Entrepreneurship Minor

Entrepreneurs bring new ideas, technologies, and solutions to market and improve how we live. As the rate of change escalates, entrepreneurship is even more valued. In the entrepreneurship minor, students are prepared to become part of the entrepreneurial changes taking place. In this program, HOW students learn is as important as WHAT they learn. The program focuses on doing.  All entrepreneurship classes use experiential learning as a key framework for immersing students in the entrepreneurial process. The classes embrace the art of competition, learning new technology, working with students from multiple disciplines on campus, networking with entrepreneurs and investors, building on their ideas, and in some cases, winning significant funds to move their ideas forward. Entrepreneurship students come from multiple colleges at UA; this means team experiences provide students with unique opportunities to meet a diverse group of peers. Entrepreneurship learning provides students with a lifelong love of innovation, creativity, and problem-solving. No matter where the entrepreneurship students take jobs or create their own jobs, they are a positive force for innovation, growth, and change.

General Business Minor

The General Business minor is designed for non-business students who want to gain a broad understanding of the business world.  This minor pairs well with a variety of undergraduate majors across campus.  The minor includes survey courses from several of the functional fields in Culverhouse College of Business and gives students the opportunity to tailor the elective courses to their specific interests.

The General Business minor is not available to students pursuing a major within Culverhouse College of Business.

Human Resource Management Minor

The Human Resource Management minor develops student skills for the effective management of human resources in organizations. The program trains students to strategically address human capital management to improve organizational performance. The six-course curriculum covers a range of topics, including employee recruitment, selection, training and development, compensation, performance management, employee relations, and strategic human resource management.  The curriculum is aligned with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) curriculum guidelines and prepares students to pass the SHRM-CP Certification exam as well as Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) exam.

Visit the Human Resources Institute website for more information about this program.

International Business Minor

The International Business minor prepares students to engage with a globally connected marketplace by developing their awareness, understanding, and ability to critically analyze the globally connected world.

Students minoring in international business acquire skills to trade with foreign suppliers and distributors and work effectively in multicultural work environments.

There is a focus on experiential learning, including projects that sometimes involve global teams comprised of students from around the world and ample opportunities to gain international experience through study abroad and internship programs that better prepare students for competition in the global economy. Culverhouse may be local, but our knowledge is global.

Management Minor

The management minor is a five-course sequence that provides students the opportunity to develop analytical and interpersonal skills necessary to focus an organization’s crucial processes on achieving its mission. Students in this minor will learn and practice key leadership, teamwork and innovation skills necessary to efficiently organize and employ an organization’s assets, especially its human capital, in a manner appropriate to both established firms and newly created ventures. This minor is a valuable addition to any course of study at the University of Alabama as it teaches students how to work with and through others to achieve critical goals.

This minor is not available to students who are pursuing a major in Management.

Management Communication Minor

The courses in this minor help students manage what they communicate as young professionals. They improve the impression they make when communicating orally, visually, and in writing.  They exercise their emotional intelligence to gain acceptance as leaders when communicating interpersonally. They gain professional experience by managing a client project that brings real-world experience to the classroom and engages students in the application of strategic communication to navigate team relationships, resolve conflicts, and facilitate effective project governance.

More information about minors, majors, and concentrations is available in the UA Course Catalog.

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