Business Minor
Requirements for the Business Minor
Minor Requirements:
Minor Requirements: Six courses, within at least three different disciplines,* must be completed for the minor. The following four courses are required of all minors:
- Acct 215: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
- Econ 101: Introduction to Economics
- Econ 360: Finance I
- Phil 232: Business Ethics
In addition, minors must complete two elective courses identified under a common track.
* For purposes of the minor, these disciplines are understood to comprise the following: accounting, computer science, economics, philosophy, political science, and psychology.
Tracks and Elective Courses
Managerial Track:
- Acct 216: Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting
- CSci 348: Databases
- Econ 304: Labor Economics
- Econ 315: Industrial Organization and Public Policy
- Econ 341: Game theory
- Psyc 203: Social Psychology
- Psyc 206: Industrial Psychology
- Psyc 208: Cognitive Psychology
International Track:
- Econ 310: Economic Development in the Third World
- Econ 337: International Economics
- Econ 345: Economic Development in China
- Econ 347: Microfinance Institutions in South Asia
- PolS 250: States and Markets in East Asia
- PolS 366: International Political Economy
- PolS 402: Topics in Political Economy
Finance Track:
- Econ 361: Finance II
- Econ 362: Finance III
Course Sequence and Timing
Finance I, which is required of all students, has a prerequisite of statistics (Math 204) and Introduction to Economics (Econ 101). All business minors should have completed Math 204 and Econ 101 by the end of their sophomore year. Business minors, who elect the Finance track, should complete the courses below by the end of the year specified:
- Freshman Year: Econ 101, Stat 204
- Sophomore Year: Accounting I, Finance I
- Junior Year: Finance II
- Senior Year: Finance III
