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Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Entrepreneurial Leadership – Accredited by ACBSP

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, this 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 in Year 1 or in Year 3 after either successfully completing a college business diploma or two years (60 credits) of study at a post-secondary institution, with appropriate bridging courses.

Many degree classes are scheduled after 4:00 p.m., and in the evening to allow students to further their education while maintaining current employment.

Students acquire the following:

Some unique features of this program are:

Options: Regular and Co-op Mode

Students may graduate from either the Bachelor of Business Administration Degree or the optional Co-operative Education mode.

Students applying for Co-op must complete all prescribed courses with a minimum GPA of 2.7 in any five program courses and permission of the instructor. 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:

Admission Requirements to Co-op Education

Co-op admission is optional and selective. Students wishing to choose the Co-op option must register into COOP 1101 upon admission into the degree program. If you have already taken COOP 1101, contact the Co-op Office to indicate your interest in the Co-op option. Prerequisites for the first co-op work term (COOP 3210) are COOP 1101, permission of the instructor and a minimum GPA of 2.7 in any five program courses.

In addition to academic requirements, satisfactory work evaluations are required in this co-op option.

Please refer to the Co-operative Education section of the calendar or contact the Co-op Education department at 604.599.2465 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.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

Note: General university admission requirements apply. Please review the requirements on-line at www.kwantlen.ca/calendar/generalinfo/admission/admission_requirements.html
    
Please Note: A first year level English course is required for all Kwantlen degrees. Students wishing to complete the program without having to undertake any preparatory courses must enter with English 12 with a B grade or the equivalent prerequisite. Please make an appointment with an Academic Advisor to plan your course selections accordingly.

For students entering the program in the third year, upon completion of two years of study, the admission requirements are met by one of the following:

Note: As of September 2002, a first year English course (excluding ENGL 1099) is a requirement for graduation for all Kwantlen degrees.

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. Applicants who have successfully completed courses at other institutions may apply for transfer credit. 

1 Note: Students may earn credits for only one of ACCT 1230 or BUQU 1230.

CONTINUANCE REQUIREMENTS

For students admitted to Year 1 of the program, continuation into 3rd year requires successful completion of 60 credits of the Year 1 and Year 2 program requirements and: 

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)

If the student wishes to attempt PLA credits, they should contact the Educational 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 Educational Advising 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 if the student enters in third year. 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.

Note: Not all courses are offered at all times or on all campuses. It is important to ensure work and personal schedules can accommodate the posted schedule times prior to committing to the program. It may be necessary for students to take courses at both Surrey and Richmond campuses to complete the BBA program

Students should refer to the admissions section of this calendar for dates, deadlines 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. 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

1Note: Students may earn credits for only one of ACCT 1130 or BUQU 1130
2 Note: Students may earn credits for only one of ACCT 1230 or BUQU 1230.

*Students who take ACCT 3320 may not take ENTR 3120 for further credit. Students who complete ACCT 3320 may take an elective instead of ENTR 3120 in Year 3.

Note:
*Students are required to participate in an actual sales project that counts towards their graded assessment.

**Students are required to participate in an actual business launch project that counts towards their graded assessment.

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:

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/courses/lbedcrs/libeduelec.html). Please consult with an Educational Advisor or view the online advising website (http://www.kwantlen.ca/advising).

English Requirement

One post-secondary English course (such as ENGL 1100) is a graduation requirement for all University degrees. If English was not taken prior to BBA entrance, students must take ENGL 1100 (or equivalent) in addition to the above courses, resulting in 123 credits to graduate.

Note: This English requirement does not apply if the student started the BBA program prior to September 2002.

BREADTH REQUIREMENTS:

Effective September 2009, students will be required to have completed 42 of the total 120 credit hours as breadth/liberal education electives in order to graduate. This applies to students that entered year 1 from Fall 2007 and year 3 from Fall 2009. Students who have entered the program with a Kwantlen Business diploma will have satisfied the first half of this requirement. (Applied Communications, Economics and English courses within the business diploma programs are counted as breadth/liberal education electives.) For more information please see an Educational Advisor.

GRADUATION

Upon successful completion of this program, students are awarded a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Leadership.


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