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Business Administration

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Program Overview

Business Administration delivers one-year certificate and two-year diploma programs that prepare students for administrative and management careers in business and government. Most courses are accessible on a part-time day or evening basis in Whitehorse. Several courses are available in outlying communities through the community campus network or by distance delivery.

Employment opportunities exist in many administrative areas, such as government, small business, not-for-profit organizations, the investment industry, real estate, banking and the retail and hospitality industries. Possible positions include those in accounting, human resources, financial management and general management.
 

Required Courses

Certificate (30 credits) 
Term I

     
  • ACCT 101: Introductory Financial Accounting I (3 credits) OR ACCT 202: Introductory Financial Accounting* (3 credits)
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  • BUS 110: Principles of Management (3 credits)
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  • BUS 172: Microcomputer Applications 1, Microsoft Word (1.5 credits)
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  • BUS 174: Microcomputer Applications 3, Microsoft Excel (1.5 credits)
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  • COMM 192: Business Communications (3 credits)
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  • ECON 100: Microeconomics (3 credits)

Term II

     
  • ACCT 102: Introductory Financial Accounting II (3 credits) OR Elective Course BUS 260 recommended* (3 credits)
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  • BUS 111: Statistics I (3 credits)
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  • BUS 132: Marketing Management (3 credits)
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  • BUS 303: Organizational Behaviour (3 credits)
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  • ECON 101: Macroeconomics (3 credits)

Summer Work Term

     
  • Paid work term for CO-OP Education students.

Diploma (60 credits)
Completion of Year 1 and:
Term III

     
  • ACCT 204: Managerial Accounting I* (3 credits) 
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  • BUS 281: Human Resource Management (3 credits)
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  • BUS 311: Commercial Law (3 credits)
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  • Two Elective Courses

Term IV

     
  • BUS 260: Finance I or Elective Course (3 credits)
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  • BUS 270: Business Policy (3 credits)
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  • BUS 301: Land Claims & the CED Process (3 credits)
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  • Two Elective Courses

*ACCT 101, ACCT 102 and ACCT 202 all carry a credit weight of three hours. Students who accelerate their accounting studies by taking ACCT 202 (in place of ACCT 101 and ACCT 102) during the first year of the program must pick up a fifth elective course in order to graduate with a Diploma in Business Administration.

Elective Courses
Four elective courses must be taken in second year of the Business Administration program. Two of these electives must be Business Administration, computer studies or mathematics electives. The remaining two electives are open electives that can be taken from other program areas. All electives must be post secondary, 3 credit-hour courses, and the elective courses must be approved by the Dean or program advisor for acceptance as elective credits. The following business electives, suitable for the second year of the Business Administration Program, will be offered on a periodic basis: ACCT 205, ACCT 209, ACCT 210, BUS 173,BUS 175, BUS 201, BUS 202, BUS 203, BUS 232, BUS 240, BUS 241, BUS 242, BUS 261, BUS 262, BUS 280, BUS 305, BUS 307, BUS 320, POLI 200.

Admission Requirements

     
  • Grade 12 academic graduation with English 12 and Math 11 (Applications, Principles, Foundations or Pre-Calculus); OR
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  • Mature student status with acceptable scores on College Assessmens or the GED® test; OR 
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  • applicants whose native language is not English and who are not Canadian citizens can meet the English language admission requirement by presenting an acceptable TOEFL or IELTS score.

Part-time students not fully meeting the above criteria may be admitted to individual courses, but must apply for admission to the program - and satisfy the program admission requirements - prior to graduating with either a certificate or diploma in Business Administration.

Students who have not completed the certificate program may register for diploma-level courses, provided they have the prerequisites for these courses. The diploma will not be granted until all certificate-level courses have been successfully completed.

Business Administration students may be provisionally admitted to the program without Algebra 11, but must be eligible to enroll in and complete MATH 050 through the School of Access during their first semester. Provisional students who do not complete MATH 050 during their first semester will not  be allowed to continue as fulltime students until this prerequisite is met.

 

Transferability

Comprehensive transfer agreements are in place with the following institutions and organizations:

     
  • Athabasca University
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  • Okanagan University College
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  • Royal Roads University
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  • Certified General Accountants Association of British Columbia
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  • Certified Management Accountants Association of British Columbia
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  • Chartered Accountant’s Association of British Columbia
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  • Open University of British Columbia
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  • Thompson Rivers University/Open Learning
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  • University of Lethbridge
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  • University of Northern British Columbia

Many of the courses in the Business Administration program are also listed in the BCCAT Transfer Guide - www.bctransferguide.ca

Ancillary Fees

2012-13 Ancillary Fees pdf 21 KB

Diploma program (Co-operative Education option)

The Co-operative Education option is available to students who plan to complete the Business Administration Diploma. In order to participate in the Co-operative Education option, Business Administration students must maintain an average grade of B- or higher, complete the Professional Development seminar assignments, and complete a report based on their work term.

The Professional Development seminars, the one-on-one advising sessions with the Co-operative Education co-ordinator and the work term lead to an understanding of career options and how to make transitions into new fields. Co-operative Education students compete with one another for Co-operative Education work placements and the number of job openings depends upon employer demand. A work term consists of a minimum of 12 weeks of relevant, paid experience.

Students are required to complete one work term to qualify for a Co-operative Education citation on their diploma, but students may complete as many as three work terms as they proceed towards their diploma in Business Administration. Co-operative Education will provide students with the following benefits:

     
  • a variety of Professional Development seminars
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  • valuable job search and work experience
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  • contacts and references for future employment
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  • achance to investigate potential career options
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  • income while working towards a Business Administration Diploma
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  • the application of theory to actual work situations
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  • confidence regarding employment skills
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  • a monitored on-the-job experience
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  • clarity about the relevance and application of course material
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  • a documented work term on the student’s College transcript

For more information about the Co-operative Education option, contact the Co-operative Education co-ordinator at 867.668.8801.