2015-16 Model Degree Program for Online Degree Completion
The following four-year plan lists all the specific course requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Business degree. The order in which
these courses are taken may vary with course availability. However, normal degree progress in the College of Business requires that students
complete the degree in a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior sequence.
Students are responsible for completing all course requisites; requisites are strictly enforced through the registration system.
Please consult the Schedule of Courses for specific course requisites.
All skills, junior core, emphasis, and capstone courses must be completed with a C- or better.
All classes are presumed to be 3 credits unless otherwise noted.
FRESHMAN YEAR
____ GPS 1010 Gateway Program Seminar
____ BUAD 1010 or Open Elective (1 credit)
____ ENGL 1310 Rhetoric & Writing I
____ ECON 1010 Introduction to Microeconomics
____ MATH 1040 College Algebra
____ Open Elective
____ ECON 2020 Introduction to Macroeconomics
____ ENGL 2080 Business and Administrative Writing
____ MATH 1120 Calculus for Business & Economics
____ Explore – Arts, Humanities and Culture
____ Writing Intensive or Open Elective
SOPHOMORE YEAR
____ ACCT 2010 Financial Accounting
____ BLAW 2000 Business Law
____ COMM 2010 Comm in Workplace or 2100 Public Speaking
____ QUAN 2010 Business Statistics
____ Explore – Physical & Natural World (4 credits)
____ ACCT 2020 Managerial Accounting
____ BUAD 3010/3020/3030 or Open Elective (1 credit)
____ Open Elective
____ Open Elective
____ Open Elective
JUNIOR YEAR
____ INFS 1100 MS Office Applications & Computer Basics
____ QUAN 2020 Process & Statistics-Based Decisions
____ MGMT 3000 Integrated Skills for Management
____ MGMT 3300 Intro to Management & Organization
____ MKTG 3000 Principles of Marketing
____ FNCE 3050 Basic Finance
____ INFS 3000 Intro to Mgmt Information Systems
____ Business Administration Emphasis Course4
____ Business Administration Emphasis Course4
____ Upper Division Business Course4
____Writing Portfolio (PORT 3000 required, zero credit)1
SENIOR YEAR
____ BGSO 4000 Business, Govt, Law & Society
____ OPTM 3000 Fundamentals of Operations Mgmt
____ Business Administration Emphasis Course4
____ Business Administration Emphasis Course4
____ Upper Division Business Course4
____ STRT 4500 Strategic Management
____ Business Administration Emphasis Course4
____ Business Administration Emphasis Course4
____ Upper Division Business Course4
____ Open Elective5
Notes: 1. All students must complete the University Composition Competency requirement prior to graduation. After completing both ENGL 1310 and ENGL
2080, students must submit a Writing Portfolio or enroll in an additional upper division writing course.
2. Courses highlighted in yellow are the courses that need to be completed prior to coming to UCCS to complete your BS in Business degree online.
3. Courses highlighted in green are the courses that UCCS and the College of Business offer online.
4. The BUAD emphasis/upper division courses currently online are: ENTP 3000 Principles of Entrepreneurship, ENTP 3100 Capital & Finance in
Entrepreneurial Ventures, ENTP 4000 The Business Plan, FNCE 4590 Ethics in Finance, HRMG 4380 Human Resource Management, MKTG
4700 Internet Marketing and Social Media, MGMT 4110 Experiences in Leadership, MGMT 4370 Organizational Behavior and Change, OPTM
3390 Managing Projects for Competitive Advantage
5. An open elective would be any college level course offered online through UCCS.