Rutgers Business School’s Undergraduate Program in Newark and New Brunswick offers a minor in Business of Sustainability to provide students with a strong foundation in the broad functional areas of sustainability and business. The 18-credit minor consists of 6 three-credit introductory courses covering each of Rutgers Business School’s disciplinary areas. This combination provides a substantial and comprehensive overview of the major aspects of business administration.
The Business of Sustainability minor requires the successful completion with a grade of "C" or better of the following courses and maintaining an overall GPA of at least 2.8:
| Course # | Title |
|---|---|
| 29:010:203 | Financial Accounting |
| 29:390:203 | Introduction to Finance* OR Finance (29:390:329)** |
| 29:620:301 | Introduction to Management |
| 29:630:301 | Introduction to Marketing |
| 29:799:440 | Foundation: Supply Chain Environmental Management/Green Purchasing; must take all four courses above prior to taking this course |
| Choice of one of the following: | |
| 29:522:334 | Ethics in Business |
| 29:382:302 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship |
| 29:382:310 | Social Entrepreneurship |
| 29:382:342 | Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development |
*Intro to Finance (29:390:301) may NOT be used for any RBS major; Students planning to do a school-to-school transfer into RBS should NOT take this course.
**The prerequisite courses for Finance (29:390:329) are:
- 21:640:211 Statistics I
- 21:640:119 Applied Calculus
- 29:010:203 Financial Accounting,
- 29:010:204 Managerial Accounting,
- 21:220:101 Microeconomics
- 21:220:102 Macroeconomics
Though the minor is kept to 18 credit hours, we further include the following as suggested courses to round out the experience (again, these courses are not required):
| Course # | Title |
|---|---|
| 29:220:101 | Introduction to Micro Economics |
| 21:220:102 | Introduction to Macroeconomics |