Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Entrepreneurial Leadership
Description
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Entrepreneurial Leadership program provides full-time and part-time intensive study for students wishing to earn a business degree.
Based on extensive consultations with business leaders, this degree is designed for managers and entrepreneurs who intend to take business leadership roles or start their own businesses. Graduates will be engaged in enterprise development and management and leadership in small and medium-sized business.
This degree is an appropriate goal for students who want to study beyond a diploma or their initial two years of post-secondary education. Students enter the program in Year 1 or in Year 3 after successfully completing a 60 credit business diploma or 60 credits of study at a post-secondary institution, with appropriate bridging courses.
Many degree classes are scheduled after 4:00 p.m. and in the evening to allow students to further their education while maintaining current employment.
Students acquire the following:
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Technical business skills through subject specific studies
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General success skills through essential skills studies
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A better understanding of human society and how to contribute to it through liberal education studies
Some unique features of this program are:
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Practicum, learning partnerships with business, applied projects and assignments and ongoing work experience
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Entry points that allow for the transfer of credits from recognized post-secondary programs
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Focus on management of small to medium sized businesses, entrepreneurial management and management of service sector enterprises
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Exit/re-entry flexibility, where a student can complete the program at their own pace. This allows for changing outside-of-school time requirements and does not lock a student into a rigid program structure and timeframe
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Professional development for individuals seeking higher level training
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Students can exit with a diploma in General Business Studies after completion of the first 60 credits of core courses
Options: Regular and Co-op Mode
Students may graduate from either the regular mode of the degree, or the optional Co-operative Education mode.
In order to receive the Co-operative Education designation, the following additional criteria must be met:
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Completion of COOP 1101 (Job Search Techniques)
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Satisfactory completion of one eight-month work term or two four-month work terms
Admission Requirements to Co-op Education
Co-op admission is optional and 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. Students applying for Co-op must have a minimum GPA of 2.7 in any five program courses and have the permission of the Co-op instructor.
For more information on the Co-op option please go online to www.kwantlen.ca/coop.
Career Opportunities
Depending upon their capabilities and experience, a graduate may be able to attain advancement with their current employer, develop their own business enterprise, or fill a variety of management and leadership positions in small and medium-sized businesses.
Entrance Requirements
Students may enter the program in Year 1 or Year 3.
YEAR 1 ENTRY:
General university admission requirements must be met. This includes English 12 with a minimum grade of C (or the equivalent). Please review these requirements on-line at www.kwantlen.cageneralinfo/admission/admission_requirements.html
NOTE: A first year English course is required for all Kwantlen degrees. Students wishing to complete the program without having to undertake any preparatory English courses will need English 12 with a B grade (or the equivalent prerequisite for direct entry to ENGL 1100). Please make an appointment with an Educational Advisor to plan your course selections accordingly.
YEAR 3 ENTRY:
Students may enter the program in Year 3 provided they have ONE of the following:
- A 60 credit business-related diploma (from a recognized post-secondary institution) that includes a minimum GPA of 2.7 and a minimum grade of C+ in Accounting and Statistics OR
- 60 transferable credits at the undergraduate level from a recognized post-secondary institution that includes the six required bridging courses listed below, a minimum GPA of 2.7, and a minimum grade of C+ in Accounting and Statistics
*Please note: Effective September 2011 a minimum grade of C will be required in ECON 1150, MRKT 1199, BUSI 1210 or 1215, and CBSY 1105 or 2205.
Continuance Requirements
For students admitted to Year 1 of the program, continuation into Year 3 requires:-
Successful completion of Year 1 and Year 2 program requirements (minimum 60 credits)
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Successful completion of ENGL 1100 and CMNS 1140
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A minimum grade of C+ in Accounting and Statistics
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A minimum program GPA of 2.7
Content
The degree program requires a minimum of 120 credits of required courses and electives. Students admitted to Year 3 will have already completed a minimum of 60 credits. If a first year English course was not completed prior to Year 3 entry, degree completion will require more than 120 credits in total. The third and fourth year courses are rigorous and demanding. Students should carefully consider the time requirements of part-time versus full-time study based on their individual work and personal situations.
NOTE: Not all courses are 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. It may be necessary for students to take courses at both Surrey and Richmond campuses to complete the program.
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ACCT 2293 Introduction to Financial Accounting
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BUSI 1110 Fundamentals of Business
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CMNS 1140 Introduction to Professional Communication
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ECON 1150 Principles of Microeconomics
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ENGL 1100 Writing, Reading & Thinking: An Introduction
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MRKT 1199 Introduction to Marketing
YEAR 2
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ECON 1250 Principles of Macroeconomics
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BUSI 2390 Business Law
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ACCT 3320 Introductory Management Accounting *
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ONE of:
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MRKT 1299 Consumer Behaviour
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an elective selected from the list of approved Business liberal education courses found online at www.kwantlen.cacourses/lbedcrs/libeduelec.html
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An Economics course numbered 1100 or higher NOTE: Credit for ECON 1101 will not be granted if taken after ECON 1150 or ECON 1250
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an Applied Communications course numbered 1100 or higher.
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An elective (this can be any course numbered 1100 or higher)
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CBSY 2205 Management Information Systems
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Four courses numbered 2000 or higher selected from the following departments:
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Accounting (ACCT)
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Business Management (BUSI)
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Computer Business Systems (CBSY)
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Economics (ECON)
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Marketing (MRKT)
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* NOTE: Students who are admitted to the BBA program in Year 1 and take ACCT 3320 may not take ENTR 3120 for further credit. They may take an elective instead of ENTR 3120 in Year 3.
YEAR 3
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ENTR 3000 Professional Business Communications
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ENTR 3110 Advanced Organizational Behaviour
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ENTR 3120 Managerial Accounting NOTE: ACCT 3320 is NOT an option for students entering the program in September 2010. Students admitted to the program prior to September 2010 may use ACCT 3320 in place of ENTR 3120.
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ENTR 3130 Production and Operations Management
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ENTR 3140 Entrepreneurial Marketing
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ENTR 3160 Information Technology for Business
YEAR 4
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ENTR 4110 Business Leadership
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ENTR 4120 Human Resource Management
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ENTR 4140 Entrepreneurial Sales and Customer Service*
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ENTR 4200 Business Strategy
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ENTR 4250 Entrepreneurial Leadership Practicum (6 credits)**
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ENTR 4300 Entrepreneurial Management for Service Companies
*NOTE: Students are required to participate in an actual sales project that counts towards their graded assessment.
**NOTE: Students are required to participate in an actual business launch project that counts towards their graded assessment.
All business degrees require a minimum of 18 credits of liberal education that include:
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A first year English course (ENGL 1100 or equivalent). If this was not completed prior to BBA entry it must be completed prior to graduation.
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One 3rd or 4th year Ethics course chosen from:
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Four electives chosen from the list of approved business liberal education electives found online at www.kwantlen.cacourses/lbedcrs/libeduelec.html. NOTE: No more than 3 credits can be taken from any one of CMNS, ECON or MRKT courses found on the list of approved electives.
Graduation
Upon successful completion of this program, students are eligible to receive a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Leadership.
