Minors in Business
The minors offered by the School of Business are designed to offer a basic understanding of a variety of business subjects for students looking to further their knowledge within that subject. Coursework for these minors is typically completed in junior and senior years, however many minors require prerequisite coursework which should be started as early as a student's first year.
Students may earn only one minor that includes coursework in a business discipline at the 3000- or 4000-level (coursework in a business discipline is defined as any course offered using subject code ACCT, BADM, BUSN, BLAW, FNCE, HCMI, MEM, MENT/MGMT, MKTG, or OPIM). A student may earn a second minor offered by the School of Business only if it does not include School of Business coursework at the 3000- or 4000-level. Thus, an additional minor may be earned if a) it is offered jointly by the School of Business and another School or College, and b) all coursework used to satisfy that second minor is from non-Business coursework. The Personal Brand Entrepreneurship minor can be earned in combination with any other School of Business minor(s) because it does not require any coursework at the 3000- or 4000-level.
Access to courses is on a space-available basis, and the School of Business is unable to guarantee completion of a minor, noting most minors take at least four terms to complete after pre-requisite courses are fulfilled.
Do not submit a Minor Declaration Form until you have completed all listed pre-requisites for the minor. Before submitting the form, please carefully review the requirements for your intended School of Business minor and create a plan to complete it. If – after review of the pre-requisites or completion requirements – you determine that you will not be able to complete a minor, you are encouraged to explore alternate pathways to a career in Business to help you identify an appropriate parallel plan and to connect with the UConn Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills to discuss ways to leverage the business coursework you have already taken into your academic and career goals.
Open to Business and Non-Business Majors
Not open to undergraduate Accounting majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 40 credits and ACCT 2001 with a 'C' or higher.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs and Stamford campuses.
Additional notes: Completing the Accounting minor will satisfy the course pre-requisites necessary for eligibility to apply for admission to UConn's Master of Science Program in Accounting (MSA).
Not open to undergraduate Business Data Analytics or AIM (formerly MIS) majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Additional Notes: Many OPIM course catalog numbers and names have changed. View the course equivalency table here. If you declared this minor prior to 2024-25 and wish to follow current requirements OR you declared this minor in 2024-25 or later and wish to follow past requirements (prior to 2024-25), please submit the Business Minor Catalog Year Change Request Form | Undergraduate Programs.
Not open to undergraduate Marketing Management (formerly Digital Marketing & Analytics) majors or Marketing majors. Marketing Management majors and Marketing majors may declare this as a concentration within their majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits, all Business Critical Required Courses, and MKTG 3101/BADM 3750 with a 'C' or higher.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Hartford, Stamford, and Storrs campuses.
Not open to undergraduate Management majors. Management majors may declare this as a concentration within their major.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Additional Notes: Students who began taking Entrepreneurship minor courses prior to the 2022-2023 catalog requirement changes may be able to complete the minor by following older catalog requirements. Please contact the Undergraduate Programs Office to discuss with a Business Advisor.
Current list of additional courses with entrepreneurship content approved by the Management and Entrepreneurship Department for the Entrepreneurship minor for the 2022-2023 Academic Year and Prior.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Not open to undergraduate Accounting majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 40 credits, and ACCT 2001 and ACCT/BADM 2101 (formerly BADM 2710).
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Additional Notes: This minor will allow students to demonstrate an advanced understanding of business reporting and decision making and will give students the opportunity to broaden their skills and increase their employment opportunities.
Not open to undergraduate Healthcare Management majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 40 credits with a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher, or completion of 54 credits (no minimum cumulative GPA requirement).
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Not open to undergraduate Business Data Analytics or AIM (formerly MIS) majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: NONE
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Additional Notes: With introductory content intended for first-year and second-year students of any major, this minor offers students an introduction to the entrepreneurial, personal finance, legal, and marketing aspects of a person-as-brand business, including name-image-likeness and media-content based industries.
The courses required for this minor are at the 2000-level and thus are not subject to the restrictions on Business minors or limits on the number of Business courses available to non-Business students described in the School of Business section of the catalog. Courses towards the minor must be unique to the minor and cannot be used to fulfill the requirements of any other major or minor.
Not open to undergraduate Marketing majors. Marketing majors may declare this as a concentration within their major.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits, all Business Critical Required Courses, and MKTG 3101/BADM 3750 with a 'C' or higher.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Not open to undergraduate Real Estate majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Not open to undergraduate Marketing majors. Marketing majors may declare this as a concentration within their major.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: NONE.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Not open to undergraduate Business Data Analytics or AIM (formerly MIS) majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Not open to undergraduate Business Data Analytics or AIM (formerly MIS) majors.
Minor Requirements (Catalog)
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Open to Non-Business Majors Only
Not open to undergraduate Business majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits and ACCT 2001 with a 'C' or higher.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Hartford, Stamford, Storrs, and Waterbury campuses.
Not open to undergraduate Business majors.
How to declare: This minor can be declared at any time through the PPC system, ppc.uconn.edu.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Additional Notes: This minor is offered by the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.
Not open to undergraduate Business majors or MEM majors.
Pre-Requisites to Declare: Completion of 54 credits.
Campus: The courses for this minor are typically offered through the Storrs campus.
Open to Business Majors Only
Minor Policies
Important Notes Regarding Registration and Completion
- Students may earn only one minor that includes coursework in a business discipline at the 3000- or 4000-level (coursework in a business discipline is defined as any course offered using subject code ACCT, BADM, BUSN, BLAW, FNCE, HCMI, MEM, MENT/MGMT, MKTG, or OPIM). A student may earn a second minor offered by the School of Business only if it does not include School of Business coursework at the 3000 or 4000-level. Thus, an additional minor may be earned if a) it is offered jointly by the School of Business and another School or College, and b) all coursework used to satisfy that second minor is from non-Business coursework. View the University Catalog for additional details and limitations.
- The Personal Brand Entrepreneurship minor can be earned in combination with any other School of Business minor(s) because it does not require any coursework at the 3000 or 4000-level.
- Non-Business majors may attempt no more than 18 credits (approximately 6 courses) of 3000/4000-level coursework offered by the School of Business, which includes work transferred in as equivalent to courses offered by the School of Business. View the University Catalog for additional details.
- Students may use the online permission number request form when unable to self-enroll in a course used for the minor, noting all pre-requisites must be met to be granted permission to take a course.
- Unless a higher standard is noted in the description of a specific minor program, completion of a minor requires that a student earn a “C” (2.0) grade or better in each of the required courses for that minor.
- Completion of the Analytics minor requires that a student earn a “C+” (2.3) grade or better in each of the required courses.
- Completion of the Software Design minor requires that a student earn a “C+” (2.3) grade or better in each of the required courses.
- Completion of the Supply Chain minor requires that a student earn a “C+” (2.3) grade or better in each of the required courses.
- Access to courses is on a space-available basis, and the School of Business is unable to guarantee completion of a minor, noting most minors take at least four terms to complete after pre-requisite courses are fulfilled.
- Please see minor details regarding restrictions for certain majors.
To Change your Minor Catalog Year
Some minor requirements have changed. If you declared a minor in a past term and the minor requirements have since changed OR you declared a minor in the current term and wish to follow past requirements, please submit the Business Minor Catalog Year Change Request Form | Undergraduate Programs.
To Drop or Swap Your Declared Business Minor
- Request that your minor be removed from your record by completing the minor cancellation form and submitting it to the Registrar's Office (registrar@uconn.edu). Please do not submit the cancellation form to the School of Business.
- If you wish to declare a different business minor, wait until the first minor is removed from your program/plan in Student Admin and then submit the minor declaration form below.
Minors Offered by Campus
- Business Fundamentals (open to non-Business majors only)
- Digital Marketing & Analytics
- Management (open to Business majors only)
- Accounting
- Business Fundamentals (open to non-Business majors only)
- Digital Marketing & Analytics
- Management (open to Business majors only)
- Accounting
- Analytics
- Business Fundamentals (open to non-Business majors only)
- Construction Engineering and Management (open to non-Business majors only)
- Digital Marketing & Analytics
- Engineering Management (open to non-Business majors only)
- Entrepreneurship & Tech Innovation
- Entrepreneurship
- Financial Analysis
- Healthcare Management and Insurance Studies
- Information Assurance
- Management (open to Business majors only)
- Personal Brand Entrepreneurship
- Professional Sales Leadership
- Real Estate
- Social Responsibility and Impact in Business
- Software Design
- Supply Chain
- Business Fundamentals (open to non-Business majors only)
- Management (open to Business majors only)