Business
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Offered at Richmond and Surrey campuses (Full-time and Part-
time)
Start Date: January, May or September semester
Limited Enrolment
BBA program
web site
(http://plaza.kwantlen.ca/sites/bba-entr.nsf)
Description
The Bachelor of Business Administration Program provides full-
time and part-time intensive study for students wishing to earn a
business degree.
Based on extensive consultations with business leaders, the degree
is designed for managers and entrepreneurs who intend to take
business leadership roles or start their own businesses. Graduates
will be engaged in enterprise development and management and
leadership in small and medium sized business.
This degree is an appropriate goal for students who want to study
beyond a diploma or their initial two years of post secondary
education. Students enter the program after either successfully
completing a college business diploma or two years (60 credits) of
study at a post-secondary institution. This program then offers the
third and fourth years of the degree program.
Degree classes are scheduled for evenings and weekends to allow
students to further their education while maintaining current
employment.
Students acquire:
- Technical business skills through subject specific studies;
- General success skills through employability skills studies; and
- A better understanding of human society and how to contribute to it through liberal education studies.
Some unique features of this program are:
- Practicum, learning partnerships with business, applied projects and assignments and ongoing work experience;
- Full block transfer of credits from recognized college and university programs;
- Focus on management of small to medium sized businesses, entrepreneurial management and management of service sector enterprises;
- Exit/re-entry flexibility, where a student can complete the program at their own pace. This allows for changing outside-of-school time requirements and does not lock a student into a rigid program structure and timeframe;
- Professional development for individuals seeking higher level training.
Options: Regular and Co-op Mode
Students may graduate from either the Bachelor of Business
Administration degree mode or the optional Co-operative
Education mode. Students applying for Co-op must complete all
prescribed courses with a cumulative GPA of a least 2.7.
In order to receive a Co-operative Education designation, the
following criteria must be met in addition to the 120 credit hours of
course work:
Please contact the Co-op office at 604-599-2013 for more
information on the Co-op option.
Career Opportunities
Depending upon their capabilities and experience, a graduate may
be able to attain advancement with their current employer, develop
their own business enterprise, or fill a variety of management and
leadership positions in small and medium sized businesses.
Admission Requirements
Students enter the program in the third year, upon completion of
two years of study. The admission requirements are met by one of
the following:
- Completion of a business-related diploma from a recognized college or university, with a minimum of 60 credits, a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher, and a C+ or higher in Accounting and Statistics;
- Completion of 60 transferable credits at the undergraduate level from any recognized college, including the required six bridging courses, or transferable equivalents, with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 and with a C+ in Accounting and Statistics
Note: As of September 2002, a first year English course (excluding
ENGL 1099) is a requirement for graduation for all Kwantlen
degrees. Students registering in the BBA program, after September
2002, must also complete this requirement.
Bridging Program Courses
Students who do not have a two-year business related diploma but
have completed a minimum of 60 post-secondary credits from a
recognized post-secondary institution are required to complete six
“bridging” courses. Students do not have to repeat any courses they
have already taken, including equivalent courses from other
institutions. All of these courses are widely offered at Kwantlen.
All of:
One of:
One of:
CBSY 2205 Computers and Information Processing
Prior Learning Assessment
If the student wishes to attempt PLA credits either to make up
some of the 60 credits required for entry or for the bridging
courses, they should contact the Advising office and the PLA
Coordinator in the academic department offering the course for
which they are seeking PLA credit (e.g.: a student desiring PLA
credit for BUSI 1210 - Essentials of Management, must contact
Counselling and the Business Management Department directly).
This assessment should be initiated at least six months in advance
of the intended start date.
Content
The complete degree program will require 120 semester credit
hours of post-secondary courses. This includes the initial two years
of post-secondary education equal to 60 semester credit hours. The
third and fourth year courses will provide an additional 60 semester
credit hours consisting of 45 semester credit hours of Business
studies and 15 semester credit hours of Liberal Education studies.
The courses in third and fourth year are rigorous and demanding.
Prior to registering, the student should carefully consider the time
requirements of part-time versus full-time study based on their
individual work and personal situation.
Important Note: Courses for the BBA Program are typically offered
Monday through Thursday evenings from 1600 to 1900 and from
1900 to 2100. Some courses may also be available on Fridays from
1600 to 1900 and on Saturdays from 0900 to 1200 and 1300 to
1600. All courses are not offered at all times or on all campuses. It
is important to ensure work and personal schedules can
accommodate these times prior to committing to the program.
Students should refer to the admissions section of this calendar for
dates, deadline and procedures for reapplying.
Students are able to enter and exit the final two years of the
program as their needs change. Students must complete all the
required courses to graduate, but they are not required to do them
in the stated order. They may take longer than a year at each level if
they prefer to study part-time. All courses are three credit hours
unless otherwise noted.
Several courses (e.g. ENTR 3110, ENTR 3140 and others) are
prerequisites and must be successfully completed before a student
will be admitted to other courses. As well, some courses are not
offered every term and/or during evenings and/or on all campuses.
Please consult an Educational Advisor, for help in planning a
program and for further details.
Core Courses
Year 3
ENTR 3130 Production and Operations Management
ENTR 3160 Information Technology for Business
ENTR 3500 Professional Business Communications
Year 4
ENTR 4140 Entrepreneurial Sales and Customer Service
ENTR 4250 Entrepreneurial Leadership Practicum
(6 credit hours)
ENTR 4300 Entrepreneurial Management for Service Companies
Liberal Education
All Business degrees require the completion of 15 credit hours of
Liberal education. They are made up as follows:
Required - One third or fourth year Ethics course.
Select from:
PHIL 3033 (
formerly ENTR 3033) Business Ethics, or
LBED 4210 Ethics, Morality and Social Issues,
or an equivalent 3rd or 4th year Ethics course.
Liberal Education Electives - Four from:
- Courses approved by the Liberal Education Committee for use by School of Business students (view approved courses online at www.kwantlen.ca/calendar/lbedelec.html). Please consult with an Educational Advisor <www.kwantlen.ca/counadvs>.
English Requirement
One post-secondary English course (such as ENGL 1100 or 1110)
is a graduation requirement for all Kwantlen University College
degrees. If English was not taken prior to BBA entrance, students
must take ENGL 1100 or 1110 (or equivalent) in addition to the
above courses. Resulting in 123 credits to graduate.
Note: If the student was accepted into the BBA program prior to
September 2002 this English requirement does not apply.
Graduation
Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded
a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial
Leadership.
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