Business is the engine of progress—it transforms ideas into innovation, fuels growth with opportunity, and drives development that shapes our futures.
Why study Business at Sewanee?
As part of the Wm. Polk Carey Pre-Business Program, Sewanee's business minor embraces the idea that a liberal arts education is the best foundation for a business career. It sharpens critical thinking, deepens cultural awareness, and strengthens ethical decision-making—key traits of successful leaders. With an emphasis on creativity and adaptability, Sewanee's business minor program prepares students to tackle business challenges with confidence.
The business minor combines required courses in economics, accounting, finance, and business ethics with electives from psychology, politics, computer science, history, forestry, international and global studies, and business. In choosing elective courses, students focus on one of five tracks: managerial, international, finance, environment and sustainability, or accounting. The business minor is ideal for navigating your way to a new career in any industry.
FIRST DESTINATIONS: Business minors
Sewanee graduates secure positions in a variety of fields. Here is a sampling of recent graduates' first jobs.
- Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability Associate, GSK, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
- Development Analyst, Surgical Care Affiliates, Birmingham, Alabama
- Client Financial Management Analyst, Accenture, Arlington, Virginia
- Analyst, Goldman Sachs, Atlanta, Georgia
- Data Scientist, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Dallas, Texas
- EVS, Valuation Associate, M&A, KPMG, New York, New York
GRADUATE SCHOOL & PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS: Business Minors
Sewanee graduates enjoy extraordinary acceptance rates to top graduate and pre-professional programs:
- MBA, Goizueta Business School, Emory University
- Master of Accountancy, Corporate Valuation, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
- MBA, sports business, Charles H. Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon
- MBA, Columbia Business School, Columbia University
- Masters in Environmental Management, Business and the Environment, and Climate Change Science and Solutions, Yale School of the Environment, Yale University