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Minors

CBA does not offer minors, and students earning the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration are not required to earn minors. However, CBA students sometimes opt to earn minors offered through the School of Arts and Sciences.

Students who opt to earn a minor must complete at least half of the credits required for the minor at the University of Pittsburgh and earn at least a 2.0 cumulative GPA in the minor courses.

Economics

The economics minor is frequently of interest to business students. To earn the economics minor, a business student must complete the following 15 credits:

Course ID Name
ECON 0100 Introductory Microeconomic Theory
ECON 0110 Introductory Macroeconomic Theory

One of the following two:

Course ID Name
BUSECN 1010 Business Economics
ECON 1100 Intermediate Microeconomics

Also required are two additional economics courses, excluding the 0800 course series, BUSECN 1010, and ECON 1100.

Applied Statistics

The minor in applied statistics may be of interest to business students interested in operations management and actuarial science. To earn the applied-statistics minor, a business student must complete the following 16 credits:

Course ID Name
STAT 1100 Statistics and Probability for Business Management (4 credits)
STAT 1221 Applied Regression

Additionally, three additional statistics courses from the 1200–1700 course series are required.

Additional Minors Available

The University of Pittsburgh offers numerous undergraduate minors. CBA students may pursue any of the minors offered through the School of Arts and Sciences. Minors are indicated with an asterisk (*).

CBA students are allowed to pursue the dance and/or wellness minors offered though the School of Education. However, only four Physical Education Co-Education (PEDC), Health and Physical Activity (HPA), or Health, Physical, and Recreational Education (HPRED) credits may be counted toward the BSBA degree.