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Business Leadership Minor

Description

The Business Leadership Minor develops professional and leadership skills needed to effectively lead and contribute to organizational success— advanced skills typically developed in post-graduate (e.g. MBA) students but that the Farmer School of Business develops in high-achieving Miami undergraduate students. Courses in the Business Leadership minor include Business Ethics, Strategy and Decision Making, Leadership, and Change Management.

Minor Information

  • 15 credit hours
  • Open to all students
  • You must have a 2.00 GPA for all courses in the minor
  • Admission to the minor requires application to the FSB Department of Management
  • FSB will admit non-FSB students to the Business Leadership minor who meet the following criteria:
    • At least 15 earned hours
    • 3.3 overall Miami GPA
    • No academic integrity violations
  • FSB will admit FSB students to the Business Leadership minor who meet the following criteria:
    • At least 15 earned hours
    • 3.3 overall Miami GPA
    • No academic integrity violations
    • 3.3 business course GPA
  • If you are a member of the Honors College or Lilly Leadership Institute, you may be directly admitted to the minor if you have no academic integrity violations
  • Note: Human Capital Management and Leadership Majors must have 9 hours of coursework in the minor that do count in the major or business core
    • Consult with academic advising for appropriate planning
  • Refer to the 2026-2027 General Bulletin for course pre-and/or co-requisite requirements
  • For more information, visit the FSB website

Program Requirements

  • MGT 415 (3) Leadership and Learning
  • MGT 416 (3) Leading Organizational Change

Business Ethics-Select one of the following:

  • BLS 465 (3) Ethics, Law, and Business
  • BUS 217 (3)  Sustainable Business Solutions
  • ESP 331 (3)  Social Entrepreneurship
  • MGT 490 (3) Contemporary Issues (Business Ethics)

Strategy-Select one of the following:

  • ECO 409 (3) Applied Economic Analysis
  • MGT 495 (3) Executive Decision Making and Strategy
  • MKT 395 (3) Strategic Thinking and Decision-Making in Marketing

Electives-Select one of the following:

  • ACC 333 (3) Managerial Accounting
  • ACC 468 (3) Accounting for Not-for-Profit and Governmental Institutions
  • ESP 252 (3) Entrepreneurial Mindset: Creativity and Organization
  • ESP 341 (3) Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • ESP 351 (3) Creativity in Entrepreneurship
  • MGT 304 (3) Diversity and Cross-Cultural Management
  • MGT 405 (3) Negotiations and Conflict Management
  • MGT 414 (3) Employee Engagement and Motivation

Minor Advisors