Business Minors
Adding a minor will further prepare you for a career in today’s highly competitive world. It will help set you apart and provide you with a wider skill set when you enter the workforce.
All minors other than accounting and finance, require the completion of 15 credits in the respective business discipline. To have the selected minor recorded on the transcript, students must earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better in the minor. Keep in mind that, in general, courses that count toward your declared major do not count towards the minor. The main exception to this rule applies to students in the Business Administration major, who can apply a maximum of two qualifying courses toward both their major and a minor; other exceptions are noted specifically in each minor.
All minors offered through the Silberman College of Business are listed below. Please note that due to pre-requisite courses, some, not all, minors are only open to students in the Silberman College of Business. Any student interested in pursuing a minor at Silberman College of Business should contact an advisor in the Silberman Academic Advising Office.Â

Minors for non-business majors
Business Administration
- ECON 2001 Introduction to Microeconomics
- ACCT 2021 Introductory Financial Accounting
- MKTG 2120 Principles of Marketing
- MGMT 2600 Organizational Behavior
- LAW 2276 Business and the Law
- FIN 3250 Principles of Financial Analysis
This 18-credit minor is intended to provide a basic foundation in business for non-business students.
Minors for business majors
Accounting
Accounting is the language of business. Whether you are interested in starting your own small business or working for a Fortune 500 company, knowledge of the basics of accounting and financial reporting will provide a deeper understanding of the tools used in running a business.
- ACCT 3241 Intermediate Financial Accounting I
- ACCT 3242 Intermediate Financial Accounting II
- ACCT 3243 Cost Accounting: Measurement and Control
- ACCT 3390 Accounting Information System
Finance
- FIN 3310 Intermediate Financial Analysis
- FIN 4341 Financial Markets and Institutions
- FIN 4343 Securities and Investments
- FIN 4405 Analytical Methods in Finance
Marketing
- MKTG 2120 Principles of Marketing
- MKTG 3344 Marketing Research
- MKTG 4272 Consumer Behavior
- MKTG 4405 Advanced Marketing Management
Select one elective:
- MKTG 3341 Professional Sales & Sales Management
- MKTG 3360 Digital Marketing
- MKTG 3371 Principles of International Marketing
- MKTG 3383 Social Media Marketing
- MKTG 3501 Marketing for a Sustainable World
- MKTG 4344 Public Relations
- MKTG 4345 Sports and Events Marketing
- MKTG 4365 Marketing Communications
- MKTG 4499 Internship in Marketing Studies
Minors for business and non-business majors
Data Science
Required courses (three)
- DSCI 2029 Introduction to Statistics
- DSCI 3301 Statistical Methods
- DSCI 3272 Introduction to Data Mining
Select two electives:
- DSCI 3319 Decision Analysis
- DSCI 4600 Capstone Project-Data Science
Digital Marketing
- MKTG 2120 Principles of Marketing
- MKTG 4272 Consumer Behavior
- MKTG 3360 Digital Marketing
- MKTG 3383 Social Media Marketing
- MKTG 4499 Internship (Digitally Focused)
Entrepreneurship (Florham Campus)
Required Courses (three)
- ENTR 2710 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (offered as a business core)
- ENTR 3710 The Lean LaunchPad: From Idea to Launch
- ENTR 4600 Managing Growing Ventures
Select two electives:
- ENTR 3101 Small Business Management
- ENTR 3202 Family Business Management
- ENTR 3300 E-Business for Entrepreneurs (online)
- ENTR 3601 Women as Entrepreneurs (online)
- MGMT 3400 Managing Sustainably in the Global Context
- MKTG 3341 Professional Sales
Financial Planning and Wealth Management
Required Courses (four) – Exceptions listed below in parenthesis
- WMA 3335 Personal Financial Management
- WMA 4350 Investment Planning (Finance majors must take instead FIN 4343 Securities and Investment, which will count towards the major and this minor)
- WMA 4265 Personal Tax Planning (Accounting majors must take instead ACCT 4267 Federal Taxation, which will count towards the major and this minor)
- WMA 4380 Client Relations in Financial Management
Select one elective:
- WMA 4267 Retirement Planning
- WMA 4370 Personal Estate & Gift Planning
- WMA 4375 Risk Management and Insurance
Human Resources Management
- MGMT 2600 Organizational Behavior
- MGMT 3700 Human Resource Management
- MGMT 3710 Strategic Staffing
- MGMT 3720 Training, Development and Performance Management
- MGMT 4730 Strategic Human Resource Management
A student taking MGMT 4499 Internship in Human Resources may substitute this class in place of either MGMT 3710 or MGMT 3720.
Leadership
- MGMT 2600 Organizational Behavior
- MGMT 3100 Managerial Ethics
- MGMT 3610 Leading Teams
- MGMT 3620 Leadership and Personal Development
- MGMT 4640 Managing Projects and Organizations
Professional Selling and Sales Management
Required courses (three):
- MGMT 2600 Organizational Behavior
- MKTG 3341 Prof Selling and Sales Management Please be aware that MKTG 2120 Principles of Marketing is a pre-requisite for this course.
- WMA 4380 Client Relations or MGMT 4380 Client Relations and Financial Management
Select two electives:
- MGMT 3620 Leadership and Personal Development
- MGMT 3700 Human Resources Management
- MKTG 4272 Consumer Behavior
- WMA 3335 Personal Financial Management
Sustainability Management (Florham Campus)
Required Courses (four):
- MGMT 3400 Managing Sustainability in the Global Context
- MKTG 3501 Marketing for a Sustainable World
- DSCI 3502 Value Chain Management for Sustainability
- MGMT 4490 Guided Internship in Sustainability Management or a social entrepreneurship course approved by the chair of the management and entrepreneurship department.
Select one elective:
- BIOL 1070/1071 Ecosystem & Environ Science (Silberman and Becton non-science majors)
- CHEM 1027/1028 Chemistry for the Global Citizen (Silberman and Becton non-science majors)
- PHYS 1010/1020 Physics of Sustainable Energy (Silberman and Becton non-science majors)
- PHYS 1201/1202 Physics for the Global Citizen (Silberman and Becton non-science majors)
- BIOL 2049/2050 Ecology (Becton science majors)
- BIOL 1180 Climate Change Biology (Becton non-science majors)
Please consult with an advisor to determine if one of the above electives will count towards general education science requirements.