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Electives for Non-Business Majors

Non-Business Students

Business Electives = Your Competitive Advantage

Terry College of Business offers electives to non-business majors! Be a leader in your profession, learn the language of business. Terry can teach you…

Please see your academic advisor for placement of Terry coursework within your program of study.

Accounting

  • ACCT 1160: Survey of Accounting (Fall only)

    • Understand basic financial statement reports, concepts and principles
    • Understand basic managerial accounting systems, concepts, and principles
    • Recognize accounting’s critical role in today’s economic environment

Economics

  • ECON 2105: Principles of Macroeconomics

    • Discover how choices affect national and global economies
    • Understand economy-wide problems such as inflation and unemployment
    • Study the consequences of government involvement in the economy
  • ECON 2106: Principles of Microeconomics

    • Discuss choices made by people and firms in response to constraints and incentives
    • Learn how scarce resources and price affect individual, firm, and market behavior
  • ECON 4000: The Economics of Human Resources (Fall only)

    • Identify the costs and benefits managers should consider when deciding to hire, train, promote or terminate employees
    • Analyze workers’ decisions to invest in human capital
    • Identify the factorsfirms should consider in determining organizational structure and compensation schemes

Finance

  • FINA 3001: Financial Management*

    • Understand finance fundamentals, including financial statements, net present value, and risk and return
    • Learn the basics of asset pricing, including pricing stocks, bonds, and options
    • Develop financial management tools useful in settings such as firms, non-profits, and personal finance

*For assistance registering email hlsmith@uga.edu

Management

  • MGMT 5500: Entrepreneurship and New Venture Formation (Fall only)

    • Understand what entrepreneurship is and why entrepreneurship is important to society
    • Acquire tools to creatively solve problems and generate venture ideas
    • Prepare and present a high quality business plan

Music Business

  • MBUS 1100: (1 credit hour)
    Introduction to the Music Business (Fall only)

    • Obtain the skills necessary to begin and maintain a career in the music industry
    • Know the fundamental concepts of business practices in the music industry
    • Learn practical applications of classroom knowledge to the music business environment
  • MBUS 3000: Fundamental Concepts in Music Business (Fall only)

    • Gain the business fundamentals you need to navigate the music industry
    • Learn how business concepts apply to the various fields in the music industry
    • Understand fundamental approaches to business issues

Real Estate

  • REAL 4000: Real Estate

    • Learn and apply basic business principles including finance, economics, and law
    • Examine the role of real estate within the economy and its importance to firms and individuals

Risk Management and Insurance

  • RMIN 4000: Risk Management and Insurance

    • Know how to identify and evaluate risk management principles critical to any business professional
    • Recognize risk management’s important role in the growing concern over catastrophe and financial risks
    • Explore career opportunities in the field of risk management and insurance

Contact Information

317 Sanford Hall
Athens, GA 30602
706-542-4590

Director

Jill Walton
317 Sanford Hall
Athens, GA 30602
706-542-8155
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