2023-2024 Course Catalog

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Business (BUSR) Minor

In order to apply for a minor in Business, students must meet the following criteria:

  • be enrolled in a degree-granting major outside the Pamplin College of Business (Real Estate majors are eligible to pursue the Business minor)
  • have at least a 2.00 overall GPA at Virginia Tech
  • have completed MATH 1524 Business Calculus (or equivalents)

Business minors must complete a minimum of 46 credit hours as listed below with at least a 2.00 GPA. If these criteria are met, the minor will be noted on the transcript.

MATH 1524Business Calculus (Pathway 5f) 14
ACIS 1504Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence3
ACIS 2115
& ACIS 2116		Principles of Accounting
and Principles of Accounting 2		6
ECON 2005
& ECON 2006		Principles of Economics
and Principles of Economics (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences) 2		6
BIT 2405
& BIT 2406		Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling
and Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling (Pathway 5f Pathway 5a) 2,3		6
HTM 2314Introduction to International Business3
or MGT 2314 Introduction to International Business
MGT 1104Foundations of Business3
FIN 3054Legal and Ethical Environment of Business (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences) 23
or FIN 3074 Legal, Ethical, and Financing Issues for Entrepreneurs
FIN 3104Introduction to Finance 23
MGT 3404Principles of Management 23
MKTG 3104Marketing Management 23
BIT 3414Operations and Supply Chain Management 23
Total Credits46
1

The following courses may be substituted for MATH 1524 Business Calculus: MATH 1225 Calculus of a Single Variable+MATH 1226 Calculus of a Single Variable

2

Course requires pre-requisite(s). Check Undergraduate Catalog or consult academic advisor.

3

The following courses may be substituted for BIT 2405 Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling: CMDA 2005 Integrated Quantitative Sciences+CMDA 2006 Integrated Quantitative Sciences; STAT 3005 Statistical Methods+STAT 3006 Statistical Methods; STAT 3615 Biological Statistics+STAT 3616 Biological Statistics; STAT 3604 Statistics for Social Science

Industrial Systems & Engineering (ISE) majors only may substitute courses as listed below:

  • ISE 2034 Data Management for Industrial and Systems Engineers for ACIS 1504 Introduction to Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
  • ISE 3004 Industrial Cost Control for ACIS 2116 Principles of Accounting
  • STAT 4706 Probability and Statistics for Engineers for BIT 2405 Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling
  • ISE 2404 Deterministic Operations Research I + ISE 3414 Probabilistic Operations Research for BIT 2406 Introduction to Business Statistics, Analytics, and Modeling
  • ISE 4004 Theory of Organization for MGT 3404 Principles of Management
  • ISE 4204 Production Planning and Inventory Control for BIT 3414 Operations and Supply Chain Management