Management, Marketing, and Business Administration
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Forrest Aven, Ph.D. Forrest Aven, Ph.D. Chair of MMBA & Associate Professor of Management Room 1005-N (713) 221 - 8901 avenf@uhd.edu

Welcome to the web site for the Management, Marketing, and Business Administration (MMBA) Department. Our department has a regional focus with emphasis on responding to the needs of the business community in the greater Houston area. The faculty provides quality instruction with work experience and terminal degrees in their teaching field. The faculty maintains currency in their areas of specialization through close affiliation with the business community, participation in local & national professional organizations, attendance at and presentation of professional development programs, supervision of student projects benefiting local businesses, consulting, in areas related to faculty areas of expertise and teaching, and research of an applied and/or theoretical nature.

The department offers majors and minors in the following areas: Administrative Management, General Business, Management, Marketing, and Purchasing and Supply Management. Minors are offered in Retail Management, Small Business Management, Metro-Entrepreneurship, and Energy Management and Professional Land Management. This enables a student to strengthen his or her education by selection of a minor tailored to his or her career goals. In addition to the traditional teaching methods, the department is the leader in distance learning. The department offers general business, marketing and management undergraduate business degree programs at the UH-Sugarland campus, and general business programs at Cinco Ranch and University Center at Montgomery College. Our faculty are involved in the development and presentation of courses by interactive television (ITV), video tape and online via Internet

Contact Dr. Aven at (713) 221-8901 or send an e-mail at avenf@uhd.edu for further information.

Major Area of Concentrations

• Administrative Management
• General Business
• Management
• Marketing
• Supply Chain Management

Minor Concentrations

• Energy Management
• Professional Land Management
• Metro - Entrepreneurship
• Retail Management

Minor Concentrations
Additionally, the College of Business offers a variety of minors to complement major programs. These minors can be selected by both students pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and those pursuing other degrees offered by the university. Students planning to pursue a minor in the College of Business who are not seeking a Bachelor of Business degree are reminded that in compliance with the accrediting principles of the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business International, the courses applicable to the minor, is limited to 25 percent of the credit hours applied toward graduation.

Students interested in minors in Energy Management or Professional Land Management should contact Gary Junco, Director, at (713) 222 - 5343 or juncog@uhd.edu Students interested in a minor in Metro - Entrepreneurship should contact Dr. Tom Duening, Director, at (713) 222 - 5368 or dueningt@uhd.edu students interested in Retail Management should contact Dr. Forrest Aven at (713) 221 - 8901 or avenf@uhd.edu.

General Academic Requirements for Minor

• Students must have a 2.0 cumulative GPA or better at UHD to be approved to pursue a minor.
• Students must have a 2.0 GPA or better in courses in the minor for minor to be certified at graduation.
• No field experience course may be applied to a minor program (ACC 4380, ADM 4380, CIS 4380, FIN 4380, MGT 4380, or PLM 4380).
• The minor field elected must be different from the major.
• A student must complete all course work required for the minor in addition to all course work required for the degree prior to graduation.

Students should note that in some instances courses listed as requirements or options for the minor may have prerequisites which are not listed as part of the program. Prerequisites will not be waived.