Minor in Management

The Minor in Management provides students in other MIT majors with an understanding of the business, social, and organizational dimensions of scientific and technological enterprise.

Beginning in Fall 2010, the Minor in Management will comprise three required subjects and three electives. The required subjects are as follows:

Required subjects Units
15.668
or
15.301
People and Organizations

Managerial Psychology Laboratory, provided that it is taken after Fall 2008
9

15
And the following two subjects:
15.501 Corporate Financial Accounting 12
15.812 Marketing Management 9

No substitutions will be permitted for these subjects.

Students may choose for their electives any three MIT Sloan subjects normally open to MIT undergraduates, subject to the following conditions:

  • UROP, Special Studies, Special Seminars, or general-elective transfer credit may not be used.
  • Each subject must carry at least nine units of credit.
  • Two six-unit subjects count as a single elective.
  • 15.301 can be used as an elective only if it was taken prior to Spring 2009.
  • Neither 15.310 or 15.668 may be used as electives.
  • Students may use 18.443 as a substitution for 15.075, provided it is taken at MIT rather than by transfer credit.
  • 14.01 may also be used as an elective.

No other substitutions will be permitted for elective subjects.

The following Sloan subjects are recommended as electives:

Recommended Electives (two six-unit subjects count as one elective) Units
Behavioral Science
15.223 Global Markets, National Policies and the Competitive Advantages of Firms 6
15.665 Power and Negotiation 9
15.667 Negotiation and Conflict Management 9
Finance and Accounting
15.401 Finance Theory I 9
15.521 Management Accounting and Control 9
15.535 Business Analysis Using Financial Statements 9
Information Technologies
15.567 The Economics of Information: Strategy, Structure and Pricing 9
Management Science
15.053 Optimization Methods in Management Science 12
15.054 The Airline Industry 12
15.761 Introduction to Operations Management 9
15.762 Supply Chain Planning 6
15.763 Manufacturing System and Supply Chain Design 6
15.871 Introduction to System Dynamics 6
15.872 System Dynamics II 6
Marketing
15.821 Listening to the Customer 6
15.822 Strategic Market Measurement 6
Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
15.354* Innovation and Entrepreneurship: How to Do it 9

Sloan Bidding

Students must pre-register and bid for every Sloan graduate subject they wish to take the following term. Students will no longer bid for Sloan undergraduate subjects (those designated as ā€œUā€ in the MIT Subject Listing and Schedule). Students must still bid for undergraduate sections of graduate subjects, such as 15.401.

Students enrolled in the Minor in Management will be given Sloan student priority for Sloan graduate subjects on the list of recommended electives above.

For additional information about the bidding process, visit the Sloan Bidding site.

* 15.354 is not offered in 2011-’12. Instead, students may substitute 15.900 (Competitive Strategy, 6 units, H1) and either 15.911 (Entrepreneurial Strategy, 6 units, H2) or 15.910 (Innovation Strategy, 6 units, H2).

Students learn critical skills in negotiation, teamwork, and leadership in 15.668.