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The curriculum is structured through academic training cycles. Each cycle has a purpose and occurs at different times in the program. Sometimes the cycles may coincide to allow students to enjoy the different academic opportunities offered by the university.

Below is a description of our cycles:

Training Cycles

  • Basic Cycle: emphasizes the strengthening of analytical skills through acquiring knowledge in different disciplines such as mathematics, social sciences, and humanities, considered essential to develop students thinking structures, self-learning, self-awareness, analysis, problem-solving, and communication skills. This cycle comprises the University’s General Education, which we will refer to in detail later in this section.
  • Basic professional cycle: in this cycle, students take introductory courses in areas complementary to management, such as probability and statistics, economics, and law. During this cycle, they also take basic courses in functional management areas such as organizations, finance, marketing, sustainability, management, and strategy.
  • Professional cycle: focuses on courses of their professional training in management in the functional areas and courses that help integrate the different knowledge and competencies acquired in the career such as entrepreneurship and innovation, international business, strategy, consulting, and management game. In this cycle, students also have the option of completing a professional internship, an experience that allows them to apply their professional competencies in real situations.
  • Professional elective cycle: in this cycle, students have the possibility of taking advanced subjects in different management areas according to their areas of interest. By choosing a particular area of mancagement, students have the possibility of developing a specialty that allows them to strengthen their profile, knowledge, and skills in their field of interest. To develop a specialization, students must take three courses defined by each area for that purpose.

General Education:

The approach to general education at Universidad de los Andes is competency-based, whereby courses are organized by areas. In general, the distribution of requirements is divided among the basic areas of knowledge. It aims to develop critical thinking, integral formation, civic responsibility, and the ethical dimension. General education at the Universidad de los Andes combines the requirements in certain areas with mandatory or common courses. The total of 21 credits in minimum courses is distributed as follows: 

  • Uniandino Basic Cycle (Ciclo Básico Uniandino) (CBU): 7 courses (14 credits) of which a common course on Colombia. 
  • Constitution and Democracy: 1 common course (3 credits).
  • Spanish: 2 common courses (4 credits)
  • Requirement of two types of e-courses (Spanish). 
  • Prerequisite of one-course type i (English) 
  • Prerequisite of one epsilon type course (to be chosen from among the CBU courses).

The Uniandino Basic Cycle is part of the general education of the Uniandino student and is considered the pillar of integral formation at the Universidad de los Andes. The CBU is a set of seven courses specially designed for students of all undergraduate programs who begin their university education. The primary 

objective is to complement professional education and broaden the student’s horizon through perspectives other than professional education, thus contributing to forming a reflective, critical and responsible citizen.

For the complete regulations of the General Education, please follow this link

International Requirement:

To develop a critical perspective of organizations’ national and international environment, students must be able to accredit an international experience that constitutes a degree requirement. Referred to as the international requirement, this experience must be aligned with the program’s learning objectives. It must be carried out while the student develops his/her studies in management at the Universidad de los Andes.

The international requirement is composed of two elements:

  1. Take and pass two courses in English offered by the university; ideally, they must be from the school (English level courses from the Language and Culture department do not apply).
  2. Have any of the following international experiences during the development of their program:

  • Complete an academic exchange through Universidad de los Andes agreements.
  • Complete a double degree program through one of the Universidad de los Andes agreements.
  • Pass two International Summer School courses (can be taken abroad -ideally through partner universities-the Universidad de los Andes School of Management or other Universidad de los Andes Schools).
  • Complete an academic language and culture option at the Universidad de los Andes.
  • Pass five language courses from the Language and Culture department of the University. 
  • Complete an international internship (validated by the CTP).
  • Represent the program in an international activity or competition (prior authorization from the program).

Please consult the regulations of the requirement by following this link.

Degree option:

The degree option enhances our students’ analytical, critical thinking, and communication skills through a research exercise. Students can fulfill this requirement through three categories:

  • Research assistance: Corresponds to the participation of a student, in a time equivalent to a course of three (3) credits from the undergraduate professional cycle, as an assistant to a professor of the school in the framework of one of its lines or research projects (attached to a group or research core group from the school). The purpose is for the student to acquire research skills, evidencing in the process his or her capacity for analysis, synthesis, and argumentative writing supported by reliable information and mastery of an administrative topic under the supervision of a professor.
  • Graduate work: This is a three (3) credit course with the objective that the student identifies a question in management and proposes answers to it through a research exercise that involves the review of pertinent literature, the integration and application of acquired knowledge, and the analysis of data and related facts. Seminars may be oriented towards a particular research topic in the management field or be framed within the scope of one of the academic areas of professional training.  One of the main advantages of this method is the possibility it offers students to create academic articles in their name, that is, to appear as authors of their own projects, which is especially useful when applying to graduate programs at a national or international level.

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  • Coterminal: This is an opportunity for undergraduate students to complete their degree option by taking master’s degree courses. Students must obtain an average of 3.5 or higher in all four courses to be recognized as their degree option. The master’s degrees with which this alternative can be taken do not require prior work experience. The program in which they can take courses in this option is the Master’s Degree in Management and Development Practice. Those interested must meet the following requirements: a) Have completed a minimum of 100 undergraduate credits, b) Have a minimum GPA of 3.75, c) Have completed the reading requirement in English (LENG2999), and d) Have the approval of the master’s degree program.

Language Requirement:

The foreign language standard requires students to meet the following requirements:

  • English reading requirement; this requirement must be met before the start of the fifth semester of the degree program.
  • Second language proficiency requirement, demonstrating proficiency in a foreign language, both in comprehension and in oral and written expression. There are different ways for students to comply with this requirement.
  • Pass a course with an English component or type I course for students who entered from 2017-20.

Please follow this link to know more about the complete regulations of the language requirement.

SABER PRO:

The Higher Education Quality Exam (Saber pro) is a requirement for the degree of all students pursuing undergraduate programs in higher education institutions and who had not completed their curriculum before October 14, 2009, the date of issuance of Decree 3963 of 2009.

Important information:

  • It may be taken by those who have passed 75% of the academic credits of the program.
  • The exam is taken annually, in the second semester of the year (generally in October).
  • Every year, around mid-year, the instructions for the exam are sent through the institutional mail to start the pre-registration process.
  • The exam can be taken in Colombia or abroad.

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