San Jose State University

Business Minors

General Information on the Business Minor (Prior to fall 2005)

Non-Business majors wanting to minor in Business must fulfill the following requirements:

  • Take a minimum of 15 units in Business
  • At least 9 units MUST be upper-division
  • At least 6 units MUST be in residence
  • At least 6 units must be related (i.e. in the same concentration)
  • Must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above in the minor coursework.

Twelve units of minor coursework must be separate and distinct from the coursework in one's major although courses in support of the major may be included in the minor.

There are specific minor requirements for those majoring in Advertising, Aviation, Industrial Technology, Public Relations, Food Service Management, and Hospitality Management. If you are majoring in one of these areas, please see a BSAC advisor.

Business Minor (Effective fall 2005)

Course ID Name
BUS 20N Survey of Accounting
BUS 160 Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior
  Three additional business courses, one of which must be upper-division

Business Minor For Industrial Technology Majors (Effective fall 2005)

Course ID Name
BUS 142 Total Quality Management
BUS 90 Business Statistics
BUS 186 Professional Business Ethics
BUS 140 or BUS 145 Operations Management or Global Operations Management
BUS 141 or BUS 144 Materials Management or Supply Chain Management