The two-year General Business Studies Diploma is a flexible diploma option, that allows students to select a variety of business courses once they have fulfilled the core requirements of the program. Students can develop their own individualized business diploma, that meets their needs in various specialized areas of study. Students may also use this diploma to complete the foundation courses required for direct entry into Kwantlen’s Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Entrepreneurial Leadership. Some classes are offered during evenings to accommodate students who wish to complete the program on a part-time basis.
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.
Students must take a total of 10 foundation courses in the following subject areas:
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Accounting (ACCT 1110 or 2293)*
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Applied Communications (CMNS 1140)
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Business (BUSI 1110 or 1215)*
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Two Computer Business Systems courses (CBSY 1105 and one other)
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Economics (ECON 1101 or 1150)*
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English (ENGL 1100 or 1110)
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Marketing (MRKT 1199)
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Mathematics (or ACCT 1130)**
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Statistics (or ACCT 1230)**
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* ACCT 2293, BUSI 1215, and ECON 1150 are recommended for students intending to proceed into Kwantlen’s BBA degree program after completing the diploma.
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** 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 courses for career programs; however, any college statistics course may be used to meet this requirement.
Business Studies Requirements
In addition to core requirements, General Business Studies students are required to take 18 credits at the 2000 level or higher from at least two of the following areas:
The remaining four courses are electives. The elective requirements for this program are currently under review. At present, students may select any University college courses numbered 1100 or higher that carry academic credit.
However, students intending to proceed into Kwantlen’s BBA program upon completion of their diploma are encouraged to select elective courses from the list of approved General Liberal Education electives (for a complete listing, please refer to http://www.kwantlen.ca/registrar/libed-elec.pdf.)
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NOTE: For Graduation Purposes only:
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credit will NOT be granted for ACCT 1110 or ACCT 1210 if credit has been previously granted for ACCT 2293
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credit will NOT be granted for ACCT 2293 if credit has previously been granted for ACCT 1110 or ACCT 1210
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 Human Resources Management. They may also receive block transfer credit towards business degree programs at BC Open University 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).
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be awarded a Diploma in General Business Studies.