<p>When someone says they are minoring in business, are they doing something like accounting, finance, etc? What type of business major is common for ECE majors?</p>
<p>It depends on the school. My school has a minor in economics, accounting, finance and business administration. I guess by just saying “business” they could be implying business administration. Business administration is just a combination of management, accounting and law classes thrown into a mix of other classes that the school feels are appropriate.</p>
<p>I Hope, you should look into the Business Foundations Program offered at UT if you haven’t already. It’s basically an 18 hour program and you earn a certificate in ‘Business Foundations’ for completing the required classes.</p>
<p>That is, if you can fit it into that busy EE degree of ours :P.</p>
<p>Oh yeah I heard about that…I’ll look more into it…yea seriously, EE’s gonna be a killer lol</p>
<p>At UT, they might mean they are considering Engineering Route To Business. [Engineering</a> Route to Business - Degree Information - Undergraduate Programs - The McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin](<a href=“http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/udean/Advising/degree_info/erb.asp]Engineering”>http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/udean/Advising/degree_info/erb.asp)</p>
<p>People have posted or messaged that the Business Foundations classes are very very easy (like high school level), so if you are an engineering student and can fit them into your schedule, you should be able to get that certificate if you want it. (Business Foundations classes are not taught by the professors who teach business classes to McCombs students.)</p>
<p>I’m kind of skeptical of the value added by a business minor to an engineer.</p>
<p>When you’re trying to find a job when you graduate, do you really think an employer would care if you knew anything about business?</p>
<p>As long as you have common sense business knowledge, I think you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t see why a business minor would be useful. It seems like it would be way more useful to get practical experience by being the officer of a club or society.</p>
<p>i’m an ECE doing the business minor–it’s a joke.</p>
<p>I got my undergrad in EE, and I’m doing a master’s in the fall called “Engineering Management” at Northeastern here in Boston. The degree is more of a general MBA for Engineers in specific, but will definetely help move up the corporate ladder so to speak. With addition to the PE certification a few years down the line I should be all set.</p>