CSM Undergraduate Minors
The Department of Consumer Sciences offers undergraduate minors in the following programs:
Conflict Resolution:
The minor in Conflict Resolution will prepare you for work which requires the skills of negotiation, mediation, and conflict management. This minor provides grounding in interpersonal communication and management skills, including rapport building, empathic listening, behavior modeling, re-framing, and problem solving. The minor in Conflict Resolution is appropriate for the student who has no formal preparation in managing conflict, and for students who are already in the workforce. This minor requires 15 hours of CSM courses and is open to all majors.
Personal Finance:
The minor in personal finance will introduce you to the fundamentals of managing one’s own finances and developing others’ financial capability. The required coursework includes introductory individual and family resource management, introductory personal financial planning, and time value of money. Then, you will choose three additional courses based on your interests. This minor requires 16 hours of CSM courses and is open to all majors.
Digital Consumer Engagement:
The Digital Consumer Engagement Minor equips students with the technical knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in today’s digital consumer workplace and home. Consumers are increasingly engaged in digital communications and online communities in their homes, workplaces, and markets. The Digital Consumer Engagement curriculum prepares students for these transactions and the quickly-changing markets in which they occur.
Consumer Sciences:
The Department of Consumer Sciences prepares students for leadership roles in business, government, and non-profit settings. Students in this major have interests in personal finance, consumer behavior, marketing, public policy, and related fields that require the expertise of professionals who understand the role consumers play in today’s markets.
Course offerings for the minors are listed below:
Conflict resolution
CSM 425
Conflict Resolution Workplace * (3 hours) CSM 427 Emotional Intelligence (3 hours) CSM 428 Processes of Negotiation (3 hours) CSM 430 Family & Consumer Law * (3 hours) CSM 486 Principled Negotiation (3 hours) Total Hours 15 |
Personal Finance
Required Courses:
CSM 201 Indiv Family Resourc Mgt (3 hours) CSM 204 Intro Personl Finan Plan (3 hours) CSM 300 Time Value of Money (1 hour) Choose 3 Additional Courses: CSM 333 Financial Capability (3 hours) CSM 400 Personal Insurance Plan & Mgt (3 hours) CSM 435 Psychology Of Money (3 hours) CSM 454 Personal Income Tax Mgt Planng (3 hours) CSM 459 Tech of Counsl in Cons Science (3 hours) Total Hours 16 |
Digital Consumer Engagement
CSM 101
Introduction to Digital Tools (3 hours) CSM 440 Max Social Media Mktg (3 hours) CSM 441 Consumer Communications * (3 hours) CSM 443 Consumer Cybersecurity (3 hours) OR CSM 381 Consumer Marketing Management CSM 447 Advanced Digital Tools (3 hours) Total Hours 18 |
Consumer Sciences
CSM 201
Indiv Family Resourc Mgt (3 hours) CSM 204 Intro Personl Finan Plan (3 hours) CSM 303 Intro to Consumer Econ (3 hours) CSM 381 Consumer Marketing Management (3 hours) CSM 401 Consumer Protection (3 hours) CSM 405 Public Policy (3 hours) Total Hours 18 |
*may also count towards CA Concentration