Program Description
This minor focuses on giving students a basic understanding of engineering economics, accounting, statistics, project management methods, and analysis tools necessary to manage technical operations and projects effectively. The minor provides an important set of collateral skills for students in any engineering discipline.
Students affiliated with all majors are eligible to participate in this minor. Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) students may not use courses simultaneously to satisfy a requirement for the minor and as a major-approved elective or design elective. Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) students have some specific restrictions and requirements as noted below. Students pursuing the Independent Major should obtain approval from CEE for their proposed minor courses, as they relate to approved primary- and secondary-area programs.
Academic Standards
Grade Requirements
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
At least six courses, chosen as follows:
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| CEE 3230 | Engineering Economics and Management 2 | 3 |
| or ORIE 3150 | Financial and Managerial Accounting |
| 3 |
| Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering | |
| Eng Probability and Statistics: Modeling and Data Science | |
| Introduction to Probability and Inference for Random Signals and Systems | |
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| |
| ENGRG 3600 | Ethical Issues in Engineering Practice | 3 |
| CEE 5900 | Project Management | 4 |
| CEE 5930 | Data Analytics 3 | 3 |
| CEE 5970 | Risk Analysis and Management | 3 |
| CEE 5980 | Decision Framing and Analytics | 3 |
| ENMGT 5990 | Contemporary Challenges for Engineering Managers | 3 |
| NBA 5070 | Entrepreneurship for Scientists and Engineers | 3 |
Graduation Requirements for Engineering Minor Degree Programs
Requirements
Students may pursue minors in any department in any college that offers them, subject to limitations placed by the department offering the minor or by the students' major. Completed minors will appear on the student's transcript. Not all departments offer minors. Additional information on specific minors can be found above, in the Engineering Undergraduate Handbook, in the undergraduate major office of the department or school offering the minor, and in Engineering Advising.
An engineering minor recognizes formal study of a particular subject area in engineering normally outside the major. Students undertaking a minor are expected to complete the requirements during the time of their continuous undergraduate enrollment at Cornell. Completing the requirements for an engineering minor (along with a major) may require more than the traditional eight semesters at Cornell. However, courses that fulfill minor requirements may also satisfy other degree requirements (e.g., distribution courses, advisor-approved, or major-approved electives), and completion within eight semesters is possible.
An engineering minor requires:
- successful completion of all requirements for an undergraduate degree.
- enrollment in a major that approves participation in the minor.
- satisfactory completion of six courses (at least 18 credits) in a college-approved minor.
Students may apply for certification of a minor at any time after the required course work has been completed in accordance with published standards. An official notation of certification of a minor appears on the Cornell transcript following graduation.
