CSM Undergraduate Minors

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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 225
Confidence in Conflict *
(3 hours)

CSM 227
The Power of 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 381
Consumer Marketing Management

CSM 440
Max Social Media Mktg
(3 hours)

CSM 441
Consumer Communications *
(3 hours)

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
Consumer Decisions
(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