Business

The academic minor in Business provides all City Tech students with an opportunity to complement their current fields of study and future career paths. It is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the core concepts that all businesses share and opens options for alternative careers, leveraging interests marketing, communications, technical writing, and visual culture, and adding a practical dimension to any degree.

This program allows you to complete a business minor by simply adding a few courses to your program while finishing your BA, BS, BFA, or BTECH degree. Several of the foundation courses meet other City Tech requirements you need to satisfy anyway. Thus, if carefully chosen, they may not significantly add to your overall workload. To enroll, please read the overview page and fill out the appropriate forms. Your Business Minor Advisor (see Information Sheet) will need to sign it and you will submit it directly to the Registrar. Be sure to download and read the Business Minor Information sheet. Further, if scheduled properly, the Business Minor may not cost you anything. The required sequence of courses provides an adequate preparation for general business practice and a fundamental understanding of the key concepts that all businesses share. Students should consult with Financial Aid to fully understand their cost/tuition obligations, if any.

Business & Technology of Fashion (BTF) majors are not eligible for this minor.

Learning Outcomes

Students will:

• Display an understanding of economic and industry issues, and the roles of accounting, finance, and law within that environment;

• Apply appropriate accounting concepts, principles, standards, and processes;

• Identify and analyze business problems and opportunities and formulate recommendations for courses of action;

• Communicate effectively and professionally in business situations through physical or virtual presence, writing, speaking, listening, and electronic media;

• Demonstrate awareness of economic, environmental, political, ethical, legal and regulatory contexts of global business practices.

Note: Students in the Bachelor of Science in Data Analytics/Economics or the Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics may replace BUS 2339 by completing the full Accounting sequence (ACC 1101 & 1201), BUS 1122, and ECON 1101 for a total of 14 credits.

Advisement Information

If you’re interested in declaring and earning an academic minor in Business, please consult the Academic Minors page for more information about minors and to download the appropriate forms. Your Business Minor Advisor (see Information Sheet) will need to sign it and you will submit it directly to the Registrar. Be sure to download and read the Business Minor Information sheet.