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.
All courses may be applied for full credit toward any of the following Kwantlen Business Degrees:
- Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Leadership
- Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources Management
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).
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)
- Economics (ECON 1101 or 1150)*
- Marketing (MRKT 1199)
- Mathematics (or ACCT 1130)**
- Statistics (or ACCT 1230)**
*Note: ACCT 2293 and ECON 1150 are required for students who intend to proceed into any Kwantlen 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. Students must select two courses from either the list of approved General Education Electives (for a complete listing, please refer to Liberal Education Electives) or from the list of Economics and/or Applied Communications courses numbered 1100 or higher.
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
- 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 any Kwantlen 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 and 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 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 UBC, SFU, UCFV, 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 awarded a Diploma in Business Management.