3315	International Economic Issues
	ECON 3312	Money and Banking
	ECON 3316	Environmental Economics
	ECON 3320	Public Finance
	ECON 3322	Managerial Economics
	ECON 4388	History of Economic Thought
	ECON 4310	Introduction to Econometrics
		Total	18 hrs

*Refer to course descriptions for prerequisites.
**University core.

MINOR IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

This minor is designed for students seeking to supplement their major with a human resource management dimension. A minimum of 12 hours must be taken at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Required Courses:* Nonbusiness majors will take all these six courses:
MGMT 3312	Behavior in Organizations	3 hrs
MGMT 3320	Concepts in Human Resource Management	3 hrs
MGMT 4305	Staffing and Development	3 hrs
MGMT 4335	Compensation and Appraisal Systems	3 hrs
MGMT 4385	Human Resource Planning	3 hrs
BLAW 4350	Human Resource Law	3 hrs
	Total	18 hrs

Since MGMT 3312 is required for business majors as part of the business core, in addition to the other five required courses above, business majors will take one of the following electives:
MGMT 3355	Organizational Change and Development	3 hrs
MGMT 4315	Multinational Management	3 hrs
MGMT 4320	Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness	3 hrs
MGMT 4390	Current Topics in Management	3 hrs

*Courses may not be applied to both a major and a minor. See course descriptions for prerequisites.

MINOR IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (FOR BUSINESS AND NONBUSINESS MAJORS)
This minor is designed to serve students who are interested in supplementing their major with a global dimension. A minimum of 12 hours must be taken at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. For additional information, contact the academic advisor in the College of Business.

Required Courses:*

ACCT 3315	Multinational Entities: Accounting and Consolidations	3 hrs
FINA 4315	International Finance	3 hrs
MGMT 4315	Multinational Management	3 hrs
MKTG 4340	International Marketing	3 hrs
BUSI 4310	International Business	3 hrs
Approved upper level elective		3 hrs
	Total	18 hrs

*Courses may not be applied to both a major and a minor. See course descriptions for prerequisites.

MINOR IN MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (FOR BUSINESS AND NONBUSINESS MAJORS)
This minor is designed for students who are interested in supplementing their major with applied computer knowledge. For additional information contact the academic advisor in the College of Business.

Required Courses*

MISY 2305	Computer Applications in Business	3 hrs
MISY 3310	Management Information Systems Concepts	3 hrs
MISY 3320	Business Data Communication Systems I	3 hrs
MISY 3330	Data Base Management	3 hrs
MISY 3340	Systems Analysis and Design	3 hrs
Approved MISY or COSC elective		3 hrs
	Total	18 hrs

*Courses may not be applied to both a major and a minor. See course descriptions for prerequisites.

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