Develop in-demand business expertise with a minor in business or a certificate from the top-ranked Kelley School of Business. Designed for nonbusiness majors, these programs offer IU Bloomington undergraduate students a unique opportunity to launch their careers with business skills relevant to any profession.
Kelley business minors and certificates complement your IU Bloomington degree
Who can earn a Kelley minor or certificate?
Only students who are pursuing IU Bloomington undergraduate degrees outside of the Kelley School are eligible. Additionally, earning a Kelley minor or certificate must be in accordance with any applicable policies of their degree-granting school.
For specific requirements, check the Kelley Bloomington Academic Bulletin and reference the year you entered IU Bloomington.
Minors
Business
Develop your general business knowledge and skills, from the basics of accounting to the principles of strategic management.
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
Want to open your own business or work for a smaller, perhaps family-owned, business? This minor will strengthen your entrepreneurial skills and prepare you to contribute innovative ideas.
Financial Literacy
Every business decision, in one way or another, comes down to money. The courses in this minor will improve your abilities in finance.
Marketing
To succeed in business, you have to understand consumers and how to communicate with them.
Certificates
Accounting
This certificate provides a foundation in accounting principles and a pathway to completing the accounting course prerequisites for the Kelley MSADA program.
Entrepreneurship
The need to understand entrepreneurship applies across various disciplines. This certificate provides a foundation in the basics of entrepreneurship while allowing for some tailoring to the student’s specific interest area(s).
Professional Sales
This certificate provides an introduction to consultative selling, buyer behavior, marketing, and negotiation principles.
Real Estate
This certificate offers an introduction to financial management, real estate analysis and appraisals, and key decision-making skills.
Supply Chain Management
Through this certificate, students will learn about the planning, organization, and management of the flow of information, materials, and services into and out of organizations.
See yourself in one student’s success story
Sports management major Colin Guthrie, BS’27, is earning a Kelley Accounting Certificate—and landed an auditing internship at EY.
