Program Overview
Kenneth W. Monfort College of Business
General Business courses and faculty are dispersed throughout the various business departments.
Contact: Jacob Rose, Ph.D.
Location: Kepner 1055
Telephone: 970-351-2855
Website: mcb.unco.edu/programs/business-administration/accounting.aspx and mcb.unco.edu/programs/business-administration/computer-information-systems.aspx
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Contact: Michael Martin, Ph.D., Chair
Location: Kepner 1055
Telephone: 970-351-2275
Fax: 970-351-1097
Website: mcb.unco.edu/programs/business-administration/finance.aspx
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Contact: Isaac Wanasika, Ph.D.
Location: Kepner 1090
Telephone: 970-351-2088
Website: mcb.unco.edu/programs/business-administration/management.aspx
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Contact: Denny McCorkle, D.B.A.
Location: Kepner 1055
Telephone: 970-351-2275
Website: mcb.unco.edu/programs/business-administration/marketing.aspx
Advising Information:
All business majors must consult with their assigned advisor each semester prior to registering.
To find your advisor, log into ursa.unco.edu; go to 'Student' tab and click 'View Student Information' link. If no advisor is listed, contact the MCB Advising Office for advisor information, 970-351-1233.
The program consists of three parts:
- Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) Credits
- Required Major Credits
- University-Wide Credits
Program Description:
General Business courses and faculty are dispersed throughout the various business departments.
The General Business Concentration prepares students for a wide variety of careers in business, the management of small or family-owned businesses and graduate study in business administration.
Students complete coursework in each of the functional areas of business: accounting, finance, computer information systems, management and marketing. The General Business Concentration is designed to prepare students for a broad range of entry-level positions in business organizations. The program is not intended to provide specialized study. The broad-based nature of the curriculum makes the General Business program appropriate for students intending to manage a family-owned or small business.
Program Admission Requirements:
- Incoming New First Time and Transfer students are admitted to the College of Business major and minors provided they meet the admission requirements set forth by UNC.
- Current UNC students who have completed at least 15 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 2.50 or above are guaranteed admission to any business major.
- Current UNC students who have completed at least 15 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 2.00-2.49 qualify to apply for admission to a business major. Students may apply at the MCB Advising Center located in Kepner 1095.
Degree Requirement Notes:
Students are reminded that to graduate with a Business Administration degree, a student must attain a 2.0 or greater cumulative Business GPA and at least a "C-" grade in each individual Business Administration Core course.
Business coursework may be transferred toward a Business degree according to the following limits:
- Students must complete at least 30 credits of their business degree in residence from MCB and these credits must be at the 300 and/or 400 level.
Program Requirements:
- All students in the program must complete a Professional Experience prior to graduation. A for-credit internship, if completed satisfactorily, will fulfill the work experience component of the Professional Experience. All students must complete the Professional Experience required workshops. For more information please visit the Professional Experience website.
- In addition to fulfilling the basic requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration students must attain at least a grade of "C-" or better in the Required Concentration Credits, Elective Concentration Credits, and Elective Major Credits in order to count towards graduation.
- A cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or better must be earned in the Required Concentration Credits and Elective Concentration Credits categories in order for the course to count toward graduation. With the written approval of the Dean, students may make the following course substitutions:
- Students may substitute a senior-level Special Topics course for a required concentration course with the same prefix.
- Students with a 3.0 or higher GPA may substitute BAMG 407/BAMK 407 Small Business Counseling for any approved BAMG or BAMK required concentration course.
- BA 495 Special Topics or any Executive Professor class may be substituted for a General Business elective with the approval of the Dean.
Coursework completed by a student within the preceding 10 years may apply as credit toward a bachelor's degree. Coursework taken before the 10-year limit may be reviewed by the school director and college dean to determine its appropriateness to the major requirements.
Degree Requirements — 120 Credits
1. Liberal Arts Curriculum — 31 credits
To complete the degree in 120 credits as outlined, the program recommends the below LAC courses that also count toward the required major credits.
Any additional LAC coursework completed outside of the recommended list below may extend the length of the program of study.
Written Communication — 6 credits
The program recommends that you choose one of the following courses for Intermediate Communication:
BA 205 OR ENG 123
Either course will fulfill both a major requirement and the Liberal Arts Curriculum requirement.
See Written Communication courses
Mathematics — 3 credits
The program recommends that you take the following courses:
MATH 124 or STAT 150
Both courses are required for the major. Either one of them will fulfill the 3 credit hour math requirement in the Liberal Arts Curriculum.
See Mathematics courses
Arts & Humanities, History, Social & Behavioral Sciences, U.S. Multicultural Studies [MS], and International Studies [IS] — 15 credits
To complete the LAC in the minimum number of credits, be sure to choose at least one course with an IS designation and one course with an MS designation.
The program recommends the following courses in the Social & Behavioral Sciences category.
ECON 203 AND ECON 205
PSY 120 OR PSY 265 OR SOC 100
Both economics courses and one of the other three courses are required for the major. Any one of them can be used to fulfill the Liberal Arts Curriculum requirement of 3 credits in Social and Behavioral Sciences. A second one can be used to fulfill the requirement of an additional course (3 credits) in Arts & Humanities, History or Social and Behavioral Sciences.
See Arts & Humanities, History, and Social & Behavioral Sciences courses
Natural & Physical Sciences — 7 credits
Select any courses to fulfill this requirement from the currently approved LAC course list.
See Natural & Physical Sciences courses
See Liberal Arts Curriculum
2. Required Major — 88 credits
Required Supporting Credits — 28 credits
The following courses are required as part of the Business major, some of which will also count towards the Liberal Arts Curriculum.
Business Core Credits — 30 credits
Take all of the following courses:
BAMG 456 is the capstone course for Business majors and is designed to be taken in the student’s last semester.
General Business Concentration Credits — 21 credits
Take all of the following courses:
Choose 1 of the following courses:
| BAMG 353 | Introduction to Human Resource Management | 3 |
| or | |
| BAMG 451 | Managing New Business Ventures | 3 |
Choose 1 of the following courses:
Elective Major Credits — 9 credits
Take 9 credits from BA 251 or BACS 200 or BACS 287 or any other 300/400 level business course not already counted in Business Core, Concentration or Concentration electives.
(BAAC 301 and BAFN 302 may not be used.)
| Any 300 or 400-level business electives (BA prefix) except for BAAC 301 and BAFN 302 | |
| or | |
| BA 251 | International BusinessLAB1LAIS | 3 |
| or | |
| BACS 200 | Web Design and Development for Small Business | 3 |
| or | |
| BACS 287 | Fundamentals of Programming | 3 |
3. University-Wide Credits — 1-13 credits*
*Note: Students must apply at least some of the recommended courses to both the liberal arts curriculum requirements and the major requirements to complete this degree program in 120 credit hours. Students who apply all of the recommended courses to the LAC will have up to 13 credits of university wide electives to apply to this degree depending on the number of credits applied to both the LAC and the major. See your advisor for details.