The University of Colorado Denver Business School is a college located in Denver, Colorado, which offers undergraduate and graduate business degrees. The business school is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
As of 2008, there were 1,000 graduate students and 1,400 undergraduate students enrolled at the CU Denver Business School. It is the 9th largest AACSB-accredited business school in the United States to offer a full-time specialized master's degree program.
In 2012, The Business School moved to its current location in downtown Denver at 1475 Lawrence Street. The 120,000-square-foot building is LEED Gold certified and contains both the Business School offices, as well as state of the art classrooms.
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, Wells Fargo, MillerCoors, Qwest, and Frontier Airlines. 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.
Bruce Benson, President of the University of Colorado System. Benson is a full-time faculty member of the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Benson is the business school's Executive in Residence, professor attendant and consultant to the schools Global Energy Management Initiative (GEM).
Rohan Christie-David, PhD became dean of the business school in 2016. Christie-David served as interim dean of the University of Louisville's College of Business. An expert in banking, financial derivatives, and market-micro-structure, Christie-David was ranked among one of the "Most Prolific Authors in Finance 1958-2008."
Jean Claude Bosch, PhD, MBA is the Associate Dean of Operations. He has been at CU 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 Faculty. He has been at CU Denver since 1990. His areas of expertise are marketing management, marketing research, quantitative methods, selling and sales management, cross-cultural services marketing perceptions.
Dawn Gregg, PhD is the Associate Dean of Programs and an Associate Professor of Information Systems. She has been at CU Denver since 2001. Her areas of expertise include how to organize and maintain Web-based content so that it can be used to better meet business needs.
Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship [1]
J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities [2]
Center for Information Technology Innovation [3]
Center for China Financial Research [4]
The University of Colorado Denver Business School offers one undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. [5] Students can obtain specializations in:
Accounting
Accounting and Information Systems
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Financial Management
Financial Management Systems
Human Resources
Information Systems
International Business
Management
Management and Information Systems
Management and Entrepreneurship
Marketing
Marketing and Information Systems
Risk Management and Insurance
Sports and Entertainment Management
CU Denver Business School offers the following Master of Business Administration options:
Professional MBA [6]
Online MBA [7]
11-Month MBA [8]
MBA in Health Administration [9]
Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration [10]
Executive MBA [11]
CU Denver Business School offers the following Master of Science degrees :
Accounting [12]
Finance and Risk Management [13]
Global Energy Management [14]
Health Administration [15]
Information Systems [16]
International Business [17]
Management [18]
Marketing [19]
Taxation [20]
Business Analytics [21]
Advanced Market Analytics
Accounting and Information Systems Audit Control
Auditing and Forensic Accounting
Big Data
Brand Communication
Business to Business Marketing
Business to Consumer Marketing
Business Intelligence Systems
Business Strategy
Change and Innovation
Commodities and Risk Management
Controllership & Financial Leadership
Cyber Security and Information Assurance
Decision Sciences
Digital Health Entrepreneurship
Economics
Enterprise Technology Management
Entrepreneurship
Financial Analysis and Management
Geographic Information Systems
Global Management
Global Marketing
High-Tech/Entrepreneurial Marketing
Human Resources Management
Information Systems
International Business
Leadership
Marketing
Marketing Intelligence
Marketing and Global Sustainability
Managing for Sustainability
Risk Management and Insurance
Sports and Entertainment Management
Strategic Management
Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Web and Mobile Computing
MBA students can add an MS in:
Accounting
Finance
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 CU Denver School of Architecture
Master in Economics from the CU Denver Economics Department
Medical Doctor (MD) from the CU Denver School of Medicine
Students who get an MA in Economics from CU Denver can add the MS in Finance.
Students from these schools can combine their degrees with an MBA or MS from CU Denver.[22]
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.
The CU Denver Business School offers a PhD program in Computer Science and Information Systems.