Course Requirements for the Accounting Minor

• BA324 Business Communication: Oral and Written OR BA324H Business Communication: Oral and Written: Honors OR COM324M Introduction to Business Communication
• ACC312 Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting OR ACC312H Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting: Honors (3 credit hours)
• ACC326 Financial Accounting—Intermediate (3 credit hours)
• Six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in accounting (6 credit hours)

Please Note:

• All classes must be taken on a letter-grade basis. The student must earn a combined grade point average of at least 2.00 in these courses.
• Finance majors who wish to pursue an Accounting Minor may only do so by selecting the Finance Track with Required Accounting Minor.

Admission Criteria

Students seeking admission to the Accounting minor must:

• Be a degree-seeking student in the McCombs School of Business
• Have a 2.0 or higher overall UT-Austin grade point average
• Follow the guidelines outlined in the Application Procedures section below

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Procedures

Step 1: Visit the Registrar Document Submission page for minors to start an application.

Step 2: Enter your EID.

Step 3: From the “Field of Study” menu, choose “Accounting.”

Step 4: From the “Type” menu, choose “Accounting.” 

Step 5: Confirm your choice and submit the application.

Important: Once admitted, you must contact your academic advisor to have the minor or certificate attached to your degree profile. The credential cannot be awarded to you when you graduate if it has not been added to your degree profile.

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The minor in Business Analytics offers business students the opportunity to develop skills in collecting, cleaning, and analyzing data, as well as modeling and optimizing data-driven decisions in practical business contexts. Students in the Business Analytics minor gain fundamental competencies in programming, statistics, machine learning, and decision science and apply these skills to predict, model, and optimize. As business analytics has become increasingly important in all fields, this minor will be a valuable complement to any McCombs major.

Admission Criteria

Students seeking admission to the Business Analytics minor must:

1. Be a full-time, degree-seeking undergraduate student in the McCombs School
2. Have a cumulative UT grade point average of at least 3.0
3. Have a GPA of at least 3.33 in STA 301, STA 235, and DS 235.
4. Be enrolled in the 2020-2022 Undergraduate Catalog

Admission to the minor is based on students' overall academic record, particularly in Statistics and Decision Science courses.

Application Deadlines

Students may apply to the minor in the Spring of either the Sophomore or Junior year.

The application deadline is April 1.

To Apply for the Business Analytics Minor

Step 1: Visit the Registrar Document Submission page for minors to start an application.

Step 2: Enter your EID.

Step 3: From the “Field of Study” menu, choose “Business Analytics.”

Step 4: Confirm your choice and submit the application.

Important: Once admitted, you must contact your academic advisor to have the minor or certificate attached to your degree profile. The credential cannot be awarded to you when you graduate if it has not been added to your degree profile.

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Course Requirements for the Finance Minor

• BA324 Business Communication: Oral and Written OR BA324H Business Communication: Oral and Written: Honors OR COM324M Introduction to Business Communication
• FIN357 Business Finance OR FIN357H Business Finance: Honors (3 credit hours)
• FIN367 Investment Management (3 credit hours)
• Six additional semester hours chosen from the following courses:
  • One of: FIN371M Money and Capital Markets OR FIN375F Banking and Financial Intermediation
  • One or two of: FIN372 Advanced Topics in Finance (any topic) OR FIN374C Valuation OR FIN374S Entrepreneurial Finance OR FIN376 International Finance OR FIN377 Advanced Investment Analysis (Topic 1 Portfolio Analysis and Management) OR FIN377 Advanced Investment Analysis (Topic 4 Financial Analysis)
  • One of: FIN377 Advanced Investment Analysis (Topic 2 Financial Risk Management) OR FIN377 Advanced Investment Analysis (Topic 5 Energy Financial Risk Management)
  • One topic of:  FIN340S Topics in Finance (any topic; only three hours of FIN 340S may be used)
  • One of: RE358 Introduction to Real Estate and Urban Land Development OR RE378K Real Estate Finance and Syndication

Please Note:

• All classes must be taken on the letter-grade basis. The student must earn a combined grade point average of at least 2.00 in these courses.
• Independent Research and Practicum courses may not be applied to the Finance minor.
• For students pursuing the integrated approach BBA/MPA degree, nine hours for the Finance minor must be taken in addition to the Finance 367 course and the business elective required for the integrated BBA/MPA degree, in order to obtain a Finance Minor.

Admission Criteria

Students seeking admission to the Finance minor must:

• Be a degree-seeking student in the McCombs School of Business
• Have a 2.0 or higher overall UT-Austin grade point average
• Follow the guidelines outlined in the Application Procedures section below

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Procedures

Step 1: Visit the Registrar Document Submission page for minors to start an application.

Step 2: Enter your EID.

Step 3: From the “Field of Study” menu, choose “Finance.”

Step 4: From the “Type” menu, choose “Finance.” 

Step 5: Confirm your choice and submit the application.

Important: Once admitted, you must contact your academic advisor to have the minor or certificate attached to your degree profile. The credential cannot be awarded to you when you graduate if it has not been added to your degree profile.

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Course Requirements for the Management Minor

• BA324 Business Communication: Oral and Written OR BA324H Business Communication: Oral and Written: Honors OR COM324M Introduction to Business Communication
• MAN 336 Organizational Behavior OR MAN 336H Organizational Behavior: Honors (3 credit hours)
• Nine additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in management (9 credit hours)

Please Note:

• All classes must be taken on the letter-grade basis.
• The student must earn a combined grade point average of at least 2.00 in these courses.

Admission Criteria

Students seeking admission to the Management minor must:

• Be a degree-seeking student in the McCombs School of Business
• Have a 2.0 or higher overall UT-Austin grade point average
• Follow the guidelines outlined in the Application Procedures section below

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Procedures

Step 1: Visit the Registrar Document Submission page for minors to start an application.

Step 2: Enter your EID.  

Step 3: From the “Field of Study” menu, choose “Management.” 

Step 4: From the “Type” menu, choose “Management.” 

Step 5: Confirm your choice and submit the application.

Important: Once admitted, you must contact your academic advisor to have the minor attached to your degree profile. The credential cannot be awarded to you when you graduate if it has not been added to your degree profile.

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Course Requirements for the MIS Minor

• BA324 Business Communication: Oral and Written OR BA324H Business Communication: Oral and Written: Honors OR COM324M Introduction to Business Communication
• MIS301 Introduction to Information Technology Management OR MIS301H Introduction to Information Technology Management: Honors (3 credit hours)
• Nine additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in management information systems OR MIS304 Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming plus six additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in management information systems (9 credit hours)

Please Note:

• All classes must be taken on the letter-grade basis.
• The student must earn a combined grade point average of at least 2.00 in these courses.

Admission Criteria

Students seeking admission to the MIS minor must:

• Be a degree-seeking student in the McCombs School of Business
• Have a 2.0 or higher overall GPA
• Follow the guidelines outlined in the Application Procedures section below 

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Procedures

Step 1: Visit the Registrar Document Submission page for minors to start an application.

Step 2: Enter your EID.  

Step 3: From the “Field of Study” menu, choose “Management Information Systems.” 

Step 4: From the “Type” menu, choose “Management Information Systems.” 

Step 5: Confirm your choice and submit the application.

Important: Once admitted, you must contact your academic advisor to have the minor attached to your degree profile. The credential cannot be awarded to you when you graduate if it has not been added to your degree profile.

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Course Requirements for the Marketing Minor

• BA324 Business Communication: Oral and Written OR BA324H Business Communication: Oral and Written: Honors OR COM324M Introduction to Business Communication
• MKT337 Principles of Marketing OR orMKT337HPrinciples of Marketing: Honors (3 credit hours)
• Nine additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in marketing (9 credit hours)

Please Note:

• All classes must be taken on the letter-grade basis.
• The student must earn a combined grade point average of at least 2.00 in these courses.

Admission Criteria

Students seeking admission to the Marketing minor must:

• Be a degree-seeking student in the McCombs School of Business
• Have a 2.0 or higher overall GPA
• Follow the guidelines in the Application Procedures section below

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Procedures

Step 1: Visit the Registrar Document Submission page for minors to start an application.

Step 2: Enter your EID.  

Step 3: From the “Field of Study” menu, choose “Marketing.” 

Step 4: From the “Type” menu, choose “Marketing.” 

Step 5: Confirm your choice and submit the application.

Important: Once admitted, you must contact your academic advisor to have the minor attached to your degree profile. The credential cannot be awarded to you when you graduate if it has not been added to your degree profile.

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Course Requirements for the Supply Chain Management Minor

• BA324 Business Communication: Oral and Written OR BA324H Business Communication: Oral and Written: Honors OR COM324M Introduction to Business Communication
• OM235 Operations Management OR OM235H Operations Management: Honors OR OM334M Healthcare Operations Management (2 or 3 credit hours)
• MAN101S Leadership Challenges and Innovation OR MAN101H Leadership Challenges and Innovation: Honors OR MAN101T Leadership Challenges and Innovation (1 credit hour)
• Nine additional semester hours of upper-division coursework in operations management (9 credit hours)

Please Note:

• All classes must be taken on the letter-grade basis.
• The student must earn a combined grade point average of at least 2.00 in these courses.

Admission Criteria

Students seeking admission to the Supply Chain Management minor must:

• Be a degree-seeking student in the McCombs School of Business
• Have a 2.0 or higher overall GPA
• Follow the guidelines outlined in the Application Procedures section below

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Procedures

Step 1: Visit the Registrar Document Submission page for minors to start an application.

Step 2: Enter your EID.  

Step 3: From the “Field of Study” menu, choose “Operations Management.” 

Step 4: From the “Type” menu, choose “Supply Chain Management.” 

Step 5: Confirm your choice and submit the application.

Important: Once admitted, you must contact your academic advisor to have the minor attached to your degree profile. The credential cannot be awarded to you when you graduate if it has not been added to your degree profile.

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The McCombs Wealth Management program provides students the perspectives, conceptual knowledge, and analytical skills necessary to explore the many aspects of the wealth management industry, including offering financial planning services to individual and institutional investors. 

Course Requirements of the Wealth Management Minor

• ACC364 Fundamentals of Taxation (3 credit hours)
• ACC378 Contemporary Accounting Topics (Topic 3: Financial Planning for Wealth Management) (3 credit hours)
• FIN367 Investment Management (3 credit hours)
• Nine semester hours selected from the following:
  • CMS332K Theories of Persuasion
  • FIN371M Money and Capital Markets
  • FIN377 Advanced Investment Analysis (Topic 1: Portfolio Analysis and Management)
  • LEB370 Topics in the Legal Environment of Business (Topic 15: Law of Wills, Trusts, and Estates)
  • MKT372 Marketing Seminar (Topic 11: Brand Management) OR MKT372 Marketing Seminar (Topic 17: Consumer Behavior in a Digital World) OR MKT372 Marketing Seminar (Topic 21: Strategic Product Management)
  • RM377 Property-Liability Risk Management and Planning

Please Note:

• Other courses may be considered for substitution, as approved by the Wealth Management Minor Committee.
• All classes must be taken on the letter-grade basis. The student must earn a combined grade point average of at least 2.00 in these courses.
• The nine elective hours must be different from courses taken for the students’ major; these nine hours cannot simultaneously satisfy any degree requirements except free electives only. Students should carefully choose electives from a field of study different than their major and should consult their academic advisor.

Admission Criteria

Admission to the program is based on students’ overall academic record, including, but not limited to, hours and number of courses taken in residence, demonstrated interest in wealth management, and overall UT grade point average.

Application Deadlines

• For Spring semester: October 1; January 5
• For Summer and Fall semesters: April 1; August 15

Application Procedures

The Wealth Management credential is available to all business majors.  The specific program you choose depends on the Undergraduate Catalog that was in effect when you first enrolled in classes at The University of Texas at Austin.

• If you are in the 2020-2022 Undergraduate Catalog, you should apply for the Wealth Management Minor
• If you are in the 2016-2018 or 2018-2020 Undergraduate Catalog, you should apply for the Wealth Management Certificate

To Apply for the Wealth Management Minor

Step 1: Visit the Registrar Document Submission page for minors to start an application.

Step 2: Enter your EID.  

Step 3: From the “Field of Study” menu, choose “Business Administration.” 

Step 4: From the “Type” menu, choose “Wealth Management.” 

Step 5: Confirm your choice and submit the application.

Important: Once admitted, you must contact your academic advisor to have the minor attached to your degree profile. The credential cannot be awarded to you when you graduate if it has not been added to your degree profile.

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To Apply for the Wealth Management Certificate

Step 1: Visit the Registrar Document Submission page for certificates to start an application.

Step 2: Enter your EID.

Step 3: From the “Field of Study” menu, choose “Business Administration.”

Step 4: From the “Type” menu, choose “Wealth Management.” 

Step 5: Confirm your choice and submit the application.

Step 6: Complete and submit the additional application required by the Energy Management minor.

Important: Once admitted, you must contact your academic advisor to have the minor attached to your degree profile. The credential cannot be awarded to you when you graduate if it has not been added to your degree profile.

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