Business Administration, Minor

The Minor in Business Administration has the following features and requirements:

The Business Minor consists of 5 courses. There are 4 required courses and one elective. The elective course may be any upper-division Business course. A student must meet the prerequisites to be eligible to take the chosen upper-division Business course. The 5 courses are:

1. BUS 230A - Financial Accounting     
2. BUS 344 - Organizational Behavior  
3. BUS 360 - Introduction to Marketing   
4. BUS 370 - Introduction to Managerial Finance 
5. Upper-division Business elective

• The Business Minor must consist of a minimum of 20 units in Business Administration and must be approved by the chair of the Business Administration department. 
• The student must have a minimum GPA of 2.50 in order to apply for the Business Minor.
• Students must complete a Business Minor Declaration Form and submit it to the Business Administration department office.
• Students must take BUS 230A  in their first semester of business courses and earn a grade of C or better.
• BUS 344 , BUS 360 , BUS 370 , and the upper-division Business elective must be completed at Sonoma State University.
• Business Minor students will usually take only one of the above courses per semester. However, students are allowed to take two business courses in one semester subject to seat availability.
• Students who are eligible to take BUS 344 , BUS 360 , and BUS 370  , or the elective course must submit a Request to Take an Upper-Division Business Administration Course form to the School of Business and Economics Office. The student will then be given a permission number in order to be allowed to register for the course.
• Contract courses such as BUS 399, BUS 495 and BUS 499 may not be taken as the Minor elective.