Broaden Your Potential with a Business Minor
Adding a business minor is an excellent way to enrich your academic experience and build marketable skills—no matter what you’re majoring in or what you plan to do after graduation. The Cornell SC Johnson College of Business offers an array of options, from traditional business fundamentals to more specialized topics like entrepreneurship, real estate, and sustainability.
We invite you to explore our undergraduate business minors.
General Business Minors: Expand Your Knowledge
Our three most popular minors are designed to boost business acumen, no matter one’s primary field of study. This includes options designed for future engineers and healthcare practitioners looking to build leadership and entrepreneurial skills.
Business Minor
This flexible minor blends core business classes with electives in areas like statistics, finance, marketing, and management.
Open to all Cornell undergraduates except those enrolled in the Nolan School, the Dyson School, or Operations Research and Information Engineering.
Business Minor for Engineers
Build business and people skills to collaborate with colleagues across disciplines—and to help bring your engineering ideas to life.
Open to Cornell Engineering students and some majors in Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences and the Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS).
Dyson Business Minor for Life Sciences
Prepare for leadership roles at the intersection of science and business. You’ll gain marketable skills through a simulation capstone.
Open to select majors in Arts and Sciences, Cornell Engineering, Cornell Human Ecology, and in CALS.
Specialized Business Minors: Pursue Your Passion
Dive deeper into the topics and issues that matter to you. Whether you’re interested in pursuing an exciting career in the fast-paced food and beverage industry, have a passion for real estate and urban living design, or want to use your degree to do business for good on the international stage, we have an option for you.
Specialized minors are open to all Cornell undergraduates except students enrolled at the Dyson School.*
Applied Economics
Gain a solid foundation in economics and build practical skills with a mix of core courses and industry-specific electives.
Entrepreneurship
Learn to think like a founder and develop a creative mindset. Get firsthand experience with studio courses and an innovative practicum.
International Markets and Development
Address pressing questions facing emerging economies around the world. You’ll have the option to research or study abroad.
Food and Agricultural Business
Discover more about food production and distribution in the United States and abroad, from dairy farms to the supermarket.
Real Estate
The Cornell Real Estate Minor prepares students for careers in investment, development, and finance, with global exposure through core courses, electives, and real-world experiences in hospitality, residential, and commercial real estate.
*The Cornell real estate minor is open to all Cornell undergraduates. Are you a Nolan School student interested in pursuing the real estate minor? Learn more about the minor.
Sustainable Business and Economic Policy
Analyze the connections between the economy and the environment. Electives cover topics from green energy to social enterprise.
Next Steps: How to Add a Business Minor
Once you’ve identified the best business minor option for you, it’s time to officially declare your intent. To get started, we encourage you to review our FAQs and policies. If you have questions about requirements or need assistance, the business minors team is here to help.