Credit Hour Breakdown  |  Model Degree Plan  |  Areas of Emphasis  |  Business Minors  |  Approved General Electives

 

Credit Hour Breakdown

Required Business Skills and Core Hours 40 Credit Hours Required Non-Business Courses 34 Credit Hours Area of Emphasis (minimum) 18-21 Credit Hours Business Area Electives 11-14 Credit Hours Required General Electives 14 Credit Hours

A minimum of 45 hours must be upper-level course work (300-400) level. A maximum of 64 semester hours of appropriate academic credit taken at a junior or community college may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree in business. The College reserves the right to disallow any credit that is not appropriate academic degree credit.

Residency: Candidates for the Bachelor of Science (Business) must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours of business coursework (to include the 18 hours in the area of emphasis and BUAD 400 and 450) after the student has been admitted to the College of Business.

Your business program/catalog years is the one in effect at the time you are admitted to the UCCS College of Business or to LAS, Business Intent. Transfer students from Colorado Community Colleges may follow the graduation requirements in effect during the academic year the student began their study at the community college if they complete the AA Business degree (restrictions apply, please see the UCCS Student Success Center). All others are evaluated on a case by case basis.

Model Degree Plan

Your business program/catalog years is the one in effect at the time you are admitted to the UCCS College of Business or to LAS, Business Intent.

Here are the recent Model Degree Plans, please see the Business Advisor if you are not sure which plan to follow:

• 2008-2009 academic year
• 2007-2008 academic year
• 2006-2007 academic year
• 2005-2006 academic year

Areas of Emphasis

Each candidate for the Bachelor of Science in Business degree in the Professional Program must complete the prescribed courses in an area of emphasis comprising a minimum of 18 semester hours taken at CU-Colorado Springs. A grade point average of 2.5 is required for the area of emphasis courses, with no grade below a C-; a 2.5 is required for all business courses; and a 2.0 is required overall.

Accounting
ACCT 301 Intermediate Accounting I
ACCT 302 Intermediate Accounting II
ACCT 311 Cost Accounting
Four Accounting electives (see bulletin for lists; electives chosen will depend on student's Accounting track)

Finance
FNCE 400 Advanced Corporate Finance
FNCE 410 Cases and Concepts in Finance
FNCE 420 Investment & Portfolio Management
FNCE 440 International Financial Management
FNCE 450 Money and Banking
One course from the following: FNCE 430, 460, 470, 480, 496, ACCT 302, 311

Human Resource Management
HRMG 434 Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations
HRMG 438 Human Resources Management
HRMG 439 Legal and Social Issues in Human Resources Management
HRMG 441 Motivating, Rewarding & Developing Employees
HRMG 485 Directed Research in HR & Management

One of the following: BUAD 390, HRMG 496, ORMG 411, ORMG 436, ORMG 437, ORMG 496, MKTG 330, MKTG 440.

Information Systems
INFS 305 Intro to Information Technology
INFS 308 Business Programming I
INFS 340 Database Concepts and Application
INFS 370 Computer Networks & Telecommunications
INFS 410 Systems Analysis and Design
INFS 450 Information System Project Management

International Business
INTB 360 International Business
FNCE 440 International Financial Management
INTG 480 International Management
MKTG 490 International Marketing
Two International Business electives: MGMT 390, COMM 328, ECON 328, ECON 341, INTB 461, INTB 496, P SC 421, P SC 425, SOC 438, or a pre-approved upper division business course of the student's choosing.
Foreign Language – Students are strongly encouraged to use their lower-division electives for foreign language courses.

Marketing
MKTG 330 Marketing Research
MKTG 465 Promotion Management and Strategy
MKTG 480 Marketing Policies and Strategies
Three Marketing Electives – courses 300/400 level.

Professional Golf Management
Please visit the PGM webpage:  http://business.uccs.edu/pgm/

Management
MGMT 390 Person/Team Creativity
MGMT 411 Experiences in Leadership
MGMT 437 Organization Development and Change
HRMG 438 Human Resource Management
Two of the following courses: MKTG 330, MKTG 440, HRMG 434, HRMG 439, HRMG 441, HRMG 485, HRMG 496, ORMG 496.

Service Management
MKTG 440 Service Management & Marketing
MKTG 480 Marketing Policies & Strategies
MGMT 411 Experiences in Leadership
MGMT 437 Organizational Development & Change
Two of the following courses: BUAD 390, HRMG 434, HRMG 438, HRMG 439, HRMG 441, HRMG 485, MKTG 330, MGMT 496 or HRMG 496 or MKTG 496.

 

Business Minors

MINORS FOR BUSINESS STUDENTS

Professional Program students may minor in a second business area (9-12 credit hours) or business students may choose a minor through the Colleges of Letters, Arts, and Sciences; Engineering; or Nursing (18 credit hours). All 9-12 credit hours of business courses for the minor must be taken in residence in the College of Business and must not already be counting toward area of emphasis. If the 9-12 hours are not unique courses, then a student cannot earn a minor. Courses taken for the minor will fulfill business electives. A minor GPA of 2.5 must be earned, and minor courses must have a C- grade or better.
 

Accounting ACCT 301, 311, 421 Finance FNCE 400, 420, 450 Human Resources HRMG 438, 439, and either 434, 441, or 485 Information Systems INFS 305, 340, 410 International Business Choose three of the following: INTB 360, INTB 461, INTB 480, FNCE 440 or MKTG 490 Marketing Any three 300/400 Level MKTG courses, above MKTG 300. Organization Management MGMT 390, 411, 437 Service Management MGMT 437, MKTG 440, 480

MINORS IN BUSINESS FOR NON-BUSINESS STUDENTS

Students admitted to undergraduate degree programs other than business may elect to pursue a minor in business with the approval of the appropriate advisor in the Student Success Center.  It is a College of Business requirement that all course work in the area of specialty composing the minor and a minimum of 9 credit hours must be taken in residence at CU-Colorado Springs.  Minor courses must have a "C-" grade or better.  A minimum GPA of 2.5 must be maintained on all courses taken to satisfy the minor.  A minimum GPA of 2.500 must be maintained on all area of specialty courses.  All course prerequisites will be strictly enforced by the College of Business. The minors available are as follows and require the following course work. It is the student's responsibility to satisfy all course prerequisites.

Business minors for non-business students require the following course work (Download complete list here):

Accounting - Required courses

INFS 110 Information-Based Decision Making 3 ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 ACCT 202Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3 BUAD 300 Integrated Skills for Management 3 ACCT 301 Intermediate Accounting I 3 ACCT 302 Intermediate Accounting II 3 ACCT 311 Cost Accounting or ACCT 421 Individual Income Tax 3 ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics or ECON 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 Total 24

Business Administration - Required courses

INFS 110 Information-Based Decision Making 3 ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 MGMT 330 Intro to Mgmt & Organization 3 MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing 3 Two courses from course list below:    -Acct 202, BUAD 300, BUAD 400, FNCE 305,    -INFS 305, INFS 308, INFS 340, INFS 370, OPTM 300   - MGMT 411, QUAN 201, QUAN 202, 6 Total 18

 

Business Management for Sustainable Development - Required courses
(For students pursuing a major in Geography and Environmental Sciences)

Computer Literacy Course OR Additional 300-400 level Business course 3 BUAD 100 Introduction to Business 3 ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 MGMT 330 Intro to Mgmt & Organization 3 MGMT 437 Organization Development & Change      3 MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing 3 HRMG 485 Directed Research in Human Resources and Management 3 Total 21

 

 

Finance - Required courses

INFS 110 Information-Based Decision Making 3 ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics 3 ECON 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 BUAD 300 Integrated Skills for Management 3 FNCE 305 Basic Finance 3 Elective in Finance Area (300-400 level) 3 Elective in Finance Area (300-400 level) 3 Total 24

 

Human Resource Management - Required courses

INFS 110 Information-Based Decision Making 3 ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 BUAD 300 Integrated Skills for Management 3 ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics or ECON 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 MGMT 330 Introduction to Mgmt & Organization       3 Three Electives in HRMG. (400 level) 9 Total 24

 

Information Systems - Required courses

INFS 110 Information-Based Decision Making 3 ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 INFS 305 Intro to Information Technology 3 BUAD 300 Integrated Skills for Management 3 INFS 340 Database Concepts and Application 3 INFS 370 Computer Networks and Telecommunications 3 INFS 410 Systems Analysis and Design 3 ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics or ECON 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 Total 24

 

Management - Required courses

INFS 110 Information-Based Decision Making 3 ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomic or ECON 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 BUAD 300 Integrated Skills for Management 3 MGMT 330 Introduction to Management and Organization 3 Elective in Organization Management or Human Resources Management (300-400 level) 3 Elective in Organization Management or Human Resources Management (300-400 level) 3 Elective in Organization Management or Human Resources Management (300-400 level) 3 Total 24

 

MBA Prep (not a declared minor, for preparation only) - Required courses

INFS 110 Information-Based Decision Making 3 ACCT 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 BUAD 300 Integrated Skills for Management 3 BUAD 400 Business, Government, Law & Society 3 QUAN 201 Business Statistics 3 3 Choose from one of the following:  ACCT 202 or QUAN 202 3 Students should take ECON 202 as an elective in degree.   Total 18

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: There are a limited number of openings for an International Business or Marketing minor.  To be eligible you must complete an application and be formally accepted for this minor.  Download the application now!

International Business - Required courses

 

MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing 3 MGMT 330 Introduction to Management and Organization 3 Three of the following courses: FNCE 440 International Financial Management MKTG 490 International Marketing INTB 360 International Business INTB 461 Regional Business Environment: Europe INTB 480 International Management 9 Total 15

Marketing - Required courses

MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing 3 Any Four Upper Division MKTG Electives 12 Total 15