Curriculum & Courses

The small business option of the Bachelor of Applied Business and Entrepreneurship Degree Program provides graduates with the hands-on skills and knowledge to successfully launch and operate their own business venture. This program received national recognition in 1999 when it received the Award for Most Innovative Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Degree Program from the Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE).

Below is the list of courses required to complete the Bachelor of Applied Business and Entrepreneurship — Small Business Program and is effective Fall 2009. For more detailed information please see Course Descriptions. Courses will be listed in their abbreviated form within these sections. See also the Arts and Science Requirements.

Semester One

ACCT 2121	Financial Accounting Concepts
ECON 1101	Principles of Microeconomics
ENGL 1101	Critical Writing and Reading OR any 1100-level (or higher) English
MGMT 2130	Management Principles and Practices
MGMT 2262	Business Statistics I

Semester Two

ECON 1103	Principles of Macroeconomics
HRES 2170	Introduction to Human Resources
MGMT 2263	Business Statistics II
MKTG 2150	Introduction to Marketing
Arts and Science Requirement

Semester Three

ENTR 3301	Entrepreneurial Experience
ENTR 3302	Creativity and Innovation for Entrepreneurial Practice
INBU 3301	Global Business Environment
MGMT 3210	Business Communications Theory and Practice
Approved Business Option*

Semester Four

ACCT 3224	Management Accounting I
ENTR 4331	Opportunity Development in the Entrepreneurial Venture
MGMT 3230	Business Law
Arts and Science Requirement
Arts and Science Requirement

Semester Five

ENTR 4332	Modeling and Start Up of the Entrepreneurial Venture
FNCE 3227	Introduction to Finance
LSCM 4403	Operations Management
MGMT 3276	Organizational Behaviour
Arts and Science Requirement

Semester Six

ENTR 4343	Start Up to Survival of the Entrepreneurial Venture
ENTR 4433	Business Plan Development
ENTR 4461	The Entrepreneurial Manager
Arts and Science Requirement
Arts and Science Requirement

Semester Seven

ENTR 4344	The Entrepreneurial Manager
ENTR 4434	Entrepreneurial Finance
MGMT 5333
Approved Business Option*
Approved Business Option*

Semester Eight

ENTR 3010

DFS

*Approved Business Options for Applied Business and Entrepreneurship – New Venture:

Computers 3307 – Computing Applications in Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship 3251 – Market Research for Small Business
Management 4407 – Governance and Ethical Issues in Organizations
Management 4431 – Leadership Development
Marketing 2154 – Professional Selling
Marketing 3257 – Business to Business Marketing
Marketing 4150 – Buyer Behaviour
Nonprofit 3305 – Program Planning and Assessment for the Nonprofit Sector
Philosophy 2229 – Business Ethics