University of Colorado Denver Business School
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The University of Colorado Denver
University of Colorado Denver
The University of Colorado Denver, shortened as CU Denver, UC Denver, or UCD, is a public university in the United States state of Colorado. It is one of three schools of the University of Colorado system. The university has two campuses — one in downtown Denver at the Auraria Campus, and the other...

 Business School is a college
College
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 located in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

, which offers undergraduate and graduate business degrees. The business school is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business was founded in 1916 to accredit schools of business worldwide. The first accreditations took place in 1919. The stated mission is to advance quality management education worldwide through accreditation and thought leadership. It is regarded...

 (AACSB).

As of 2008, there are 1,000 graduate students and 1,400 undergraduate students enrolled at the UC Denver Business School. It is the 9th largest AACSB-accredited business school in the United States
United States
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 that offer a full time specialized masters degree program.

The Business School
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...

, which currently operates at 6 different locations, is scheduled to consolidate its separate locations and move to a single 99000 square feet (9,197.4 m²) building at 1475 Lawrence Street in Denver. After renovations, the school hopes to be in its new home by 2010.

Institutional Profile

The University of Colorado Denver Business School is accredited by AACSB International. The school is accredited at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It is one of only a few schools in the US to have a separate accreditation for its Accounting program. The school is located in the heart of the Denver Business District and works closely with many of the states top businesses including Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....

, Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...

, MillerCoors
MillerCoors
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, Qwest
Qwest
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, and Frontier Airlines
Frontier Airlines
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. The Business School's curriculum features input from the areas business' which make up the Business School's Board of Advisers and Advisory Councils. This Board consists of over 100 area executives and community leaders.
  • Some of the Business Schools Board Members include
    • Mark Belfance (Partner at Ernst & Young, LLP),
    • Thomas Heule (Owner of Denargo Capital),
    • Scott Whitley (MillerCoors, CO-Leader of Merger),and
    • Sean Menke (President & CEO of Frontier Airlines).


The business school features nationally recognized faculty who are quoted in the Wall Street Journal and other popular business publications.

Administration

  • Bruce Benson, President of the University of Colorado System. Benson is a full time faculty member of the University of Colorado Denver's Business School. Benson is the business school's Executive in Residence, professor attendant and consultant to the schools Global Energy Management Initiative (GEM).

  • Sueann Ambron, PhD became dean of the business school in 2000. Ambron was the founder and CEO of Auvlet, a software and network company. She has worked for Paramount, Motorola, Viacom and Apple. Ambron was also a former faculty member at Stanford University.

  • Jean Claude Bosch, PhD, MBA is the Associate Dean of Faculty. He has been at UC Denver since 1982. He teaches Financial Management, Investments, and International Financial Management. Bosch's areas of expertise are: economic effects of regulations, financial markets, financial management, and valuation of firms and securities.

  • Clifford Young, PhD is the Associate Dean of Programs. He has been at UC Denver since 1990. His areas of expertise are marketing management, marketing research, quantitative methods, selling and sales management, cross-cultural services marketing perceptions.

  • Linda Brooker is the Assistant Dean of Students.

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Undergraduate Degrees Offered

The University of Colorado Denver Business School offers one undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. http://www.business.cudenver.edu/Majors.htm Students can obtain specializations in:
  • Accounting
  • Accounting and Information Systems
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Management Systems
  • Human Resources
  • Information Systems
  • International Business
  • Management
  • Management and Information Systems
  • Marketing
  • Marketing and Information Systems

Master of Business Administration Programs

UC Denver Business School offers the following Master of Business Administration options:

Master of Science Programs:

UC Denver Business School offers the following Master of Science
Master of Science
A Master of Science is a postgraduate academic master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is typically studied for in the sciences including the social sciences.-Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay:...

 degrees :

Specializations for MBA or MS Graduate Degrees

  • Business to Business Marketing
  • Business to Consumer Marketing
  • Business Strategy
  • Change Management
  • Corporate Financial Management
  • Decision Sciences
  • Enterprise Technology Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • Financial Analyst
  • Human Resources Management
  • Information Systems
  • International Business
  • Investment Management
  • Marketing
  • Managing for Sustainability
  • Services Management
  • Sports and Entertainment Management

Dual Degrees

MBA students can add an MS in:
  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Decision sciences
  • Information systems
  • International business
  • Management
  • Marketing


Students can add an MBA to the following degrees:
  • Master of Architecture (M.Arch) from the School of Architecture
  • Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) from the UC Denver School of Architecture
  • Master in Economics from the UC Denver Economics Department
  • Medical Doctor (MD) from the UC Denver School of Medicine


Students who get an MA in Economics from UC Denver can add the MS in Finance.

Students from these schools can combine their degrees with an MBA or MS from UC Denver.http://www.business.cudenver.edu/Graduate/Dual.html
  • Master of International Management (MIM) from Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale, Arizona
  • Students from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado can an MS in Finance or an MBA.

Doctorate Programs

The UC Denver Business School offers a PhD
PHD
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 program in Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

 and Information Systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...

.

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