Minors
UW Oshkosh's College of Business offers five undergraduate minors: Business Administration, Global Business, Insurance and Financial Planning, Operations Research and Sustainable Management.
Business Administration
Recommended for students who wish to combine a basic business curriculum with an academic major in another college. See the business minor planning sheet for prerequisites and restrictions on upper-level courses.
Required Units (crs): 24 minimum
Required Courses (course descriptions) (see Minor Planning Sheet for course prerequisites)
Business: BUS 198, 204, 311, 320, 331, 341, 351, 361, 371
Economics: ECON 106 or 204 or 206
Comment:
In addition to course prerequisites, students are limited to 6 credits of upper-level Business courses per semester. A minimum of 9 credits of (300 or 400) business courses must be taken at UW Oshkosh.
Global Business
This minor is only available to students with a major in the College of Business. Not available to students with an international management emphasis. See the BBA planning sheet for prerequisites and restrictions on upper-level courses.
Required Units (crs.): 23 minimum
Required Courses: (course descriptions) (BBA planning sheet, page 4)
Global business requirement (6 crs): two of the following: BUS 335, BUS 365 or BUS 375
Foreign language requirement: the equivalent of 8 college credits of a foreign language (all 8 credits must be in the same language)
Cultural diversity requirement: 6 credits from a pre-approved list of 300-400 level courses
International study tour requirement: a pre-approved international study tour or semester abroad academic study experience.
Insurance and Financial Planning
open to all majors
The Northeast Wisconsin (NEW) Insurance Program develops students for careers in risk management and insurance. Coursework focuses on insurance, risk management and financial planning. This is a professional development program to prepare students for careers in the insurance industry.
Required Units (crs.): 21 minimum (see Minor Planning Sheet for course prerequisites)
Required Courses: (course descriptions and detailed information about the program)
Business: BUS 327, 334, 336, 337*, 437*
Electives (select two): BUS 333, 383, 403, 404, 463; ECON 368
* BUS 337 and 437 cannot count for both the Finance Major and the Insurance Minor.
Operations Research
Recommended for students who wish to combine a computer science or mathematics major with a quantitative business minor or for business students who want an applications-oriented mathematics minor. See the Business Minor planning sheet for prerequisites and restrictions on upper-level courses.
Required Units (crs.): 25 minimum
Required Courses: (course descriptions) (see Minor Planning Sheet for course prerequisites)
MATH 171, 172, 222, 256, 301
BUS 341, 342, 460
Sustainable Management
open to all majors (detailed information, prerequisites & required course descriptions)
The minor in sustainability management aims to give you (in your life as citizens, consumers, future managers and leaders) an understanding of the holistic and systemic aspects of environmental, social and economic issues (the Triple Bottom Line or TBL). We will also provide you with concrete elements of management intended to develop and spread innovative, ambitious and realistic strategies within organizations while utilizing any major course of study.
Required Units (crs.): 21 minimum
Required Courses:
Biology 104 or Geology 150 or ES 260
Sociology / ES 261
BUS 328, 329, 330, 450, 464
One Elective from: ES / HIST 326; SOC 342; ECON 360 or 460
