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Consulting, Minor

2021-2022 Edition

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This minor is designed to provide students with a solid foundation in the skills and concepts needed to succeed in a consulting-oriented environment, as well as an introduction to a variety of possible contexts for consulting work. Consulting skills are essential work skills for many roles beyond the traditional management consultant. Many technical positions within firms demand that consultative skills be used within the firm even in early career positions (e.g., business analyst); in this respect, a consulting minor complements students’ technical training. Required courses cover the fundamentals of both management and strategy consulting, as well as a framework of consulting activities that can be applied to many types of consulting and consultative roles. Electives provide students an opportunity to gain deeper knowledge in a specific consulting skill and to explore a context in which they could apply their consulting knowledge.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified. 

Students may only double-count one course in the minor toward their major, concentration, or another minor.

Required Courses

Course List
Code Title Hours
BUSN 3110The Consulting Environment4
MGMT 4550Management Consulting in Organizations4
or MGMT 3520 Consulting Fundamentals and Frameworks

 Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Consulting Skills
Complete one of the following:4
COMM 4533
Consultation Skills
ENTR 3220
International Entrepreneurship and Innovation Consulting
ENTR 4510
Management Consulting Abroad
FINA 4602
Turnaround Management
MGMT 3302
Negotiating in Business
MGMT 3315
Managing Organizational Change and Disruption
MGMT 3530
Project Management
MGMT 4310
The Management Practices of Great Organizations
MGMT 4410
Workforce Analytics
STRT 4301
Strategic Analysis and Decision Making
Consulting Contexts
Complete one of the following:4
ACCT 3403
Advisory Services and Emerging Accounting Systems
ACCT 3416
Strategic Cost Analysis for Decision Making
CS 3200
Database Design
CY 2550
Foundations of Cybersecurity
DS 3000
Foundations of Data Science
EMGT 5220
Engineering Project Management
ENTR 3330
Lean Design and Rapid Prototyping
ENTR 3401
Consulting Operations Growth in SMEs
FINA 4420
Mergers and Acquisitions
FINA 4514
Investment Banking
IE 3500
Introduction to Healthcare Systems Engineering
IE 4525
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
IE 4625
Facilities Planning and Material Handling
IE 5400
Healthcare Systems Modeling and Analysis
IE 5640
Data Mining for Engineering Applications
INTB 2501
Competing to Win in Emerging Markets
MGMT 3305
Power and Influence
MGMT 3340
Healthcare Management, Innovation, and Design
MGMT 3420
Managing Human Capital
MKTG 3301
Marketing Management
MKTG 4506
Consumer Behavior
PHMD 5575
Pharmaceutical Industry
POLS 2340
Business and Government

GPA Requirement

2.000 GPA required in the minor

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