Program Description
The business minor in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is one of the largest undergraduate minors at Cornell, popular with students across campus. The flexibility built into the program makes it a great option for students seeking to incorporate foundational business skills into their Cornell education.
Academic Standards
Eligibility
All Cornell undergraduates except students enrolled in Dyson, Nolan, 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 requirements) must be taken to complete any/all minors. Some majors may be required to take an additional course to satisfy this requirement.
Grade Requirements
All courses must be taken for a letter grade. Grades of S/U or SX/UX will not be accepted.
Each course must be completed with a grade of C or better to count toward the minor.
Program Information
- Minimum Credits for Minor: 18
Minor Requirements
This minor requires 6 foundation credits and 12 core credits. From the total credits, 9 must be taken at Cornell University, and 9 must be SC 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.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| 3-4 |
| Introductory Statistics | |
| Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering | |
| Introduction to Statistics for Urban Studies | |
| Applied Probability and Statistics | |
| Applied Econometrics | |
| Probability and Statistics | |
| Eng Probability and Statistics: Modeling and Data Science | |
| Introductory Statistics and Data Science | |
| Probability Models and Inference | |
| Applied Probability and Statistics | |
| Basic Probability | |
| Theory of Statistics | |
| Introduction to Statistics | |
| Statistics for Public Policy | |
| Statistics and Research Design | |
| Statistics for Sociological Research | |
| Introductory Statistics and Data Science | |
| Introductory Statistics for Biology | |
| Statistics I | |
| Probability Models and Inference | |
| Applied Probability and Statistics | |
| 3-4 |
| Introductory Microeconomics | |
| Intermediate Microeconomic Theory | |
| Intermediate Microeconomics | |
Core Requirements
The remaining 12 credits must be fulfilled by taking courses in each of the four categories below.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| Introduction to Business Management | |
| Introduction to Management | |
| Introduction to Organizations and Management | |
| Managing and Leading in Organizations | |
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| Marketing | |
| Marketing Principles | |
| Marketing Management | |
| Marketing Management | |
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| Financial Accounting | |
| Financial Accounting Principles | |
| Financial Accounting | |
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
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| Finance | |
| Finance | |
| Finance | |
| Managerial Finance | |