Business Foundations Minor

Limited to students from outside the business department who are pursuing the 4+1 MBA program and have that attribute attached to their Banner record. Students can apply for the 4+1 program after completing one semester at Messiah University. This minor allows students to attain the necessary prerequisites for the MBA. 

Students in the 4 + 1 program take 2 MBA courses during their senior year that ONLY count toward their MBA.  Students take MRKT 515 before they take BUSA 501 if they are in the 4 + 1 program.  Therefore, all students in the strategy course (BUSA 501) will have taken a Marketing course.  This keeps the minor at 18 credits since MRKT 515 counts only toward the MBA degree.

Students in the 4+1 program need to make sure they have between 12-15 UG credits per semester their senior year for their UG degree in order to take 1-2 MBA courses without impacting UG financial aid. For financial aid purposes, the students need to be full-time for the UG degree in order to take the extra MBA courses during their senior year. 

(21-28 credits)

Credit total includes prerequisite courses for STAT 281, STAT 291, and BUSA 501.

Complete the following for your minor:

ACCT 131Survey of Accounting

3

ECON 120Principles of Macroeconomics

3

FINA 305Financial Management

3

BUSA 501Business Strategy and Execution

3

BUSA 505Business Analytics

3

Three credits from the following:

STAT 269Introductory Statistics

3

STAT 281Applied Statistics for Management

3

STAT 291Probability and Statistics

3

NOTE: Certain courses within this range may require additional prerequisites, which would increase the total credits required for the minor.