Colorado Technical University

Since 1965, Colorado Technical University (CTU) has helped thousands of students soar to achieve career success in business administration and information technology industries. Whether you are an experienced professional seeking to retain your competitive edge, a degree holder ready for the challenge of graduate school or someone preparing to enter the career world, CTU has the degree or certificate program and the learning style that works for you.

Get your DegreeNOW ^TM at CTU

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At CTU Colorado Springs, you can combine night, online and weekend studies to avoid rigid class schedules and inconvenient commutes while you pursue your degree. That means you now have the freedom to advance your education and reach for career goals without sacrificing your real-world responsibilities.

The following DegreeNOW programs are available at our CTU Colorado Springs campus. Please contact an admissions representative for additional details about courses of study and our next available start dates. You can be studying for a degree in your chosen career field before you know it.

Doctorate of Management

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The Doctor of Management program is an advanced professional degree for senior managers, consultants and academics. It develops research and intervention skills, the ability to think and act strategically, and facility in anticipating and planning for the future while helping you to establish yourself as a leader in your chosen field.

Executive Master of Business Administration

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The Executive MBA is a professional degree, intended for those who aspire to increasing levels of responsibility in business and industry. The emphasis of this program is on skills and knowledge that tomorrow's business leaders need:

• Intellectual and geographic perspective of our global economy
• Critical thinking
• Decision-making skills
• Accounting and finance
• Organizational processes

The CTU MBA also encompasses information technology management and project management competencies.

MBA Features:

• Complete your degree in 16 1/2 months or less
• Earn two high-demand, CTU Academic Certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
• Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge

The following MBA concentrations are available:

Accounting

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Accounting is a program for students with a Bachelor's degree in accounting or related fields. The program is designed to provide you with strong theoretical foundations and professional skills in the main functional areas of accounting, including financial reporting and assurance, management control and auditing, taxation and forensic accounting.

Human Resource Management

The MBA in Human Resource Management degree prepares you to integrate human resource functions into an organization's strategic plan. Long-range planning approaches, developing leadership vision and how to survive and thrive through organizational change are included in this program. You can learn effective recruiting and retaining/retraining options and how to protect the employee' and the organization's best interests.

Insurance & Risk Management

Learn more about this exciting new program by filling out the online form to receive information.

Project Management

The project management degree program can prepare you with the skills and knowledge necessary to become an effective project manager, including: time/conflict management, teams and HR strategies, risk analysis and management, scheduling techniques, organizational and processes, costing and budgetary controls, procurement and contracting, and implementation and assessment.

Master of Science in Accounting

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Colorado Technical University's market-driven Master of Science in Accounting (MSACC) degree program offers an advanced course of study designed to prepare students with a strong theoretical foundations and professional skills in the main functional areas of accounting, including financial reporting and assurance, management control and auditing, taxation and forensic accounting.

Master of Science in Management - Information Technology/ Project Management

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Increasing demand for professionals who can integrate and manage a company's information and technology tools has created an emerging new field in information technology. In the next decade, the demand is expected to double.

To help meet the need for this competitive new breed of management professional, Colorado Technical University has introduced this exciting new concentration in information technology/project management within the Master of Science in Management (MSM) degree program. Course content includes a solid core of project management curriculum plus courses in computing platforms and network architecture designs. Software systems, both application and development, are covered with emphasis on relational database and client/server technology. Graduates of the program should be prepared to design, build, integrate and manage the information technology systems and programs associated with today's organizations.

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

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An increase in the number of businesses, changing financial laws and regulations, and increased scrutiny of company finances will spur the job growth of accountants and auditors. Increasingly, accountants also are assuming the role of a personal financial advisor.

In response to market demand, these financial specialists will offer more financial management and consulting services as they take on a greater advisory role. In addition to openings resulting from growth, the need to replace accountants and auditors who retire or transfer to other occupations will produce further job openings.

The Bachelor of Science in Accounting (BSACC) degree program is designed to equip you with a variety of skills including corporate accounting, taxation, governmental and not-for-profit accounting, and auditing. This unique program also builds in skills training to prepare you with the knowledge required to not only become a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management accountant (CMA), but also prepare you to become a Certified Financial Planner (CFP).

In addition, the curriculum provides you with an opportunity to develop your intellectual, interpersonal and communication skills so that you can succeed in the business world.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

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Bachelor's Degree Features:

• Complete your degree in as few as 3 years; with a qualified associate's degree, you can complete in as few as 18 months
• Qualified course transfer, life experience, and military credits accepted
• Earn high-demand, CTU Academic Certificates with no added time nor tuition cost
• Gain industry-current, real-world skills and knowledge

Students in the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration program can choose to concentrate their studies in the following areas:

Human Resource Management

The human resource management concentration can prepare you as an HR professional to participate as a member of the management team, with expanded studies in the legal environment, customer service and competitive issues, management structure and processes, and professional communication skills.

Management

The management concentration expands your studies into more advanced managerial concepts and strategies such as project risk management, strategy development and human resource issues. You can further customize your program through choice of electives, including accounting, economics, money and capital markets, team building, logistics or sales.

Marketing Management

The Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) with a concentration in Marketing Management is designed to prepare you to understand and apply marketing, sales and management principles in order to contribute to organizational success. The program focuses on the crucial interface between an organization and its customers and includes such topics as research, analysis, decision-making and application, consumer behavior, strategic marketing planning, and the tools and methods of communication.

Associate of Science in Accounting

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An increase in the number of businesses, changing financial laws and regulations, and increased scrutiny of company finances will spur the job growth of accountants and auditors. Increasingly, accountants also are assuming the role of a personal financial advisor.

In response to market demand, these financial specialists will offer more financial management and consulting services as they take on a greater advisory role. In addition to openings resulting from growth, the need to replace accountants and auditors who retire or transfer to other occupations will produce numerous job openings.

The Associate of Science in Accounting degree program is designed to equip you with a variety of basic accounting skills that will be useful in an entry-level accounting position. The curriculum provides you with an opportunity to develop the intellectual, interpersonal and communication skills that are needed to succeed in the business world.

The Associate of Science in Accounting degree program includes the following built-in CTU Academic Certificates:

• Basics of Accounting and Finance
• Business Fundamentals
• Financial Accounting
• Management Essentials

Associate of Science in Business Administration - Management

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This degree program emphasizes a strong base of business fundamentals including critical-thinking and decision-making skills. You can learn practical, real-world applications from professors with extensive business experience. In addition to important undergraduate foundation studies in areas including English, math, social science and technology, you can learn presentation techniques, technology application and research basis.

Associate of Science in Business Administration - Marketing & Sales

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In this degree program, you can learn the software programs that leading businesses use to increase efficiency, professional communication skills, team building, accounting, human resources, international business and marketing.

Associate of Science in E-Business

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In this degree program, you can learn to design, develop and maintain webpages and websites. You can also develop skills to act as liaison between the technical staff and management or customers. You can gain skills to act as a liaison between the technical staff and management or customers. You can gain fundamental business skills and understand how to apply them to the virtual marketplace.

*Programs and availability are subject to change.

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If you are interested in this school and would like to find out more, please Request Information from Colorado Technical University - Colorado Springs.