Applied Business Technology Diploma

September/Fall 2008 intake for this program has been postponed

Students may exit at diploma, certificate or citation level. The two-year diploma program (which is currently under review) prepares students for advancement in office careers and/or for direct transfer into the third year of the Kwantlen Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Entrepreneurial Leadership. The first year of this program is the Applied Business Technology certificate.

The first year of study provides students with excellent workplace skills of an intensive, practical nature. The curriculum provides a background in Business Communications, Bookkeeping Basics, Computer Competency, Office Dynamics, and Word Processing, as well as courses specific to the specialty option selected by each student. These options are Administrative Assistant and Legal Administrative Assistant. Students may exit the program at the certificate level with skills appropriate to the office workplace.

The ten additional courses required for the diploma will provide students with enhanced knowledge, skills, and attitudes for the various office workplaces they have chosen. They will be better prepared for advancement and for supervisory positions with enhanced communication skills and knowledge of management, organizational behaviour, marketing, microeconomics, human resource management, project management and administrative management. Students also have the opportunity to select from a group of optional courses. Not all courses are offered each semester or each campus.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Graduates find employment in a wide variety of businesses, legal offices and departments. They may be considered for entry-level supervisory and office management positions in both the public and private sector.

STUDENT PROFILE

Students who are recent high school graduates or are mature students with or without higher education. Students have a large variety of previous work experiences. Some students are seeking entry to the workforce, some are upgrading office skills, some wish for a change in career path, and others have completed higher education and are seeking a hands-on, learning environment with a practical focus.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Successful completion of the ABTY Certificate or equivalent:

CONTENT

To be eligible for transfer to the Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Leadership Degree, the prescribed bridging courses must be taken within the optional course choices.

• Core Requirements (complete all)
  • ABTY 2110 Administrative Management
  • ABTY 2120 Project Management
  • CMNS 1140 Business and Technical Communication: Theory and Application
  • BUSI 1250 Human Resources Management I
  • ECON 1150 Principles of Microeconomics*
  • MRKT 1199 Introduction to Marketing*
  • BUSI 1210 Essentials of Management *
  • BUSI 1215 Organizational Behaviour I*
• Electives (complete 3)
  • ABTY 2140 Spreadsheet and Database Processing (under development)
  • ACCT 1230 Business Statistics*
  • ACCT 2293 Intro. to Financial Accounting*
  • BUSI 2360 Union Management Relations (prerequisites are BUSI 1210 or BUSI 1215)
  • BUSI 2390 Business Law
  • CBSY 2305 Advanced Microcomputer Applications
  • PHIL 1150 Basic Logic
  • PSYC 1100 Introduction to Psychology: Basic Processes
  • ENGL 1100 Writing, Reading and Thinking: An Introduction

*Note: Bridging courses required to enter the BBA degree program

TRANSFER

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

GRADUATION

Upon successful completion of the required courses, including 60 semester credit hours, students are awarded an Applied Business Technology Diploma.