Ch'nook Diploma

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Ch'nook Diploma

  • Objectives The Ch'nook Diploma in business foundations helps students of Aboriginal ancestry gain the skills for a career in business. Graduates will be able to work in management in the fields of tourism, forestry, finance, retail, economic development, Band management, or start their own businesses.
  • Practical experience There is a summer internship associated with this program.
  • Academic title Ch'nook Diploma
  • Course description Year One:

    The first year prepares students for business studies.

    Semester 1—September to December
    ECON 201     Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
    COM 204     Financial Accounting
    MKT 152     Principles of Marketing
    FNST 100     An Introduction to the Worldview of First Nations People
    Ch'nook I     Business Fundamentals (distance education from UBC)

    Semester 2 — January to April
    ENGL 195     Effective Communications I
    ECON 202     Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
    COM 212     Managerial Accounting
    COM 222     Organizational Behaviour
    MATH 157     Business Statistics
    Plus summer internship through UBC

    Year Two:

    In the second/third years, an integrative Ch'nook Program course is offered. During this course, students attend the University of BC as visiting students. Paid summer internships are also available.

    Semester 3—September to December
    ENGL 196     Effective Communications II
    MATH 100     Pre-Calculus Mathematics
    FIN 257     Finance I
    CSC 105     Introduction to Computers and Programming
    Ch'nook II     New Business Research Skills (distance education from UBC)
    Semester 4 — January to April
    FNST 101     First Nations Studies II
    LAW 294     Business Law
    MGT 264     Industrial Relations
    MATH 101     Calculus I
    FIN 258     Finance II
    Plus summer internship through UBC
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