Bachelor of Business Administration

UCFV offers a program leading to a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. The objective of this program is to produce graduates who are well-equipped to function in and adapt to the rapidly changing business environment. The program provides students with the opportunity to obtain a general background in business. Students are also expected to gain a strong general educational background and are required to meet course requirements in the areas of English, social science, science, and the humanities. The overall emphasis in the program is on applied business studies.
    Students complete several categories of business and business-related courses. These include diploma lower-level foundation courses (such as management, human resource management, marketing, accounting, mathematics, economics, and computing) that provide students with the tools they need for more advanced courses at the upper level. A set of core courses in business, mathematics, and economics is required of all students at the upper and lower levels to ensure that they have a solid understanding of all the key functional areas in business.
    Students have the option of concentrating in a functional area of business by taking a selection of specialized upper-level business courses. Students also complete advanced courses designed to integrate and provide context for the knowledge gained in earlier business courses. These courses develop comprehensive analytical skills, which prepare graduates to cope with the complex, multi- dimensional problems faced by the modern business manager.

Program requirements
Business Administration degree students are required to complete a minimum of 40 three- or four-credit courses with a cumulative value of at least 120 credits (in most cases the credit value of courses will exceed this total). First- and second-year requirements are met by completion of the Business Administration diploma. Degree-bound students should complete one of their general education electives as an elective in the diploma program.
Third- and fourth-year program requirements consist of a minimum of 15 courses at the 300/400 level in business and economics. General requirements consist of two English courses at the 100 level; four general education electives at the 100/200 level (including one natural science lab, one social science, and one humanities); plus calculus. Two of the general education electives will usually be completed as diploma electives. Students should consult with the program chair or program assistant for eligible courses that meet the general education elective requirements.

Graduation requirements
    a) 2.67 cumulative program GPA in years one to four of the BBA.
    b) No grade less than a C in any course applicable to the diploma (years one to two of the BBA).
    c) No more than five courses may be repeated through years one to four leading to the BBA.

Students must meet the department’s specific core and elective course requirements described for this program as well as the department’s academic expectations described under Academic Performance Requirements in order to be awarded the degree.

Length and location
You can complete the third and fourth years of the degree program in two years if you take five courses each fall and winter semester. A reduced course load is permitted but a longer period of time will be needed to complete the program. The department requires years one to four to be completed within 10 years if the program is taken on a part-time basis. Students returning to Business Administration at UCFV after an absence will be allowed seven years to complete years three and four of the degree.
    Third and fourth-year business courses are normally only offered at the Abbotsford campus. Some of the non-business courses are available in Abbotsford, Mission, or Chilliwack. All students should expect to travel between campuses during their program.

Course withdrawal deadlines
Course withdrawal deadlines follow university-college policy.

Program outline
Years III and IV of the degree program
Third Year
Semester V

Course  Title  Credits
ENGL 105  The Reading and Writing of Prose  3
MATH 115  Differential and Integral Calculus I (see Note1)  4
or MATH 111  Calculus I  4
BUS 301  Economic and Business Statistics  4
BUS 320  Business Research Methods  3
Elective  General Education elective1  3

Semester VI

Course  Title  Credits
ENGL 120–170  English Literature elective  3
ECON 307  Managerial Economics  4
BUS 305  Industrial Relations  3
BUS 349  Financial Management I  3
BUS 350  Operations Management  3

Note1: MATH 115 is recommended for business students. An optional one-credit course, MATH 100, is offered as a supplement to MATH 115/111 for students whose math skills may need to be refreshed.

Fourth Year
Semester VII

Course  Title  Credits
BUS 400  Business and Society  3
ECON 410  Economics of Financial Markets  4
BUS 420  International Business  3
Elective  Upper-Level Business Elective  3
Elective  Upper-Level Business Elective  3

Semester VIII

Course  Title  Credits
BUS 403  Strategic Management  3
BUS 430  Management of Innovation  3
Elective  Upper-Level Business Elective  3
Elective  Upper-Level Business Elective  3
Elective General Education Elective 1  3

Note: — General Education elective: Degree students in the course of the four-year program must meet the following general education requirements: a) one natural science (lab) course; b) one humanities course other than English; c) one social science course other than economics; d) one business or general education elective. Students must consult with the program assistant or program chair regarding acceptable electives.
In the Business Administration department general education is defined to include university-level course work from most traditional academic disciplines and to exclude courses from applied programs. Included, therefore, are courses from the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and English. For purposes of this degree program the humanities general education requirement must be met by a course other than English, and the social science requirement by a course other than economics.

CGA Stream
The department of Business Administration and the Certified General Accountants Association of B.C., have determined a process by which students working towards their CGA designation can also complete a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree at UCFV.
    Students who are accepted by the CGA association and have a two-year Diploma or its equivilant (60 credits and CGPA of 2.67 or higher) from a recognized post-secondary institution, will ladder into our BBA degree program. Thirty of the 60 credits required in the degree program wil be given transfer credits for courses taken with the CGA Association and the remaining 30 credits will be earned by courses taken at UCFV. For further information, please contact the program advisor at 604-854-4551.

Concentrations
Students in the third and fourth years of the program may choose to concentrate in a functional area of business by taking a selection of specialized courses as their upper-level electives. Students are strongly advised to consult the Program Advisor for information on course sequencing and availability prior to starting a concentration.

Accounting
Core:         None
Electives:     Any four of the following:

Course  Title  Credits
BUS 338  Accounting Information Systems  3
BUS 343  Intermediate Accounting I  3
BUS 344  Intermediate Accounting II  3
BUS 345  Income Tax I  3
BUS 346  Income Tax II  3
BUS 347  Auditing Principles  3
BUS 348  Management Accounting II  3
BUS 439  Advanced Financial Accounting  3
BUS 440  Management Information Systems  3

Financial Management
Core:          None
Electives:     All four of the following:

Course  Title  Credits
BUS 433  Investments  3
BUS 434  Risk Management and Financial Engineering  3
BUS 435  International Finance  3
BUS 449  Financial Management II  3

Accounting and Financial Management
Core:             None
Electives:        Four courses taken from either the Accounting concentration or the Financial Management                       concentration, with at least one course taken from each of the two concentrations.

Marketing

Core:             None
Electives:       Any four of the following:

Course  Title  Credits
BUS 321  Business to Business Marketing  3
BUS 323  Promotion Management  3
BUS 327  Consumer Behaviour  3
BUS 421  International Marketing  3
BUS 423  Services Marketing  3
BUS 425  Marketing Strategy  3

Human Resource and Organization Studies
Core:

BUS 304  Organization Theory and Application  3

Electives: Any three of the following:

Course  Title  Credits
BUS 307  Selected Topics in Organizational Behaviour  3
BUS 308  Selected Topics in Applied Organization Theory  3
BUS 309  Selected Topics in Human Resources Management  3
BUS 327  Consumer Behaviour  3
BUS 407  Gender and Diversity Issues  3
BUS 408  Teamwork in Organizations  3
BUS 410  Government and Enterprise  3
CRIM 417  Leadership in Groups and Organizations  3

Note: Students may take one course at another institution to be counted as one elective in the HROS concentration. The course must be approved by the department as being eligible for transfer credit in the HROS concentration prior to the student enrolling in the course. Please contact the department for more details.

International Business
Core:
None
Electives: Any four of the following; two of which must be BUS courses

Course  Title  Credits
BUS 360  International Air Transportation  3
BUS 421  International Marketing  3
BUS 435  International Finance  3
ECON 341  International Economics  4
ECON 352  Technology,Development and Economic Growth  4
SCMS 310  Special Topics Regional Studies in Latin America*  4
SCMS 363  Processes of Development: Latin America*  4

* Please refer to prerequisite requirements in the course descriptions section.

Operations Management/Management Information Systems
Core: None
Electives: Any four of the following:

Course  Title  Credits
BUS 338  Accounting Information Systems  3
BUS 404  Management Science  3
BUS 440  Management Information Systems  3
BUS 450  Probabilistic Models in Operations Analysis  3
BUS 451  Computer Simulation Models in Business  3
BUS 452  Computer Applications in Operations  3
BUS 453  Decision Theory for Business  3


Bachelor of Business Administration
Honours degree

Students in the Bachelor of Business Administration program have the option of completing a Bachelor of Business Administration Honours degree. The following conditions apply to this program:
• Students must formally apply for entry to the program after completing no fewer than 60 credits and no more than 90 credits applicable to the BBA. The program chair's approval is required for admission. Applications after completion of more than 90 credits will only be considered under extenuating circumstances.
• A minimum CGPA of 3.5 on all courses applicable to the degree is required for admission, continuance and graduation.
• Students must complete an additional 12 credits beyond the 120 credits required for the BBA degree. These credits must come from upper-level (numbered 300-400) Business courses; upper-level courses from other areas may be counted toward this total with the program chair's approval.
• Students must also complete the requirements of at least one of the Business concentrations listed in the UCFV calendar.

Course listings
For complete details on courses see Course descriptions.
 

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