Online Business Administration, B.S.

With Accounting courses at MSU Denver’s AACSB-accredited College of Business, you will develop a solid understanding of how accounting functions in the contemporary business environment. Taking some of your major elective classes in accounting will help you gain the knowledge necessary to understand how to stay on top of the financial picture as you build your career in business.

MSU Denver offers one of just two CIS programs in Colorado (and the only one at a public university) that is recognized by both AACSB and ABET, the world’s top business and computing accrediting agencies.

If you take additional courses in Computer Information Systems, you will gain hands-on experience with the latest technologies, applied in the context of the work you currently do. We offer advanced studies across a huge range of areas – cybersecurity, business analytics, systems analysis, telecommunications, data mining, and application development.

Our faculty in Economics can teach you to view the world of business through a unique lens. This discipline will train you to think critically, analyze and evaluate information, compare tradeoffs in terms of real costs, and ultimately give you the tools to succeed in virtually any field.

Do you want to be your own boss? Create a business from scratch and grow it into a juggernaut? The Center for Entrepreneurship at MSU Denver is a hotbed of small business creation. Our entrepreneurship faculty will teach you how to create business plans that get funded, how to start marketing your new enterprise, and everything else you need to succeed as a small business owner.

The Center for Entrepreneurship even has support outside of standard classes that can help with connecting you to other entrepreneurs, identifying mentors, and locating start-up funding. This includes our Launch Denver program, a 10-week business startup workshop, and available seed funding for select startups.

Courses in our Finance department will give you a plethora of opportunities to succeed in any career and transform your future. Learn how to evaluate investment options, build robust portfolios, and fund enterprises of all sizes.

The curriculum in MSU Denver’s Department of Finance is designed to make you a well-rounded, objective, analytical financial authority with the managerial skills required to lead.

Would you like to be a part of the global business world? As countries become increasingly interdependent, there has been a dramatic increase in firms doing business across international borders. As a result, there is an increasing demand for employees who understand and can navigate the global context of business. This includes expertise in the logistics of trade, cross-border investments, cultural differences, legal differences, & the challenges of working in diverse business environments.

The MSU Denver College of Business offers international business-focused courses across multiple departments. These classes will help you expand your career opportunities, gain knowledge of other cultures, build cross-cultural communication skills, and develop awareness of the social, cultural, and economic characteristics of other countries. Studying international business provides students with insights about global economic and business climates.

No matter how big or bright an idea is, building it into a functional business requires a certain set of skills and knowhow. Not every decision you make will be correct, and you won’t be able to accomplish everything on your own. But teamwork makes dreams work, and a focus in Management gives you the leadership and organizational skills to succeed.

If you envision yourself managing a team, serving as a leader in an organization, starting your own business, or working in an international business, courses offered by the Department of Management can help you get there.

Marketing is about delivering value to consumers and generating revenue for the organization. What could be more important than that? Every organization has a marketing function, which means that studying marketing while in pursuit of your Online Business Administration degree will create career opportunities for you.

Our AACSB-accredited Marketing program offers small classes packed with ambitious business students and led by professors with years of relevant industry experience. Students also complete real, hands-on marketing projects—including solving real problems for actual businesses.

More than 50% of college graduates will hold their initial job in sales. The art of selling is always in high demand, and it’s a skill that you can learn; we teach it every day!

MSU Denver’s Center for Professional Selling will provide you with opportunities to expand your sales skills through real world selling experience, role plays, interviews, networking events, national competitions, and other events for students and sales professionals.

MSU Denver is named as one of the “Top Universities for Professional Sales Education” by the Sales Education Foundation and is a Full Member of the University Sales Center Alliance — one of fewer than 100 institutions nationally to receive such recognition.

One or more sales courses can be an invaluable part of your Online Business Administration Degree at MSU Denver.