Minors & Requirements

Please note: You must visit our office and declare your minor by obtaining the minor advisor's signature on the declaration form and submitting the signed form the to the registrar's office. Each track of the minor has enrollment limits. You may select only one track.

Management and Organizations Minor

This minor is currently available only to non-business majors.

This minor is intended to provide all Miami undergraduate students having a major outside the School of Business with an opportunity to enhance their major area of study by gaining knowledge of management theory and its application.

Program Requirements

All of these:

  • MGT 111: Introduction to Business (MPF IIC) (3)
  • MGT 291: Organizational Behavior & Theory (3)
  • MGT 303: Human Resource Management (3)

Three of the following:

  • MGT 304: Cross Cultural Management (3)
  • MGT 381: Managerial Communication & Consulting (3)
  • MGT 402: Employment Law (3)
  • MGT 404: Compensation Management (3)
  • MGT 405: Labor Relations and Conflict Management (3)
  • MGT 406: Staffing Organizations (3)
  • MGT 414: Motivation & Work (3)
  • MGT 415: Leadership and Learning (3)
  • MGT 463: Employee Benefits (3)

Additional Information

A student will fulfill the MGT 1 Thematic Sequence, Dynamics of Human Behavior in Organizations, by successfully completing MGT 291, 414 and 415.

Operations Management Minor

This minor is currently available only to non-business majors.

This minor is intended to provide all Miami undergraduate students having a major outside the School of Business with an opportunity to enhance their major area of study by gaining knowledge of management theory and its application.

Program Requirements

One of these:

  • DSC 205 Business Statistics (4)
  • PSY 293 and PSY 293.L Introduction to Psychological Statistics (4)
  • STA 261 Statistics (MPFV) (4)

All of these:

  • MGT 302 Operations Management (3)
  • MGT 451 Operations Planning and Scheduling (3)
  • MGT 453 Productivity Improvement (3)
  • MGT 457 Integrated Production/Operations Management Topics (3)
  • MIS 303 Enterprise Systems (3)

Additional Information

Supply Chain Management Minor

Visit the Supply Chain website for more details.

This program is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the concept of Supply Chain Management (SCM) as a key business strategy. A recent study cited SCM as one of the three most important management practices for determining world class performances, and this minor will allow students to develop a framework for understanding the role of Supply Chain Management in a contemporary global business setting. Students will learn the tools for integrating the key functions of procurement, production, marketing, logistics, accounting and MIS, leading to the successful operation of the entire supply chain process. The minor will expose the students to the many career opportunities available in the field of supply chain management.

Program Requirements

Take all of the following:

  • ACC 333: Managerial Cost Accounting
  • MKT 431: Logistics Management
  • MGT 432: Purchasing and Materials Management
  • MGT 453: Productivity Improvement
  • MGT/MKT498: Supply Chain Management

Focus Elective: Take one of the following:

  • MKT 415 or MKT 421: Marketing to Organizations
  • MKT 461: Principles of Retailing
  • MGT 451: Operations Planning and Scheduling
  • MGT 457: Integrated Production/Operations Management Topics

Tools Elective: Take one of the following:

  • DSC 365: Statistical Quality Control
  • ACC 433: Advanced Cost Accounting
  • DSC 321: Quantitative Analysis of Business Problems
  • DSC 305: Applied Regression Analysis in Business
  • MIS 385: Management Information and Decision Support Systems

Additional Information

MIS 235, DSC 205, MKT 291, MGT 302, and ACC 222 are all prerequisites to this minor.

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