Business Honours Program

Beedie School of Business
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Fall

Students will complete mainly non-business courses during the first 60 units of the program, completing three categories of courses. The first category consists of lower division requirements which are mainly tool courses to prepare for more advanced upper division business courses. The second category consists of courses completed to meet university requirements in writing, quantitative and breadth. In the third category, students choose courses that are based on intellectual interest or to achieve academic goals. The first two categories should be completed during the first 60 units.

Students are also required to complete the Business Career Passport which consists of six workshops that will prepare students to manage their career through their academic program and after graduation. The goal of the Business Career Passport is to help students make informed decisions about career paths, gain access to career opportunities and present themselves professionally to employers. Co-ordinated through the Career Management Centre (CMC) at the Beedie School of Business, students may begin this program at any time during their degree program. All workshops must be successfully completed prior to graduation.

The last 72 units of the degree program consists of the completion of the core upper division business courses, at least one area of concentration, lower and upper division electives, and an additional 12 units of BUS or BUEC courses.

After the completion of 15 upper division business units, students may apply to enter the honours program. Honours students meet all major program requirements (except where specifically modified for joint honours), and additional requirements.

Grade Requirements

For entry and continuance, the following grade point averages will be used.

minimum 3.00 cumulative grade point average (3.5 for honours with distinction)
minimum 3.00 grade point average for upper division BUS courses (3.5 for honours with distinction)
minimum 3.00 grade point average for upper division BUEC courses (3.5 for honours with distinction)

For graduation, students must also meet the GPAs in accordance with University and Beedie School of Business.

In addition to normal university grade point average requirements, the Beedie School of Business requires a minimum 2.40 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) for entry into all 300 and 400 division business courses.

For a course to be accepted as fulfilling a prerequisite, or for a lower division requirement, or for a core course to be accepted in a student's program in business, a student must have obtained a minimum grade of C- (C minus).

Course Limit

Students with fewer than 60 units may enrol in a maximum of 16 units per term. Those with 60 or more may enrol in a maximum of 18 units.

Letters of Permission

The Beedie School of Business does not normally approve letters of permission for students already enrolled at 丁香园AV.

Program Requirements

Students complete at least 132 units which must include a minimum of 15 courses, each with three or more units, outside the Beedie School of Business.

Within the 15 courses, students must meet the University requirements for breadth 鈥� two courses labelled as Breadth-Humanities, two courses labelled as Breadth-Science, and two courses labelled as Breadth-Social Science. Courses not labelled as BUS or BUEC that are completed as part of the lower division requirements may be used toward the 15 courses outside business.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete all of

BUS 237 Information Systems in Business (3)
BUS 251 Financial Accounting I (3)
BUS 254 Managerial Accounting I ^* (3)
BUS 272 Behavior in Organizations (3)
ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics (4)
ECON 105 Principles of Macroeconomics (4)

and one of

BUEC 232 Data and Decisions I (4)
STAT 270 Introduction to Probability and Statistics (3)

and one of

BUS 207 Managerial Economics ^* (3)
ECON 201 Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior (4)
ECON 301 Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior (4)

and one of

MATH 150 Calculus I with Review (4)
MATH 151 Calculus I (3)
MATH 154 Calculus I for the Biological Sciences (3)
MATH 157 Calculus I for the Social Sciences (3)

and two of

ENGL 101W Introduction to Fiction (3)
ENGL 102W Introduction to Poetry (3)
ENGL 103W Introduction to Drama (3)
ENGL 104W Introduction to Prose Genres (3)
ENGL 105W Introduction to Issues in Literature and Culture (3)
ENGL 199W Introduction to University Writing (3)
PHIL XX1 Critical Thinking (3)
PHIL 100W Knowledge and Reality (3)
PHIL 120W Introduction to Moral Philosophy (3)
WL 101W Writing About Literature (3)
WL 103W Pre-Modern World Literature (3)
WL 104W Modern World Literature (3)

* may be completed following admission to the faculty

Upper Division Requirements

All upper division BUS courses have a prerequisite of 60 units. However, approved business majors may complete 300 division BUS courses upon completion of 45 units.

In the last 72 units, honours students must complete a minimum of 57 upper division units, of which a minimum of 42 units must be in business or BUEC courses.

The 42 upper division units in business must include the following.

all core courses
an area of concentration
at least three 400 division BUS or BUEC courses (excluding practicum courses and BUS 478). These courses may be used toward the requirements for the areas of concentration. At least one of these 400 division courses to be completed at 丁香园AV.
additional 12 units of BUS or BUEC courses

Further upper division courses in any discipline must be completed to bring the total upper division credit to 57 units minimum.

Students may not enrol in upper division (300 and 400 division) business courses before completing the first 60 lower division units, with two exceptions:

approved business majors, honours and minors may complete upper division BUS courses after the completion of 45 units
any 300 or 400 division course completed before the completion of 60 units will not count as fulfilling the 57 upper division units required in the final 72 units of the program, or as part of the upper division units for the major, honours or minor.

The honours program requires 12 units of 400 division courses in BUS or BUEC, or in other faculties approved in advance by the undergraduate program's executive director, above and beyond the 120 required for the major. The 12 units are in addition to the requirements for the major.

Core Courses

Students complete all of

BUS 303 Business, Society and Ethics (3)
BUS 312 Introduction to Finance (4)
BUS 336 Data and Decisions II (4)
BUS 343 Introduction to Marketing (3)
BUS 360W Business Communication ^鈥� (4)
BUS 393 Commercial Law (3)
BUS 478 Strategy ^鈥犫赌� (3)

and one of

BUS 374 Organization Theory (3)
BUS 381 Introduction to Human Resource Management (3)

鈥爐o be completed before the student's 75th unit and at 丁香园AV in accordance with the WQB requirements
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Areas of Concentration

Students choose one of the following areas of concentration and complete all the requirements as specified below.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

For this concentration, students complete all of

BUS 338 Foundations of Innovation (3)
BUS 342 Foundations of Entrepreneurship (3)
BUS 477 New Venture Planning (4)

and two of

BUS 314 New Venture Finance (3)
BUS 361 Project Management (3)
BUS 443 New Product Development and Design (3)
BUS 452 Strategic Management of Innovation (3)
BUS 453 Sustainable Innovation (3)
BUS 486 Leadership (3)

Finance

For this concentration, students complete all of

BUS 312 Introduction to Finance (4)
BUS 315 Investments (4)
BUS 316 Derivative Securities (3)

and two of

BUS 410 Financial Institutions (3)
BUS 413 Corporate Finance (4)
BUS 417 Security Analysis (4)
BUS 418 International Financial Management (3)
BUS 419 Advanced Derivative Securities (3)

Human Resource Management

For this concentration, students complete both of

BUS 374 Organization Theory (3)
BUS 381 Introduction to Human Resource Management (3)

and three of

BUS 432 International Human Resource Management (3)
BUS 472 Seminar in Organizational Behavior (3)
BUS 481 Recruitment and Selection (3)
BUS 482 Performance Management (3)
BUS 484 Employment Systems (3)
BUS 485 Negotiations and Conflict Management (3)
BUS 486 Leadership (3)
BUS 487 Organizational Development and Change Management (3)
BUS 488 Group Dynamics and Teamwork (3)
BUS 489 Management Practices for Sustainability (3)

Option A

It is recommended that students who wish to become a personnel specialist in a human resource function complete three of

BUS 432 International Human Resource Management (3)
BUS 481 Recruitment and Selection (3)
BUS 482 Performance Management (3)
BUS 484 Employment Systems (3)

Option B

It is recommended that students who wish to develop skills in managing people, including employment systems design, change and organizational leadership, complete three of

BUS 485 Negotiations and Conflict Management (3)
BUS 486 Leadership (3)
BUS 487 Organizational Development and Change Management (3)
BUS 488 Group Dynamics and Teamwork (3)
BUS 489 Management Practices for Sustainability (3)

International Business

For this concentration, students complete

BUS 346 International Business (3)

and four of

BUS 418 International Financial Management (3)
BUS 430 Cross-Cultural Management (3)
BUS 431 Business with East Asian Countries (3)
BUS 432 International Human Resource Management (3)
BUS 434 Foreign Market Entry (3)
BUS 435 Management of International Firms (3)
BUS 447 Global Marketing Management (3)
BUS 492 Selected Topics in Business Administration ⁺ (3)

⁺ when offered in an international business-related topic

Other 400 division courses deemed to have significant international business relevance may, with prior faculty permission, be substituted for the above 400 division courses. These may be offered in another faculty. A course substitution for international business cannot be used for any other concentration.

Students concentrating in international business are strongly advised to consider combining it with another business concentration.

Management Information Systems

For this concentration, students complete all of

BUS 361 Project Management (3)
BUS 362 Business Process Analysis (4)
BUS 468 Managing Information Technology for Business Value (3)

and two of

BUS 462 Business Intelligence (3)
BUS 464 Data Management and IS Audit (3)
BUS 466 Web-Enabled Business (3)
BUS 492 Selected Topics in Business Administration (3)
BUS 493 Selected Topics in Business Administration (3)
BUS 494 Selected Topics in Business Administration (3)
BUS 495 Selected Topics in Business Administration (3)
BUS 496 Selected Topics in Business Administration (5)

Operations Management

For this concentration, students complete both of

BUS 336 Data and Decisions II (4)
BUS 473 Operations Management (4)

and two of

BUEC 433 Forecasting in Business and Economics (5)
BUS 437 Decision Analysis in Business (3)
BUS 440 Simulation in Management Decision-making (4)
BUS 474 Supply Chain Management (3)
BUS 492 Selected Topics in Business Administration (3)

Marketing

For this concentration, students complete all of

BUS 343 Introduction to Marketing (3)
BUS 345 Marketing Research (4)
BUS 347 Consumer Behavior (3)

and three of

BUS 443 New Product Development and Design (3)
BUS 444 Business to Business Marketing (3)
BUS 445 Customer Analytics (3)
BUS 446 Marketing Strategy (4)
BUS 447 Global Marketing Management (3)
BUS 448 Integrated Marketing Communications (4)
BUS 449 Ethical Issues in Marketing (3)
BUS 459 Services Marketing (3)

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to 丁香园AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement	Units	Notes
W - Writing	6	Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 丁香园AV within the student鈥檚 major subject
Q - Quantitative	6	Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth	18	Designated Breadth	Must be outside the student鈥檚 major subject, and may be lower or upper division 6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc 6 units Humanities: B-Hum 6 units Sciences: B-Sci
B - Breadth	6	Additional Breadth	6 units outside the student鈥檚 major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements) Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

Business Career Passport Requirements

Students who are admitted to the Beedie School of Business beginning in the fall 2012 term will complete the Business Career Passport.

During the BBA program, students register in and complete six mandatory Business Career Passport workshops. The workshops may be completed in any order. However, it is recommended that students complete the self-assessment workshop sometime within their first 60 units of study.

Enrolment and participation in workshops must be recorded with the Career Management Centre. For more information about the workshops, or to register, visit on the .

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University鈥檚 residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

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