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Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources Management

DESCRIPTION

The Bachelor of Business Administration Program in Human Resources Management provides full-time and part-time intensive study for students wishing to undertake studies in the HRM field.

Based on extensive consultations with business leaders, and explicit reference to the Required Professional Capabilities of the Certified Human Resources Practitioner (CHRP) designations, the degree is designed to prepare students to achieve the CHRP designation and for a range of Human Resources Professional roles.

This Degree is designed as a four year program which can be accessed in either Year 1 from direct admission from High School or Year 3 from a variety of diploma-level (60 credit) programs as outlined below.

Degree classes are scheduled for days, evenings and weekends to allow students to further their education while maintaining current employment.

Students acquire:

Some unique features of the program are:

OPTIONS: REGULAR AND CO-OP MODE

Students may graduate from either the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree mode or the optional Co-operative Education mode.

Students applying for Co-op must complete all prescribed courses with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.7. In order to receive a Co-operative Education designation, the following criteria must be met in addition to the 120 credit hours of course work:

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO CO-OP EDUCATION

Co-op admission is optional/selective. Students wishing to choose the Co-op option must register into COOP 1101 upon admission into the degree program. If you have already taken COOP 1101, contact the Co-op office to indicate your interest in the Co-op option. Prerequisites for the first co-op work term (COOP 3210) are COOP 1101, permission of the instructor and a minimum 2.7 grade point average in any five program courses.

In addition to academic requirements, satisfactory work evaluations are required in this co-op option.

Please refer to the Co-operative Education section of the calendar or contact the Co-op Education department at 604.599.2465 for more information on the Co-op option.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Depending upon their capabilities and experience, a graduate may be able to enter or advance within the field of human resources management. The BBA in Human Resources Management has been designed to incorporate the Required Professional Capabilities of the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) credential as issued by the B.C Human Resources Management Association.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Note: Note: General university admission requirements apply. Please review the requirements on-line at www.kwantlen.ca/calendar/generalinfo/admission/admission_requirements.html

Please Note: A first year level English course is required for all Kwantlen degrees. Students wishing to complete the program without having to undertake any preparatory courses must enter with English 12 with a B grade or the equivalent prerequisite. Please make an appointment with an Academic Advisor to plan your course selections accordingly.

Students entering the program in Year 3, upon completion of two years study, require one of the following:

BRIDGING PROGRAM COURSES

Students who do not have a two-year business-related diploma but have completed a minimum of 60 post-secondary credits from a recognized post-secondary institution including six bridging courses (credits from bridging courses can be part of 60 credits). Students do not have to repeat any courses they have already taken, including equivalent courses from other institutions. All of these courses are widely offered at Kwantlen.

All of:

1Note: Students may earn credits for only one of ACCT 1230 or BUQU 1230

One of:

One of:

CONTINUANCE REQUIREMENTS

For students admitted to Year 1 of the program, continuation after achieving 60 credits requires:

PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT (PLA)

If the student wishes to attempt PLA credits they should contact the Educational Advising office and the PLA Coordinator in the academic department offering the course for which they are seeking PLA credit (e.g. a student desiring PLA credit for BUSI 1210 – Essentials of Management, must contact Educational Advising and the Business Management Department directly). This assessment should be initiated at least six months in advance of the intended start date.

CONTENT

The complete degree program will require 120 semester credit hours of post-secondary courses. This includes the initial two years of post-secondary education equal to 60 semester credit hours if the student entered at third year. The third and fourth year courses will provide an additional 60 semester credits hours consisting of 30 semester credit hours of the Human Resources Management studies and 30 semester credit hours of other Business and Liberal Education studies.

The courses in third and fourth year are rigourous and demanding. Prior to registering, the student should carefully consider the time requirements of part-time versus full-time study based on their individual work and personal situation.

Note: All courses are not offered at all times or on all campuses. It is important to ensure work and personal schedules can accommodate the posted schedule times prior to committing to the program.

Students should refer to the admissions section of this calendar for dates, deadlines and procedures for reapplying.

Students are able to enter and exit in the final two years of the program as their needs change. Students must complete all of the required courses to graduate, but they are not required to do them in the stated order. They may take longer than a year at each level if they prefer to study part-time. All courses are three credit hours unless otherwise noted.

Several courses are prerequisites and must be successfully completed before a student will be admitted to other courses. As well, some courses are not offered every term and /or during evenings and /or on all campuses. Please consult an Educational Advisor for help in planning a program and for further details.

Years 1 and 2 Requirements (17 courses, 51 credits)

1Note: Students may earn credits for only one of ACCT 1130 or BUQU 1130.
2Note: Students may earn credits for only one of ACCT 1230 or BUQU 1230.

Two additional courses from any of:

*ACCT 1130 is the business math course for career programs; however, any equivalent or higher math course may be used to meet this requirement. ACCT 1230 is the business statistics course for career programs; however any college statistics course may be used to meet this requirement.



Electives (3 courses, 9 credits)

The remaining three courses are electives. These electives can be any college courses numbered 1100 or higher that carry academic credit (university transfer courses are recommended). They can be selected by students to meet their prerequisites requirements, or to meet specific student needs and interests.

Year 3 Core Courses

Year 4

LIBERAL EDUCATION

All Business degrees require the completion of 15 credit hours of Liberal Education. They are made up as follows:

Required – One third or fourth year Ethics course to be selected from:

Liberal Education Electives – four from:

Courses approved by the Liberal Education Committee for use by School of Business students (view approved Business Liberal Education Elective courses online at www.kwantlen.ca/calendar/courses/lbedcrs/libeduelec.html). Please consult with an Educational Advisor or view the online advising website (http://www.kwantlen.ca/advising).

English Requirements

One post-secondary English course (such as ENGL 1100) is a graduation requirement for all Kwantlen degrees. If English was not taken prior to BBA entrance, students must take ENGL 1100 (or equivalent) in addition to the above courses. This would require the completion of more than 120 credits to graduate.

Breadth Requirements

Effective September 2009, students will be required to have completed 42 of the total 120 credit hours as breadth/liberal education electives in order to graduate. This applies to students that entered year 1 from Fall 2007 and year 3 from Fall 2009. Students who have entered the program with a Kwantlen Business diploma will have satisfied the first half of this requirement. (Applied Communications, Economics and English courses within the business diploma programs are counted as breadth/liberal education electives). For more information please see an Educational Advisor.

GRADUATION

Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded a Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources Management.


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