Three minors are offered in the HSB: the Marketing Minor (offered through the Marketing Department), the Business Intelligence Minor (offered through the Decision and System Sciences [DSS] Department), and a Business Minor for Non-Business Majors. The Marketing and Business Intelligence Minors are open to students in the HSB and the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS). The Business Minor is open to students in the CAS.
Additional Minors offer in the College of Arts & Sciences
Business Intelligence Minor
The Business Intelligence Minor is designed to provide students with a skill set that will enable them to succeed in a data-intensive world. Learn to make effective use of technology and analytical techniques in your chosen field.
Requirements for the Business Intelligence Minor include:
- DSS 1311 Business Statistics
- DSS 2011 Quantitative Methods for Business
- DSS 2411 Database Management
- DSS 2711 Decision Support System Modeling
- DSS 2721 Advanced Decision-Making Tools
- DSS 2731 Integrated Case Project
For additional information, please contact Dr. Richard Herschel, Chair of the DSS Department, via email at herschel@sju.edu.
Marketing Minor
The Marketing Minor provides a strong general knowledge of marketing by focusing on basic principles, behaviors of the consumer, communications, research, and issues in the global marketplace.
Requirements for the Marketing Minor include:
- MKT 1011 Principles of Marketing
- MKT 2021 Consumer Behavior
- MKT 2051 Marketing Research
- MKT 2081 Marketing Communications
- MKT 2131 International Marketing
- MKT 2801 Seminar in Marketing
For additional information, please contact Dr. Diane Phillips, Chair of the Marketing Department, via email at dphillip@sju.edu.
Minor In Business for Non-Business Majors
The HSB offers a Business Minor for non-business majors which consists of the following six courses:
- ACC 1011 Concepts of Financial Accounting
- DSS 1011 Introduction to Information Systems
- FIN 1341 Introduction to Finance (pre-reqs: ACC 1011; ECN 1011; DSS 1311 [pre or co-req]
- MGT 1011 Organizations in Perspective
- DSS 1311 Business Statistics (see note below regarding the statistics requirement)
- MKT 1011 Principles of Marketing (pre or co-req: ECN 1011)
All prerequisite courses must be completed. Students who have completed a statistics course in the CAS that has been approved by the HSB may substitute it for Business Statistics (DSS 1311). If this substitution is made, an additional business elective must be taken in order to fulfill the requirements for the minor.
Interested students may contact the Director of the HSB Advising Center (MV 289) for more information.