Small Business Administration (Co-op) Ontario College Advanced Diploma
ObjectivesThe three-year Small Business Administration (Co-op) program allows you to participate in a partnership between an employer, the college and you, the student. This unique arrangement gives you paid work experience in a chosen career field, which will enhance the educational component of the program and offer you expanded employment options upon graduation. The program is designed to produce graduates who can: • successfully start up, own and operate new business ventures; and • act as highly motivated and self-reliant employees, able to properly evaluate, implement and manage new and existing business opportunities.
Practical experienceIn this intense three-year program, you will evaluate business opportunities and run a business venture on campus for eight weeks in your fourth semester. Also, in-class instruction is supplemented by two co-op work terms and a work placement in semester eight.
Academic titleSmall Business Administration (Co-op) Ontario College Advanced Diploma
Course descriptionSEMESTER ONE (FALL):
• ACC 135 Applied Accounting I
• BCL 130 Microsoft Office I
• BUS 105 Introduction to Business
• MKT 100 Marketing for Business
• MTH 170 Business Mathematics
• SBM 104 Entrepreneurial Skills
• BCO 010 Co-op Placement 1
SEMESTER TWO (WINTER):
• ACC 184 Managerial Accounting
• BCL 131 Microsoft Office II
• BUS 195 Organizational Behaviour
• BUS 290 Career Planning
• CMM 125 College Communication I
• FIN 100 Finance I
• MKT 150 Marketing II
• SBM 226 Entrepreneurial Studies
• BCO 020 Co-op Placement 2
SEMESTER THREE (SUMMER):
• BUS 200 Co-op Work Term I
SEMESTER FOUR (FALL):
• BUS 155 Personal Effectiveness in Business
• LAW 230 Business Law
• MKT 203 Professional Sales Skills I
• MKT 311 International Marketing
• SBM 201 Small Business Internal Control Systems
• SBM 221 Small Business Management
• BCO 030 Co-op Placement 3
SEMESTER FIVE (WINTER):
• BUS 355 Operations Management
• CMM 180 Business Correspondence
• ECN 105 Principles of Economics
• MKT 275 Customer Service
• SBM 209 Business Plan
• SBM 305 Small Business Simulation
• BCO 040 Co-op Placement 4
SEMESTER SIX (SUMMER):
• BUS 300 Co-op Work Term II
SEMESTER SEVEN (FALL):
• BUS 201 Business Research Methods
• BUS 352 Incubator *
• BUS 384 Work Placement Preparation
• MKT 200 Consumer Behaviour
• MKT 206 Advertising
• MKT 253 Retail Merchandising
SEMESTER EIGHT (WINTER - FIRST HALF):
• BUS 304 Research Project
• BUS 342 Business and Government
• BUS 393 Computer Graphics for Business
SEMESTER EIGHT (WINTER - SECOND HALF):
• BUS 385 Work Placement