Business Administration Diploma
DESCRIPTION
The two year diploma in Business Administration will prepare you for an entry level management position. Courses provide basic business skills, a solid grounding in economics, and a foundation in calculus appropriate for advanced studies in economics and operations research. It offers a business diploma with a solid exposure to the liberal arts.
Graduates are eligible for direct entry into the third year of Kwantlen’s Bachelor of Business Administration Degree. This diploma program also prepares students for the third year of the Business Administration Program at Simon Fraser University (SFU). It should be noted that the completion of a Kwantlen diploma does not guarantee admission to SFU. Admission requirements are set and administered by SFU. As university GPA and admission requirements are reviewed annually, students are advised to stay current by consultation with SFU advisors.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
General university admission requirements must be met. This includes English 12 with a C (or the equivalent). Please review the requirements on-line at www.kwantlen.cageneralinfo/admission/admission_requirements.html
Please Note: University level English and Math courses are a requirement of this program. Students wishing to complete the program without having to undertake any preparatory courses in these subjects will need English 12 with a minimum grade of B (or the equivalent prerequisite for direct entry into ENGL 1100) and Principles of Math 12 with a minimum grade of C+ (or equivalent prerequisite for direct entry into Math 1140).
Please make an appointment with an Educational Advisor to plan your course selections accordingly.
CONTENT
The diploma requires the following courses:
- Group A
- Group B - All of:
- ACCT 3320 Introductory Management Accounting
- BUSI 1215 Organizational Behaviour I
- CBSY 2205 Management Information Systems
- ECON 1150 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 1250 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 2350 Intermediate Microeconomics
- ENGL 1100 Writing, Reading and Thinking: An Introduction
- MATH 1140 Calculus I (Business Applications) Note: MATH 1120 or MATH 1130 can be substituted for MATH 1140
- MATH 2341 Introduction to Statistics for Business
- Group C - One of:
- Group D - One of:
Dedicated Electives
No more than three courses (including courses listed under Required Courses) from any one discipline may be applied toward this requirement.
- Group A - Two of:
- English
- Fine Arts
- History
- Humanities
- Languages
- Philosophy
- Group B - One of:
- Anthropology
- Criminology
- Geography (excluding Physical Geography)
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Group C - One of:
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Physical Geography
- Physics
Suggested Electives
Four additional electives must be chosen to complete the diploma. If ACCT 1110 and ACCT 1210 are taken in place of ACCT 2293, only three additional electives are required.
Note: The combination of ACCT 1110 (3 credits) and ACCT 1210 (3 credits) transfers to SFU as three (3) credits only. Students who choose this option should be aware that although they will have completed the requirements for a diploma in Business Administration at Kwantlen (60 credits), they would only have 57 transferable credits to Simon Fraser University (SFU).
When making your choice of electives, consider that the following suggested courses are prerequisites or introductions for some of the required courses within this diploma:
- BUSI 1110 Fundamentals of Business in Canada
- CBSY 1105 Introductory Microcomputer Applications
- MATH 1112 Pre-Calculus Algebra
Other business-oriented courses that provide a good foundation for more advanced courses are:
- CMNS 1140 Business and Technical Communication: Theory and Application
- MRKT 1235 Small Business Essentials
- MATH 1240 Calculus II (Business Applications)
- MRKT 1199 Introduction to Marketing
GRADUATION
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be eligible to receive a Diploma in Business Administration.
