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Pre-Business Program

Students admitted to the College of Business are initially designated as Pre-Business students. They follow the freshman and sophomore sequence of courses listed in the Model Degree Program. Students should choose an intended emphasis at this time. Business students will not be allowed to take 400 level business courses until all the skills courses are completed with a C- or better. Students must apply to the Professional Business Program to take 400 level business courses.

Professional Program

The College of Business has a unique program that encompasses academic rigor, learning lab experiences and a Professional Program of emphasis. The Professional Program begins in the junior year with the Junior Core classes and with the Area of Emphasis courses.  Students must maintain a 2.0 overall CU GPA and a 2.5 business and area of emphasis GPA to graduate with a Professional Program emphasis. Students not maintaining this GPA will receive a General Business degree at the completion of the program. 

The areas of emphasis available to students within the Professional Program are Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Human Resources Management, Information Systems, International Business, Management, Marketing, Professional Golf Management, Services Management, and Sport Management

AREA OF EMPHASIS OPTIONS:
(For a list of required classes for each emphasis area, see curriculum)

• Accounting: Prepares students for careers in public accounting, business and industry, and not-for-profit and governmental organizations. Course work in accounting conveys a comprehensive understanding of the theory and concepts.
   
• Business Administration: Includes 18 semester hours of upper division business course work based on students' interests and objectives. Courses must come from at least two different subject areas.
   
• Finance: Encompasses both the science and the art of managing money and investments. The finance curriculum covers three primary areas: financial management, financial markets and institutions and investments.
   
• Human Resources Management: Helps students develop and maintain effective relationships between employers and employees. Topics covered include recruiting, staffing, training and development, compensation, career planning, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.
   
• Information Systems: Develops increasing levels of sophistication in computer use. Courses focus on programming, database, networking and system design.
   
• International Business: Competition is increasingly global. It is important that managers understand the implications of these changes and the processes that influence the world economic, cultural and political arenas.
   
• Marketing: Develops student ability in conceiving and designing products and services, pricing them according to perceived value in the marketplace, then promoting them through advertising and personal selling.
   
• Professional Golf Management: Selective program that prepares students to be professional managers in the golf industry holding the distinction of membership in the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA); please visit the PGM webpage:  http://business.uccs.edu/pgm/
   
• Organizational Management: Educates students on how to become a skilled manager who knows how to lead and motivate people, build high performance teams, and understand the dynamics of organization behavior.
   
• Services Management: Provides skills and knowledge for those who will work in a management or professional capacity in the service sector, including customer service departments, call centers, help desks, insurance, and professional service organizations.
   
• Sport Management: Selective degree program designed for students who share a passions for sport and a desire to build careers in sport; please visit the Sport Management webpage:  http://www.business.uccs.edu/sport/

Professional Program Requirements

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

After admission to the College of Business, an overall GPA of 2.5 and a business course GPA of 2.5 are required for admission to the Professional Program. To apply to the Professional Program, students must have completed each of the above skills courses with a C- or better and at least 60 hours. Students will not be eligible to register for any 400-level business course without acceptance into the Professional Program. Students not meeting the requirements for the Professional Program maintain a Pre-Business designation. Board of Regents policy requires that students declare a major by the time they have 60 hours toward their degree, or by the start of their junior year. Students must submit an application, generally as second semester sophomores. Please visit the business advisor in the Student Success Center to apply to the Professional Program.

PROGRAM TIME FRAME

A full-time student can complete the Professional Program in four semesters. The time frame may differ for students who are not full-time. Please visit with the Academic Advisor for course sequence.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

To graduate from the Professional Program, students must have an overall GPA of 2.0, a Business course GPA of 2.5, and a 2.5 GPA in their area of emphasis courses with no grade below a C- (1.7) in the area of emphasis.

GENERAL BUSINESS DEGREE

Students not meeting the graduation requirements for the Professional Program but who have an overall 2.0 GPA, a 2.0 Business course GPA, and a 2.0 area of emphasis GPA with no grade below C- (1.7), will receive a General Business Degree.

Click here to view a flowchart documenting the above requirements.