The Business Minor: A Major Asset

A business minor in the Bauer College of Business could be a major asset – Check out the possibilities!

Ready to declare a minor in Business?

  1. If you meet prerequisites and are ready to take the next step towards becoming a business minor, the process is easy.  Simply apply online at the bottom of this page!  And don’t forget - to take upper-level business courses in Bauer (with the exception of MIS 3300; INTB 3351, 3352, and 3353; ENTR 3310 and 3312; and MARK 3337), you must be a declared business major or minor, or in a business related program!
  2. Remember Prebusiness majors - there is a five course max on 3000 level business courses. You may not take more than five 3000-level business courses or take any 4000-level business courses without a degree plan on file.
  3. In order to graduate with a business minor, you must have a cumulative 2.0 GPA in all attempted required minor business courses taken at UH & 6 advanced (3000-4000) hours must be in residence at UH.

Non-Business majors

  • Minors available in the following areas for Non-Business majors only.
  1. Global Business Minor (2.0 UH GPA, junior status, & 12 hours completed at UH )
  2. Business Administration (2.75 on last 60 hours)

Business Minors for All Majors

  • In order to declare the following minors students need a 2.75 on the last 60 hours, including courses from other schools, be classified as a junior (at lease 45 credit hours), and not be on probation or suspension except for International Area Studies, a 2.0 is required.
  • Remember, A minor is not required for business majors, but if you choose to declare a business minor, here is the list you can choose from.
  • *For students declaring an International Area Studies minor on the 2005 - 2007 degree plan, please see the 2005-2007 catalog for requirements and course selection.
  1. Risk Management & Insurance
  2. Global Energy Management
  3. Accounting
  4. Finance
  5. Management
  6. Leadership
  7. Management Information Systems
  8. Marketing
  9. Sales
  10. International Area of Study (2.0 UH GPA, 5 areas to choose from, *please see note above)

Filing A Business Minor

  • Before you submit a minor degree plan form, make sure you are filling out the right form.
  • If you are a prebusiness major and meet filing degree requirements please file your minor with your major using the major degree plan form.
  • If you are changing your minor, but a declared Business major, please file minor by re-filing major degree plan & specifying minor. If student is currently on a previous degree plan, re-filing degree plan will not change student's degree plan up to the 2005 degree plan unless specified.
  • If you are a Non-business major, please use the link below.
Request to Declare Business Minor>


 

 

** Please note: Minor requests are processed within 3-5 business days; you will notified via email (we only communicate with our students via their UH email address) of the decision. If you were disapproved for a minor this semester, you can resubmit your request once the current semesters grades have posted. If approved, your request will be effective for Spring 2010. If you need a minor degree audit please email Tammy at tjmace@uh.edu.



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