Minor in Business Administration & Management

The minor in Business Administration & Management is designed for the student who wants a general introduction to the concepts and functions of business. Students complete a set of three foundational courses and then select four electives to complete the minor, with flexibility for individual intellectual interests.

Students may take no more than 8 units from any one department across all courses. (Note: QST SM 131 and QST SM 275 are not considered to be from the same department.) Only two courses may be transferred from outside Boston University toward the minor. At least 12 units of minor coursework must be unique to the minor and cannot overlap with any courses that complete major or other minor requirements.

The following three courses (12 units) are required for the minor:

• CAS EC 101 Introductory Microeconomic Analysis or QST BE 101 Introductory Microeconomics for Business & Strategy (4 units) (only one of CAS EC 101 and QST BE 101 may be taken for units)
• QST AC 221 Financial Accounting (4 units)
• QST SM 131 Business, Markets, and Society (4 units)

Students then select four electives from the following list to complete the minor:

• CAS EC 102 Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis or QST BE 102 Introductory Macroeconomics for Business & Strategy (only one of CAS EC 102 and QST BE 102 may be taken for units)
• QST AC 322 (formerly QST AC 222) Managerial Accounting
• QST BA 221 Introduction to Data and Business Analytics (formerly QST QM 221)
• QST BA 222 Modeling Business Decisions and Market Outcomes with Spreadsheets and Statistical Programming (only one of QST BA 222, BA 223, and QM 222 may be taken for units)
• QST BA 223 Business Modeling with Spreadsheets (formerly QST QM 222) (only one of QST BA 222, BA 223, and QM 222 may be taken for units)
• QST BE 325 Strategy in the Health and Life Science Sector (formerly QST PL 325)
• QST BE 350 The Psychology of Decision Making: Implications for Business and Public Policy (formerly QST PL 350)
• QST FE 223 Introduction to Corporate Finance
• QST IM 345 Global Business Environment
• QST IM 475 Global Management Experience
• QST IS 223 Information Systems and Emerging Technologies in Business
• QST LA 245 Business Law, Contracts & Regulation
• QST MK 223 Marketing: Concepts to Consumers
• QST MK 345 Consumer Insights
• QST MO 221 Leading People and Teams
• QST MO 356 Leadership and Management of Social Enterprises
• QST MO 448 Negotiations
• QST MO 460 The Leadership Challenge
• QST OM 223 Creating Value with Operations & Supply Chain Management
• QST OM 353 Project Management
• QST SI 250 Ideas to Impact
• QST SI 340 Family Business Management
• QST SI 344 Entrepreneurship: Solving Problems in a Dynamic World
• QST SI 348 The Fundamentals of Selling: The Tactics and Strategies for a Career in Sales
• QST SI 451 Organizing for Design and Innovation
• QST SI 453 Strategies for Environmental Sustainability
• QST SI 464 Intellectual Property Strategies
• QST SI 480 The Business of Technology Innovation
• QST SM 275 Critical & Analytic Thinking for Business

Students must earn a grade of C– or higher in each course taken toward the minor.