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Despite the continued lag in the economy, I find myself approaching graduation with several job opportunities offered to me. I now have the ability to choose a job with a company whose philosophy corresponds with my own personal beliefs. I have the ability to choose a job that will allow me to balance personal and work life. The choices and the freedom currently awarded to me are the best gifts that my degree could have bestowed upon me. I have been given the skills and the confidence to move in only one direction—upward. I feel that the future is unlimited!
Ellen Watson,
Banking Officer
FirstBank

Take your GSBC certificate and turn it into an MS in Finance or MBA

When you finish your course work with the Graduate School of Banking in Colorado come and add a MBA or MS in Finance degree with the University of Colorado Denver Business School.

We have teamed up with the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado (GSBC) to allow graduates of their program to continue their education with either an MS in Finance or an MBA. GSBC is located at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

With your previous work at GSBC, you can earn your MBA with as few as 21 additional hours

The course work you do with the Graduate School of Banking in Colorado will be applied to your MBA or MS in Finance in the following way:

  • If you complete the entire three year program, you're eligible to have 9 credit hours awarded for FNCE6520, Banking Principals and Practices.
  • If you waived the first year's course work and came in as a second year student to the BSBC program, you may have 6 credit hours awarded for FNCE6520, Banking Principals and Practices after you have completed your the work with GSBC.

Banking Principals and Practices

FNCE6520 will count as Finance Free Electives towards your degree.

As a graduate of the three year program you will only need to

  • complete 21 more hours of coursework to be awarded an MS in Finance
  • complete 34 more hours of coursework to be awarded a MBA.

If you are a graduate of the two year program will be awarded

  • MS in Finance with only 24 more hours of course work.
  • MBA with only 37 hours of coursework

These credits are issued to you at a rate of $110 per credit, much less expensive than regular course credits at the UC Denver Business School. This can give you a savings of almost $2700.

Degrees offered with the GSBC credits

MBA

If you would rather earn your MBA you may do that at the UC Denver Business School as well.

An MBA with the full three year GSBC course work requires only 34 more hours of courses. If you take only the second and third years of the program you can earn your MBA with only 37 hours of course work at the UC Denver Business School.

MS in Finance

This degree requires only 21 hours of course work after your three year course with GSBC or 24 hours of course work after your two year course with GSBC.

 

While we strive to keep the website's information as accurate as possible, please refer to the Course Catalog or your advisor as the definitive source of program and admissions information. Requirements are subject to change.

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Begin today and apply. If you want more information, visit us during an information session, schedule a personal appointment, or just drop us a line. We will send you a brochure.