Business Minors
Ohio State offers more than 150 minors, giving students the opportunity to broaden their academic experience and explore interests both within and beyond their major. Whether you’re looking to deepen your knowledge of business or complement another field of study, a minor can help you develop specialized skills and gain a competitive edge.
At Fisher, students can choose from six business-specific minors designed to enhance your understanding of key areas in business. These minors are open to students across the university, offering valuable insight into the business world—no matter your major.
Business Minors
The Business Minor is designed for non-business majors who want to gain a foundational understanding of core business concepts. Students complete five courses—one each in accounting, finance, management and human resources, marketing and operations.
This minor requires no application. Once coursework is completed, students simply follow the minor declaration process within their college. No approval from the Fisher College of Business is needed.
The Ford Motor Company provided financial support to help develop this program.
Pre-requisites
Before enrolling in minor courses, students must complete:
- College Algebra: MATH 1130, 1148 or equivalent (or Math Placement Level M or higher)
- Microeconomics: ECON 2001.01 or equivalent
- Accounting: ACCTMIS 2000 is a required prerequisite for the finance course (BUSFIN 3120)
Required Courses (15 credit hours)
All five courses below are required. Variations must be approved by the Fisher Undergraduate Programs Petition Committee. View the curriculum sheet here.
- ACCTMIS 2000 – Foundations of Accounting (3 cr): Introduction to financial and managerial accounting concepts for non-business students | Pre-req for BUSFIN 3120
- BUSFIN 3120 – Foundations of Finance (3 cr): Survey of finance topics including investments, financial markets, risk and global finance | Pre-req: ACCTMIS 2000
- BUSMHR 3100 – Foundations of Management and Human Resources (3 cr): Overview of organizational behavior, human resource management and labor markets
- BUSOBA 3130 – Foundations of Operations Management (3 cr): Introduction to operations in manufacturing and service sectors including supply chain and purchasing
- BUSML 3150 – Foundations of Marketing (3 cr): Key marketing principles and tools used across for-profit and nonprofit organizations
Exclusions
- Not open to business majors or pre-business students
- Minor courses do not count toward a business major or as prerequisites for additional business coursework
Additional Guidelines
- Courses cannot double count toward a major
- Maximum 6 credit hours of transfer coursework may be applied
- Minimum grade of C- required in all minor courses
- Overall minor GPA must be 2.0 or higher
- Courses must be taken for a grade (no Pass/Non-Pass)
Designed with extensive input from industry interested in hiring individuals to work with “big data,” the Business Analytics Minor is an opportunity for students across disciplines to complement their major with skills in this fast-growing and important field.
What is Business Analytics?
Business analytics is the process of transforming data into insights for better business decisions. The Business Analytics Minor provides an understanding of how to extract patterns to predict behavior and other business outcomes as well as the ability to make informed decisions using a data-driven approach. A three-stage framework is used to build these skills:
The Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Minor is designed to enable students to capitalize on the economic value in creative ideas for commercially viable products and services. This minor enhances students’ understanding of and appreciation for entrepreneurship and innovation while encouraging exploration into personal career opportunities through entrepreneurial studies. Students will develop specific competencies in the creation, growth, and leadership of entrepreneurial enterprises.
The minor is designed (1) to provide students with an opportunity to complement their major studies with a specialization in Insurance; (2) to engage students from different majors to create an interdisciplinary classroom experience; and (3) to prepare students for various employment opportunities in the rapidly growing field of insurance.
Why Insurance?
- Insurance is part of every business, every industry.
- Risk is a major driving force in business operations, and insurance is an extremely valuable tool to help managers mitigate risk.
- Insurance is an incredibly stable career. Whatever happens to the economy, people and businesses will always need insurance.
- Insurance companies offer top benefit packages and opportunities for continuing education and professional development.
- Insurance is a career where YOU can make a difference!!
The International Business Minors is designed to provide students with an opportunity to complement their major studies with a deeper understanding of how the global economy works, to develop a greater appreciation of business opportunities and risks associated with a more interconnected world, and to prepare students for working in cross-national settings.
The International Business Minors consists of 15 credit hours, including a mix of required and elective courses.
The Real Estate Minor provides an interdisciplinary introduction to core issues in real estate finance, city and urban planning and construction management and prepares students for the various employment opportunities in the field of real estate. While the minor draws on classes from three different departments (Department of Finance, Department of City and Regional Planning and Department of Construction System Management), students are free to select courses that best compliment their current major.
What is Real Estate?
The real estate industry offers a number of exciting career paths for students of different academic backgrounds. Depending on students’ personal interests, they can pursue careers in real estate investment, real estate development, property and asset management, consulting, marketing, commercial brokerage, construction, accounting, design, architecture, planning and many others. The real estate minor is designed to provide students with an overview of this vibrant industry and provide them with industry specific skills and knowledge.
For more information about the minor and about other real estate related opportunities, please visit the Center for Real Estate.
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