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The purpose of the business minor program is to enable non-CBE students to pursue a course of business studies that will enable them to supplement their major studies and make them more marketable. The overall learning objective of the program is to provide non-CBE students with the knowledge and skills with which to make more informed business decisions.

Courses offered in the business minor program are not open to students currently in the CBE nor may these classes count as substitutes for CBE core classes should a student later decide to transfer into the CBE.

Program of Studies: The business minor consists of 14 credit hours. These courses are integrated across the entire program and must be taken in a stepped sequence. These 14 credit hours plus the prerequisite consist of the following courses:

Required prerequisite course:

ECO 1 – Principles of Economics (4 credit hours). ECO 1 can be taken in either the freshman or sophomore year and must be completed prior to entering the business minor program.

Required courses:

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BUS 125 – Behavioral Skills Workshop (1 credit hour. Fall.)

                 Prerequisite: ECO 1

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BUS 126 – Information Analysis and Financial Decision Making I

                (3 credit hours.Fall.). Co-requisite: BUS 125.

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BUS 127 – Information Analysis and Financial Decision Making II

                (3 credit hours. Spring.) Prerequisite: BUS 126.

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BUS 225 – Developing, Producing, and Marketing Products and Services I

                (3 credit hours. Fall.). Prerequisite: BUS 127.

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BUS 226 – Developing, Producing, and Marketing Products and Services II

                (3 credit hours. Spring.) Prerequisite: BUS 225.

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BUS 326 – Business Strategy (1 credit hour. Spring.)

 

Recommended courses:

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Probability Theory and Statistics (e.g., ECO 145, MATH 12, IE 111, PSYC 110, etc.)

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An Integrated Learning Experience (e.g., ME/BUS 211, MGT 311, or internship)

The courses required in the business minor program will be offered in a lock step sequence requiring completion of each course in the sequence before being able to continue with the next course. That is, students must first complete BUS 126 before taking BUS 127, BUS 127 before taking BUS 225, and BUS 225 before taking 226. BUS 125 and BUS 326 are to be taken in conjunction with BUS 126 and BUS 226, respectively.

 

Program admission requirements: Each spring, 80 students will be accepted into the business minor program for the following fall. Application into the program will be made by students and submitted to the program director by March 1st. An admissions committee comprised of the business minor program director, associate dean for the undergraduate CBE program, and the business minor curriculum committee will make admission decisions based on G.P.A., experience, and interest in pursuing business opportunities upon graduation from Lehigh (to be evaluated on the basis of a written essay). Students will be notified of admissions decisions prior to registration for the fall semester. Entrance into business minor classes will be controlled by restricted overrides by the director of business minor program. The Director of the Busin4ss Minor Program is Geraldo M. Vasconcellos, Allen DuBois Distinguished Professor of Finance & Economics (gmvØ@lehigh.edu).

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