Small Business Administration Ontario College Advanced Diploma
ObjectivesThis program will teach you to: • successfully start up, own and operate new business ventures; and • act as a highly motivated and self-reliant employee, 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 a work placement in semester six.
Academic titleSmall Business Administration Ontario College Advanced Diploma
Course descriptionSEMESTER ONE:
• 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
SEMESTER TWO:
• ACC 184 Managerial Accounting
• BCL 131 Microsoft Office II
• BUS 195 Organizational Behaviour
• CMM 125 College Communication I
• FIN 100 Finance I
• MKT 150 Marketing II
• SBM 226 Entrepreneurial Studies
SEMESTER THREE:
• 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
SEMESTER FOUR:
• 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
SEMESTER FIVE:
• 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 SIX (FIRST HALF):
• BUS 304 Research Project
• BUS 342 Business and Government
• BUS 393 Computer Graphics for Business
SEMESTER SIX (SECOND HALF):
• BUS 385 Work Placement
*BUS352 or two 4 credit electives.