The 21-credit Minor in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management is intended for non-business majors who have aspirations and goals in business that will require entrepreneurial skills. Such students might plan to open businesses of their own or work for smaller and/or family-owned businesses. As an alternative to the more traditional minor in business, the minor in entrepreneurship and small business management could fulfill such students’ educational needs while allowing them to pursue their career goals more directly.

The Entrepreneurship Minor is declared in the school of the student's major. It is the student's responsibility to contact their major department for the department's procedure. The Entrepreneurshp Minor is open to students pursuing non-Kelley School of Business majors.

A complete list of all Kelley School of Business Minors and Certificates can be found here.

Requirements for the Minor in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management are:

• Complete 26 or more credit hours of college work that counts toward graduation and be admitted to an appropriate degree-granting school at IU Bloomington.

Grade & School Specific Requirements (Consult with an advisor in your school to ensure you are meeting all requirements for outside minors):     

• C or higher in BUS-K 201
• C- or higher in all other minor courses
• Overall GPA of 2.0 in all courses required for the minor             

Required courses (18 credit hours):

• BUS-A 200 or BUS-A 201 or BUS-A 202 (3 cr.)
• BUS-K 201 (3 cr.)
• BUS-L 201 (3 cr.)
• BUS-W 212 (3 cr.)
• BUS-M 300 (3 cr.)
• BUS-W 300 (3 cr.)

Elective (3 credit hours required):

• BUS-C 300 (3 cr.)
• BUS-F 300 (3 cr.)
• BUS-G 300 (3 cr.)
• BUS-P 300 (3 cr.)
• BUS-R 300 (3 cr.)
• BUS-Z 302 (3 cr.)
• BUS-J 306 (3 cr.)
• BUS-L 311 (3 cr.)

No courses may be taken in a self-paced, independent study format.  One course for the business minor can be taken on an IU-approved study abroad program, where available. A minimum of 12 credit hours must be completed on the IU-Bloomington campus. A minimum of 9 credit hours must be completed at the 300 or 400 level. 

Cross Campus Certificate in Entrepreneurship

The need for many students in other disciplines to understand entrepreneurship is increasing, especially with the dramatic changes taking place in their fields of study. Many students end up in careers where they work for themselves and thus basic business and entrepreneurial principles become invaluable for them.

The Cross Campus Certificate in Entrepreneurship consists of fifteen credit hours. Only students outside of the Kelley School of Business will be admitted into the Certificate in Entrepreneurship program. The program consists of three courses from the Kelley School of Business and two courses chosen by each school. This allows for the students to learn the basic issues involved with entrepreneurship while retaining some flexibility in tailoring the program to the students’ particular area(s) of interest.

Each school will propose specific courses that their students will be required to take in order to receive the Certificate. These courses will be discussed and approved by the Department of Management & Entrepreneurship in consultation with the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation so that each school has developed a list of potential courses related to the specific domain. Students who are also working toward the Minor in Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship will be able to receive both the minor and the certificate. Students should work with the advisor in the School of Informatics & Computing, Jacobs School of Music, or School of Public and Environmental Affairs to determine the appropriate coursework required for the certificate.

Students in the School of Informatics and Computing must apply for the certificate online.