(BET) Business Engineering Technology Minor

What is the Business-Engineering-Technology Minor?

The B-E-T academic minor is a blend of engineering and business courses open to all business or engineering majors. The minor is particularly useful to engineering students who want to have business knowledge, or a business student who wants to have a foundation of engineering concepts. A student can earn the B-E-T minor by earning 16 credits over four semesters. Those who obtain a B-E-T minor will have a strong advantage since it provides real-world experience in international products and offers a competitive edge when beginning one's career. 

Program qualifications:

  • All business and engineering majors
  • Those who will be sophomores or juniors in the fall
  • Freshmen and sophomore in January with a 3.0 or above GPA
  • Once admitted into the minor, all students must maintain a 3.0 or above GPA

Business-Engineering-Technology curriculum

  • BUSI/ENGR 3500: Leadership in Engineering & Business Theory (4 hrs) - Offered Fall
  • BUSI/ENGR 3510: Product Innovation: From Concept to Production (4 hrs) - Offered Spring
  • BUSI/ENGR 5500: Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (4 hrs) OR ENGR 6500 Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (4 hrs) - Offered Fall
  • BUSI/ENGR 5510: Business Engineering Technology Minor-Capstone (4 hrs) OR ENGR 6510: Business Engineering Technology Minor-Capstone (4 hrs) - Offered Spring

International BET

First two courses are completed on campus. Final two courses are completed abroad over the summer. You must be enrolled in the BET Minor to take final two courses abroad.

  • BUSI/ENGR 3500: Leadership in Engineering & Business Theory (4 hrs) - Offered Fall
  • BUSI/ENGR 3510: Product Innovation: From Concept to Production (4 hrs) - Offered Spring
  • BUSI/ENGR 5600: International Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (4 hrs) OR ENGR 6600: International Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (4 hrs) - Offered Summer
  • ENGR 5610: International Business Engineering Technology Minor-Capstone (4 hrs) OR ENGR 6610: International BET Capstone (4 hrs) - Offered Summer

If a student decides to take a graduate level course, they must have an Approved ABM from the graduate school and major academic advisor. All graduate level courses are only listed as ENGR-These will count towards grad hours (MEM) and/or honors requirements.