Undergraduate Business Minor
Business minor for Johns Hopkins undergraduate students
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School offers Johns Hopkins undergraduates a focused, quantitative business minor that will prepare you for careers in small companies, major corporations, consultancies, as well as acceptance into graduate business programs.
Position yourself as a leader among your peers in the private sector, government, the non-profit sector, and the world of social enterprises. Graduating with a business minor, you will have the opportunity to enter a variety of business careers such as finance, management, real estate, marketing, accounting, and consulting.
At the conclusion of the program, you will be able to:
- Enter a variety of careers such as finance, management, real estate, marketing, accounting and consulting.
- Create, analyze, and implement value propositions about projects and products for the benefit of various stakeholders, from shareholders to local communities.
- Establish and manage brands and products as well as institutions and organizations.
- Build, manage, and grow valuable and lasting relationships with clients, customers, shareholders, creditors, and local communities.
- Recognize, understand, capitalize on, and generate changing trends in local and global economies.
- Be a responsible business leader and an engaged citizen of your communities, cities, and countries.
The business minor offers an instructional program that combines critical analysis and theoretical grounding in a broad set of required courses and hands-on experience through an experiential capstone course.
Undergraduate Business Minor Requirements
The Undergraduate Business Minor will require a total of 24 credits.
Required Courses:
- BU.667.310 Business Analytics and Statistics (3)
- AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2)
- BU.667.311 Economics for Decision Making (3)
- AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2), Ethics and Foundations (FA5)
- BU.667.312 Marketing Management (3)
- AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2)
- BU.667.313 Principles of Finance (3)
- AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2)
- BU.667.314 Operations Management (3)
- AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2)
- BU.667.315 Organizational Management (3)
- AS Foundational Abilities: Science and Data (FA2), Ethics and Foundations (FA5)
- BU.667.400 Business Capstone (3)
- AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1), Projects and Methods (FA6)
- 1 Carey elective from one of the following options:
- EN.660.203 Financial Accounting, OR
- BU.667.325 Scaling Startups: Ideation, Financing, and High-Growth Strategies
- AS Foundational Abilities: Writing and Communication (FA1)
Declaring the Minor
Students can declare the minor via SIS. Hover over the Registration tab in SIS and select “online forms.” Complete the “add a new major/minor” form.
Frequently Asked Questions
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There are eight required courses to complete the business minor. Required courses are noted above.
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Business courses are open to all Johns Hopkins Arts & Sciences and Engineering students.
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No. You may choose to take only a course or two. You do not have to declare the minor.
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Advising for the minor will be handled by the Carey Business School’s Academic Programs & Advising Office. Questions about the minor can be addressed to Michael Tyler, Academic Advisor for the business minor at Carey_BusinessMinor@jhu.edu.
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Yes, each Business Minor course run by the Carey Business School (BU designated courses) is tagged for at least one KSAS Foundational Ability. Details of the FA tags are noted under the required courses above.