NOTE: Prerequisite courses (ACCT 501, ECO 501, ECO 502, FIN 501, MGT 501 and MKT 501) cannot be considered as an elective in any Graduate Program in Business. The General MBA requires completion of 6 hours of electives. If a minor is desired, all elective hours should be taken in the minor area, as outlined below. Any minor can be added to the MBA program. Minors depicted with a * can be added to any graduate degree offered at TAMU-Commerce (unless noted). Complete the ‘Request for a Minor’ form and submit the form to your academic advisor.
ACCOUNTING (ACCT)
At least four courses from Accounting. (Includes Acct 525)
AGribusiness (Ag)
Choose one from AG 505 or AEC 550 and choose three from AEC 520, AEC 530, AEC 540 and AEC 560
*BUSINESS ANALYTICS (MKT/BUSA)
BUSA 526 Database Management, 542 Applied Decision Modeling and two from: BUSA 516 Mobile Business, 523 Business Analytics Programming, 532 Data Warehousing, 533 Cyber Security and IT Auditing, 536 Mobile Security Intelligence, 537 Advanced Analytics, 539 Cyber Forensics & Info Security Policy Governance, 541 Global Network Design, 580 Internship or 597 Special Topic.
NOTE: Additional pre-reqs may be required for this minor. View the graduate catalog for the most current list for each course in the minor. Contact your advisor with any questions.
*CORPORATE MANAGEMENT (MGT) (4 TOTAL COURSES REQUIRED)
Choose 4 of the following: MGT 550 Corp Governance & Sustainability, 555 Project Management, 567 Managing Groups/Teams, 583 Seminar in Leadership, 586 Managing at the Edge, 587 Executive Development, 590 Global Competiveness, 592 Current Issues in HRM, 594 Transforming Organizations and 597 Special Topic
*CYBER SECURITY (MKT/BUSA)
BUSA 526 Database Management, 533 Cyber Security and IT Auditing, 536 Movile Security Intelligence, 539 Cyber Forensics & Info Security Policy Governance.
NOTE: Additional pre-reqs may be required for this minor. View the graduate catalog for the most current list for each course in the minor. Contact your advisor with any questions.
*DIGITAL MARKETING (MKT/BUSA)
MKT 568 Advertising & Promotion, MKT 569 Digital Marketing, MKT 573 Internet Marketing and MKT 580 Marketing Internship
ECONOMICS (ECO/FIN)
At least four courses from Economics. (Includes ECO 562 and/or 576 | Excludes 595, 578, 501 and 502)
*ENTREPRENEURSHIP (MGT) (4 TOTAL COURSES REQUIRED)
Choose 4 of the following: MGT 570 New Venture Management, 530 The Entrepreneur, 555 Project Management, FIN 520 Advanced Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital, MKT 573 Internet Marketing, BUSA 516 Movile Business and Mgt 597 Special Topic
FINANCE (ECO/FIN)
FIN 504 Financial Management, 510 Investment Seminar and two from: FIN 520 Advanced Entrepreneurial Finance & Venture Capital, 530 Fundamentals of Financial Planning, 533 Applied Financial & Economic Forecasting, 550 Portfolio Management in Excel, 571 International Business Finance.
FINANCIAL PLANNING (ECO/FIN)
FIN 504 Financial Management, 510 Investment Seminar, 530 Fundamentals of Financial Planning and one from: FIN 534 Advanced Risk, Insurance & Estate Planning or 536 Advanced Retirement Planning & Employee Benefits.
HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION (ECO/FIN)
ECO 555 Health Care Services in the US, 556 Health Economics, 557 Health Policy and one from: ECO 562 Managerial Economics or ECO 576 Macroeconomics for Managers.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (ECO/FIN)
Any four courses from: ECO 528 International Economic Problems, FIN 571 Internationals Business Finance, Mgt 590 Global Competitiveness or 597 Special Topic, MKT 586 International Marketing. Students may also substitute up to four courses from the British Studies program (Approved topics).
MARKETING (MKT/BUSA)
At least four courses from Marketing. (Includes MKT 521)
*MARKETING ANALYTICS (MKT/BUSA)
MKT 569 Digital Marketing, MKT 574 CRM, MKT 572 Seminar in Marketing Research and MKT 570 Marketing Analytics & Intelligence
