Business Administration, BI™

The Bachelor of Innovation (BI) is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program. The BI™ is actually a family structure, much like a Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts, in which particular majors are defined. The BI is a very structured program with a general education core, a common core in innovation, an in-depth major field of study/emphasis core, and a cross-discipline core to help ensure the breadth needed for innovation.

Total Credits

A minimum of 120 semester hours of academic credit is required.

Residency

Candidates for the Bachelor of Science (Business) must complete a minimum of 30 credits of business coursework (to include the 18 - 24 credit hours in the area of emphasis and BGSO 4000 and STRT 4500) after the student has been accepted into the College of Business and Administration.

Upper Division

A minimum of 45 credits must be upper-division (3000 or 4000-level) coursework.

Community College Transfer Hours

A maximum of 60 credit hours of appropriate academic credit taken at a junior or community college may be applied toward the undergraduate degree in business. The College reserves the right to disallow any credit that is not appropriate for academic degree credit.

Credit Hours

The total number of credits needed to graduate in the BI in Business Administration will be 120 credit hours (45 hours must be upper division).  Thirty hours must be completed at UCCS as a College of Business student to meet the residency requirement.

General Education

The BI program follows the Compass Curriculum for General Education as established by UCCS. 

The Innovation Core

This requires 24 credit hours, geared toward innovation and entrepreneurship; a key component is multi-disciplinary team activities over the sophomore, junior and senior years.

• BI Innovation Core 

The Degree/Major Emphasis

This is the set of courses that a student takes to satisfy the main area of emphasis-the "core" of the bachelor's degree program. For the BI in Business Administration, 45 minimum credits in business are required.

Cross-Discipline Core

Each cross-discipline core is a coherent collection of 15 credits from one "cross-over" area that each student selects in their degree program. The goal is to provide some basic knowledge, appreciation, and experience about what professionals in that area do and to provide sufficient background to effectively interact in that domain. The cross-discipline core is a targeted list of courses, not just a total number of credits in an area. See below for a list of courses in each cross-discipline core. Up to three credits of approved career development courses may also be used to satisfy the requirements for any cross-discipline core. Please visit the BI website at innovation.uccs.edu for more information.

• BI Creative Communication Core 
• BI Engineering Technology Core 
• BI Globalization Core 
• BI Inclusive Education Core 
• BI Custom Core (for Veterans and Transfer students only)

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Innovation in Business Administration have the option to pursue an emphasis from below

• Accounting
• Cybersecurity Management
• Finance
• Human Resources
• Information Systems
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing
• Service Management
• Supply Chain Management and Analytics