In the SC Johnson College of Business
The business minor in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is a popular option for a number of majors—so popular, in fact, that it is one of the largest undergraduate minors available on campus. This means diverse classroom discussions, professional connections, and industry insights you wouldn’t have gained as part of your major’s course requirements.
What’s more, basic business skills and foundational knowledge makes you a more marketable job or graduate school candidate.
Eligibility
All Cornell undergraduates except students enrolled in Dyson, Nolan, and ORIE, and any majors that include overlap of two or more core courses. Students are eligible to sign up for the minor as early as their first year and no later than their sixth semester.
Academic Policies
A minimum of 12 unique credits (outside of major’s core discipline) must be taken to complete any/all minors. Some majors may be required to take an additional course to satisfy this requirement. Students may not use course codes within their home college/major to satisfy minor requirements unless noted as an approved overlap (ex. ECON 1110). All courses must be taken for a letter grade, and a grade of C or better is required.
Required Credits
This minor requires a total of 18 credits to complete, which includes 6 foundation credits and 12 core credits. From the total credits, 9 must be taken at Cornell University, and 9 must be Johnson College of Business (JCB) courses, which include any course code of AEM, HADM, NBA, or NCC. *Note - in many cases, the Cornell and JCB requirements will overlap (e.g. AEM 2241: Finance is a JCB course and a Cornell course, so it will satisfy 3 credits for each requirement).
Foundation Courses
This minor requires at least 3 credits in statistics and 3 credits in microeconomics. We recommend taking these courses before taking the minor’s core courses, and require them to be completed by your sixth semester. A letter grade of C or better is required.
Statistics
One of the following courses is required:
Microeconomics
One of the following courses is required:
Core Requirements
The remaining 12 credits must be fulfilled by taking courses in each of the four categories below. A letter grade of C or better is required. Please note that 9 credits must be Johnson College of Business (JCB) courses.
Introduction to management (3 credits)
One of the following courses is required:
*Introduction to management for ILR students only (3 credits)
To satisfy the unique credit requirement, ILR students are required to take an advanced management course in addition to their respective ILR mgmt. sequence below. Please refer to the website for advanced course options.
ILR students who joined ILR before Fall 2022 are required to take:
ILR students who joined ILR in Fall 2022 or later are required to take:
- ILRID 1520 - Introduction to Psychology of Work I: Theories
- ILRID 1521 - Introduction to Psychology of Work II: Applications
or
Introduction to marketing (3 credits)
One of the following courses is required:
Financial Accounting (3 credits)
One of the following courses is required:
Finance (3 credits)
One of the following courses is required: