Business Minor

The Business Minor is a 15 credit program; however, statistics is a prerequisite to enrollment in OIM 301 – see list of qualifying statistics courses below. To complete the Business Minor, students must complete a statistics course plus the 15 credits of business foundations courses. Students need a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 in business minor coursework.

Required courses:

• ACCOUNTNG 233: Financial and Managerial Accounting Principles 
• FINANCE 301: Corporate Finance (Must have completed ACCOUNTNG 233 or take it concurrently)
• MANAGMNT 301: Principles of Management
• MARKETNG 301: Fundamentals of Marketing
• OIM 301: Introduction to Operations Management (Required prerequisite is Statistics. Please use the list of statistics class options below that will best align with your major.)
  • ​CE-ENGIN 260: Probability & Statistics in Civil Engineering
  • COMPSCI 240: Reasoning Under Uncertainty
  • EC-ENG 214 Probability and Statistics
  • EDUC 240: Introduction to Educational Statistics
  • M&I-ENG 273: Probability and Statistic
  • PUBHLTH 223: Introduction to Biostatistics for Public Health
  • PUBHLTH 490R: Introduction to Statistical Computing
  • PSYCH 240: Statistics in Psychology
  • RES-ECON 212: Intro Stats/Soc Sci
  • RES-ECON 213: Intermediate Statistics for Business and Economics
  • SOCIOL 212: Elementary Statistics
  • SPP 204: Statistical Models for Public Policy
  • STATISTC 240: Intro to Statistics
  • STATISTC 297F: Special Topics-Fundamental Concepts of Statistics
  • STATISTC 515: Statistics
  • STATISTC 516: Statistics
  • STATISTC 525: Regression & Analysis of Variance

Students may sign-up as a business minor in the fall or spring terms. Capacity is limited. 

Next enrollment period for starting program in Fall 2023: 

• Opens: November 6, at 9 am EST
• Closes: November 8, at 9 am EST

We will be implementing a lottery system to provide opportunity for all majors across campus to complete the form of their intention to declare the minor. Rising seniors are unlikely to be selected due to the shortened timeframe to fulfill the business minor requirements. 

To sign-up, complete and submit the Intention to Declare the Business Minor form. 

1. On-campus During Regular Academic Year (Fall & Spring)
   • The Business Minor courses are offered on campus during the fall and spring semesters.
   • Plan to take the minor courses over the span of multiple semesters.
      
2. Online Through the University Without Walls
   • All of the Business Minor courses are offered online through the University Without Walls.  Courses taken through UWW apply toward its completion.
   • NOTE: Courses taken through the University Without Walls are not included in your on-campus tuition and fees. 
   • Consult the UWW web site for information about the schedule of course offerings (fall, winter, spring and summer sessions) and associated costs.
      
3. Complete the Program Combining On-Campus & Online Classes
   • Take advantage of both on-campus and online classes to best meet your scheduling needs and preferences.
   • On-campus classes fall under on-campus tuition and fees.
   • Online classes fall under UWW tuition and fees.

As a Business Minor student am I subject to the additional student fee paid by Isenberg undergraduate students?

No. Only students enrolled in an Isenberg major are subject to the additional fee.

Where can I go for career advice and assistance?

For career advice and assistance, consult with career staff for your major to learn about resources and opportunities in your field.  In addition, the campus - wide office of Career Development & Professional Connections is available to all students regardless of major.

Can I take any of the courses at another university and transfer them into the minor?

At least three of the five required courses must be completed through the Isenberg School of Management either on-campus or through the University Without Walls. With prior approval, up to two of the required courses may be transferred in from another institution.

Can I fulfill business minor requirements while studying abroad?

Please submit a completed ICAF, and course descriptions, to bcatalano@isenberg.umass.edu for review.

At least three of the five required courses must be completed through the Isenberg School of Management either on-campus or through the University Without Walls. With prior approval, up to two of the required courses may be transferred in from another institution. See the Study Abroad for Business Minors guide and the Study Abroad Planning Resource.

I submitted my intent to pursue the minor, but it doesn’t appear in Spire. 

If you submitted the Business Minor Intent Form and the Business Minor (Minor: Business) does not appear in the academic area of your Student Center in Spire, please email us at bcatalano@isenberg.umass.edu.

If I’m having difficulty enrolling in OIM 301 even though I fulfilled the appropriate statistics requirement, what do I do?

If you have successfully completed one of the statistics courses noted above, please contact us at bcatalano@isenberg.umass.edu. Please include your 8-digit Spire ID in your email along with the section number and course number of the OIM 301 course and we will assist with your enrollment until the course reaches capacity.

Can classes in the minor be taken Pass/Fail?

No. The five required classes cannot be taken Pass/Fail.