Minor Programs

To graduate with a minor in Analytics, students must complete 18 hours consisting of the following courses: ISDS 2000, ISDS 2001, ISDS 3110 or ISDS 3003 or ISDS 3009, and 9 hours of departmentally approved analytics electives. Students must have a 2.0 GPA in the courses used to satisfy the minor. At least nine semester hours must be taken on this campus, and, of the nine hours, at least three must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.

Approved electives

• ISDS 3303 Advanced Data Modeling using Spreadsheets (3)
• ISDS 3130 Cloud Computing for Business I (3)
  [NOT for ISDS majors]
• ISDS 4010 Predictive Modeling and Optimization (3)
• ISDS 4130 Cloud Computing for Business II (3)
• ISDS 4112 Data Warehousing (3)
• ISDS 4141 Data Mining & Artificial Intelligence for Business (3)
• ISDS 4180 Business Analysis in Practice (3)

Exceptions

• For ISA majors only, ISDS 3200 will sub in for analytics minor electives.
• For ISA majors only, with approval from department, ISDS 3075 may sub in for analytics minor electives (when ISDS 3075 is approved as an analytics internship)
• Certain ISDS 4070 sections (permission of instructor) may be available to non-ISDS majors. Comments in course offerings schedule will clarify this.)

To graduate with an Entrepreneurship Minor, students must complete 15 hours consisting of the following courses: ENTR 2000, ENTR 3012, ENTR 3111, and six additional hours to be chosen from departmentally-approved electives. Students must have a 2.0 GPA in the courses used to satisfy the minor. At least nine semester hours must be taken on this campus, and, of the nine hours, at least three must be at the 3000 or 4000 level. Non-Business majors are strongly encouraged to take ENTR 2999 as an elective, and as the first of the five required courses.

Approved electives:

• ENTR 2999 Basics on Business for Non-Business Majors (3)
• ENTR 4113 Small and Family Business Management (3)
• ENTR 4114 Franchising Management (3)
• ENTR 4120 Social Entrepreneurship (3)
• ENTR 4010 Special Topics - Diversity & Innovation (3) [Open to all majors]
• ENTR 4010 Special Topics - Entrepreneurial Finance (3) [Open to all business majors]
• ENTR 4030 Independent Study- Entrepreneurship Experience (3) [Open to all majors]
• ENTR 4300 Strategic Entrepreneurship (3) [Open to all business majors]

*Certain sections of ENTR 4010 (prereq.: Open only to ENTR majors in BADM or permission of instructor) and ENTR 4030 (prerequisite: ENTR 3111 and Permission of Instructor) may be available to non-ENTR majors (See above: comments in schedule course offerings will clarify this.)

The Entrepreneurship Minor is not available to students majoring in entrepreneurship.

To graduate with a minor in Information Technology Management, students must complete 15 hours consisting of the following courses: ISDS 3001; ISDS 3002; ISDS 3003; and six additional hours to be chosen from departmentally approved ISDS electives. Students must have a 2.0 GPA in the courses used to satisfy the minor. At least nine semester hours must be taken through LSU. 

Approved electives

• ISDS 3105 Internet Development Tools (3)
• ISDS 3120 Management of IT Function (3)
• ISDS 3303 Advanced Data Modeling Using Spreadsheets (3)
• ISDS 4111 Enterprise Systems (3)
• ISDS 3130 Cloud Computing for Business I (3)
• ISDS 4130 Cloud Computing for Business II (3)
• ISDS 4096 Cyber Risk Management (3)
• ISDS 4123 Computer Networking and Security (3)
• ISDS 4244 Information Systems Auditing (3)

The Information Technology Management minor is not available to students majoring in ISDS/ISA.