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Minors

The School of Business and Management offers four undergraduate minors:

Business Administration Minor


Requirements for a Minor in Business Administration25 units
BUSI 110Introduction to Business3
BUSI 120Principles of Accounting I4
BUSI 210Principles of Organization and Management3
BUSI 240Introduction to Information Systems3
ECON 251Principles of Microeconomics 3
BUSI 330Principles of Finance 3
BUSI 360Principles of Marketing3
BUSI 448Organizational and Administrative Behavior3
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Economics Minor


Requirements for a Minor in Economics 21 units
ECON 250 Principles of Macroeconomics 3
ECON 251 Principles of Microeconomics 4
ECON 350 Intermediate Macroeconomics 3
ECON 351 Intermediate Microeconomics 3
Three additional upper-division economics courses from:
ECON 352 Financial Markets and Institutions 3
ECON 353 Health Economics 3
ECON 355 Environmental Economics 3
ECON 356 Labor Economics 3
ECON 357 Economics of the Developing World 3
ECON 359 Urban and Regional Development 3
ECON 371 Comparative Economics 3
ECON 372 International Trade and Finance 3
ECON 452 Econometrics 3
ECON 453 Microenterprise and Microfinance 3
ECON 458 Economics and Religion 3
The economics minor allows no more than three courses in the student’s major to count toward this minor.
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Ethnic Studies Program

Program Director: Pamela M. Christian, Ph.D.

The Ethnic Studies Program at APU enhances students’ understanding of the experiences of U.S. immigrant populations and communities of color, along with their sensitivity to issues of race, ethnicity, and social class. The program also enables students to analyze contemporary social problems that affect these populations, and to evaluate public policy related to the areas of immigration, education, criminal justice, health care, and economic development. The primary curricular focuses are upon the experiences of African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Chicano/Latino peoples within the United States. Because of its interdisciplinary character, students can appreciate how scholars in different fields (e.g., history, art, literature, communications, anthropology, education, political science, psychology, and sociology) approach the study and expression of race and ethnicity.

The Ethnic Studies Minor supports two overarching goals:

  1. To allow APU students to develop a greater understanding of racial and ethnic diversity in the United States as a basis for
    1. enhanced effectiveness in multicultural workplaces, and
    2. a critical appraisal of contemporary intergroup relations, both stateside and abroad.
  2. To provide students of culturally diverse backgrounds at APU with an academic program that addresses their heritage and enhances their self-awareness.
Requirements for Ethnic Studies Minor 12 units
Core Requirements 6 units
ETHN 150 Introduction to Ethnic Studies 3
THEO 480 Theologies of Liberation 3
Contemporary Experience Requirements 9 units
ETHN 355 The Asian American Experience 3
ETHN 356 The African American Experience 3
ETHN 357 The Chicano(a)/Latino(a) Experience 3
Elective Requirements
(9 units, at least one class from each of the following categories):
Culture and the Arts
ART 403 Multicultural Art 3
COMM 495 Special Topics: Film and Minority Issues 3
ENGL 364 American Ethnic Literature 3
ENGL 489 Literary Topics: African American Literature and the City 3
GLBL 301 Anthropology for Everyday Life 3
Select one of the following (both cannot be used for this requirement):
MUS 301 Music of Africa 3
MUS 302 Soul Music 3
Social Relationships/Public Policy
EDUC 405 Diversity in the Classroom 3
GLBL 310 Intercultural Communications 3
HIST 346 History of American Immigration 3
PSYC 400 Cross-Cultural Psychology 3
SOC 358 Human Diversity 3
SOC 359 Immigrant Los Angeles 3
SOC 464 Social Stratification 3
THEO 480 Theologies of Liberation 3

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Finance Minor

Requirements for the Finance Minor 24 units
ECON 352 Financial Markets and Institutions 3
ECON 372 International Trade and Finance 3
BUSI 330 Principles of Finance 3
FIN 330 Financial Analysis 3
FIN 432 Investment Analysis 3
FIN 434 Derivatives 3
FIN 436 Financial Risk Management 3
BUSI 350 Business Internship (Finance) 1-3
FIN 439 Seminar in Finance 3
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Marketing Minor


Requirements for the Marketing Minor21 units
BUSI 360Principles of Marketing3
IBUS 373International Marketing 3
MKTG 361Marketing Communications3
MKTG 362Consumer Behavior* 3
MKTG 363Marketing Research 3
WEB 448 Strategic Internet Marketing and E-Commerce 3
Select one of the following:
MKTG 465Strategic Marketing Management 3
MKTG 350Marketing Internship 3
*Meets a general studies requirement.
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Note: This information is current for the 2007-08 academic year. For additional information, please contact the appropriate office.
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