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Minor in Business for BS-CIE Students

The Minor in Business is an excellent adjunct to the BS in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. It will expand your technical knowledge of engineering and enhance your success in the business of engineering. For more details on how the Minor in Business and the BS-CIE requirements are jointly satisfied, please read further.

A student pursuing the BS-CIE may take as few as two courses beyond the 120 credits required for the major to earn the Business Minor; however, this requires planning. MSOM 300 and MSOM 303 are required for the minor, they will not contribute to the BS-CIE degree, and therefore will increase the total number of credits required to earn both the BS-CIE and Business Minor to 126. MSOM 301 may be counted as a CEIE technical elective. Taking CS 112 and CEIE 301, required as part of the BS-CIE degree, will substitute for MSOM 302. And MSOM 305 may be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Global Understanding.

Business Minor requirements

Course Type	Course Number	Course Title	Method for a BS-CIE Student to Meet the Business Minor Requirements
Required (Take all)	MSOM 300	Managing Financial Resources	Take MSOM 300; it will not count toward the BS-CIE degree.
	MSOM 301	Managing People and Organizations	Take MSOM 301; it may be used as a CEIE Technical Elective for the BS-CIE degree.
	MSOM 302	Managing Information in a Global Environment	Do not take MSOM 302. Taking CS 112 and CEIE 301 as part of the BS-CIE degree will substitute for MSOM 302. The SOM will approve this substitution at the time of graduation.
	MSOM 303	Marketing in a Global Environment	Take MSOM 303; it will not count toward the BS-CIE degree.
Elective (Take one)	MSOM 304	Entrepreneurship: Starting and Managing a New Enterprise	Take MSOM 305. MSOM 305 will satisfy the elective course requirement, and may also be used to satisfy the General Education requirement for a course in Global Understanding. MSOM 304 or 306 will satisfy the elective course requirement of the Business Minor but will not be countable toward the BS-CIE degree.
	MSOM 305	Managing in a Global Environment
	MSOM 306	Managing Projects and Operations

Sample Schedule

First Semester (Fall)

CHEM251 General Chemistry for Engineers (4)
ENGL101 Composition (3)
ENGR107 Introduction to Engineering (2)
ENGR183 Engineering Computer Graphics (3)
MATH113 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4)
Total (16 Credits)

Second Semester (Spring)

CS112 Computer Science (4)
ECON 103 Microeconomic Principles (3)
MATH 114 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4)
PHYS 160 University Physics I (3)
PHYS 161 University Physics I Laboratory (1)
Total (15 Credits)

Third Semester (Fall)

CEIE290 Engineering Computation and Design (3)
MATH213 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III (3)
PHYS260 University Physics II (3)
PHYS261 University Physics II Laboratory (1)
Literature (3)
MSOM303 Marketing in a Global Environment(3)
Total (13 Credits)

Fourth Semester (Spring)

CEIE230 Hydraulics (3)
COMM100 Oral Communication (3)
ENGR210 Statics and Dynamics (3)
MATH214 Elementary Differential Equations (3)
STAT344 Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists I (3)
Total (15 Credits)

Fifth Semester (Fall)

CEIE301 Engineering and Economic Models in Civil Engineering (3)
CEIE340 Water Resources Engineering (3)
ENGL302 Advanced Composition (3)
ENGR310 Mechanics of Materials (3)
HIST100 History of Western Civilization (3)
Total (15 Credits)

Sixth Semester (Spring)

CEIE305 Soil Mechanics (3)
CEIE311 Structural Analysis (3)
CEIE360 Introduction to Transportation Engineering (3)
PHYS 266 Introduction to Thermodynamics (1)
MSOM305 Managing in a Global Environment (Global Understanding (3)
Fine Arts (3)

Total (16 Credits)

Seventh Semester (Fall)

CEIE367 Behavior of Concrete and Steel Structures (3)
CEIE400 Civil Engineering Planning and Management (3)
CEIE440 Water Supply and Distribution (3)
CEIE455 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (3)

MSOM300 Managing Financial Resources (3)
CEIE technical elective* (3)
Total (18 Credits)

Eighth Semester (Spring)

CEIE463 Construction Systems (3)
CEIE490 Senior Design Project (3)
MSOM301 Managing People and Organizations
(counts as 1 CEIE technical elective) (3)
CEIE technical elective* (3)
CEIE technical elective* (3)
Total (15 Credits)

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Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 USA

Admin Contact: Jean Jefferies

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