The sustainable business and economic policy minor equips students with frameworks and tools to understand the interrelationship between the economy and the environment. You will learn about the role of government in addressing environmental problems as well as emerging opportunities for private businesses as we transition to more sustainable economic development.
After completing foundational coursework in microeconomics and data analysis, you’ll dive into core coursework that studies the root causes and potential solutions to a wide range of economic problems related to the environment, energy, and natural resources. Elective courses build on these ideas while focusing on specific topics, such as: sustainable business practices, renewable energy, and climate change.
All Cornell undergraduates except students enrolled in Dyson or in the Sustainable Business & Environmental Economics Concentration of the Environment & Sustainability major, 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.
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.
This minor requires 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 2600: Managerial Economics is a JCB course and a Cornell course, so it will satisfy 3 credits for each requirement).
This minor requires 3 credits in microeconomics and 3 credits in data analysis/econometrics/statistics before taking the minor’s core courses. A letter grade of C or better is required.
The minor’s core requirements (12 credits) must be fulfilled by taking courses from the list below. Please note that 9 credits must be Johnson College of Business (JCB) courses.
A letter grade of C or better is required.
Advanced economic theory (6 credits)
The following course is required:
*Economics and Public Policy majors may continue to satisfy this requirement with ECON 3030 and PUBPOL 2000, but will be required to take an additional course under the Environmental and Resource Economics category in order to satisfy the unique credit requirement.
The following course is also required:
Environmental and resource economics (6 credits)
Two of the following courses are required: