Undergraduate Major versus Minor

Course Requirements for an Undergraduate Business Minor vs. Major

	Business Minor	Business Major
Foundations	ECON 100 Principles of Economics (taken at Rice) STAT 280 Elementary Applied Statistics	ECON 100 Principles of Economics (taken at Rice) MATH 101 Single Variable Calculus I BUSI 395^a Data Analytics (or STAT 310 or comparable)
Business Core	BUSI 296 Business Communication BUSI 305 Financial Accounting BUSI 310 Leading People in Organizations BUSI 343 Financial Management (or ECON 343) BUSI 380 Marketing BUSI 390 Strategic Management	BUSI 296 Business Communication BUSI 305 Financial Accounting BUSI 310 Leading People in Organizations BUSI 343 Financial Management (or ECON 343) BUSI 374 Operations Management BUSI 380 Marketing BUSI 390 Strategic Management BUSI 430 Management Accounting
Business Depth		Complete Finance or Management Major Concentration Finance Major Concentration (4 courses): BUSI 401^ab Financial Statement Analysis (required) BUSI 447^ab Advanced Corporate Finance (required) BUSI 448 Investments (required) BUSI 450 Derivatives (required) Management Major Concentration (Choose 4 courses): BUSI 420^ab Leadership and Teams (required) BUSI 421 Power, Influence and Organizational Change BUSI 422 Negotiations and Decision Making BUSI 431^ab Advanced Strategic Management (required) BUSI 432 Business and Society BUSI 433 Technology and Innovation Strategy BUSI 480 Marketing Strategy
Elective Breadth/Depth		Choose one additional course from either the Finance or Management major concentrations or from a list of other approved courses that may be offered from time to time.

^a4-credit-hour course, all other courses are 3 credit hours.
^bCourse includes a 1-credit-hour communication lab.

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