Business Foundations Certificate
Business Foundations Certificate Requirements (30 credits)
Required Grades and GPA
- An overall GPA of 2.0 in all courses counting toward the BFC is required.
- All BFC courses require a passing grade (D- or better).
Other Policies
- The Business Foundations Certificate is for non-degree-seeking students only. Students currently pursuing a degree at Indiana University Bloomington with a major outside of the Kelley School may add a Kelley School minor to their degree instead.
- Non-degree-seeking students must complete the Business Foundations Certificate Application.
- A maximum of two Required Courses (see below) may be completed outside of IU Bloomington.
- ALL Elective Business Courses and Additional Electives (see below) must be completed through the IU Bloomington campus.
- Any course at IU Bloomington that is at the 100-level or above meets the Additional Electives (see below) requirement for the BFC.
Required courses (15 credit hours)
A maximum of two required courses can be completed outside of IU Bloomington.
- BUS-A 200: Foundations of Accounting for Non-Business Majors (3 credits) P: Must not be a Kelley School of Business major
- BUS-F 260: Personal Finance (3 credits) P: None
- BUS-X 100: Introduction to Business (3 credits) P: None
- ECON-B 251: Fundamental of Economics for Business I (3 credits) P: none
- ECON-B 252: Fundamentals of Economics for Business II (3 credits) P: ECON-B 251
Elective Business Courses (6 credits required)
ALL Elective Business Courses must be completed through the IU Bloomington campus.
- BUS-C 300: Business and Professional Communication (3 credits) P: ENG-W131 or equivalent
- BUS-F 300: Introduction to Financial Management (3 credits) P: BUS-A 200 and must not be a Kelley School of Business major
- BUS-G 300: Introduction to Managerial Economics and Strategy (3 credits) P: Must not be a Kelley School of Business major
- BUS-J 306: Strategic Management and Leadership (3 credits) P: Must not be a Kelley School of Business major
- BUS-M 300: Introduction to Marketing (3 credits) P: Must not be a Kelley School of Business major
- BUS-P 300: Introduction to Operations Management (3 credits) P: BUS-K 201 or BUS-K 204 with a grade of C or better and must not be a Kelley School of Business major
- BUS-R 300: Principles of Real Estate (3 credits) P: Sophomore standing and must not be a Kelley School of Business major
- BUS-W 300: New Venture Management (3 credits) P: Must not be a Kelley School of Business major
- BUS-Z 302: Managing and Behavior in Organizations (3 credits) P: Must not be a Kelley School of Business major
Additional Electives (9 credits)
ALL Additional Electives must be completed through the IU Bloomington campus.
- Successfully complete nine additional elective credits to reach a total of 30 credits.
- These credits may be taken from any IU Bloomington department.
- Courses numbered under 100-level will not count in this area.