UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

UNDERGRADUATE Academic Degree Requirements

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Overview of the preparation for today’s competitive job and the Wall Street Journal from 1889 to the Leeds School of Business market. One-on-one coaching and workshops present. Today’s business leaders must be able to help students to clarify objectives, polish The Information Commons is open to think critically, communicate effectively, resumes, and enhance job-search abilities, students twenty-four hours a day for research adapt to and lead change, act ethically, value and provide students with a competitive and study and houses the Trep Café, a diversity, and act competitively in the global edge in the marketplace. Visit http://leeds. student-run coffee bar. economy. The Leeds School of Business colorado.edu/careerconnections for more Leeds’ Douglas Buck Electronic Media teaches students these skills, allowing you information on services offered. Center is devoted to on-line resources and to enter the marketplace with a compact disc subscriptions. They solid business foundation and the are accessible through the center’s promise of a thriving career. workstations and the campus The undergraduate program computer network. focuses on developing The Koelbel building houses skills and proficiency in analytical computer classrooms with state- thinking and decision analysis. In of-the-art projection systems, and addition, the program includes a multimedia capabilities and is broad liberal arts component. Areas connected to the campus wireless of emphasis available in the college network. Students work with the include: , Finance, most current Microsoft software Marketing and Management including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, with tracks in Human Resources, Access, SPSS, and SAS statistical Operations, or Information analysis packages. Management. Students who complete their Internships allow students to take Undergraduate Degree coursework earn a Bachelor of Science (BS) advantage of the region’s thriving business Requirements degree in Business Administration. climate and integrate career management • Complete at least 120 credit hours toward In addition to one of the four areas of skills with the knowledge they gain in the graduation. emphasis, students may also pursue an area classroom. The Boulder-Denver area is • Complete at least 61 credit hours of of application or certificate in the following a hotbed for many large firms including business courses; 30 hours, including the 18 areas: Business of Sports, Entrepreneurial IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Century Link. in the area of emphasis, must be completed Studies, , Operations Most internships are paid and all provide after admission to Leeds. and Information Management, Quantitative challenging and educationally meaningful • Complete at least 59 credit hours of non- Finance, Real Estate, or Socially Responsible experiences. Internships often evolve into a business courses, which includes content area Enterprise. career position with the company. courses taken from the Arts and Sciences Global Initiatives The school maintains ongoing Core Curriculum. relationships with the business community A global mindset allows business graduates • Maintain an overall, business, and area-of- through a variety of special programs, to recognize good ideas from wherever emphasis GPA of at least 2.0. which brings business leaders to campus for they might come and new market/product • Earn a minimum of C- in each Area of classes, workshops, and seminars. The school opportunities wherever they might exist. Emphasis Course. also hosts networking events to encourage Globally-aware graduates have more choices students to meet business leaders in a General Curriculum Policies for employment and are immediately ready business setting. 1. In addition to the 44 hours of arts and to contribute in global environments. The sciences content area courses, you must Facilities Leeds School of Business seeks to prepare complete at least 15 credit hours of non- students to perform at a high level within Technology encompasses the business world business electives. global businesses and diverse cultures. Our and affects all aspects of the marketplace. 2. The school will not accept workshops, goal is that every Leeds student graduates The Leeds School of Business emphasizes orientations, most internships, independent with a global experience by participating in technology in its educational environment, studies, or certain classes offered by the one or more of our programs, such as, the from electronic classrooms to high-tech team College of Arts and Sciences. If you are first-year global experience, global seminars, study rooms. uncertain, please check with your advisor. and global internships. Look for the “Leeds The Leeds School of Business’ William 3. You may use courses taken pass/fail to 100% Global” stamp that identifies all M. White Business Library and Information satisfy non-business electives only. The pass/ participating programs. Visit leeds.colorado. Commons, contains a wide variety of fail determination must be made before the edu/global for more information. business resources including over fifty university deadline and is irreversible. A Career Development online databases. They include Business maximum of 6 hours of pass/fail is allowed. & Company Resource Center, Factiva, The Leeds School of Business Career 4. Business courses and Arts and Sciences LexisNexis, Mergent Online, Proquest Connections Office is a resource for Core classes may not be taken pass/fail. Historical Annual Reports (back to the comprehensive career planning and 5. You must complete 30 hours of business 1880s), Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage, courses in residence on the Boulder campus 2 Visit http://leeds.colorado.edu/ Undergraduate Academic Degree Requirements LEEDS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS after admission to the program, including requirements please see the Arts and Sciences IV. Human Diversity (3 semester hours) all 18 hours in the area of emphasis and webpage at: Courses fulfilling this requirement increase any hours toward an area of application or http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/students/ the student’s understanding of diversity certificate. undergraduates/core_curriculum.html and pluralism through the study of two 6. You must be in residence at the campus interrelated areas: (1) the nature and meaning awarding the degree and must be registered I. Mathematical Skills (6 semester hours) of the categories of women, race, ethnicity, as a business degree student during the term Students are required to demonstrate and gender; and (2) cultures other than those of graduation. competence in mathematical skills by of Europe and the United States. Minimum Academic completing one course from each of the V. Ideals and Values (3 semester hours) Preparation Standards following categories: (MAPS) • Finite Math (3 semester hours) The courses that meet the ideals and values Students who graduated from high school in MATH 1071-3: Finite Math/Social Science requirement inquire into a specific sphere 1988 or thereafter are required to meet the and Business or ECON 1078-3: Math Tools of human value (e.g., moral, religious, minimum academic preparation standards for ECON 1. Students who pass the ALEKS intellectual, environmental). Such inquiry (MAPS). Students admitted to CU-Boulder Math Assessment with a score of 60 or higher demands the development of critical with MAPS deficiencies must complete their will be exempt from this requirement and thinking skills, which helps students identify MAPS courses before graduation. three hours will be added to non-business the assumptions and ramifications of value The following is a list of MAPS electives. structures. It also requires consideration requirements for the Leeds School of • Calculus (3 semester hours) of approaches by which value systems are Business. One unit equals one year of high MATH 1081-3: Calculus/Social Science and constructed, justified, and applied, especially school study or one semester of college Business or ECON 1088-3: Math Tools for in regard to personal, societal, and cross- course work. ECON 2 or equivalent calculus course. cultural contexts. NOTE: One 5-credit calculus class or two • English: 4 units, including two VI. Literature and the Arts (6 semester consecutive semesters of calculus will fulfill both in composition hours, 3 of which must be upper division) • Mathematics: 4 units math requirements These courses promote a better understanding II. Contemporary Societies • Natural science: 3 units, including two of fundamental aesthetic and cultural issues. (6 semester hours) in laboratory science, one of which must They sharpen critical and analytical abilities be in chemistry or physics These courses acquaint students with so that students may develop a deeper • Social science: 3 units, including one descriptive statistics commonly used by appreciation for works of art. The goal of this unit of U.S. or world history & one economists. It will familiarize the student requirement is to enhance the student’s ability unit of geography with characteristics of the U.S. economy, and to read critically, understand the elements of Students who have taken U.S. history may differentiate characteristics from those in other art, and grasp the complex relations between use a half year of world history and half economies. This six-hour requirement must be artist and public and between art work and year of geography in place of one year of fulfilled by taking the following two courses. cultural matrix. ECON 2010-4: Microeconomics geography. VII. Natural Science (6 semester hours) ECON 2020-4: Macroeconomics • Foreign language: 3 units of a single These courses study the nature of matter, III. Historical Context (3 semester hours) foreign language; the last year must be life, and the universe. They enhance literacy at least Level Three. Courses that fulfill this requirement explore and knowledge of scientific disciplines For courses used to fulfill these requirements, the times and circumstances in which social, and reasoning and observing skills that are see: http://aac.colorado.edu/orientation/maps.asp intellectual, artistic, or other developments necessary to evaluate issues with scientific Arts & Sciences Core occurred. Students analyze subjects in their content. Courses demonstrate that science is Curriculum context, and investigate both the processes not a static list of facts, but a dynamic process (44 semester hours) and the meanings of change. that leads to knowledge. These classes enable The Core Curriculum requirements are students to develop a critical view toward included in the 59 hours of non-business the conclusions and interpretations obtained courses. Each of the requirements listed through the scientific process. below may be satisfied by passing a course(s) NOTE: Leeds students are not required to from the corresponding section of the Arts complete a two-semester sequence or lab. and Sciences Core Curriculum. Students VIII. United States Context must select Core Curriculum classes from an (3 semester hours) approved list. These courses must be taken Courses fulfilling the United States Context for a grade. requirement explore important aspects of NOTE: Some of the following Core American culture and society. They stimulate requirements have been modified specifically for critical thinking and an awareness of this business students. country’s role in the world by promoting For a complete list of courses that fill these 3 2013 Questions? Call 303-492-6515 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER an understanding of world views the US • Accounting (ACCT) problems and implement and manage has fostered. Courses familiarize students change in a variety of settings. Accounting is critical to firms that continually with diversity, environment, culture, history, Students explore topics about fundamental acquire assets, raise funds to finance assets, values, and expression in the United States changes in organizations’ perspectives, control operating costs, and manage cash and enable them to evaluate each critically. effectiveness, and restructuring to respond to flow. IX. Written Communication a dynamic environment. This program (6 semester hours: 3 hrs. upper- prepares them to become leaders in division and 3 hrs. lower-division) entrepreneurial companies, large firms, or consulting. Writing is a skill fundamental to all The area provides the managerial intellectual endeavors. While some skills needed for success in entry-level college courses require more writing positions and builds the foundation than others, strong writing is recognized required for success in management as a necessary means of communication positions of greater responsibility, in every scholarly discipline. authority, and leadership. WRTG 1150 or 1250: First Year Writing Students may select from three WRTG 3040-3: Writing on Business management tracks: human resources, and Society operations management, and information management. Note: Any upper-division written The areas of accounting study include communication course will fulfill this financial and managerial accounting,Human Resources Track requirement. taxation, and auditing. The accounting Solid employee recruitment and strong Non-Business Electives emphasis is designed to prepare students for employee relations are critical to any business. (15 semester hours) careers in accounting, business, nonprofit, The human resources management track Students must complete 15 credits of non- and government organizations. Emphasis provides students with the knowledge and business electives. Consider taking classes is placed on logical reasoning and the skills necessary to earn a certification in the toward a minor, a non-business certificate or development and use of information, which area from the Society of Human Resources, courses that support your career goals. There enables students to solve accounting and the principal professional society in the field. are some restrictions. Please see your advisor, management problems and to make sound Graduates are qualified to act as human re- or refer to the university catalog. policy decisions. source representatives in small- to medium- Required Business • Finance (FNCE) sized companies, specialists in organizations with more diverse needs, or well-rounded Core Courses Financial experts, integral to every business general managers in any business. (28 semester hours) decision, address issues in the financial BCOR 1010-3 Introduction to Business services and securities areas in high Information Management Track BCOR 1020-3 Business Statistics technology firms, large corporations, and Advances in business knowledge and BCOR 2000-4 Accounting and Financial entrepreneurial companies. Students are technology have radically changed business Analysis provided with the tools, techniques, and systems and processes. As a result, critical BCOR 2200-3 Introductory Finance procedures used in valuing securities and to today’s businesses is the ability to get BCOR 2300-3 Adding Value with business firms and are taught to apply them the right information to the right poeple Management in business settings. at the right time, so that both strategic and BCOR 2400-3 Fundamentals of Marketing The area’s foundation prepares students operational decisions are made properly and BCOR 2500-3 Operations and Information to critically, analytically, and systematically quickly. Students majoring in Information Management address the financial impacts of other business Management will learn to recognize the BCOR 3000-3 Business Law, Ethics, and decisions. The program focuses on business pivotal roles that operations and information Public Policy or corporate financial management and systems play in the business world and to BCOR 3010-3 Business, Ethics and Society addressing risk management using financial use their knowledge to increase business Areas of Emphasis instruments. It also covers financial market- competitiveness. They are exposed to a (15 semester hours) oriented reasoning as it pertains to framing range of tools, methods, and techiques for All students must declare an area of emphasis the risk-return trade-offs facing personal and addressing issues such as the selection and by the time they have completed 60 credits. corporate investors. implementation of new technologies, and the Students must choose from Accounting, • Management (MGMT) creation of processes that effectively connect Finance, Management or Marketing. with customers, suppliers, and distributor The management program gives students Students may complete two areas of emphasis, channels. Students are prepared to be leaders the expertise to understand today’s evolving and the coursework required for the second in the effective utilization of information in business world. Students combine their area will count as business electives. business. backgrounds in marketing, accounting, finance, and information systems to resolve

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Operations Management Track certificates# for a full listing of certificates and information management. Members and requirements. share professional interests, recognize The principal function of any organization is • Business of Sports scholastic achievement, and coordinate the efficient creation and delivery of products • Entrepreneurial Studies social events. Visit http://leeds.colorado.edu/ and services to its customers. The operations • International Business activities#getinvolved for more information. management track focuses on this creative • Operations and Information Management process and identifies how organizations use Intra-University transfer • Quantitative Finance productivity, quality, flexibility, timeliness, into the Leeds School of • Real Estate and technology to compete and prevail in Business • Socially Responsible Enterprise their markets. You may apply to the Leeds School of Students graduating from this program Study Abroad & Global Business at the onset of your experience at have a broad understanding of the Internships CU, or transfer by Intra-University Transfer importance of operations in the success of Studying abroad provides a unique (IUT) after completing 24 credit hours. any organization. Operations Management opportunity to study, live, and travel in a IUT applications are considered based students find opportunities as production foreign country while enhancing students’ on a competitive University of Colorado managers, quality assurance managers, business education. Firsthand experience GPA and require, at minimum, successful logistics managers, purchasing analysts, abroad can provide you with valuable insight completion of the following: consultants, project managers and many to the world of international business and • A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better other interesting and rewarding careers. can give you a competitive edge in the job • A business GPA of 2.0 or better market. • Completion of 24 semester hours, 12 of • Marketing (MKTG) The CU Study Abroad office offers over which are graded work at CU-Boulder The increasingly global marketplace, coupled 200 study abroad possibilities, including • Completion of the following courses with a with new communication vehicles such as Global Seminars led by Leeds faculty. With grade of B- or better: the Internet, have changed the traditional early planning, you can study abroad and MATH tactics used in marketing. Today’s marketers graduate in four years. • MATH 1071 or an equivalent finite must understand the unique challenge of Leeds students can also earn credit for math course, and foreign consumers and how to effectively internships abroad. Internships must be • MATH 1081 or an equivalent calculus convey their messages throughout the world. preapproved, and must fall within the course The marketing program prepares students guidelines listed here: http://leeds.colorado. OR two consecutive semesters of calculus to lead marketing campaigns by developing edu/advising#globalinternships. ECONOMICS analysis and decision-making skills in For more information about studying • ECON 2010 (Microeconomics), and marketing management and strategy. Courses abroad or international internships, visit • ECON 2020 (Macroeconomics) focus on topics such as product management, www.studyabroad.colorado.edu, or contact For full list of requirements and IUT process, distribution, international marketing, your academic advisor visit http://leeds.colorado.edu/advising#transfer. advertising, and marketing research. Student Organizations Key concepts address managing customer As a supplement to classroom learning needs, distribution, and communication experiences, we encourage you to join one activities - the ultimate goal being to achieve of the student organizations affiliated with a sustainable, competitive advantage for an Leeds. The Leeds Student Involvement organization. Center can help you get involved. Leeds Business Electives offers student organizations focused on (15 semester hours) variety of fields including real estate, finance, Students must complete a minimum of 15 accounting, management, marketing, credit hours of business electives. Business entrepreneurship, international business, electives can include: coursework in the area of emphasis beyond the minimum requirements, coursework for a Leeds certificate, coursework towards a second area of emphasis, any class offered for business majors through the Leeds School of Business. Certificates Students may use electives to customize their degree plan and earn the following certificates. Most certificate requirements count as Business Electives. Some certificate programs also require non-business electives. Visit http://leeds.colorado.edu/

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Four Year Plans Junior Year The following is a general four-year degree FALL plan. The Business curriculum is structured so BCOR 3000 Business Law, Ethics, and that most business classes have prerequisites. Public Policy (3) Use this plan as a general outline. More 1 Area of Emphasis Class (3) specific four year plans are available online 2 A&S Core Content Classes (6) by area of emphasis: http://leeds.colorado. 1 Business Elective (3) edu/advising#4yearplans: First Year SPRING FALL BCOR 3010 Business Applications of BCOR 1010 Introduction to Business (3) Social Responsibility (3) MATH 1071 Finite Math (3) 1 Area of Emphasis Class (3) ECON 2010 Microeconomics (4) 1 Business Elective (3) Written Communication--lower div. (3) WRTG 3040 Business Writing (3) 1 Non-Business Elective (3) SPRING BCOR 1020 Business Statistics (3) Senior Year MATH 1081 Business Calculus (3) FALL ECON 2020 Macroeconomics (4) 2 Area of Emphasis Classes (6) 2 A&S Core Content Area Classes (6) 2 Business Electives (6) 1 Non-Business Elective (3) Sophomore Year FALL SPRING BCOR 2000 Accounting and Financial 2 Area of Emphasis Classes (6) Analysis (4) 1 Business Elective (3) BCOR 2300 Adding Value with 2 Non-Business Electives (6) Management (3) 3 A&S Core Content Area Classes (9) For More Information Please call (303) 492-6515 for more SPRING information, or stop by the Office of BCOR 2200 Introductory Finance (3) Undergraduate Student Services in KOBL BCOR 2400 Fundamentals of Marketing (3) S220. Please refer to the University of BCOR 2500 Operations and Information Colorado at Boulder Catalog for a full list of Management (3) college policies and requirements. 1 A&S Core Content Class (3) Although this publication was prepared on 1 Non-Business Elective (3) the basis of all available information, course requirements are subject to change. Check with your advisor for final program approval. For more details of the Leeds School of Business and the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree visit: http://leeds.colorado. edu/undergraduate#overview. 6 Leeds School of Business Advising Plan: Catalog Years 2012-2013; 2013-2014

Student Name: ID: Date: This worksheet should be used with your academic advisor and in conjunction with your degree audit.

NON-Business Requirements: 59 credits Business Requirements: 61 credits

Arts & Sciences Core Business Core 28 credits Course 44 credits Finite Math (3) MATH 1071 BCOR 1010: Intro to Business (3) Calculus (3) MATH 1081 BCOR 1020: Business Statistics (3) Contemporary Societies (8) ECON 2010 BCOR 2000: Accounting & Financial Anal. (4) ECON 2020 BCOR 2200: Finance (3) Historical Context (3) BCOR 2300: Management (3) Human Diversity (3) BCOR 2400: Marketing (3) Ideals & Values (3) BCOR 2500: Operations & Info Mgmt (3) Literature & Arts L/D (3) BCOR 3000: Business Law (3) Literature & Arts U/D* (3) BCOR 3010: Social Responsibility (3) Natural Science (3) Natural Science (3) U.S. Context (3) Area of Emphasis 18 credits Written Communication L/D (3) WRTG 1150/1250 Written Communication U/D* (3) WRTG 3040 * U/D denotes upper division course required

Courses that fulfill A&S Core categories can be found in your degree audit or online at: http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/students/undergraduates/co C- or better required Courses must be taken at Leeds re_curriculum.html

Non-Business Electives Business Electives 15 credits Students generally need 15 hours of non-business electives

Important Leeds Policies: 6 hours Pass/Fail maximum allowed A minumum of 120 credits is required for graduation. CU Cumulative GPA must be at or above 2.0. MAPS Requirements Business GPA must be at or above 2.0. Consult your Degree Audit to confirm MAPS deficiencies A "D-" or better is considered passing in all classes other than the area of emphasis. Area of emphasis GPA must be at or above 2.0 in order to graduate. All classes must be taken for a letter grade, except 6 hours of non-business electives which can be pass/fail. NOTES:

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Undergraduate Academic Degree Requirements Leeds School of Business 419 UCB Boulder, Colorado 80309-0419 visit: http://leeds.colorado.edu/advising call: 303-492-6515

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