General Business Studies Diploma
Description
The two-year General Business Studies Diploma is a flexible diploma option, allowing you to select a variety of business courses once you have fulfilled the core requirements of the program. You can develop your own individualized business diploma, meeting your needs in various specialized areas of study. You may also use this diploma to complete the foundation courses required for direct entry into Kwantlen's Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources Management. Many classes are offered in the evening to accommodate part-time studies.
Most of the courses included in this program are also transferable to other universities and colleges (please refer to the BC Transfer Guide at www.bctransferguide.ca regarding the transfer status of courses to specific institutions).
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: A first year level English course is a requirement or this program. 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 into ENGL 1100). Please make an appointment with an Educational Advisor to plan your course selections.
Content
Core Requirements:
Students must take a total of 10 foundation courses in the following subject areas:
- Accounting (ACCT 1110 or 2293)*
- Applied Communications (CMNS 1140)
- Business (BUSI 1110 or 1215)*
- Computer Business Systems courses (CBSY 1105 and one other) or Computer Information Systems (CISY 1105 and one other)
- Economics (ECON 1101 or 1150)*
- English (ENGL 1100)
- Marketing (MRKT 1199)
- Mathematics (or ACCT 1130 or BUQU 1130) NOTE: Students may earn credits for only one of ACCT 1130 or BUQU 1130.
- Statistics (or ACCT 1230 or BUQU 1230) NOTE: Students may earn credits for only one of ACCT 1230 or BUQU 1230.
*Note: ACCT 2293, BUSI 1215, and ECON 1150 are recommended for students intending to proceed into any Kwantlen BBA degree program after completing the diploma.
Business Studies Requirements
In addition to core requirements, General Business Studies students are required to take six courses at the 2000 level or higher from at least two of the following areas:
- Accounting (3000 level courses)
- Business
- Computer Business Systems or Computer Information Systems
- Economics
- Marketing (including MRKT 1299)
Electives
The remaining four courses are electives. A minimum of two courses must be chosen from the list of approved business liberal education electives found online at www.kwantlen.cacourses/lbedcrs/libeduelec.html) or from the list of Economics and/or Applied Communications courses numbered 1100 or higher.
NOTE: Credit for ECON 1101 will not be granted if taken after ECON 1150 or ECON 1250.
For the remaining two electives students may select any university courses numbered 1100 or higher.
For Graduation Purposes only:
- credit will NOT be granted for ACCT 1110, if credit has been previously granted for ACCT 1210 or ACCT 2293
- credit will NOT be granted for both ACCT 1210 ACCT 2293.
Transfer
Graduates (with a CGPA of 2.7 with a C+ or higher in Accounting and Statistics) are eligible for direct entry into the third year of Kwantlen's Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Entrepreneurial Leadership or Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Human Resources Management. They may also receive block transfer credit towards business degree programs at Royal Roads University and Thompson Rivers University – Open Learning. Courses may also transfer individually to the University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), the University of Victoria (UVic) and other institutions. Please refer to the BC Transfer Guide at www.bctransferguide.ca for specific transfer credit information.
Graduation
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be eligible to receive a Diploma in General Business Studies.
