MBA Dual Degrees | Business Master's Joint Degree Programs
Distinguish yourself with a dual degree
The Leeds School of Business offers 8 dual degree options with other highly–renowned graduate programs on the CU–Boulder campus and an MBA/MS STEM dual degree housed within the Leeds School. Dual degrees give full-time MBA students the opportunity to build expertise in multiple disciplines creating greater career marketability. The dual degree programs allow you to earn two degrees together in less time than earning them sequentially. Note: Evening MBA students are not eligible for dual degree programs.
You must apply to and meet the application and admissions standards of each program separately. All of the dual degree options offered at the Leeds School require 43 credit hours in the MBA program. When pursuing a dual degree program you must complete the requirements for both degrees in order to receive either one of them.
Featured Dual Degrees
In today’s technology- and data-driven business world, Leeds’ two-year, STEM-designated MBA/MS dual degree allows students to gain specific technical skills of an MS degree while obtaining a broad business acumen provided by an MBA.
The combination of two degrees allows students to develop a valuable business toolkit—including leadership, critical thinking and communication skills—and specialized knowledge in the STEM-designated areas of either Business Analytics or Supply Chain Analytics. In addition, this STEM-designated degree program gives international students the benefit of being work eligible for up to three years post-graduation.
Dual degree students will be required to complete 37 hours of MBA coursework and 33 hours of MS STEM coursework, for a total of 70 hours in both programs. For more information, contact Andrea Young, assistant director, Leeds Graduate Programs Admissions at andrea.young@colorado.edu or 303-492-8712.
You may earn both an MBA degree and a Juris Doctor degree in the four-year JD/MBA program. An applicant may elect the dual degree program at the time of initial application to both schools; or a student enrolled in the applicable degree program of either school
Students may, during his or her first year of study under the degree program of that school, apply for admission to the other school and elect to be enrolled under the dual degree program Enrolling the first year exclusively at one program you will continue the second year exclusively in the other program. JD/MBA students take elective courses in both schools during the third and fourth years of the combined degree program.
Students must complete a total of 43 credit hours in the business school and 77 credit hours in the law school to earn both degrees. For more information, visit the , phone 303.492.0610, or email J. Brad Bernthal at brad.bernthal@colorado.edu.
A 5-year, full-time dual degree program. As the medical field rapidly changes and evolves—with new technologies, shifting professional roles, a dynamic public policy landscape, and new healthcare delivery models—physicians need leadership skills now more than ever to tackle complex issues and ensure high standards of care.
In the modern healthcare system, the most effective practitioners are those fluent in business fundamentals. Armed with problem-solving and systemsthinking skills, these physicians are empowered to shape healthcare and deliver exceptional outcomes for their patients.
With the MD/MBA dual degree, students acquire expertise in business essentials like leadership, finance, accounting, marketing, strategy, innovation and social responsibility. As collaborative leaders, these medical professionals with business fundamentals are positively impacting patient care and healthcare delivery by leveraging their knowledge in powerful new ways.
To ensure student success—both academically and professionally—admission to the program is competitive. Each application undergoes a holistic review, including an evaluation of academic strengths and a high-level assessment of compatibility with the Leeds MBA program. Become a next-generation leader in medicine leedsgrad@colorado.edu or 303-492-8397
The MBA Dual degree with the MENV opens numerous possibilities for your future. This option allows you to complete two specialized Master's degrees in less time than it would take to earn both separately.
An MBA degree in combination with the MENV degree will provide you with a powerful set of tools and knowledge to expand your career options. The MBA offers a valuable business toolkit—including leadership, critical thinking and communication skills.
During the MENV students will choose a specialization; MENV specializations include: Environmental Policy; Public Lands and Natural Resources; Renewable and Sustainable Energy; Sustainable Food Systems; and Urban and Regional Sustainability.
Dual degree students will be required to complete 43 hours of MBA coursework and 39 hours of MENV coursework, for a total of 82 hours in both programs. For more information, contact Andrea Young, assistant director, Leeds Graduate Programs Admissions at andrea.young@colorado.edu or 303-492-8712
Additional Dual Degrees
Leeds offers a unique MBA/MS in Environmental Studies dual degree, which provides an opportunity to combine business administration with environmental studies. It is well suited for students with career interests that include the intersection of corporate business and environmental protection, or the management of renewable energy, water conservation or environmental programs.
Students may start in either program. If students start in the MS program, they will spend the first year in the MS Environmental Studies area followed by the second year in the MBA program. If students start in the MBA program, they will spend the second year in the MS program. The third year consists of elective choices in both areas. In addition to the 43 credit hours in the MBA program, you must complete 36 credit hours in the environmental studies program. For more information about the Environmental Studies program, visit the , call 303.735.1043, or email Penny Bates at envsgrad@colorado.edu.
An MBA degree in combination with an MA degree in will provide students with a set of business tools to complement their artistic talents and expand their career options. The dual MBA/MA offers students the opportunity to earn both degrees together in less time than if the degrees were earned sequentially.
Dual degree students will be required to complete 43 hours of MBA coursework and 24 hours of Theatre/Dance coursework. A minimum of 67 approved credit hours must be completed to earn both degrees. For more information, visit the , call 303.492.5809, or e-mail the Theatre and Dance Department at thtrdnce@colorado.edu.
This opportunity will appeal to students with career aspirations in gallery or museum management, or in starting entrepreneurial ventures combining their business and artistic talents. The ; offers an innovative, cross-disciplinary, and student-centered learning environment characterized by excellence in art history, ceramics, drawing and painting, photography and digital media, printmaking, and sculpture.
Dual degree students in studio arts are required to complete 45 hours of fine arts course work. Dual-degree students in art history are required to complete 30 hours of fine arts course work. For more information, visit the , call 303.492.2419, or email the Art and Art History Graduate Coordinator at art.grad@colorado.edu.
This combination of degrees will suit you if your career interests include managing the business aspects of archeological projects, working in the growing field of corporate cultural anthropology, ethnography or museum management. Students may have a primary specialization in any of the major subfields of anthropology: archaeology, cultural, or physical anthropology and must complete 30 hours of graduate work in the anthropology program.
For more information, visit the , call 303.492.2547, or email anthro@colorado.edu.
The department offers an interdisciplinary MA in German studies, focusing on the German-speaking, central European society from the Enlightenment to the present. This option may appeal to students who plan to work for a global corporation, particularly in Europe, where language skills will be an important asset.
Students in this program must complete 27 hours of graduate work in the Germanic languages program. For more information, visit the , call 303.492.7404, or e-mail gsll@spot.colorado.edu.