Discontinued Minors At UMPI... RIP MIS, BA & Management

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The minors Business Administration, Management Information Systems and Management have been discontinued starting Fall 1.

New minors include Leadership, Entrepreneurship, & Supply Chain Management.

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The minors Business Administration, Management Information Systems and Management have been discontinued starting Fall 1.

New minors include Leadership, Entrepreneurship, & Supply Chain Management.

They added a lot of new stuff.

BBA
- Sports Management concentration
- CyberSecurity concentration

Minors Overall
-  Graphic Design and quite a few others

YourPace Program Offerings
https://catalog.umpi.edu/content.php?cat...navoid=621

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These were the new reakdowns before they decided to get rid of them. Since it was indeed in the new catalog perhaps we can campaign to get them back or at least acknowledged for Fall 1:

Management Information Systems Minor - 18 Credit Hours

* Students lacking significant experience with Microsoft Office should take BUS 125 before taking BUS 200.

BUS 200 - Intermediate Business Computing 3 Credits *
BUS 244 - Management Information Systems 3 Credits
BUS 245 - Programming for Managers 3 Credits
BUS 345 - Database Management 3 Credits

Select TWO of the following courses for 6 Credit Hours:

** The GIS courses are 4 credit courses

BUS 141 - Introduction to Project Management 3 Credits
BUS 359 - IT Project Management 3 Credits
BUS 405 - MIS Special Topics 3 Credits
BUS 440 - Business Analytics 3 Credits
ENV 308 - GIS I Fundamentals of GIS 4 Credits **
ENV 408 - Applications and Advanced Spatial Analysis (GIS II) 4 Credits **

Total: 18 Credit Hours

Business Administration Minor - 18 Credit Hours

* Business Administration majors with a concentration in Management will not be allowed to select this minor

BUS 101 - Introduction to Business 3 Credits
BUS 150 - Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 Credits
BUS 200 - Intermediate Business Computing 3 Credits
ECO 207 - Macro and Micro Economics 3 Credits
MAT 140 - Mathematics for Business 3 Credits

Total: 18 Credit Hours


Management Minor - 18 Credit Hours

* Business Administration majors with a concentration in Management & Leadership will not be allowed to select this minor.

BUS 141 - Introduction to Project Management 3 Credits
BUS 260 - Leadership 3 Credits
BUS 321 - Human Resource Management 3 Credits
BUS 415 - Operations Management 3 Credits

Select ONE of the following courses for 3 Credit Hours:

BUS 240 - Change Management 3 Credits
BUS 350 - Business Law I 3 Credits
BUS 352 - Business Law II 3 Credits
BUS 353 - Business Ethics 3 Credits

Total: 18 Credit Hours

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It would have been nice if they had replaced the Yourpace MIS minor with this on campus minor they offer:
Artificial Intelligence Minor - Required Courses
*All courses except for BUS 101 are crosslisted with the MIS (Management Information Systems) course designator.

BUS 101 - Introduction to Business 3 Credits
BUS 201 - AI Tools and Applications for Organizations 3 Credits
BUS 203 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 3 Credits
BUS 303 - AI and Data-Driven Decision Making 3 Credits
BUS 304 - AI Ethics, Governance, and Societal Impact 3 Credits
BUS 305 - Human-Centered AI and User Experience 3 Credits
BUS 403 - AI Strategy and Implementation in Organizations 3 Credits
BUS 404 - Emerging Topics in AI Technology 3 Credits

Total: 24 Credit Hours

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NEW MINORS:

Entrepreneurship Minor - Required Courses

BUS 101 - Introduction to Business 3 Credits
BUS 150 - Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 Credits
BUS 219 - Product Development 3 Credits
BUS 240 - Change Management 3 Credits
BUS 307 - Consumer Behavior 3 Credits
BUS 341 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credits
BUS 441 - Business Innovations 3 Credits

Total: 24 Credit Hours

Supply Chain Management Minor - Required Courses

BUS 101 - Introduction to Business 3 Credits
BUS 203 - Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 3 Credits
BUS 218 - Materials and Inventory Management 3 Credits
BUS 231 - Quality Management 3 Credits
BUS 240 - Change Management 3 Credits
BUS 315 - Operations and Supply Chain Management 3 Credits
BUS 412 - Supplier Relationship Management 3 Credits
BUS 441 - Business Innovations 3 Credits

Total: 24 Credit Hours

Leadership Minor - Required Courses

BUS 101 - Introduction to Business 3 Credits
BUS 240 - Change Management 3 Credits
BUS 260 - Leadership 3 Credits
BUS 321 - Human Resource Management 3 Credits
BUS 335 - Organizational Behavior 3 Credits
BUS 441 - Business Innovations 3 Credits
BUS 442 - Corporate Social Responsibility 3 Credits
BUS 469 - Leadership Communication Strategies 3 Credits

Total: 24 Credit Hours

Graphic Design Minor - 21 Credit Hours

ART 108 - Introduction to Graphic Design 3 Credits
ART 120 - Design Foundations I 3 Credits
ART 205 - Color Theory 3 Credits
ART 208 - Graphic Design II 3 Credits
ART 255 - Typography 3 Credits
ART 308 - Graphic Design III 3 Credits
ART 310 - The History of Design 3 Credits

Total: 21 Credit Hours

Entrepreneurship Minor - Required Courses

BUS 101 - Introduction to Business 3 Credits
BUS 150 - Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 Credits
BUS 219 - Product Development 3 Credits
BUS 240 - Change Management 3 Credits
BUS 307 - Consumer Behavior 3 Credits
BUS 341 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credits
BUS 441 - Business Innovations 3 Credits

Total: 24 Credit Hours

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Here's the problem with adding the AI minor that's available on campus.....none of those classes already exist in YourPace so they would have to be developed and faculty hired. That takes time. The other new minors already had most of the courses available in YourPace (except Graphic Design but they have been working on this one for awhile) so they didn't have create all of the classes or hire faculty. Give it time. Maybe the AI minor will happen when the CS degree happens.

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Here's the problem with adding the AI minor that's available on campus.....none of those classes already exist in YourPace so they would have to be developed and faculty hired. That takes time. The other new minors already had most of the courses available in YourPace (except Graphic Design but they have been working on this one for awhile) so they didn't have create all of the classes or hire faculty. Give it time. Maybe the AI minor will happen when the CS degree happens.

I wonder if UMPI would accept (and I know its a stretch) some of the Coursera professional certs that have already been rubber stamped by ACE for UL/LL AI classes. I believe TESU outsources a third party facilitator for students to complete their [I believe Data Science?] core courses for their program. It would be nice if UMPI would be open to that.

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The minors Business Administration, Management Information Systems and Management have been discontinued starting Fall 1.

New minors include Leadership, Entrepreneurship, & Supply Chain Management.

They added a lot of new stuff.

BBA
- Sports Management concentration
- CyberSecurity concentration

Minors Overall
-  Graphic Design and quite a few others

YourPace Program Offerings
https://catalog.umpi.edu/content.php?cat...navoid=621

These concentrations are nice, but I'm glad that I was able to complete their Management one for the BLS and Project Management and Information Systems for the BABA. Shame it doesn't show it on the actual degree itself, but then again, I only had to do 3-4 courses for each consecutive bachelors after the first one, so I won't complain. Back in Fall 2024, I was chit-chatting with one of the professors there while on vacation and I was informed that Sports Management was under development