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Business Management Diploma

DESCRIPTION

The two-year Business Management Diploma is designed to prepare students for entry-level management positions. The first year foundation courses provide students with an understanding of the basic skills and techniques required for effective management in today’s business environment. In the second year, students take specialized courses in organizational behaviour, negotiations, business law, production and operations management, enterprise development, business planning and international business. The program emphasizes real world business applications of key management concepts.

Classes are exciting, practical and participatory. They may include a combination of lectures, exercises, case studies, in-class assignments, projects, student presentations, group work, role-play, structured simulations, field trips and guest speakers. Some classes are offered during evenings to accommodate students who wish to complete the program on a part-time basis.

Most of the courses in the diploma program are transferable to other colleges and universities as well as Kwantlen’s Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Leadership Degree, and Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology Degree. (Please refer to the BC Transfer Guide at www.bccat.bc.ca for details about the transfer status of courses to specific institutions.)

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates find employment in entry-level management positions in both the private and public sectors, including manufacturing, service, profit, and nonprofit organizations. Some graduates become entrepreneurs and start their own businesses.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

General Admission requirements apply.

Students wishing to complete the program without having to undertake any preparatory courses must enter with English 12 with a B grade or better, or equivalent.

CONTENT
Core Requirements

Students must take a total of 10 foundation courses in the following subject areas:

  • Accounting (ACCT 1110 or ACCT 2293)*

  • Applied Communications (CMNS 1140)

  • Business (BUSI 1110)

  • Two Computer Business Systems courses (CBSY 1105 and one other)

  • English (ENGL 1100 or 1110)

  • Economics (ECON 1101 or 1150)*

  • Marketing (MRKT 1199)

  • Mathematics (or ACCT 1130)**

  • Statistics (or ACCT 1230)**

Note

* ACCT 2293 and ECON 1150 are recommended for students who intend to proceed into Kwantlen’s BBA degree program after completing the diploma.

Note

** 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.

Business Management Requirements

In addition to the core requirements, Business Management Diploma students are required to take the following eight business courses:

Electives

The remaining two courses are electives. The elective requirements for this program are currently under review. At present, students may select any college courses numbered 1100 or higher that carry academic credit (university transfer courses are recommended). However, students intending to proceed into Kwantlen’s BBA program upon completion of their diploma are encouraged to select two elective courses from the list of approved General Liberal Education Electives (for a complete listing, please refer to Liberal Education Electives.)

Normal Course Progression (Full-Time)

The following sample course schedule is designed for students who wish to complete the Business Management Diploma Program in two years. Although this schedule is highly recommended, course registration is subject to availability. Students may choose to take some courses out of sequence and create alternate timetables that still meet the diploma requirements.

  • Semester 1

    • BUSI 1110 Fundamentals of Business in Canada

    • CBSY 1105 Introductory Microcomputer Applications

    • MRKT 1199 Introduction to Marketing

    • ACCT 1110 Principles of Accounting I
      OR
      ACCT 2293 Intro. to Financial Accounting*

    • ENGL 1100 Writing, Reading and Thinking: An Introduction

  • Semester 2

  • Semester 3

    • BUSI 1215 Organizational Behaviour I

    • BUSI 2390 Business Law

    • CBSY 2205 Computers and Information Processing

    • ACCT 1230 Business Statistics

    • One elective Any University Transfer Course

  • Semester 4

    • BUSI 2405 Operations Management

    • BUSI 2425 Enterprise Development and Business Planning

    • BUSI 2465 Business Negotiations

    • BUSI 2490 International Business

    • One elective Any University Transfer Course

Note

*ACCT 2293 and ECON 1150 are recommended for students who intend to proceed into Kwantlen’s BBA degree program after completing the diploma.

For Graduation purposes only:

  • credit will NOT be granted for ACCT 1110 or ACCT 1210 if credit has been previously granted for ACCT 2293

  • credit will NOT be granted for ACCT 2293 if credit has previously been granted for ACCT 1110 or ACCT 1210

TRANSFER

Graduates (with a CGPA of 2.7 and 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 and Human Resources Management. They may also receive block transfer credit towards business degree programs at BC Open University, Okanagan University College and Royal Roads University. Courses may also transfer individually to UBC, SFU, UCFV, UVic and other institutions (please refer to the BC Transfer Guide at www. bccat.bc.ca for specific transfer credit information).

GRADUATION

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be awarded a Diploma in Business Management.