Semester 1
Code
Name/Description
Credits
ACCT 122
Introductory Financial Accounting 1
5
Your studies will focus on an introduction to financial accounting designed to provide you with accounting skills to handle business transactions. The course will include bookkeeping techniques, accounting for a merchandising concern and control over cash and receivables. ACCT 122 is a companion to ACCT 125 (Introductory Financial Accounting 2) which continues the study of basic financial accounting.
Credit Units: 5
Course Hours: 75.0
Equivalent Course(s): ACCT 140, ACP 110
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning, Remote Delivery
ADMN 220
Organizational Behaviour
4
You will study human behaviour in organizations and develop the skills needed to deal with people at work. Your studies include content on individual behaviour, values, interpersonal relationships and communications, groups and team dynamics, organizational culture, leadership, and change. You will study these aspects of human behavior within the context of diverse formal organizations.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Equivalent Course(s): BUS 182
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning
BCOM 105
Business Communications
4
You will develop fundamental employability skills through the study of the principles of communication and active listening techniques. The course content includes the development of effective writing skills and formatting. You will apply the principles and skills by writing business messages for positive, negative and persuasive purposes. You will examine ways to apply communication skills to cross-cultural and Indigenous situations. You will learn to apply effective presentation skills when delivering oral presentations. You will write business reports.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning
BUS 104
Introduction to Business
4
You will be introduced to fundamentals of business. You will study structures, activities and forces that impact businesses. The course will explore the importance of ethical business practices, corporate social responsibility, and economic diversity in the global economy. You will begin your exploration of the functional business areas of leadership, human resources, operations, marketing, accounting, finance, and entrepreneurship. The course will prepare you for further study in these areas and others. You will work on a business case and prepare a simple business plan.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning
COMP 120
Business Solution Software
4
Your studies will focus on the practical use of File Management, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel from the Microsoft Office Professional software suite. You will learn a wide range of skills from intermediate to advanced in each of the applications.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Equivalent Course(s): COMP 140
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Lab, Online, Prior Learning
Your studies will focus on an introduction to microeconomics. You will learn how individuals, businesses and governments make decisions in a world of scarce resources and unlimited wants. You will study how production and consumption choices are made in a market economy. You will learn to analyze economic fundamentals in supply, demand, costs, response to price changes, and income distribution. Finally, you will gain an understanding of the most common market structures along with their price and output determination in the Canadian economic marketplace.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Equivalent Course(s): RT 191
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning, Remote Delivery
Total semester credits: 25
Semester 2
Code
Name/Description
Credits
HR 120
Introduction to Human Resource Management
4
Your studies will focus on an overview of human resource management and practices. You will discuss and apply the concept of job analysis: planning, recruiting, and selection processes; training, developing and compensation considerations, and management performance and labour relations. You will discuss employee and organizational ethics throughout the course, and your studies will emphasize the use of human resource management to achieve high organizational performance.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Equivalent Course(s): ADMN 222
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning, Remote Delivery
Your studies will focus on the field of commercial law. You will apply the concepts of tort law and contract law. You will examine various legislative acts. Legal concepts in your studies will include torts, contracts, agency, forms of business organizations, the sale of goods, employment, bailment, insurance, personal as well as real property, and secured transactions.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Equivalent Course(s): ACP 170, LAW 240
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning
MATH 139
Business Mathematics
4
You will solve business problems involving ratios, proportions and percentages. You will use the concept of the time value of money and how it is applied to both simple and compound interest. You will calculate ordinary annuities and bonds.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Equivalent Course(s): FIN 120
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning, Remote Delivery
You will discover the dynamic field of marketing. You will explore what marketing is, how it works, and the effect it can have on consumers and society. At the end of the course, you should have a strong sense of how to market ideas, skills, as well as products and services. You will apply these marketing concepts: the strategic marketing planning process, market research, segmentation, positioning, consumer behaviour, and the marketing mix.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Equivalent Course(s): MKTG 140
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning
Total semester credits: 16
Semester 2 Electives (1 of 2)
Code
Name/Description
Credits
ACCT 125
Introductory Financial Accounting 2
5
Your studies will focus on an introduction to financial accounting building on the skills you earned in ACCT 122 (Introductory Financial Accounting 1). Your studies include these topics: accounting for property, plant and equipment assets, current and non-current liabilities, partnerships, corporations, and accounting for payroll. In addition, you will learn to prepare a cash flow statement, perform ratio analysis, and explore ethical issues.
Credit Units: 5
Course Hours: 75.0
Prerequisites(s): ACCT 122
Equivalent Course(s): ACCT 141, ACP 110
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning, Remote Delivery
ACCT 225
Managerial Accounting
5
Your studies will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of managerial accounting. You will use cost concepts, manufacturing accounting, cost allocation and budgeting processes, and you will be able to employ appropriate managerial accounting techniques for decision making.
Credit Units: 5
Course Hours: 75.0
Prerequisites(s): ACCT 122
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning
Semester 2 Electives (1 of 4)
Code
Name/Description
Credits
ACCT 136
Automated Accounting
4
Using an automated accounting software package, you will learn how to enter transactions into journals (general, purchase, payments, sales, cash receipts and payroll) and ledgers (general, accounts receivable, accounts payable and payroll), learn to account for inventory, and learn to prepare banking records. You will also prepare the initial automated accounting setup for use by a company.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Prerequisites(s): ACCT 105 or ACCT 122
Equivalent Course(s): COAP 137
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning
You will explore concepts related to planning and managing personal finances. You will develop the knowledge and decision-making tools to help you make sound financial decisions and/or provide advice to others. Your studies will introduce concepts in banking, deposit accounts, investing, tax and retirement planning. You will explore the uses and misuses of personal credit and review the importance of insurance and estate planning. You will apply the skills and knowledge that you develop in a wide variety of real world situations.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning
INS 100
Principles and Practices of Insurance
4
Your studies will introduce the principles and practices of the insurance industry. You will examine the multi-faceted nature of the insurance business, develop an understanding of risk and strategies to respond to it, and examine contract law as it relates to the industry. You will be introduced to the terms and practices of the insurance business.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning, Remote Delivery
MGMT 108
Introduction to Sport Management
4
You will discover the dynamic field of sport management. Specifically, you will explore the diverse career paths and opportunities within the sport industry in Canada and prepare yourself for success as a sport management professional. Additionally, you will study a sport industry model, the Canadian sport system and sport policy, sociological aspects of sport, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action related to sport, the functions of sport management, governance and legal considerations, and emerging trends.
Credit Units: 4
Course Hours: 60.0
Potential Learning Method(s): Lecture/Theory, Online, Prior Learning
Note:
- Students who wish to pursue the Business Accountancy specialty diploma must take ACCT
125 in order to meet pre-requisites for most second year Accountancy courses
- Students who wish to pursue the Business Accountancy specialty diploma must take ACCT
136 in order to graduate