Undergraduate Degree Requirements
The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree requires:
Total Credits. A minimum of 120 acceptable semester hours of credit, from the following categories:
- Business core
- Business area of emphasis requirements
- Business electives
- General education nonbusiness requirements (Arts and Sciences core)
- Nonbusiness electives
The school reserves the right to disallow any credit that it determines is not appropriate academic credit.
Residence. Students must complete 30 hours of business courses in residence on the Boulder campus after admission to the college, including the 18 hours in the area of emphasis and the 9 hours in the area of application (included in the business electives). Students must be in residence at CU-Boulder and must be registered as business degree students during the term of graduation.
Minimum Grade Point Average
- A cumulative grade point average of 2.000 in the area of emphasis and all grades in the 18 credit hours must have a grade of C- or higher (no pass/fail credits can be applied to the area).
- A minimum scholastic cumulative GPA of 2.000 is required for all courses attempted at the university.
- A cumulative 2.000 is required for all business courses attempted at the university.
- A cumulative grade point average of 2.000 is required in the area of application courses.
General Requirements
Business Core Requirements
The business core consists of integrated coursework through which students will develop key skills such as communication, teamwork, and leadership, while learning fundamentals of business and working on live cases.
Contact undergraduate student services, or visit Leeds.colorado.edu for the specific classes and credit hours required in the business core.
Business Area of Emphasis
Students must choose an area of emphasis in accounting, finance, management, or marketing. Areas of emphasis consist of 18 semester hours of required coursework, and require a minimum of three semesters to complete.
Business Electives
Business courses required by specific areas in excess of the 18 hours listed under areas of emphasis may count as business electives. Contact Undergraduate Student Services, or visit Leeds.colorado.edu for more information about the number of business elective credit hours required.
Nonbusiness Requirements
Arts and Sciences Core (General Education)
Students in the Leeds School of Business are required to complete coursework from the College of Arts and Sciences core requirements, including classes from the following categories:
- Mathematical skills*
- Contemporary societies*
- Written communication*
- Historical context
- Cultural and gender diversity
- United States context
- Literature and the arts
- Natural sciences
- Ideals and values
A list of courses that fulfill specific requirements for each area can be found at artsandsciences.colorado.edu/artssciences/current-students/core-curriculum.
* Leeds students are required to take microeconomics and macroeconomics, specific math, and writing courses to fulfill these categories. Contact undergraduate student services for more information, or visit Leeds.colorado.edu.
Nonbusiness Electives
Not all classes are accepted as elective credits. Generally, to be acceptable, electives must have a form of assessment such as a term paper and/or examinations, and must be regular classroom-type courses. Course coverage must be college level, must not be repetitious of other work applied toward the degree, must be academic as opposed to vocational or technical, and must be part of the regular university offerings.
Contact Undergraduate Student Services, or visit Leeds.colorado.edu for more information about the number of business elective credit hours required.
The Leeds School of Business reserves the right to disallow any credit that it determines is not appropriate academic credit. For more information, contact the Office of Undergraduate Student Services.
