School of Business
ufv.ca/businessThe two-year diploma program is designed to give graduates a solid educational background on which to build a business career. The Business Administration diploma program develops practical skills in writing, mathematics, and computing, along with an understanding of fundamental principles in the areas of marketing, accounting, economics, and management. By carefully selecting their courses, diploma students can meet the admission requirements of the BBA as well as the prerequisites for upper-level business courses.
All students entering this program are expected to be computer literate. This means knowing how to run programs from a Windows environment, and having basic Internet, word processing, and spreadsheet skills.
Students who do not meet these requirements might consider Qualifying Studies.
Applications are accepted for entrance to the Fall, Winter, and Summer semesters. For application deadlines, see Specific intake application process.
Applicants who meet the entrance requirements will be admitted in order of their application date. This date is set when an application, all required documentation, and the application fee have been submitted.
See the Fees and Other Costs section.
The Business Administration diploma program is normally completed within two years of full-time study, with students taking 10 courses per calendar year.
A reduced course load is permitted. Students are allowed up to four consecutive academic years to complete program requirements.
The Business Administration diploma program consists of a minimum of 60 credits.
Most courses are offered in Abbotsford. Courses may also be offered at the Chilliwack and Mission campuses.
Semester I
Course | Title | Credits |
BUS 100 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
BUS 160/CIS 110 | Computerized Business Applications and MIS | 3 |
ECON 100 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
ENGL 105 | Academic Writing | 3 |
MATH 140 | Algebra and Functions for Business (see Note 1) | 3 |
Semester II
Course | Title | Credits |
BUS 120 | Essentials of Marketing | 3 |
BUS 145 | Introductory Financial Accounting (see Note 2) | 3 |
CMNS 125 | Communicating Professionally to Academic and Workplace Audiences | 3 |
ECON 101 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
STAT 106 | Statistics I | 4 |
Semester III
Course | Title | Credits |
BUS 203 | Organizational Behaviour | 3 |
BUS 249 | Introduction to Finance | 3 |
One of: (see Note 3) | 3 | |
BUS 221 | Professional Selling | |
BUS 223 | Advertising (discontinued) | |
BUS 328 | Retail Management | |
Plus: | ||
One non-BUS course (see Note 4) | 3 | |
One additional BUS course (see Notes 2 and 5) | 3 |
Semester IV
Course | Title | Credits |
BUS 201 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
BUS 227 | New Business Development | 3 |
BUS 247 | Introductory Management Accounting | 3 |
BUS 261 | Business Law | 3 |
Plus: | One additional BUS course (see Notes 2 and 4) | 3 |
Note 1: Students with MATH 140 or equivalent may take a business or general elective in lieu of MATH 140. Students planning to transfer their credits to the BBA should take MATH 141 or MATH 111.
Note 2: BUS 143 and BUS 144 may be taken in place of BUS 145 and one business elective.
Note 3: Students planning to transfer their credits to the BBA should take BUS 221.
Note 4: Students planning to transfer their credits to the BBA should take CMNS 251.
Note 5: Students planning to transfer their credits to the BBA should take BUS 226/ECON 226.
The Co-operative Education option offers students in the Business Administration diploma program the opportunity to obtain paid, career-related work experience in their field of study during their education at UFV. After completing their first year of study, Co-op students alternate between semesters of full-time study and full-time paid employment. See the Co-operative Education section for more details.
Program continuance and probation are governed by UFV’s Undergraduate Continuance policy (92). Students must have a CGPA of at least 2.00 to remain in good academic standing. Failure to meet or maintain a 2.00 will result in restrictions on registration and may lead to academic suspension. For further details, see the Academic standing and undergraduate continuance section of the academic calendar.
See UFV's Course Repeat policy (86).
Students who have been required to withdraw from UFV under the Undergraduate Continuance policy (92) are subject to readmission and continuance requirements as listed in the UFV academic calendar.
Students will be readmitted to the Business Administration diploma only once.
Students must complete at least 25% of the course work, including a minimum of five business courses, at UFV.
To be eligible to graduate, students must achieve a minimum program and cumulative GPA of 2.00. At the time of applying for graduation no BUS or ECON course may be older than five years.
See the Graduation section of the calendar for more information.
Students are allowed up to four consecutive years to complete program requirements.
Students with personal extenuating circumstances can apply to the Director of the School of Business for an extension. At the Director of the School of Business’ discretion, an extension of up to one year, allowing up to five consecutive years for program completion, might be granted.
For complete details on courses see the
course descriptions section.