Diploma in Business Administration - Chinook Option
ObjectivesThe Chinook program is a three-year program in business foundations and fundamentals that will allow students of Aboriginal ancestry* to gain the skills required for a career in business. It is equivalent to the two year diploma in general business, stretched over three years to accommodate the additional Chinook courses.
Entry requirementsStudents who are interested in pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce Degree at UBC.
Academic titleDiploma in Business Administration - Chinook Option
Course descriptionThe first year is designed to prepare you for business studies, and includes courses in math, computer training and communication skills development.
In the second and third years you'll continue to study math, economics, communications, accounting, additional business topics, and First Nations studies. In addition, you'll take an integrative Chinook Program course as a visiting student at the University of British Columbia.
Year 1
Courses Credits
ACCT 110
Financial Accounting 1 3.0
BUS 140
Business Info. Technology 3.0
BUS 141
Business Information Systems 3.0
BUS 150
Introduction to Management 3.0
ENGL 150
English Composition 3.0
FIN 110
Business Finance 1 3.0
MARK 110
Introduction to Marketing 3.0
One (1) First Nations elective 3.0
COMM 184*
Chinook 1 at UBC n/a
Total Credits 24.0
Year 2
Courses Credits
ACCT 140
Managerial Accounting 3.0
or
ACCT 220**
Management Cost Accounting 1 3.0
BUS 120
Business Law 3.0
BUS 130
Business Communications 3.0
ECON 102
Canadian Economy 3.0
or
ECON 103**
Principles of Microeconomics 3.0
One (1) BUS 200 level elective 3.0
or
ACCT 111**
Financial Accounting 2 3.0
One (1) BUS 200 level elective 3.0
or
BUS 230**
Elementary Statistics 3.0
One (1) First Nations elective 3.0
COMM 184*
Chinook 1 at UBC (continued) n/a
Total Credits 21.0
Work Term 1 (Spring/Summer)
COMM 284*
Chinook Work Placement (UBC)
Year 3
Courses Credits
One (1) BUS 200 level elective 3.0
or
BUS 312**(formerly 212)
Employee and Labour Relations 3.0
One (1) BUS 200 level elective 3.0
or
BUS 220**
Organizational Behaviour 3.0
One (1) BUS 200 level elective 3.0
or
ECON 104
Principles of Macroeconomics 3.0
One (1) BUS 200 level elective 3.0
or
ECON 205**
Managerial Economics 3.0
COMM 285
Chinook 2 at UBC n/a
Total Credits 12.0
Required electives:
*Chinook 1 and Chinook Work placement will likely occur during the summer semester. Chinook 1 could continue through the Winter semester of Year 2.
**These courses, plus the Chinook courses, are required if you intend to transfer to UBC to complete the Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Chinook Major). You must also complete Applied Calculus (MATH 108) and Managerial Cost Accounting 2 (ACCT 320) before you can be admitted into the UBC BCOM program.
The two elective courses may be first, second, third or fourth-year Arts or Science University Transfer courses, or second, third or fourth-year Business courses, and include no more than one ABT course. We recommended you choose these courses as electives for transfer to UBC: ENGL 164 First Nations Literature, CRIM 135 First Nations and Justice, SOC 104 First Nations (Canada Past), SOC 106 First Nations (Canada Present).