Minor in Business | Michigan Ross iMpact

Beginning in Fall 2013, a Minor in Business will be offered by the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. The Minor in Business is designed for students who would like to complement their non-business undergraduate major with business knowledge. The curriculum will enable non-business students to integrate business concepts, skills, and perspectives into their declared majors and will add value to many technical and non-technical majors across campus. Students will be eligible to apply to the minor if it has been approved by their school (see Admissions requirements below).

Admission:

In order to declare the Minor in Business and have the minor listed on the official University record, students must first be admitted to the minor via a competitive application process. There is one admission cycle each year. Following a pre-screening of applicants to verify eligibility, admission decisions will be based on a holistic review of the application form, transcript, resume, and two short essays. The application is NOW AVAILABLE (see link below) and due by May 31 for Fall 2013 admission. Students will be notified of admission decisions in July. We will admit 100 students to the minor for Fall 2013.

To be eligible to apply for admission to the minor, students must meet the following criteria:

Complete the prerequisites by the end of the Winter term in which they are applying
Have junior standing or above (55 CTP +) by the end of the Winter term in which they are applying
Be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program in a school at UM-Ann Arbor that has approved the minor for its students. The schools that have approved the Minor in Business for their students are:

College of Engineering
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design
School of Kinesiology
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Students who are interested in the Minor in Business are encouraged to attend one of our Information Sessions, which will be offered in both March and April.

APPLY to the Minor in Business by May 31, 2013 at 11:59 pm ET. (Please know that you cannot save and return to your application. The written response prompts are provided on the main front page of the application if you would like to complete the responses first in a word document and then cut and paste them into the form when you are ready to submit your full application.)

Prerequisites:

All applicants to the Minor in Business must complete the following requirements by the end of the Winter term in the year they apply. We will access and evaluate minor applicants’ U-M transcripts after Winter term grades have been posted. Any transfer or test credits you wish to have considered must appear on your U-M transcript by the end of the Winter term.

MATH 105, 115, or 120
- College credit for Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, Calculus II, or Calculus III is required.
- Includes AP credit for Math 120
- Includes IB, A-level, or transfer credit for an exact U-M course equivalent (not departmental credit, e.g., Math 101X)
- Students who have upper level Calculus MATH courses or Honors Calculus will meet this requirement.
First-Year Writing Requirement (FYWR) as approved through the LSA Sweetland Writing Center or ENGR 100
- Includes transfer credit for any course approved as First-Year Writing at U-M (not departmental credit, e.g., English 101X or ENGCMPTC 101X)

Co-Requisite:

ECON 101 Microeconomics
- Must be completed by graduation
- Includes IB, A-level, or transfer credit for the exact U-M course equivalent (not departmental credit, e.g., Econ 101X)
- AP credit will NOT fulfill this requirement.
- Can be completed for a letter grade or as pass/fail
- ECON 401 will also fulfill the ECON 101 co-requisite requirement

Curriculum Requirements:

The Minor in Business curriculum consists of 15 credit hours and has flexible core and elective components. Eligible courses taken prior to acceptance to the minor can be used to fulfill the 15 credit hour requirement, however, applicants are not required to complete any of the 15 credit hours prior to admission. Only those students who are accepted to the minor via the admission process (see above) will be eligible to have the Minor in Business listed on their University record, regardless of coursework completed. Students admitted to the minor must complete all minor requirement courses for credit and for a grade (may not be taken pass/fail). A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 is required within the minor coursework.

¹ The MATH 105, 115, or 120 prerequisite may be satisfied by AP, IB, A-Level, or upper level Calculus MATH courses at UM-Ann Arbor.
² Students admitted to the Minor in Business will work with a Minor advisor in the Ross School of Business BBA Program Office to determine the appropriate Action-Based Learning and elective coursework.

Advising:

After admittance to the Minor in Business, students will work with an Academic Advisor in the Ross School of Business BBA Program Office to officially declare the minor, develop a plan of study, and release the minor upon graduation.

Students who have not yet been admitted to the minor are encouraged to attend one of our Information Sessions, which will be offered in both March and April.

Questions? Please email BusinessMinor@umich.edu.