The Business Management Department at the University of Colorado Denver Business School announced the topic of its Spring 2015 course. Strategy Consulting, MGMT 6800: Special Topics in Management, will partner students with senior leadership from a financial services firm to address a strategic challenge it’s identified. As a student, you’ll prepare a team charter, project scope of work and work-plan.  Read more

The University of Colorado Denver Business School remains on the forefront of emerging industries and hot topics. Starting Spring 2015 as part of this endeavor, Yvette Connor, Managing Director of Risk Management Advisory Services at Alvarez & Marsal LLC, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Systems Onook Oh will teach Cyber Risk Management and Cyber Warfare at the Business School.  Read more

Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship collaborates with Arapahoe Community College on innovative program Pathways to success come in many forms. Entrepreneurial-minded students are just as interested in reaching their potential as anyone, but they often seek alternative educational paths. Enter “Launchpad,” a new Entrepreneurship Certificate pioneered in collaboration between the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship and Arapahoe Community College(ACC).  Read more

New MS programs in Taxation and Business Analytics prepare students for fast-growing fields Inspired teaching can make all the difference. Matt Kelsall noticed this last summer when he took a Management of Operations class from Business Analytics Professor Gary Kochenberger, PhD. The material was complicated, but thanks to Kochenberger’s enthusiasm and skill, Kelsall grew more excited than ever to plunge into the fast-growing field of big data.  Read more

College is more popular than ever, with about 21 million students heading to class this year. Many schools have hundreds of majors available, but students often choose the same few majors over and over again. The following ten are the most popular college majors in the U.S. Nearly all of them are broad majors that give students many options upon graduating while at the same time teaching them critical skills necessary in the workforce.  Read more

Ranking organization The Financial Engineer released its 2015 Financial Economics Rankings. The University of Colorado Denver Business School rests among the Top Ten at number 8. Financial Economics is a dual degree offered by the Business School and the Department of Economics. It combines the quantitative skills of an MA in Economics with the practical applications of an MS in Finance.  Read more

Maymester Abroad Program Provides Access to High Profile Business Venues and Influential Business People A new semester has started at the University of Colorado Denver, and for many international students, the summer of 2013 was one of their best in memory.  Just ask Mihir Rathod. A graduate student from India who’s studying information systems, Rathod wisely chose an elective class that provided access to business venues and influential business people in one of his favorite cities—London.  Read more