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Minors In The Undergraduate Business Program

The Undergraduate Business Program offers three minors to Carnegie Mellon students. Please select a minor below to view the course requirements.

To apply for a minor, please download and complete the minor application form (.pdf). You may turn it into the undergraduate business office, room 137, located in the Tepper School of Business.

Please check our policies on course substitutions for students pursuing a business minor.

Students may not take any courses for the business minors as pass/fail courses.

Minor in Business Administration

Prerequisite Math/Stat Courses

  • Two semester courses in Calculus (recommended 21-120 and 21-256)
  • One semester course in Statistics (or 70/36-207 or 36-220)

Required Courses

  • 70-311 Organizational Behavior
  • 70-381 Marketing
  • 73-100 Principles of Economics
  • 21-257 Models and Methods for Optimization or 21-292 Operations Research I

Choose two courses from the following list

  • 70-122 Introduction to Accounting
  • 70-371 Production/Operations Management
  • 70-391 Finance
  • 70-342 Managing Across Cultures
  • 70-430 International Management
  • 70-436 Corporate Social Responsibility
  • 70-451 Management Information Systems (IDS and Computer Science majors must select a different course)
  • 70-480 International Marketing
  • 70-481 Market Research
  • 70-483 Advertising and Marketing Communications
  • 70-484 Direct Marketing

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Minor in Management

The minor in management is available only to Fine Arts majors. Most of the courses for the management minor cannot be taken until the junior year.

Required Courses

  • 70-311 Organizational Behavior
  • 70-381 Marketing
  • 73-100 Principles of Economics

Choose three courses form the following list

  • 70-342 Managing Across Cultures
  • 70-430 International Management
  • 70-436 Corporate Social Responsibility
  • 70-480 International Marketing
  • 70-481 Market Research
  • 70-483 Advertising and Marketing Communications
  • 70-484 Direct Marketing

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Minor in Supply Chain Management

This minor is offered to CIT students by the Tepper School of Business. The minor consists of business courses that are quantitative in nature and oriented to manufacturing and operations, making them well suited for engineering students. Given the increased interest by many companies in optimization, logistics and supply chain management, engineering students may find this minor to be an attractive opportunity to study business.

Choose one course from the following options

  • 21-257 Models and Methods for Optimization
  • 21-292 Operations Research I

Required courses

  • 70-371 Production and Operations Management
  • 70-471 Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Prereq: 70-371)

Choose one course from the following list

  • 70-391 Finance (Prereq: 70-122 Introduction to Accounting and 21-257)
  • 70-460 Mathematical Models for Consulting (Prereq: 21-257 or 21-292, above)
  • 70-474 Quality Principles and Techniques

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