Undergraduate Minors

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Business Minors

Mendoza College of Business offers a growing list of minors across business disciplines for both business students and Notre Dame students from any discipline. Explore the minors available to current Mendoza business students below. All business minors are 15 credit hours unless otherwise noted. 

For undergraduate students pursuing a major outside of Mendoza, explore your available business minors here. 

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Accountancy

Gain a comprehensive foundation in accounting, from basic principles to specialized areas like data analytics, auditing and taxation.

Open To: All Majors

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AI Analytics in Business

Build fluency in applying AI and analytics to real business problems. Learn how AI-enabled analysis, modeling and research support better business decisions.

Open To: Business Majors

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AI Essentials for Business

Learn to use AI effectively and responsibly in business. Develop the practical skills and judgment to apply AI tools, evaluate their outputs, and navigate their professional and ethical implications.

Open To: All Majors

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Business and the Common Good

A unique blend of business education and ethical reflection, this minor aims to equip students with both the practical skills needed for a career in business and a deep understanding of how business can positively impact society and contribute to the common good.

Open To: Business Majors

SMP Students in Mendoza

Finance

The Finance Minors provides options for Mendoza and non-Mendoza students, combining essential finance courses with specialized electives to build foundational skills and deepen expertise.

Open to: All Majors

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Foundations of Business

This minor is designed to complement the primary fields of non-business students by building their skills and knowledge in fundamentals across business disciplines, such as accounting, marketing, finance, leadership, and more.

Open To: College of Arts & Letters, College of Science, and Keough School of Global Affairs Majors

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Impact Consulting

The Impact Consulting Minor is a unique, multi-semester program which combines traditional academic learning with practical, hands-on consulting experiences, focusing on creating solutions for global challenges.

Open to: All Majors

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship

As a student in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship minor, you will join other ethical innovators in creating businesses that make the world a better place. In the process, you’ll develop your business skills, gain real-world experience and learn first-hand what it takes to bring your ideas to life.

Open to: All Majors

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Marketing

The Marketing Minor equips you with the tools needed to drive impactful marketing strategies. Whether you’re passionate about consumer behavior, digital engagement, or data analytics, the Marketing Minor offers a tailored curriculum to prepare you for a successful career.

Open To: All Majors

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Real Estate

The Minor in Real Estate provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the built environment, drawing on perspectives from business, finance, architecture, engineering, and the social sciences. Students explore topics such as real estate development, investment and private equity, placemaking, international real estate capital markets, affordable housing, and the unique challenges and opportunities associated with church properties.

Open To: All Majors

How to Apply

The application form for all minors offered by the Mendoza College of Business opens once in the fall semester and once in the spring semester.

  • Application Opens: Monday, September 14, at 12:00 p.m.
  • Application Closes: Friday, October 16, at 5:00 p.m.

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