The Kapnick Business Institutions Program minor requires the successful completion of:
FOUR prerequisite courses, ONE Business Tools course, and FIVE approved electives (Field Courses).
 Students may declare the minor after successfully completing TWO of the Prerequisite Courses (Economics/Regulation/Organizations).
 Students must receive a C- or better in all Prerequisite, Business Tools, and Field Courses in order to count them for the minor.
 The Business Tools course and the 5 Field Courses may NOT be double-counted.
 Of the five Field Courses, the following restrictions apply:
(1) No more than 1 internship-related credit
(2) No more than 2 Professional Linkage (BUS_INST 394) credits
(Exception: “Investment Banking” & “Theories of Financial Investing” will not count towards this limit)
Prerequisite Courses (Declare BIP minor after successfully completing any TWO courses from below):
Economics (Two Courses—Both must be successfully completed):
 ECON 201: Intro to Macroeconomics
 ECON 202: Intro to Microeconomics
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Regulation (One course—Choose from the following):
 ECON 249: Business Strategy
 ECON 250: Business and Government (non-Econ majors)
 ECON 335: Political Economics
 ECON 349: Industrial Economics
 ECON 350: Monopoly, Competition and Public Policy
 ECON 355: Transportation Economics
 ECON 370: Environmental Economics
 POLI SCI 341: International Political Economy
 POLI SCI 342: International Organizations
 POLI SCI 343: International Law
 POLI SCI 348: Globalization
 POLI SCI 375: Business-Government Relations
 ISEN 220: Introduction to Energy Systems for the 21st Century
 ISEN 230: Climate Change and Sustainability: Economic and Ethical Dimensions
 HIST 322-2: Development of the Modern American City, since 1880
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Organizations (One course—Choose from the following):
 SOC 302: Complex Organizations
 SOC 315: Industrialism
 SOC 331: Markets, Hierarchies & Democracies
 SOC 332: Work and Occupations
 SOC 335: Sociology of Rational Decision Making
 CFS 393 / 395 -1: Modern / Business Workplace Culture
 CFS 388: Field Studies in Business Culture
 IEMS 342/COMM ST 366: Organizational Behavior
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Business Tools (One course—Choose from the following):
 BUS_INST 239: Marketing Management
 BUS_INST 260: Accounting & Business Finance
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Field Courses (Five required):
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