"Krea has offered me the opportunity to explore all my interests in the same place, and has changed the way I approach problems and come up with impactful solutions".
Aishwarya Sivaramakrishnan
Cohort of 2022
Passionate about creating measurable social impact in the field of education, and dreams of moving to Germany and owning a library
Business studies minor at Krea introduces a student to the basics of business operations and entrepreneurship. Building on the guiding principles of Interwoven philosophy, this minor particularly addresses real world concerns and problem solving. Leveraging learnings from Krea undergraduate general education courses i.e., core and skills courses, it seeks to transcend disciplinary silos and inculcate functional knowledge through immersive learning of entrepreneurship and strategy.
The Approach
Courses in the Business Studies Minor cover all the critical business functions so that the students who take this minor are well-prepared to face the challenges of the business world. Required and elective courses in this minor address the demands of today’s workplace: strong analytical skills to make sense of data (Information Systems and Business Analytics, Finance and Accounting as well as Supply Chain Management), and soft skills to engage employees and customers (Human Resource Management and Marketing).
By design, all of the Business minor courses are research-based and writing-intensive. These courses also place an emphasis on ethics, with an intention to prepare students to be comfortable with uncertainty and also to face the challenges of decision making. Faculty from diverse disciplines will offer these specialized courses that blend and extend the functional areas of business to provide interwoven learning.
Programme Details
Graduation Requirements
Courses
Faculty
Careers
Graduation Requirements
Minor:
In order to earn a minor in Business Studies, a student will have to earn 28 credits or take 7 courses of 4 credits or its equivalent, out of which:
20 credits will come from required courses and
8 credits will be from electives.
Concentration:
In order to earn a concentration in Business Studies, a student is required to earn 12 credits or complete 3 courses of 4 credits each or its equivalent.
Courses
Required Courses
Sample Electives
Introduction to Accounting and Finance
Foundations of Marketing
Supply Chain Management*
Introduction to People Management
Information Systems and Business Analytics*
Strategy and Innovation
*Both are two credit courses. Remaining courses are four credit courses.
Business Simulation
Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship
Course of Independent Study (CIS)– for small numbers
Contemporary Topics in Business
Advanced Topics in Supply Chain
Advanced Topics in Business Analytics
Note:
We have assumed that students have taken Basic Statistics, Economics, Ethics before starting their Business Minor.
Legal Aspects of Business can be offered as a workshop.
Faculty
Hema Ramakrishnan
Associate Professor of Economics
PhD, University of Madras
Sarabjeet D. Natesan
Associate Professor of Economics
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology – Madras
Gaurav S. Ghosh
Associate Professor of Economics
Humanities & Social Sciences,
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Careers
A minor in Business Studies will effectively contribute through professional roles in the corporate sector or start-ups, in academia, public policy or think tanks, in government, and in the non- government and non- profit sectors.