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Business Administration Diploma - General

General: This will provide students with knowledge of the basic principles of business and the skills required to become a successful manager.


Courses in Program

(Subject to change)

YEAR 1 - Common

The following courses all must be completed in the first year prior to choosing a specialization in the second year.

  • Financial Accounting Principles I
  • Business Communication
  • Business Mathematics
  • Introduction to Management
  • Computer Applications
  • Marketing
  • Interpersonal Communication
  • Financial Accounting Principles II
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Microeconomics
  • Microsoft Excel for Accounting
  • Business Law

YEAR 2 - General

  • Advertising
  • Human Resource Fundamentals
  • Career Advancement
  • Macroeconomics
  • Advanced Small Business Management (Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship)
  • Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
  • Introduction to eCommerce
  • Industrial Labour Relations
  • Computerized Accounting (Prerequisite: Financial Accounting Principles I)
  • Business Finance (Prerequisite: Business Math)
  • International Business
  • Business Strategy

YEAR 2 - Accounting Specialization

  • Management Accounting I (Prerequisite: Financial Accounting Principles II)
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting I (Prerequisite: Financial Accounting Principles II)
  • Taxation
  • Career Advancement
  • Macroeconomics
  • Management Accounting II (Prerequisite: Management Accounting I)
  • Intermediate Financial Accounting II (Prerequisite: Intermediate Financial Accounting I)
  • Statistics (Prerequisite: Business Math)
  • Business Finance (Prerequisite: Business Math)
  • Computerized Accounting (Prerequisite: Financial Accounting Principles I)
  • Business Strategy

YEAR 2 - Financial Services Specialization

  • Human Resource Fundamentals
  • Financial Industry, Products and Services I
  • Macroeconomics
  • Taxation
  • Career Advancement
  • Effective Customer Service Skills
  • Personal Financial Planning
  • Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
  • Business Finance (Prerequisite: Business Math)
  • Financial Industry, Products & Services II (Prerequisite: Financial Products & Services I)
  • Investment Funds in Canada
  • Effective Selling Skills
  • Business Strategy

YEAR 2 - Risk Management Specialization

  • Career Advancement
  • Risk Assessment - RIMS
  • Macroeconomics
  • Introduction to Insurance
  • Project Management
  • Operations Management
  • Business Finance (Prerequisite: Business Math)
  • Risk Control - RIMS
  • Risk Financing - RIMS
  • Statistics (Prerequisite: Business Math)
  • Internal Control
  • Business Strategy

Graduates of the risk management program are entitled to apply for the CRM designation through the Global Risk Management Institute (GRMI).

Admission requirements

Academic Requirements

  • Credit in English 30-1 or 30-2 or equivalent
  • Credit in Applied or Pure Math 30 or equivalent
OR:
  • Successful completion of the General Equivalency Development test (GED) with a standard score of 520 in Language Arts:Reading and Writing and 520 in Math
OR:
  • Satisfactory results on the BVC Admissions Test

Additional Admission Requirements

  • All applicants must be bondable.

English Language Proficiency Requirement

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Admission to Year 2 Specializations

  • Accounting: A Minimum GPA of 2.67 with a minimum grade of B in ACCT 155 and ACCT 156
  • Financial Services: A Minimum GPA of 2.67
  • General: A Minimum GPA of 2.0
  • Risk Management: A minimum GPA of 2.67

Transferability

Transfer agreements have been established with:

  • Athabasca University - Bachelor of Management (Post Diploma), Bachelor of Commerce (Post Diploma) - 60 block credits
  • Grant MacEwan University - Bachelor of Commerce (Management major)
  • Mount Royal University - Bachelor of Business Administration
  • Royal Roads University - Bachelor of Commerce in Entrepreneurial Management
  • SAIT - Bachelor of Applied Business Administration (Accounting Major)
  • Thompson Rivers University - Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Open Learning Division)
  • University of Lethbridge - Bachelor of Management

Transfer credits are also available from:

  • Certified Management Accountants
  • Certified General Accountants
  • Canadian Payroll Association
  • Canadian Institute of Entrepreneurship
  • Canadian Institute of Bookkeeping
  • Institute of Canadian Bankers