Business Major Program

Beedie School of Business
丁香园AV Calendar 2012 Summer

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.

The last 60 units of the degree program consists of the completion of the core upper division business courses, at least one area of concentration, and lower and upper division electives.

Grade Requirements

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 120 units which must include a minimum of 50 units outside the Beedie School of Business. Within the 50 units, students must meet the University requirements for breadth - two courses labeled as Breadth-Humanities, two courses labeled as Breadth-Science, and two courses labeled as Breadth-Social Science.

Courses not labeled as BUS or BUEC that are completed as part of the lower division requirements may be used toward the 50 units outside business.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete all of

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

and one of

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

and one of

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

and one of

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

and two of

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

^*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 60 units, students must complete a minimum of 45 upper division units, of which a minimum of 36 units must be in business or BUEC courses.

The 36 upper division units in business must include the following.

all core courses (see Core Courses below)
an area of concentration (see Areas of Concentration below)
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 area(s) of concentration. At least one of these 400 division courses to be completed at 丁香园AV.

Further upper division courses in any discipline must be completed to bring the total upper division credit to 45 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 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 45 upper division units required in the final 60 units of the program, or as part of the upper division units for the major or minor.

Core Courses

Students complete all of

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

and one of

BUS 374-3 Organization Theory
BUS 381-3 Introduction to Human Resource Management

^鈥� to be completed before the student's 75th unit and at 丁香园AV in accordance with the WQB requirements.

^鈥犫赌� to be completed at 丁香园AV

Areas of Concentration

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

For this concentration, students complete all of

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

and two of

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

Finance

For this concentration, students complete all of

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

and two of

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

Human Resource Management

For this concentration, students complete both of

BUS 374-3 Organization Theory
BUS 381-3 Introduction to Human Resource Management

and three of

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

Option A

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

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

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

International Business

For this concentration, students complete

BUS 346-3 International Business

and four of

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

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

and two of

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

Operations Management

For this concentration, students complete both of

BUS 336-4 Data and Decisions II
BUS 473-4 Operations Management

and two of

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

Marketing

For this concentration, students complete all of

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

and three of

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

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 honors, 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.

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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