Undergraduate Minor

Strategy

Prepare to become a business leader with the skills, knowledge, and experience to guide the strategic focus and direction of an organization.

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Program Details

  • Commitment

    16 credit hours

  • Locations

    Boston

  • Eligible students

    All undergraduates

  • options

    Yes

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This program is ideal for

Students with a background in business administration, finance, and entrepreneurship

Students with an interest in leadership, business development, and corporate strategy

Students looking for jobs like corporate strategist or management consultant

Application dates

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Declare as early as possible; no later than the end of your junior year.

Why minor in Strategy?

  • Build in-demand skills: Courses will prepare you to think strategically at multiple levels and drive business performance in your career.
  • Specialize your minor: Choose from a variety of elective courses in business models, mergers and acquisitions, international business, and more to specialize your path based on your goals.
  • Become an effective leader: In our rapidly changing world, businesses need adaptable leaders who can identify, analyze, and implement effective strategies.
  • Prepare for success: This minor will prepare you to thrive in a range of careers and industries, particularly if you're interested in management or consulting. 

Program options

This minor is designed to develop students' ability to assume the role of a general manager and to think constructively about the strategic focus and direction of an organization, as well as its relative competitive strengths and weaknesses. Broad topics include the appropriate criteria and processes for general management decision making, especially under conditions of uncertainty; strategies a firm can follow in order to gain competitive advantage when entering into, competing within, and exiting from individual markets and how these strategies interact when the firm competes in several markets; and the optimal boundaries of the firm—the advantages and disadvantages its unique history and resources give it.

Electives examine how organizations create and sustain competitive advantage, with topics ranging from mergers and acquisitions to business model innovation, global strategy, consulting, and supply chain management.

Find the full set of requirements in Northeastern University's Academic Catalog. Be sure to consult the appropriate catalog for your graduating class, and check in regularly with your academic advisor to ensure your coursework is on track.

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Declare this minor

Interested in declaring this minor? Here are your next steps and must knows.

  • Consult your academic advisor to learn how this minor impacts your plan of study
  • Log into MyNortheastern and complete the Business Minor Petition
  • You'll receive a confirmation email and your student record will be updated within a few weeks of declaring your minor.
  • To declare a minor, you need to be a full-time undergraduate student with a minimum 2.0 GPA 
  • To graduate with a minor, you must attain a 2.0 GPA in courses taken for the minor
  • No classes for the minor can be taken as pass/fail