Business Minor for Engineers

SC Johnson College of Business

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Program Description

People skills and knowledge of business fundamentals can position engineers for the creation and delivery of more effective solutions. Teamwork, communication, and collaboration are skills that you'll need as you interface with others—especially when you're tasked with delivering sophisticated solutions to clients or customers.

Understanding how core business functions "work" and how stakeholders measure success will help you gain support and resources to turn your engineering ideas into reality. With the business minor for engineers (BME), you'll begin to understand how managers think and how finance, marketing, accounting, and operations can affect business decisions.

Eligibility

The Business Minor for Engineers is open to students majoring in certain engineering subjects within Cornell's colleges listed below.

  • College of Engineering

All undergraduate majors in the College of Engineering are eligible. However, there is a difference in requirements for students majoring in Operations Research and Engineering (ORIE), so ORIE students must pursue the BME-ORIE option.

  • College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
    • Biological Engineering
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Information Science
  • College of Arts and Sciences
    • Computer Science
    • Information Science

Academic Policies

A minimum of 12 unique credits (outside of major's core requirements) must be taken to complete any/all minors. Some majors may be required to take an additional course to satisfy this requirement. All courses must be taken for a letter grade, and a grade of C or better is required.