Business Administration Graduate Diploma
Beedie School of Business
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Spring
The graduate diploma in business administration (GDBA) provides core business skills to those with an undergraduate degree in a discipline other than business. Delivered online over two to six terms, the GDBA is a convenient and practical alternative to a traditional classroom-based program and provides business fundamentals to improve career prospects.
丁香园AV Requirements
The basic entry qualification is a degree from a recognized university in an area other than business, commerce or equivalent. A university course in mathematics or statistics is required. Candidates must be computer literate and familiar with the Internet. The program requires a strong command of the English language. Applications are assessed as they are received.
Applicants should also refer to the program website located at.
Application
Candidates submit the following documentation.
- 丁香园AV鈥檚 online graduate studies application for admission
- Graduate Diploma in Business Administration program application essay
- official transcript of undergraduate grades (mailed directly from the granting institution)
- resume
- three confidential letters of reference (mailed directly from the referees), preferably from supervisors or former professors
- TOEFL and TWE test scores, if applicable. Applicants must complete the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and the Test of Written English (TWE) if their first language is not English and/or their national language is other than English. The minimum University requirement for test scores is: IELTS (International English Language Testing System) with a minimum score of 7 on the Academic Modules; or TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language internet based test) with an overall score of 88 or better with a minimum score of 20 in each of the four components (listening, speaking, writing, reading); or TOEFL CBT (Test of English as a Foreign language computer based test) with a minimum score of 230 including a minimum essay score of 5.
- a recent passport style photograph
Program Requirements
Students complete 24 units chosen from the following.
- BUS 550-2 Financial Accounting
- BUS 551-2 Managerial Accounting
- BUS 552-4 Managerial Economics
- BUS 553-2 Quantitative Business Methods
- BUS 554-2 Management Information Systems
- BUS 555-4 Managerial Finance
- BUS 556-4 Marketing Management
- BUS 557-4 Human Resource Management/Organizational Behavior
- BUS 558-3 Special Topics*
- BUS 559-4 Special Topics*
- BUS 560-3 Directed Studies*
*requires prior permission of the academic director
Academic Requirements within the Graduate General Regulations
All graduate students must satisfy the academic requirements that are specified in the Graduate General Regulations (residence, course work, academic progress, supervision, research competence requirement, completion time, and degree completion), as well as the specific requirements for the program in which they are enrolled, as shown above.