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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
Note: General university admission requirements apply. Please click here to review the requirements on-line.
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 and Principles of Math 12 with a C+ grade or better, or equivalent.
CONTENT
The diploma requires the following courses:
Required Courses
- Group A - Both of:
- 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:
- Group D - One of:
Note: MATH 1120 can be substituted for MATH 1140
Note: As a continuation requirement students will be required to complete MATH 12 Principles 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 (unless ACCT 1110 and ACCT 1210 are taken in place of ACCT 2293, in which case only three additional electives are required).
Note: The combination of ACCT 1110 and 1210 transfers to SFU as three (3) 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 only have 57 transferable credits.
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)
- MRKT 1199 Introduction to Marketing
GRADUATION
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be awarded a Diploma in Business Administration.