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Business Minors and Certificates

Does completing a minor or certificate (or even a second major) make sense for you? While many students complete a second major or multiple minors or certificates in an effort to impress potential employers (and get that job!), this strategy can backfire unless you can articulate why you pursued these multiple avenues. Without a clear rationale for your decision, you may appear indecisive – not a trait that employers are seeking in their new hires.

What steps should you take to decide if completing a second major, minor, or certificate is best for you? Your choice of major(s), minor(s) and/or certificates should enhance your qualifications to pursue your goals. Identifying your goals and the industry and/or career  you eventually want to pursue will help you make the important decision about choosing your major, minor or certificate program.

Step One: Self Assessment

How can you decide your goals if you cannot identify your strengths, weaknesses, and values? Use University resources designed to help with this step:

• Fox CSPD
• University Career Development Services

Step Two: Research Potential Industries/Employers of Interest

• Attend Student Professional Organization (SPO) meetings to meet other students with similar interests, faculty with industry knowledge, and professionals with experience in an industry of interest.
• Use the strategies found on the CSPD site:
• Explore “What Can You Do With this Major?” on the Career Development web site:

Step Three: Identify Skills

Identify the skills employers are seeking – and choose your major/minor/certificate to enhance your skills, making YOU the most attractive job candidate.

• Explore the Fox School majors in your Undergraduate Bulletin that corresponds with your matriculation date – use the bulletin archives if you started before the current year. (Your bulletin/catalog year is listed on your DARS document in OWLnet.)
• Explore the Fox School minors and certificates listed below.

Step Four: Develop plan of study

• Meet with your academic advisor to see how the credits required for the major(s), minor(s), and/or certificates will fit into your academic program.
• Develop your academic plan of study to complete all of your program requirements by your expected graduation date. (Coming soon: "Four Year Academic Plan Tutorial")

 

 

Minors Available in Fox

The Fox School of Business and Management offers the following minors that allow undergraduate students to take selected business courses to better prepare themselves for their careers after graduation. Interested students should discuss with their home college advisors how the courses in the minor will fit into their overall degree plan.

Minor	Students eligible	Benefits of minor
Business Minor requirements declare this minor rescind this minor	Non–business only	Understand basic business foundations Prepare for graduate study in business
General  Business Studies Minor requirements declare this minor rescind this minor	Non-business only	Appreciate business studies. More broad-based and less quantitative than other business minors.
Accounting requirements declare this minor rescind this minor	Business or non- business	Understand basic business foundations Understand financial statements and  the accountant’s role in the management of a company
Economics requirements declare this minor rescind this minor	Business or non- business	Understand basic business foundations Learn how the impact of economics affects public and personal issues
Entrepreneurship requirements declare this minor rescind this minor	Business or non- business	Understand basic business foundations Learn how to create or manage a successful entrepreneurial business
Healthcare Management requirements declare this minor rescind this minor	Business or non- business	Develop value-added skills for health-related professions
Information Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship requirements declare this minor rescind this minor	Business only	1. Intrgrate the drive of enrepreneurial thinking with the enabling role of information technology
MIS requirements declare this minor rescind this minor	Business or non- business	Develop basic business and technology foundations Learn how to integrate technology in the context of your major
Marketing requirements declare this minor rescind this minor	Business only	Expand career options through a general knowledge of marketing principles Specialize in an area of marketing

 

Certificates

Certificate	Students Eligible	Benefits
Asian Business & Society declare this certificate	Business or non-business	Develop international business, area studies, cultural understanding and language skills through interdisciplinary study.
Business Basics	Non-matriculated only	Explore basic business foundation courses Courses will apply toward BBA degree if matriculate
Business Plus	Non-matriculated only	Continue to explore  business foundation courses Courses will apply toward BBA degree if matriculate
Entrepreneurship declare this certificate	Students in the following colleges only: Tyler, Communications & Theater, Engineering, Science & Technology	Develop entrepreneurial career paths for students across the university
Latin American Studies and Spanish for Business declare this certificate	Business or non-business	Develop international business, area studies, cultural understanding and language skills through interdisciplinary study.
Management Information Systems (MIS)	Non-business	Learn to identify, select and evaluate technology solutions for business problems. Become a knowledgeable user of IT and become the person in the organization who can successfully interact with technology professionals.
People First declare this certificate on your graduation application.	Business	Enhance management skills with people-oriented perspective.

Contact Information:
Fox School of Business and Management Center for Undergraduate Advising
101 Speakman Hall
Temple University
phone: 215.204.7672