General Business Studies: Certificate

Description

The one-year General Business Studies Certificate Program is designed to provide students with a broad range of fundamental business skills and an understanding of the business environment. Many classes are offered in the evening to accommodate part-time studies.

Admission Requirements

The Faculty's Admission Requirements, which consist of KPU's undergraduate English Proficiency Requirement, apply to this program.

Curricular Requirements

Students must complete 30 credits that include:

All of:
	BUSI 1110	Fundamentals of Business in Canada	3 credits
	BUSI 1215	Organizational Behaviour	3 credits
	ECON 1150	Principles of Microeconomics	3 credits
	MRKT 1199	Introduction to Marketing	3 credits
One of:
	ACCT 1110	Introductory Financial Accounting I	3 credits
	ACCT 2293	Accelerated Introductory Financial Accounting*	3 credits
One of:
	BUQU 1230	Business Statistics	3 credits
	CRIM 2103	Quantitative Data Analysis I	3 credits
	MATH 1115	Statistics I	3 credits
	MATH 2341	Introduction to Statistics for Business	3 credits
	PSYC 2300	Applied Statistics	3 credits
	SOCI 2365	Introduction to Social Research Statistics	3 credits
Electives:
	4 courses chosen from any of the following areas of study: Applied Communications (CMNS), Accounting (ACCT), Business (BUSI), Business Quantitative Methods (BUQU), Computer Business Systems (CBSY), Economics (ECON), English (ENGL)†, Information Technology (INFO), or Marketing (MRKT)		12 credits

Notes:
* Certain elective courses have ACCT 2293 as a prerequisite. Refer to course listings for prerequisite information in order to plan your curriculum.
† ENGL 1100, Introduction to University Writing, is recommended for students intending to pursue a diploma or Bachelor's Degree at KPU.

Electives

Students may select their elective courses according to the following guidelines for specialization in Business Management or Marketing and have the specialization documented on their transcript.

Business Management Specialization

Four of:
	BUSI 1210	Essentials of Management	3 credits
	BUSI 1250	Human Resources Management I	3 credits
	BUSI 2360	Union Management Relations	3 credits
	BUSI 2390	Business Law	3 credits
	BUSI 2405	Operations Management*	3 credits
	BUSI 2425	Enterprise Development and Business Planning*	3 credits
	BUSI 2465	Business Negotiations	3 credits
	BUSI 2490	International Business	3 credits

Note: * ACCT 2293 is a prerequisite.

Marketing Specialization

	MRKT 1299	Consumer Behaviour	3 credits
Plus:
	3 courses from Marketing (MRKT)		9 credits

Credential Awarded

Upon successful completion of this program, students are eligible to receive a Certificate in General Business Studies.

Successful completion of a specialization in Business Management or Marketing will be documented on transcripts.