Business Administration Diploma

DESCRIPTION

Graduates are eligible for direct entry into the third year of Kwantlen’s Bachelor of Business Administration Degree.

This diploma program also prepares students for the third year of the Business Administration Program at Simon Fraser University (SFU). It should be noted that the completion of a Kwantlen diploma does not guarantee admission to SFU.

Admission requirements are set and administered by SFU. As university GPA and admission requirements are reviewed annually, students are advised to stay current by consulting with SFU advisors.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

General Admission requirements apply.

As a continuation requirement, 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

The diploma requires the following courses:

Required Courses

• Group A - Both of:
  • ACCT 1110 Principles of Accounting I
  • ACCT 1210 Principles of Accounting II
  • OR
  • ACCT 2293 Intro. to Financial Accounting
• Group B - All of:
  • ACCT 3320 Introductory Management Accounting
  • BUSI 1215 Organizational Behaviour I
  • CBSY 2205 Computers and Information Processing
  • ECON 1150 Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON 1250 Principles of Macroeconomics
  • ECON 2350 Intermediate Microeconomics
  • ENGL 1100 Writing, Reading and Thinking: An Introduction
  • MATH 1140 Calculus I (Business Applications)
  • MATH 2341 Introduction to Statistics for Business
• Group C - One of:
  • ECON 2208 History of Economic Thought
  • ECON 2210 Money and Banking
  • ECON 2211 Economic History of Canada
  • ECON 2260 Environmental Economics
  • ECON 2280 Labour Economics
• Group D - One of:
  • ENGL 1202 Reading and Writing about Selected Topics: An Introduction to Literature
  • PHIL 1100 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 1110 Confronting Moral Issues: Ethics
  • PHIL 1145 Critical Thinking

Note: MATH 1120 can be substituted for MATH 1140

Note: As a continuation requirement students will be required to complete MATH 12 with a C+ grade or better in order to take some required courses for the program.

Dedicated Electives

No more than three courses (including courses listed under Required Courses) from any one discipline may be applied toward this requirement.

Group A - Two of:

• English
• Fine Arts
• History
• Humanities
• Languages
• Philosophy

Group B - One course:

• Anthropology
• Canadian Studies
• Criminology
• Geography (excluding Physical Geography)
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Sociology

Group C - One course:

• Astronomy
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Physical Geography
• Physics

Suggested Electives

Four additional electives for a total of sixty (60) credits to complete the diploma.

When making your choice, consider that the following suggested courses are prerequisites or introductions for some of the required courses within this diploma:

• BUSI 1110 Fundamentals of Business in Canada
• CBSY 1105 Introductory Microcomputer Applications
• MATH 1112 Pre-Calculus Algebra

Other business-oriented courses that provide a good foundation for more advanced courses are:

• CMNS 1140 Business and Technical Communication: Theory and Application
• MRKT 1235 Small Business Essentials
• MATH 1240 Calculus II (Business Applications)

Note: The combination of ACCT 1110 and 1210 transfers to SFU as three credits only. Students who choose this option should be aware that although they will have completed the requirements for a diploma in Business Administration, they would have only 57 transferable credits, if the additional ACCT course was also used to fulfill an elective requirement.

GRADUATION

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