At which campus can I study this program?
Requirements for a minor may be completed at any campus location offering the specified courses for the minor. Students may not change from a campus that offers their major to a campus that does not offer their major for the purpose of completing a minor.
Program Description
This minor offers fundamental courses in business, the opportunity for more advanced business courses, and Liberal Arts coursework emphasizing entreprenuership, ethics, and a range of perspectives on business.
What is Business and the Liberal Arts?
This minor offers fundamental courses in business, the opportunity for more advanced business courses, and Liberal Arts coursework emphasizing entrepreneurship, ethics, and a range of perspectives on business. All students take a course on Business and the Liberal Arts co-taught by alumni, along with a course on Leadership, and have a reasonable degree of flexibility in remaining courses.
You Might Like This Program If...
You want to mix business courses with Liberal Arts courses to acquire core knowledge and quantitative skills that are invaluable assets for success in the business professions. Companies will favor liberal arts majors with a business minor because you have the business expertise through your minor, but there’s an added bonus: your major likely provided you with communication skills, worldly knowledge, cultural awareness, or expertise in government/politics—all things beneficial for an organization.
Program Requirements
| Requirement | Credits |
|---|---|
| Requirements for the Minor | 25 |
Requirements for the Minor
Students pursuing the Minor in Business and the Liberal Arts are encouraged to use ENGL 202D to satisfy their English 202 requirement. ECON 102 is a required prerequisite for some of the business courses.
A grade of C or better is required for all courses in the minor, as specified by Senate Policy 59-10.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Prescribed Courses | ||
| Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| ACCTG 211 | Financial and Managerial Accounting for Decision Making | 4 |
| BA 301 | Finance | 3 |
| LA 202 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Liberal Arts | 3 |
| PHIL 119 | Ethical Leadership  | 3 |
| Additional Courses | ||
| Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better | ||
| Select 6 credits of the following: | 6 | |
| Supply Chains | ||
or SCM 301 | Supply Chain Management | |
| Marketing | ||
or MKTG 221 | Contemporary American Marketing | |
or MKTG 301 | Principles of Marketing | |
| Management and Organization | ||
or MGMT 100 | Survey of Management | |
or MGMT 301 | Basic Management Concepts | |
| Legal Environment of Business | ||
or BA 243 | Social, Legal, and Ethical Environment of Business | |
| Media Programming Strategies | ||
| Advertising Campaigns | ||
| Public Relations Campaigns | ||
| Entrepreneurship in the Information Age | ||
| International Business Operations | ||
| Undergraduate Field Experience or Practicum | ||
| Introduction to Labor and Human Resources | ||
| Employment Relationship: Law and Policy | ||
| Survey of Management | ||
or MGMT 301 | Basic Management Concepts | |
| New Venture Creation | ||
| Invention Commercialization | ||
| Marketing Techniques for Electronic Commerce | ||
| Public Relations and Marketing | ||
| Retailing | ||
| Consumer Behavior | ||
| Marketing Research | ||
| Select 6 credits of the following: | 6 | |
| Interpersonal Communication Theory and Research | ||
| Conflict Resolution and Negotiation | ||
| Nonverbal Communication | ||
| Studies in Public Address | ||
| Communication Ethics | ||
| Group Communication Theory and Research | ||
| Organizational Communication Theory and Research | ||
| Organizational Communication Theory and Research | ||
| Intercultural Communication Theory and Research | ||
| Law and Society | ||
| History and Function of Criminal Justice Components | ||
| Law and Society | ||
| Decision Making and Strategy in Economics | ||
| Economics of Labor Markets | ||
| Labor Economics and Labor Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Advanced International Trade Theory and Policy | ||
| International Finance and Open Economy Macroeconomics | ||
| Managerial Economics | ||
| Economics of Law and Regulation | ||
| Economics of the Corporation | ||
| Health Economics | ||
| Economic Demography | ||
| Growth and Development | ||
| Advanced Business Writing | ||
| Business and Literature | ||
| Commercial and Technical Translation | ||
| German Business Communication | ||
| Advanced German Business Communications | ||
| The Emergence of Modern America | ||
| America Between the Wars | ||
| Recent American History | ||
| American Environmental History | ||
| History of Work in America | ||
| The Making and Emergence of Modern India | ||
| Modern Japan Since 1800 | ||
| China in Revolution | ||
| Level Four Japanese A | ||
| Level Four Japanese B | ||
| Comparative Employment Relations Systems | ||
| The Law of Labor-Management Relations | ||
| Employment Compensation | ||
| Employee Benefits | ||
| Staffing and Training Strategies in Organizations | ||
| Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration | ||
| Workplace Dispute Resolution | ||
| Workplace Safety and Health: Principles and Practices | ||
| History of Work in America | ||
| Ethics in the Workplace | ||
| Communication Skills for Leaders in Groups and Organizations | ||
| Collective Decision Making | ||
| Business Ethics | ||
| Ethics | ||
| Medical and Health Care Ethics | ||
| International Political Economy | ||
| The Bureaucratic State | ||
| Political Parties and Interest Groups | ||
| Globalization and Its Implications | ||
| Government and the Economy | ||
| Politics of Affirmative Action | ||
| Civil Liberties and Due Process | ||
| Selection and Assessment in Organizations | ||
| Work Attitudes and Motivation | ||
| Leadership in Work Settings | ||
| Energy and Modern Society | ||
| World Population Diversity | ||
| Translation | ||
| Interpretation | ||
| Spanish for Business and International Trade | ||
| Women in Developing Countries | ||
| Work-Life Practices and Policies | ||
Academic Advising
The objectives of the university’s academic advising program are to help advisees identify and achieve their academic goals, to promote their intellectual discovery, and to encourage students to take advantage of both in-and out-of class educational opportunities in order that they become self-directed learners and decision makers.
Both advisers and advisees share responsibility for making the advising relationship succeed. By encouraging their advisees to become engaged in their education, to meet their educational goals, and to develop the habit of learning, advisers assume a significant educational role. The advisee’s unit of enrollment will provide each advisee with a primary academic adviser, the information needed to plan the chosen program of study, and referrals to other specialized resources.
READ SENATE POLICY 32-00: ADVISING POLICY
University Park
Liberal Arts Academic Advising
814-865-2545
http://starfish.psu.edu
http://www.la.psu.edu/current-students/undergraduate-students/education/majors-and-minors
Wilkes-Barre
John Weber
Assistant Teaching Professor, Business and Economics
P.O. Box PSU
Lehman, PA 18627
570-675-9164
jpw10@psu.edu
Career Paths
The business minor offers you an excellent opportunity to complement your major program of study and expand your employment and career opportunities upon graduation. Common majors with this minor include Recreation Tourism Management, majors in the College of Communications, Liberal Arts majors such as Economics and Labor Employment Relations.
Careers
- Financial Analysts
- Human Resources Managers
- Personal Financial Advisors
- Management Analysts
- Banking
- Education
- Accounting
- Finance
- Marketing
Contact
University Park
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
202 Pond Lab
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-4597
http://www.polisci.la.psu.edu/undergraduate/advising
http://www.polisci.la.psu.edu/
Wilkes-Barre
P.O. Box PSU
Lehman, PA 18627
570-675-9164
jpw10@psu.edu