Business Management: Diploma

Description

The two-year Business Management Diploma program's foundation courses provide an understanding of the basic skills and techniques required to be effective in today's business environment. Graduates will take specialized courses in management essentials, human resources management, business law, negotiations, operations management, enterprise development, business planning and international business.

Career Opportunities

The Business Management Diploma is designed to prepare students for entry-level management positions in both private and public sector organizations. The program is accredited by the Canadian Institute of Management, Canada's senior management association. Their CIM (Certified in Management) designation is a nationally-recognized benchmark in professional management. Graduates of KPU's Business Management Diploma can apply for their CIM designation with no additional coursework required. For more information about CIM (including experience requirements and exemption process) please visit cim.ca/prodev/cim.

Admission Requirements

The Faculty's Admission Requirements, which consist of KPU's undergraduate English Proficiency Requirement, apply to this program.

Declaration Requirements

Students intending to graduate with this School of Business diploma must declare the credential. At the time of declaration, the student must satisfy all of the following requirements:

In good academic standing with the University
Completion of a minimum of 15 credits of undergraduate coursework.

Curricular Requirements

Students must complete 60 credits that include:

Business Foundation Courses

All of:
	BUSI 1215	Organizational Behaviour	3 credits
	BUSI 2390	Business Law	3 credits
	BUSI 2405	Operations Management	3 credits
	BUSI 2425	Enterprise Development and Business Planning	3 credits
	MRKT 1199	Introduction to Marketing	3 credits
All of Group A or all of Group B:
	Group A
	ACCT 2293	Accelerated Introductory Financial Accounting	3 credits
	Group B
	ACCT 1110	Introductory Financial Accounting I	3 credits
	ACCT 1210	Introductory Financial Accounting II	3 credits
	Note: Students who choose Group B may require more than 60 credits to graduate.

Business Management Courses

All of:
	BUSI 1110	Fundamentals of Business in Canada	3 credits
	BUSI 1210	Essentials of Management	3 credits
	BUSI 1250	Human Resources Management I	3 credits
	BUSI 2465	Business Negotiations	3 credits
	BUSI 2490	International Business	3 credits

Breadth Education Courses

All of:
	ENGL 1100	Introduction to University Writing	3 credits
	CMNS 1140	Introduction to Professional Communications	3 credits
	ECON 1150	Principles of Microeconomics	3 credits
	CBSY 1105	Introductory Computer Applications	3 credits
	One additional CBSY course		3 credits
One of:
	BUQU 1130	Business Mathematics	3 credits
	MATH 1120	Differential Calculus	3 credits
	MATH 1130	Calculus for Life Sciences I	3 credits
	MATH 1140	Calculus I (Business Applications)	3 credits
One of:
	BUQU 1230	Business Statistics	3 credits
	CRIM 2103	Quantitative Data Analysis I	3 credits
	MATH 1115	Statistics 1	3 credits
	MATH 2341	Introduction to Statistics for Business	3 credits
	PSYC 2300	Applied Statistics	3 credits
	SOCI 2365	Introduction to Social Research Statistics	3 credits
Two Electives:
	Chosen from Courses numbered 1100 or higher in any area of study except ACCT, BUSI, ENTR, HRMT or MRKT.		6 credits
	Note: ECON 1250 is recommended for students who intend to proceed into any KPU BBA degree program after completing this diploma.