Graduate Business Minor

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This program will equip students with the foundational business knowledge and skills necessary to enhance or expand their future career plans. The minor is suitable for students enrolled in non-business graduate degree programs at Samford University who want to include business knowledge in their skill set as they pursue their careers in either non-business or business settings. The minor is not available to School of Business graduate students.

Required Courses

Graduate Business Core: 12 Credits

Graduate Business Electives: 6 Credits

(choose 6 credits of MBA Core or MBA Electives)

MBA Electives: 3-6 Credits

(one to two courses from the list of MBA Electives)**

M.B.A. Electives (3-6)**

Total Required Credits: 18

* Must be taken in the first semester but can be taken concurrently with other courses.

** Graduate Business Minor students can choose any MBA class as an elective, provided prerequisites have been met.

NOTE: No course substitutions will be granted with undergraduate-level business courses–students must complete the minor as outlined above. Admission to the minor is based on undergraduate degree completion and a status of good standing in a Samford graduate program. If the student decided to seek entry to the full MBA program, he/she would be required to take the GMAT or GRE and follow normal admission requirements.

Students must attain a business minor GPA of 3.00 to graduate with the minor. The student’s graduate program is responsible for determining acceptance of business courses as electives towards the student’s primary graduate degree.