• Outside Minors for Business Majors
• Minors for Non-Business Majors

Minors and Other Programs

A minor is a course of study that introduces a field and provides modest depth into its subject matter. Students should take care to satisfy all prerequisites and carefully note other information in the catalog pertaining to sequences of courses, class standing, and regulations of other schools.

Note: Undergraduate students who are neither accounting nor business administration majors may not register for more than 29 credit hours of business coursework (i.e., 88x-xxxxx).

Outside Minors for Business Majors

The School of Business has designed its business administration degree program to provide substantial flexibility. Open and liberal arts electives allow students to pursue extra depth in a business concentration or extra breadth in other units of the College. Students are strongly encouraged to develop a plan of study with their academic advisers early in their college years to accomplish academic and career goals.

Minors for Non-Business Majors

These program offerings are not intended for students pursuing the B.S. in business administration.

Management Minor

Students wishing to enter the Ithaca College 4+1 M.B.A. program should follow this course of study. Students majoring in any business or accounting degree, sport management, telecommunications management, and/or applied economics may not enroll in this minor. Students may not enroll in both the management minor and the business minor. In whatever combination of majors, minors, and certificates, undergraduate students who are neither accounting nor business administration majors may not register for more than 29 credit hours of business coursework (i.e., 88x-xxxxx), including elective credits.

887-20300	Legal Environment of Business	3
882-26000	Business Systems and Technology	3
880-22500	Financial Accounting	3
880-22600	Management Accounting	3
883-31100	Business Finance	3
884-31200	Principles of Marketing	3
886-34500	Operations Management	3
882-20600	Organizational Behavior and Management	3
	Total	24

Students should be aware of the prerequisites for the above, listed below.

312-11000	Computers and Information Technologies	3
313-14400	Business Statistics or
313-24400	Statistics with Probability	4
313-10800 313-11100	Calculus for Decision Making (Group 1) or Calculus I (Group 1) or
313-10700	Fundamentals of Applied Calculus (Groups 2 and 3)	4
306-12100	Macroeconomics	3
306-12200	Microeconomics	3

Students intending to apply to the School of Business M.B.A. program must also complete the following courses.

319-11000 319-11500	Public Communication or Business and Professional Communication	3
	Cultural diversity elective (approved list available in dean's office)	3
885-30200	Applied Ethical Issues in Management	3

Note: The above courses may have prerequisites; refer to course descriptions.

Business Minor

This minor is a general introduction to the study of business. Students may not enroll in both the management minor and the business minor. It is not available to students majoring in business administration, accounting, sport management, or applied economics. In whatever combination of majors, minors, and certificates, undergraduate students who are neither accounting nor business administration majors may not register for more than 29 credit hours of business coursework (i.e., 88x-xxxxx), including elective credits.

Select any six courses from the following 3-credit courses:
887-20300	Legal Environment of Business
881-26500	International Business Operations
880-22500	Financial Accounting
880-22600	Management Accounting
882-26000	Business Systems and Technology
883-31100	Business Finance
884-31200	Principles of Marketing
886-34500	Operations Management
882-20600	Organizational Behavior and Management
885-30200	Applied Ethical Issues in Management
	Total	18

Note: The above courses may have prerequisites; refer to course descriptions.

Finance Minor

This minor surveys the importance of finance in the business world. It is not available to students pursuing a B.S. in business administration or accounting. In whatever combination of majors, minors, and certificates, undergraduate students who are neither accounting nor business administration majors may not register for more than 29 credit hours of business coursework (i.e., 88x-xxxxx), including elective credits.

A. Required courses

306-12100	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
305-12200	Principles of Microeconomics	3
880-22500	Financial Accounting	3
883-20300	Financial Markets and Institutions	3
883-31100	Business Finance	3

B. Elective course

883-xxxxx	Finance elective (level 2 or higher)	3
	Total	18

Note: The above courses may have prerequisites; refer to course descriptions.

International Business Studies Minor

This minor provides an overview of the field of international business. It is not available to students pursuing the B.S. degree in business administration or accounting. In whatever combination of majors, minors, and certificates, undergraduate students who are neither accounting nor business administration majors may not register for more than 29 credit hours of business coursework (i.e., 88x-xxxxx), including elective credits.

A. Required course Credits

881-26500

International Business Operations

3

B. Business electives (select two)

International business courses (approved list available in dean's office)

6

C. Electives (select two)

International business or liberal arts electives (approved lists available in dean's office)

6

(Note: International Economics, offered in London, can be substituted as an approved liberal arts elective.)

D. Language requirement

	Foreign language course (at least at level 2)	3
	Total	18

Note: The above courses may have prerequisites; refer to course descriptions.

Marketing Minor

Students pursuing the B.S. in business administration or accounting are not eligible for this overview of the field of marketing. In whatever combination of majors, minors, and certificates, undergraduate students who are neither accounting nor business administration majors may not register for more than 29 credit hours of business coursework (i.e., 88x-xxxxx), including elective credits.

A. Required courses

884-31200	Principles of Marketing	3
884-32300	Consumer Behavior	3

B. Marketing electives (select three)

884-37000	Promotion Management
884-38000	International Marketing
884-39700	Selected Topics in Marketing
884-41100	Marketing Research
884-49700	Selected Topics in Marketing
884-49900	Independent Study in Marketing	9

C. Electives (select one)

310-10200	Media and Politics
319-14000	Small Group Communication
221-23200	Public Relations
221-24100	Advertising
221-29600	Audience Research
221-32100	Broadcast Programming and Promotion
221-32200	New Telecommunications Technologies
221-32400	European Mass Media
330-10000	Psychology of Adjustment
330-10300	General Psychology or
330-20300	Principles of Psychology
330-10400	Introduction to Developmental Psychology or
330-20400	Principles of Developmental Psychology
330-31600	Social Psychology
330-33400	Industrial Psychology
331-10100	Introduction to Sociology
331-10200	Contemporary Sociological Issues
331-20700	Race and Ethnicity
663-29500	Social Aspects of Sport
663-29600	Psychology of Sport	3
	Total	18

Note: The above courses may have prerequisites; refer to course descriptions.