Kent State Alum is a Natural When it Comes to Parks, Rec and Tourism

Jessica Clonch

For Jessica Clonch, Pymatuning State Park feels like home as she leads moonlit hikes, arts and crafts activities and closeups with possums and eagles in the nest in her role as a naturalist. But on April 8, 2024, and the days before, the 2020 Kent State alum, had the opportunity to educate the public about the total solar eclipse, a wondrous event that filled her park with folks from as far away as British Columbia, Canada.Since childhood Clonch has wanted to combine her love of the outdoors with her career. Now, to her delight, she’s living the dream.“I loved camping. I loved backpacking...

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Michelle Adair

 Congratulations to Michelle Adair, a professor in the Addictions Counseling program housed in the School of Lifespan, Development, and Educational Sciences, for being named Most Valuable Professor.The announcement was made at a recent women's softball game when Michelle threw out the first pitch. She was nominated by senior third base player Alexandria Whitmore, a native of Mogadore and a student in Michelle’s Addictions Counseling course....

Military and Leadership Studies - Minor

Military and Leadership Studies minor provides you with the knowledge and skills needed to excel in leadership roles within the military and beyond. With experienced faculty and a curriculum that emphasizes leadership, communication and critical thinking, you'll be well-prepared for success in a variety of fields.

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Program Description

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Leadership styles, organizational structure and behavior and a global perspective form the common ground between the military and business. The Military and Leadership Studies minor provides an overview of management, leadership and international business. Students will gain military perspective through hands-on experience as well as coursework. The interdisciplinary minor is open to all students.

A minor in Military and Leadership Studies allows students who have completed specialized ROTC or military service courses to receive credit for this training. Normally, these courses are applied as electives within a degree program. The minor provides proof on a student's transcript that they have specialized in the area of Military and Leadership Studies.

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Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Understand leadership strategies.
  2. Understand different types of leadership.

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Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
MGMT 24163PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3
MGMT 34165DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP 3
Aerospace Studies (ASTU), Military Science (MSCI) or Military Credit Electives6
Leadership Elective, choose from the following:3
BA 44152
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
HRM 34180
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
MGMT 34175
LEARNING TO LEAD
MGMT 34185
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Military History Elective, choose from the following:3
HIST 31024
WORLD WAR II
HIST 31035
THE GLOBAL COLD WAR
HIST 31072
AMERICA AND THE WORLD: 1898-1945
HIST 31073
AMERICA AND THE WORLD SINCE 1945
HIST 31085
ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S WORLD: 18TH-CENTURY AMERICA (DIVD)
HIST 31102
WAR AND SOCIETY IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1865 TO THE PRESENT
HIST 31118
VIETNAM WAR
HIST 41024
HIST 41129
POL 40530
POLITICS OF WAR
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Military Science and Aerospace Studies Professors may grant access to junior and senior level courses for non-ROTC students who are pursing a Military and Leadership Studies minor and who are not contracted ROTC students.
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

Marketing - Minor

The Marketing minor helps students develop the perspectives and skills necessary to understand consumers and to provide customer satisfaction. In today’s highly competitive business environment, successful managers must have a strong focus on providing customer satisfaction as well as the ability to research consumer needs, wants and desires; understand what these mean in terms of company offerings; and communicate the benefits of their products or services effectively. Students completing the minor should be equipped to bring a marketing orientation to both profit and not-for-profit organizations.

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this minor will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an understanding of segmentation and target marketing.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of the consumer decision-making process and its implications for marketers.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of the wide-ranging importance of marketing to businesses, society and their own lives.

Admissions for Marketing - Minor

Admissions

Admission Requirements

The Marketing minor is not accepting students at the Stark Campus at this time.

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

  • To declare the minor, students must have a minimum 2.000 overall Kent State University GPA. No Kent State University GPA is required if the student is a first-semester freshman or transfer student admitted in good standing.

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Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
ECON 22060PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (KSS) 3
MKTG 25010PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING 3
MKTG 35035CONSUMER BEHAVIOR 3
Minor Electives, choose from the following:9
ENTR 27056
INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MKTG 35046
PROFESSIONAL SELLING
MKTG 35050
MARKETING RESEARCH
MKTG 35056
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
MKTG 45045
ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION MANAGEMENT
MKTG 45047
ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL SELLING
MKTG 45060
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
MKTG 45082
SERVICES MARKETING
MKTG 45091
MARKETING SEMINAR
MKTG 45189
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MARKETING (DIVG) (ELR)
MKTG 45049
SALES FORCE LEADERSHIP
MKTG 45051
DIGITAL MARKETING
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Students may not pursue a minor and major in the same discipline.
  • Students who major in Entrepreneurship and minor in Marketing cannot use ENTR 27056 or MKTG 45046 as Marketing minor electives. Also, if Entrepreneurship majors use MKTG 35056 as an entrepreneurship major elective, it cannot also be used as a Marketing minor elective unless the other 6 credit hours (of the 9 credit hours needed for Marketing minor electives) are different from the Entrepreneurship major.
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Program Delivery

Program Delivery

The Marketing minor is not accepting students at the Stark Campus at this time.

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

Management for Non-Business Majors - Minor

The Management minor provides a basic core of management courses, with emphasis on strategic management, leadership and the management of employees. Students gain an overview of managerial functions and expertise that will add value to the career preparations provided by their major programs.

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Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Assess and suggest appropriate solutions to human resource-related business problems.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of leadership principles and theories.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of basic financial accounting records.
  4. Demonstrate understanding of impact of globalization on business.

Admissions for Management for Non-Business Majors - Minor

Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

  • To declare the minor, students must have a minimum 2.000 overall Kent State University GPA. No Kent State University GPA is required if the student is a first-semester freshman or transfer student admitted in good standing.
  • Students in the Business Management major may not declare this minor or the Management for Business Major minor.

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Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
ACCT 23020INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING 3
HRM 34180HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 3
MGMT 24163PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3
MGMT 34165DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP 3
or MGMT 34175 LEARNING TO LEAD
Curricular Areas (maximum one course per curricular area), choose from the following:6
ACCT 23021
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
CIS 34054
USING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLVING BUSINESS PROBLEMS
or MGMT 34185
 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
COMM 20001
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
or COMM 35863
 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
ECON 22060
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (KSS)
or ECON 22061
 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS (KSS)
FIN 36053
BUSINESS FINANCE
MKTG 25010
PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Students may not pursue a minor and major in the same discipline.
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Ashtabula Campus
    • Geauga Campus
    • Kent Campus
    • Stark Campus
    • Trumbull Campus
    • Tuscarawas Campus

Management for Business Majors - Minor

The Management minor provides a basic core of management courses, with emphasis on strategic management, leadership and the management of employees. Students gain an overview of managerial functions and expertise that will add value to the career preparations provided by their major programs.

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Program Information for Management for Business Majors - Minor

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Program Learning Outcomes 

Graduates of this program will be able to:

  1. Assess and suggest appropriate solutions to human resource-related business problems.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding of leadership principles and theories.
  3. Demonstrate an understanding of basic financial accounting records.
  4. Demonstrate understanding of impact of globalization on business.

Admissions for Management for Business Majors - Minor

Admissions

Admission Requirements

Admission to a minor is open to students declared in a bachelor’s degree, the A.A.B. or A.A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree (not Individualized Program major). Students declared only in the A.A. or A.S. degree or the A.T.S. degree in Individualized Program may not declare a minor. Students may not pursue a minor and a major in the same discipline.

  • To declare the minor, students must have a minimum 2.000 overall Kent State University GPA. No Kent State University GPA is required if the student is a first-semester freshman or transfer student admitted in good standing.
  • Students in the Business Management major may not declare this minor or the Management for Non-Business Major minor.

Coursework

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Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
CIS 34054USING INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLVING BUSINESS PROBLEMS 3
or MGMT 34185 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
COMM 20001INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION 3
or COMM 35863 BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
ENG 30064ARGUMENTATIVE PROSE WRITING 3
or ENG 30065 EXPOSITORY PROSE WRITING
HRM 34180HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 3
MGMT 34165DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP 3
or MGMT 34175 LEARNING TO LEAD
PSYC 31282PERSONALITY 3
or PSYC 31773 INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Minimum Total Credit Hours:18

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Students may not pursue a minor and major in the same discipline.
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Ashtabula Campus
    • Kent Campus
    • Stark Campus
    • Trumbull Campus

Leadership - Minor

The Leadership minor provides students skills in understanding the business environment as a system of interrelated and interdependent parts. Students learn how to analyze the system to identify opportunities and challenges for addressing stakeholder concerns, in addition to gaining skills for influencing others to work toward sustainable practices. Responsible leadership involves making sustainable business decisions that consider the interests of all stakeholders including employees, clients, suppliers, customers, society, the environment and future generations. Addressing these varied and often conflicting concerns requires skill.

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Program Requirements

Minor Requirements

Minor Requirements
COMM 35863BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION 3
or MGMT 34175 LEARNING TO LEAD
or MGMT 44395 SPECIAL TOPICS IN MANAGEMENT
or PACS 11001 INTRODUCTION TO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (DIVD) (KSS)
MGMT 24163PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 3
MGMT 34165DYNAMICS OF LEADERSHIP 3
Minor Electives, choose from the following:6
MGMT 34185
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
MGMT 44009
THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
PACS 32040
CROSS-CULTURAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (DIVG)
PACS 33030
CONFLICT IN THE WORKPLACE
PSYC 30821
PSYCHOLOGY OF MOTIVATION
Minimum Total Credit Hours:15

Graduation Requirements
Minimum Minor GPA Minimum Overall GPA
2.000 2.000
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be upper-division coursework (30000 and 40000 level).
  • Minimum 6 credit hours in the minor must be outside of the course requirements for any major or other minor the student is pursuing.
  • Minimum 50 percent of the total credit hours for the minor must be taken at Kent State (in residence).
Admissions for Leadership - Minor

Admissions

Program Delivery

Program Delivery

  • Delivery:
    • In person
  • Location:
    • Kent Campus

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