Business Minor

To be able to declare the Business Minor you must follow the following guidelines...

1. You must be an undergraduate student at UIUC that is not a Gies major student
2. You must have earned 30 credit hours
3. You must fill out the Minor Declaration Form

The Business Minor is an open minor. There is no formal application or interview to declare the minor.

Yes, Business minor students are limited to specified online sections of Gies courses unless otherwise noted in the course restrictions in Course Explorer. You can read the section info and course restrictions to see the exact sections that are available to you as a prospective or declared business minor.

We strongly encourage all international students to plan carefully and review the online course requirements outlined on the ISSS web page

Because you are restricted in the number of online courses you can take due to your international student status, we suggest creating an academic plan to manage the requirement. You must account for enough in-person course work in your schedule in order to take 1 (or more) classes online. The departments will not be admitting business minor students into restricted in-person sections to manage the in-person requirement.

Some business minor elective courses that do not offer an online section in any semester will open up to business minor students. This is noted in the Section Info of Course Explorer. These options may assist with in-person course concerns, but we cannot guarantee course availability.

If you are getting an error message while trying to register for a Business Minor course, be sure to check Course Explorer to make sure you are registering for the correct section. Also, not all sections open up when your time ticket does. Many of the BADM courses have a delayed registration date for Business Minors, and FIN courses require you to declare your minor first and have completed ECON 102 or 103 before you can register.

Please note that not every Business Minor course will be offered every Fall and Spring Semesters, Winter Term and Summer Sessions. Students must select judiciously and enroll in the Business Minor courses when they are offered throughout any academic year.

The Business Minor is designed to be completed in 3 academic years. Gies College of Business cannot guarantee minor completion or course availability.

If you have questions about academic advising and the Business Minor, you can reach out to us via email at busminor@business.illinois.edu. An academic advisor will respond to your email as quickly as possible. we will offer Business Minor Virtual Express Advising on Thursdays from 1:30pm-3:30pm while classes are in session. You can find the zoom link at the bottom of this page. We will also host Business Minor Informational sessions through the year.

FIN 221 does have a prerequisite of successful completion of ECON 102 or ECON 103 or course equivalent of an off-campus transfer course. Select business minor elective courses will require the completion of the prerequisite BADM 310 or BADM 320 core courses.

Courses taken through a University of Illinois's Study Abroad Program may fulfill the Business Minor core requirement if there is an exact course articulation of the Gies Business course. For example, a study abroad course deemed the exact equivalent course to our campus’ FIN 221 course is acceptable for the Business Minor Core course. If a student takes a study abroad course that is articulated as BADM 3- - and BADM 4- -, the student may work with the BUS Minor advisor to use this course as a Business Minor elective requirement.

Yes, a minimum number of off-campus transfer courses will be permitted to fulfill the Minor Core and Elective Course Requirements. You should use the Transferology Program to confirm the off-campus course's transferability to fulfill the Minor requirements. You may confirm with the Business Minor Program if a proposed off-campus course will fulfill the Minor requirements.