Newly-proposed additions and changes to the business administration and family and consumer sciences minors were unanimously approved Thursday by the Council on Academic Affairs.

According to course proposal presented to the CAA, listing the differences in the old and new business administration minor, the minor allows students to enjoy a diverse collection of business courses to appropriately compliment their majors.

All non-business majors are limited to taking only 25 percent (or 30 hours) of undergraduate business courses.

Changes in business administration curriculum include the option of substituting BUS 3710 for FIN 2710, if students have junior standing, as well as prerequisites BUS 2102 and ECN 2102.

Original elective classes in business, computer information systems and marketing remain unchanged. Now students have the five additional options of finance and management courses previously not available as electives for the business administration minor.

Business administration professor Jane Wayland cites MGT 4320 specifically as an excellent course for students pursuing this minor, since “they might be interested in starting their own small businesses.”

The family and consumer sciences minor revision proposal states upon completion of the minor, students will be able to “articulate the integrative focus of the discipline as it relates to individuals, families, and communities and demonstrate proficiency in the foundational knowledge of the discipline.”

The proposal states students must take 10 semester hours in core classes and 11 in electives, with three semester hours in courses numbered 3000 and above; a total of 21 semester hours for the minor.

Changes to the minor include the four core courses, FCS 1000, FCS 2000, FCS 3000 and FCS 4000, making identical requirements for both the major and the minor.