Minors
Minors at the UW Oshkosh College of Business
Students can choose from eight minors. COB Minor Planning Sheet
Analytics Minor | 21 credits
Recommended for students who want exposure to various data analytics courses with a focus on statistical modeling, domain-specific analytics, data engineering, data management and machine learning techniques
Business (non-business majors only) | 27 credits
Recommended for students who wish to combine a basic business curriculum with an academic major in another college. See the business minor planning sheet for prerequisites and restrictions on upper-level courses.
Business Economics Minor | 21 credits
The Business Economics Minor is open to all non-business and non-economics majors
This minor better equips students of social sciences, physical sciences and humanities for a competitive job market. Students will improve their problem-solving, critical thinking and quantitative analysis skills, while gaining knowledge about interesting and salient economic topics.
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Business Economics Minor Information Sheet
Global Business Minor | 23 credits
This minor is only available to students with a major in the College of Business. Not available to students with an international management emphasis.
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See the BBA planning sheet for prerequisites and restrictions on upper-level courses.
Information Systems Minor | 21 credits
It is increasingly important for students with any major to have significant IT skills. The IS minor allows any student to obtain these skills by taking courses that are part of the core of the Information Systems curriculum. Our industry partners have consistently advocated for both more people with IT skills to fill IT jobs but also that it is necessary to have deep IT skills for anyone to work effectively in a range of jobs and industries.
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Minor Planning Sheet
Course Descriptions
Insurance and Risk Management Minor | 21 credits
Operations Research Minor | 26 credits
The Operations Research minor is recommended for students who wish to combine a computer science or mathematics major with a quantitative business minor or for business students who want an applications-oriented mathematics minor. See the Business Minor planning sheet for prerequisites and restrictions on upper-level courses.
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Operations Research Minor Planning Sheet
Risk Management and Actuarial Science Minor | 21 credits
Students will acquire the core set of knowledge required to take national actuarial exams.
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