Add a business minor to your degree
If you are working on another undergraduate degree at the University of Colorado Denver, and want a minor in business administration, you need a 2.0 GPA to enter the program as a business minor. You must also have a 2.0 GPA overall, and a 2.0 GPA in your business courses at the time of graduation to receive a minor in business.
The prerequisites to the Business minor
- Introduction to business problem solving, ISMG2050
- Algebra for social science and business, MATH1070*
- Business statistics, DCSI2010**
- Principals of economics: Macroeconomics, ECON2012
- Principals of economics: Microeconomics, ECON2022
* or a higher-level Math course
** or a statistics course approved by the Business School. This course requires a prerequisite of MATH1070 or MATH1110 and MATH 1080 or MATH1401.
Required courses for a business minor are:
- Introduction to business, MGMT1000
- Managerial accounting and professional issues, ACCT2200
- Legal and ethical environments of business I, BLAW3000
- Principals of marketing, MKTG3000
- Principals of finance I, FNCE3100
- Managing individuals and teams, MGMT3000
Notes
- Twelve of these 18 hours must be taken while in residence at the UC Denver Downtown Campus.
- If the student has already taken the equivalent of one or more of these courses, other higher-level business courses may be substituted with Business School approval.
- Up to 6 hours of the 18 required business courses may be taken at another institution.
- Transfer credit will be granted on the same basis that transfer credit is granted for courses taken by business majors.
* Note: Students enrolling for DCSI2010 must have completed MATH1070 OR MATH1110 or equivalent courses and MATH1080.
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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