Business Administration Minor

Requirements

15 credits in Business Administration minor courses, including:

BUS 1610Financial Accounting3
Students must complete four additional Business courses (three credits each). At least three of the four must be business courses numbered 2000 or above. Students may complete one course from the following: BUS 1101 or approved special topics, BUS 1990. Please note that some upper-level business courses may have additional pre-requisite requirements.12

A student must earn at least a 2.00 cumulative GPA in the Business Administration minor courses.

Students may overlap only one course between two minors.

At least three of the five total minor courses must be completed at UVM. Transfer credit must follow the procedures and restrictions listed in the Grossman School of Business Academic Requirements.

Restrictions

Ineligible Major: Business Administration

Pre/co-requisites

ECON 1400Principles of Macroeconomics 1,23
ECON 1450Principles of Microeconomics 1,23
MATH 1212Fundamentals of Calculus I 1,23-4
or MATH 1234 Calculus I
STAT 1410Basic Statistical Methods 1 1,2,33
1

ECON 1400ECON 1450MATH 1212 or MATH 1234, and STAT 1410 (or an approved equivalent) must be passed with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 and no single course grade lower than C-.

2

A student can be admitted to the minor after completing either ECON 1400 or ECON 1450, and either MATH 1212 or MATH 1234 each with a C- or better.  The remaining ECON course and STAT 1410 (or equivalent) are still required to complete the minor.

3

 EC 170NR 2400STAT 2430, or completion of both PSYS 2002 and PSYS 2010 may be substituted for STAT 1410 if required by the student's major.

Other Information

Mobile Computing Requirement

Students are asked to have a portable computer and the software suite that meets the requirements of the Grossman School of Business. Please consult with a member of the University’s IT staff for specific information.

GSB Comprehensive Technology Fee

The Grossman School of Business charges an $75 Technology Fee per semester to all business majors, minors, and graduate students (Sustainable Innovation MBA and Master of Accountancy programs).

The GSB Technology Fee covers terminals, monitors, servers and computer lab systems (Ex: A/V hardware and hookups), and software related to instruction (Bloomberg terminals, research databases for instructional purposes, online poll service for classroom response system, and other). The fee also covers associated digital displays within the GSB Study Rooms.  Students who pay the fee get printing access for a limited amount of copies (180 per month). The fee also covers maintenance for printers, paper and print management system.

Computer Competency

Students are presumed to have basic microcomputer literacy, including working knowledge of word processing and spreadsheet software. Students lacking this basic knowledge are responsible for attaining it through course work, self-study, tutorials or workshops.