Miami University Launches Business Leadership Co-Major

Miami University's Farmer School of Business has introduced a Business Leadership co-major, a program Poets&Quants for Undergrads examines in a new report titled "Preparing Tomorrow's Leaders Today: Inside Miami's New Business Leadership Co-Major."

The co-major structure means students pair Business Leadership with a primary business discipline rather than pursuing it as a standalone degree. That design signals the school's intent to embed leadership development directly into traditional business education, rather than treating it as an extracurricular add-on.

Poets&Quants, a publication that closely tracks undergraduate business education, frames the program as a response to employer demand for graduates who can manage people and organizations from day one. The outlet's coverage of the co-major offers a look at how the curriculum is constructed and what the university expects it to produce.

Details on admission requirements, course sequencing, and enrollment figures appear in the full Poets&Quants report. The launch positions Miami alongside a broader group of business schools rethinking how formally they credential leadership skills at the undergraduate level.

For employers and prospective students alike, the program's first cohorts will be the test: whether a dedicated co-major produces measurably stronger leaders, or simply a new line on a transcript.