ObjectivesThe Business Management Diploma Program has been developed to allow students maximum flexibility in their business education. The program develops fundamental business skills in the first year and has three career options in the second year: General Business, Business Administration and New Venture Management (pending program revision). Careful course and option selection can prepare students for almost every field of business.
Academic titleBusiness Management Diploma
Course descriptionThere are three options available with this program:
Business Management Diploma, Business Administration Option
Business Management Diploma, General Business Option
Business Management Diploma, New Venture Management Option
Semester I
ACCT 1110 Principles of Accounting I 3
BUSN 1210 Management Essentials 3
BUSN 1330 Business Mathematics 3
FINC 1231 Commercial and Financial Math 3
CSIS 1110 Introduction to Computers 3
CMNS 1111 or 1115 or any ENGL 1100-level (except 1124) 3
15
Semester II
ACCT 1210 Principles of Accounting II 3
*BUSN 1320 Business Law I 3
*BUSN 2429 Business Statistics 3
ECON 1101 or 1150 or 1250 Economics 3
MARK 1120 Introductory Marketing 3
15
*Not required for General Business Option.
Business Administration Option
Semester III
BUSN 2252 New Venture Development & Management 3
BUSN 3310 Organizational Management Skills 3
BUSN 3380 Operations Management 3
one of BUSN 2253, 2420, 3350, FINC 2340 or any 2000 or higher level ACCT, BUSN, CSIS, ECON, FINC or MARK course 3
CSIS 1140 Productivity Software and Client Support 3
15
Semester IV
BUSN 3350 Human Resources Management 3
BUSN 4410 Organizational Business Decision Making 3
BUSN 2275 Business Strategy and Simulation 3
one of BUSN 2253, 2420, 3350, FINC 2340 or any 2000 or higher level ACCT, BUSN, CSIS, ECON, FINC or MARK course 3
MARK 2150 Personal Selling 3
15
General Business Option
Semesters III and IV
Additional credits (nine courses) in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration* 27
Additional college-level credits 9
*These 27 credits must be taken from any of the following disciplines: Accounting, Business, Computer Information Systems, Economics, Finance and Marketing.
New Venture Management Option
(pending program revision) Semester III
BUSN 2252 New Venture Development and Management 3
BUSN 2253 Entrepreneurship 3
BUSN 3310 Organizational Management Skills 3
BUSN 3380 Operations Management 3
CSIS 1140 Productivity Software and Client Support 3
15
Semester IV
BUSN 2254 Business Planning for New Ventures 3
BUSN 4410 Organizational Business Decision Making 3
BUSN 2275 or 2495 Business Strategy and Simulation or Applied Project 3