# Undergraduate Major versus Minor

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## Course Requirements for an Undergraduate Business Minor vs. Major

|  | Business Minor | Business Major |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Foundations | - ECON 100 Principles of Economics (taken at Rice) or BUSI 150 Economics for Business - STAT 280 Elementary Applied Statistics | - ECON 100 Principles of Economics (taken at Rice) or BUSI 150 Economics for Business - MATH 101 Single Variable Calculus I - BUSI 395a Data Analytics (or STAT 310 or comparable) |
| Business Core | - BUSI 305 Financial Accounting - BUSI 310 Leading People in Organizations - BUSI 343 Financial Management (or ECON 343) - BUSI 396 Business Communication - BUSI 380 Marketing - BUSI 390 Strategic Management | - BUSI 305 Financial Accounting - BUSI 310 Leading People in Organizations - BUSI 343 Financial Management (or ECON 343) - BUSI 396 Business Communication - BUSI 374 Operations Management - BUSI 380 Marketing - BUSI 390 Strategic Management - BUSI 430 Management Accounting |
| Concentration |  | **Finance Major** (4 courses):   - BUSI 401 Financial Statement Analysis (required) - BUSI 447 Advanced Corporate Finance (required) - BUSI 448 Investments (required) - BUSI 450 Derivatives (required)   **Management Major** (Choose 4 courses):   - BUSI 420 Leadership and Teams (required) - BUSI 421 Power, Influence and Organizational Change - BUSI 422 Negotiations and Decision Making - BUSI 431 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.\

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