• Management Minor
• Business Minor
• Finance Minor
• International Business Studies Minor
• Marketing Minor

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	Calculus for Decision Making (Group 1) or
313-11100	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	Public Communication or
319-11500	Business and Professional Communication	3
	Cultural diversity elective (approved list available in dean's office)
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

Select one

313-10700	Fundamentals of Applied Calculus
313-10800	Calculus for Decision Making
313-11100	Calculus I	4

Select one

313-14400	Business Statistics (4 credits)
313-24300	Statistics (3 credits)
313-24400	Statistics with Probability (4 credits)
330-20700	Statistics in Psychology (4 credits)	3-4
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	25-26

Note: The above math courses may have prerequisites and may require certain math placement groups; 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

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

306-12200

Microeconomics

3

Select one

313-14400	Business Statistics (4 credits)
313-24300	Statistics (3 credits)
313-24400	Statistics with Probability (4 credits)
330-20700	Statistics in Psychology (4 credits)	3-4
884-31200	Principles of Marketing	3
884-32300	Consumer Behavior	3
884-38000	International Marketing	3
884-41100	Marketing Research	3
	Total	18-19

Note: The above courses prerequisites and may require math placement scores at certain levels; refer to course descriptions.