Business Administration Courses
BU1013 Introduction to Business
Credit hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to the field of business. Topics covered include the nature of business and the environment in which it occurs in a Canadian context. Attention is also given to the fields of management, marketing, accounting, and finance.
BU1023 Business Math
Credit hours: 3
This course is designed to equip students with a fundamental understanding of mathematics as it is applied to management, accounting, finance, and economics. Particular attention will be given to break-even analysis, depreciation, interest, annuities, and loan amortization.
BU1043 Business Communications
Credit hours: 3
This course provides the business student with a foundation in key professional practices including business writing skills, public speaking and presentation skills, and behavioural expectations. Students work individually and in groups to achieve course outcomes.
BU1243 Business Statistics
Credit hours: 3
This course introduces the student to statistics in business. Topics covered include descriptive statistics, probabilities, normal distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing.
Prerequisite: BU1023
BU2001 Co-op Work Term I
Credit hours: 1
This is the first work term for credit toward the B.B.A. Co-op option. Qualifying students complete a minimum 13-week employment term with an approved employer during which time they are expected to learn and develop marketable business skills.
Prerequisites: BU1013 and permission of the Director of B.B.A. Co-operative Education.
BU2113 Introductory Accounting I
Credit hours: 3
This course explores the accounting cycle and foundational concepts in financial accounting. Particular attention is given to principal balance sheet and income statement components (accounting for assets, liabilities, owner’s equity, revenues, and expenses).
Prerequisite: BU1013, BU1023
BU2123 Introductory Accounting II
Credit hours: 3
This course is a continuation of BU2113. Topics covered include the cash flow statement, partnership accounting, corporate accounting, and related transactions.
Prerequisite: BU2113 or Permission of the Professor
BU2223 Business Ethics
Credit hours: 3
This course provides an introduction to moral philosophy as pertaining to the field of business. Emphasis is placed upon the extent to which business objectives conflict with moral objectives. The question of whether a business can successfully operate from a Christian worldview is explored.
Prerequisite: BU1013
BU3001 Co-op Work Term II
Credit hours: 1
This is the second work term for credit toward the B.B.A. Co-op option. Qualifying students complete a minimum 13-week employment term with an approved employer during which time they are expected to learn and develop marketable business skills.
Prerequisites: BU2003 and permission of the Director of B.B.A. Co-operative Education
BU3113 Intermediate Accounting I
Credit hours: 3
This course explores the balance sheet and alternative approaches to asset and liability valuation and disclosure in accordance with the requirements of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Handbook and International Financial Reporting Standards.
Prerequisite: BU2123
BU3123 Intermediate Accounting II
Credit hours: 3
This course is a continuation of BU3113. Topics covered include accounting for publicly traded enterprises, income taxes, and other advanced topics.
Prerequisite: BU3113
BU3133 Digital Marketing
Credit hours: 3
This course is designed to introduce the student to digital techniques employed by marketing executives. Topics covered include data analytics, online communication, and website development.
Prerequisite: BU3813
BU3213 Managerial Accounting I
Credit hours: 3
This course is designed to introduce the student to the main concepts and practices of accounting within the organization. Topics covered include traditional product costing, activity based management, cost-volume-profit relationships, budgeting, and other forms of management control.
Prerequisite: BU2113
BU3223 Managerial Accounting II
Credit hours: 3
This course explores more thoroughly the concepts from BU3213. Topics covered include pricing decisions, cost and inventory management, cost allocation, and the use of statistics in assisting management in the decision making process.
Prerequisite: BU3213
BU3243 Introductory Econometrics
Credit hours: 3
This applied course is an introduction to the basic regression techniques used in economics. It will emphasize parameter estimation and hypothesis testing in economic applications. The objectives of the course are to explain the problems and issues associated with empirical measurement of economic relationships, and to assess the techniques by which those problems may be solved. This is an applied course that helps students to analyze data at a more sophisticated level, such as that which is present within academic journals.
Crosslisting: EC3243
Prerequisites: BU1243 and EC1013
BU3313 Business Finance I
Credit hours: 3
This course is designed to introduce the student to decision-making techniques employed by financial executives. Topics covered include the time value of money and investment valuation.
Prerequisite: BU2123
BU3323 Business Finance II
Credit hours: 3
This course is a continuation of BU3313 and includes such topics as working capital management, investment environment, and risk management.
Prerequisite: BU3313
BU3413 Management Information Systems
Credit hours: 3
This is a preparatory course on the nature and use of computer based information systems. Topics covered include system requirements for the provision of management information, decision support systems, and asset control procedures.
BU3513, 3523 Directed Studies in Business Administration
Credit hours: 3
These courses are available for students when their interests and the professor’s expertise allow for a more in-depth tutorial approach. The student must be highly capable and must have completed upper level prerequisite courses in the area of the directed study.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Registrar
BU3603 Business Research Methods
Credit hours: 3
This course introduces students to research design and a variety of methods for performing research in business. Particular attention is given to survey design, sampling, hypothesis testing, and quantitative techniques.
Prerequisite: BU1243
BU3623 Human Resource Management
Credit hours: 3
This course explores the management of an organization’s most important asset: its people. With an emphasis upon current developments in the field, topics discussed include trends in human resource planning, recruitment and selection, compensation, and employee development.
Prerequisite: BU3713
BU3633 Industrial Relations
Credit hours: 3
This course examines the complex relationships between organizational management and organized labour, i.e. unions. Current issues are explored, with an emphasis upon collective bargaining and negotiation.
Prerequisite: BU3713
BU3713 Principles of Management
Credit hours: 3
This course examines the manager and the management process. With respect to the functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, students will be encouraged to think critically about the problems managers face and conduct analyses toward the development of recommendations relevant to such problems.
Prerequisite: BU1013
BU3733 Organizational Behaviour
Credit hours: 3
This course examines the theories that explain human behaviour in organizational settings, as well as the structures and processes of contemporary organizations. Topics covered include personality and perception, team and small group processes, and motivation and emotions.
Crosslisting: PS3953
Prerequisite: BU3713 (Students cannot receive credit for both BU3733 and PS3953.)
BU3753 Leadership
Credit hours: 3
This course explores classic and contemporary issues in leadership theory and practice. Topics covered include leadership behaviours and substitutes, the role of the follower in the leadership process, and transformational leadership.
Crosslisting: ID3753
Prerequisite: BU3713
BU3813 Marketing
Credit hours: 3
This is an introductory course to the field of marketing in which the concepts of marketing strategy and the marketing environment are examined. Topics covered include target market definition, the concept of the marketing mix, and the influence of supply and demand forces on consumption.
Prerequisite: BU1013
BU3823 International Marketing
Credit hours: 3
This course is designed to provide an introduction to marketing in the global business environment. Major topics include social, political, and cultural influences on the sale of products and services internationally, and the development of international market profiles.
Prerequisite: BU3813
BU3833 Public Relations
Credit hours: 3
This course explores issues faced by organizations as they seek to communicate effectively with their publics (e.g. shareholders, employees, community groups, etc.). Emphasis is placed upon the development of communication plans and crisis communication management.
Crosslisting: CO3833
Prerequisite: BU3813
BU3863 Consumer Behaviour
Credit hours: 3
This course examines how marketers identify and work with sources of influence (i.e. media) and how consumers make decisions in response to persuasion.
Prerequisite: BU3813
BU3913 Business Law
Credit hours: 3
This is an introductory course designed to examine laws governing the practice of business and the legislative framework in which trade occurs.
Prerequisites: BU1013 plus six additional credit hours in Business Administration
BU3923 Entrepreneurship
Credit hours: 3
This course involves working through the process of starting up a new business with a specific concentration upon business plan preparation. The concept of entrepreneurship is considered and the pros and cons of business ownership are examined.
Prerequisites: BU2113, BU3713, BU3813
BU4001 Co-op Work Term III
Credit hours: 1
This is the third and final work term for credit toward the B.B.A. Co-op option. Qualifying students complete a minimum 13-week employment term with an approved employer during which time they are expected to learn and develop marketable business skills.
Prerequisites: BU3003 and permission of the Director of B.B.A. Co-operative Education
BU4053 Christianity and Business
Credit hours: 3
This course explores the relationship between Christianity and Business and seeks to answer important questions that confront the business practitioner. Can a person achieve success in business and still be true to his or her faith? Are Christianity and Business mutually exclusive? What is God’s perspective on business? Is there such a thing as “Christian Business”? Can the Bible be used as a guide for business practice? Can God be glorified in business? Readings and discussions will include the Bible and secular and faith based authors. Capitalism, profit, leadership, human resource management, etc. will be explored in light of Christianity.
Prerequisites: 36 credit hours in Business Administration plus RS1003, RS1033. Admission is limited to students in their final year of study in the B.B.A.
BU4113 Advanced Accounting I
Credit hours: 3
This course explores the more advanced topics of accounting and examines the alternatives discussed in the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Handbook, including the requirements of consolidations and accounting for non-profit organizations.
Prerequisite: BU3123
BU4123 Advanced Accounting II
Credit hours: 3
This course examines in greater depth the concept of consolidations, including foreign transactions, and income tax allocations.
Prerequisite: BU4113
BU4133 Social Marketing
Credit hours: 3
This course is designed to strengthen the student’s understanding of marketing as a catalyst for social change. Societal concerns in regard to marketing management are examined. Topics include consumerism, government regulation in marketing, corporate social responsibility, and the social enterprise.
BU4433 Personal Taxation
Credit hours: 3
This course introduces the principles of taxation, basic elements of tax law, and the reasoning behind the specific provisions of tax policy in a Canadian context. By examining personal and business elements of taxation, students are encouraged to consider the effects upon investment and decision making.
Prerequisite: BU2123
BU4443 Corporate Taxation
Credit hours: 3
This course builds on the principles introduced in BU4413 by examining corporate taxation in a Canadian context. In addition, tax planning is expanded to examine the interaction of the personal needs of shareholders and the corporate tax structure. Students are encouraged to consider the effects upon investment, financing, and decision-making.
Prerequisite: BU4433
BU4453 Accounting Theory
Credit hours: 3
This course helps students develop an understanding of the economic impact of accounting choices from both theoretical and practical viewpoints. Beginning with an examination of the historical development of accounting thought, students are encouraged to develop an understanding of the limitations of the current accounting model through examination of various accounting elements and analysis of current accounting research.
Corequisite: BU3113
BU4463 Introduction to Audit
Credit hours: 3
This is a senior level course in accounting that introduces the role of auditing in society and the ethics and standards of professional conduct expected of auditors. Particular attention is given to key decisions made by auditors when examining and reporting on financial statements including the design of internal control systems, audit evidence, and audit techniques.
Prerequisite: BU3113
BU4513, 4523 Advanced Directed Studies in Business Administration
Credit hours: 3
These courses are available for students when their interests and the professor’s expertise allow for a more in-depth tutorial approach. The student must be highly capable and have completed upper level prerequisite courses in the area of the directed study.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Registrar
BU4533 Advanced Directed Studies in Accounting
Credit hours: 3
This course is available for students when their interests and the professor’s expertise allow for a more in-depth tutorial exploration of topics in Accounting. The student must be highly capable and have completed upper level prerequisite courses in Accounting.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Registrar
BU4534 Advanced Directed Studies in Management
Credit hours: 3
This course is available for students when their interests and the professor’s expertise allow for a more in-depth tutorial exploration of topics in Management. The student must be highly capable and have completed upper level prerequisite courses in Management.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Registrar
BU4535 Advanced Directed Studies in Marketing
Credit hours: 3
This course is available for students when their interests and the professor’s expertise allow for a more in-depth tutorial exploration of topics in Marketing. The student must be highly capable and have completed upper level prerequisite courses in Marketing.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Registrar
BU4536 Advanced Directed Studies in Economics and Finance
Credit hours: 3
This course is available for students when their interests and the professor’s expertise allow for a more in-depth tutorial exploration of topics in Economics and Finance. The student must be highly capable and have completed upper level prerequisite courses in Economics and Finance.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Registrar
BU4633 Recruitment, Selection, and Training
Credit hours: 3
This is a senior level course in Human Resource Management that focuses on the theoretical and practical considerations involved in staffing an organization. Topics of study include labour supply/demand forecasting, job analysis, internal and external recruitment, selection strategies, and training and development for performance and retention.
Prerequisite: BU3713
BU4643 Compensation Management
Credit hours: 3
This course examines the human resource implications of direct and indirect compensation. Students will explore the various means of employee remuneration and the ways in which compensation decisions are made, the balance between profitability and payroll, and the role of ethics and equity in the reward process.
Prerequisite: BU3713
BU4713 Strategic Management
Credit hours: 3
This course represents a culmination of business study, in that it draws upon all business disciplines (management, accounting, marketing, finance, etc.) in an effort to identify, analyze, and make recommendations concerning actual business problems. Emphasis is placed upon the development of analytical skills in the application of contemporary models of strategic analysis to business case studies. Admission is limited to students in their final year of study in the B.B.A.
Prerequisites: BU3313, BU3713, BU3813
BU4723 Advanced Strategy
Credit hours: 3
This course builds on concepts explored in BU4713 and is intended for students interested in developing a deeper understanding of evaluative frameworks that are key to corporate performance. The course has a particular focus on the case method of analysis.
Prerequisite: BU4713
BU4733 Organizational Theory
Credit hours: 3
This course builds upon the foundation established in BU3733 with a particular focus on the issues faced by more complex forms of organization (teams, corporations, multinationals, etc.). Topics covered include team dynamics, organizational power and politics, conflict and negotiation, organizational structure and design, and corporate culture.
Prerequisite: BU3733
BU4743 Organizational Culture
Credit hours: 3
This course studies organizational culture – the idea that collectives have their own unique cognitive, sociopolitical, and material culture. The historical development of organizational culture theory will be examined, in addition to contemporary perspectives. These perspectives will then be applied to seek to explain the impact of organizational culture as a determinant of structure, human resource practices, leadership, and decision-making processes.
Prerequisites: BU3713 plus three credit hours in Management, or Permission of the Professor
BU4773 Church Management
Credit hours: 3
This course explore the fundamentals of church administration, working from an historical context to an examination of contemporary governance structures, with particular attention to advancing a biblical perspective of Christian management, mission, vision, goals and objectives, strategic planning, policy development, budgeting, structure, management of staff and volunteer resources, and the measurement of church effectiveness.
Crosslisting: ID4773
Prerequisites: Twelve credit hours in Business Administration, or 12 credit hours in Religious Studies, or Permission of the Professor.
BU4823 Export Marketing
Credit hours: 3
This course examines the intricacies of marketing products and services outside of Canada and matches students with organizations outside of the university environment that are seeking to establish extra-domestic trade relationships for the first time. Students are required to plan and implement export strategies and more specifically prepare a market entry plan for their client organization that will then be used as the underpinning of a trade mission that will take place during the semester.
Prerequisites: BU3823 and Permission of the Professor
BU4833 Advertising and Promotion
Credit hours: 3
Advertising, promotions, and marketing communications are integral components of marketing. For marketing majors, understanding how companies can effectively communicate with customers and potential customers is the foundation needed to develop effective marketing programs. For those who are not marketing majors, not only will this knowledge provide a better understanding of those involved in marketing in their organizations, but it will also provide students with better information to function as a consumer.
Prerequisite: BU3813
BU4853 Internship in Business Administration
Credit hours: 3
This course is designed for students in the final year of their B.B.A. to give practical experience in the application of Business knowledge gained in the program. The course requires a full day of work per week (or the equivalent) for the entire semester in an approved placement. Field Supervisors, in conjunction with the professor of record, will assist students in assessing their own strengths and identifying areas for future professional growth.
Prerequisites: Admission to the course is contingent on the availability of placements and the permission of the Professor.
BU4996 Thesis
Credit hours: 6
Certain exceptional students, upon request prior to the completion of their third year, may be granted permission to write a thesis as an element of their Honours Degree requirements.
Economics Courses
Economics courses are considered equivalent to Business courses.
EC1013 Introduction Microeconomics
Credit hours: 3
This course introduces students to economics at the consumer and business level. Such areas as consumer behaviour, supply and demand, analysis, business structures and production, and income distribution are examined.
EC1023 Introduction Macroeconomics
Credit hours: 3
This course is a study of economic theory and principles at a much broader and more holistic level than in EC1013. Primary areas of focus will be on such matters as interest rates, national income, money supply, international trade, and employment concerns.
Prerequisite: EC1013
EC3013 Intermediate Microeconomics
Credit hours: 3
This course is a continuation of EC1013 and focuses on the behaviour of consumers and firms and specifically how they interact in competitive markets. Particular attention is paid to utility maximization and cost minimization.
Prerequisites: EC1013
EC3023 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Credit hours: 3
Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole and is concerned with some of the most important questions in economics. Why are some nations rich while others are poor? Why do some economies grow faster than others? What is the relationship between income parity, business cycle, inflation, international trade and government policies? The goal in this course is to answer these questions using the various models developed by macroeconomists and to understand the strengths and limitations of each model.
Prerequisite: EC1013
EC3213 Industrial Organization
Credit hours: 3
Industrial Organization is a subfield of microeconomics devoted to the study of firms and markets, focusing in particular on how firms acquire market power, how firms use this power once acquired, and how competing firms interact strategically. The development of non-cooperative game theory over the past several decades has provided new, formal tools to study these issues and has led to an explosion of interest in industrial organization. Many of the lectures will be theoretical, but there will also be discussions of policy issues and empirical methods.
Prerequisites: EC1013
EC3223 Money and Banking
Credit hours: 3
This course covers a range of topics in modern monetary economics, starting from microeconomic explanations for the existence of money and then proceeding to aggregate models of price and output fluctuations, the monetary transmission mechanism, the conduct of monetary policy, explanations for hyperinflation episodes, and the relationship between monetary policy and asset returns. Each topic starts with the presentation of a core theoretical model and some extensions.
Prerequisites: EC1023
EC3243 Introductory Econometrics
Credit hours: 3
This applied course is an introduction to the basic regression techniques used in economics. It will emphasize parameter estimation and hypothesis testing in economic applications. The objectives of the course are to explain the problems and issues associated with empirical measurement of economic relationships, and to assess the techniques by which those problems may be solved. This is an applied course that helps students to analyze data at a more sophisticated level, such as that which is present within academic journals.
Crosslisting: BU3243
Prerequisites: BU1243 and EC1013
EC3313 Costs and Benefits Analysis
Credit hours: 3
This course covers the economic aspects of cost-benefit analysis, and it examines how an economic analysis fits into a complete cost-benefit analysis. The emphasis will be on the use of economic theory to measure the benefits and costs of projects. Applications to infrastructure investments such as roads, electricity, and water will be discussed as well as investments in the social sectors such as education and health. In addition the course will cover the theory and measurement of the economic opportunity cost of public funds, the economic cost of foreign exchange, and the measurement of the economic opportunity cost of labour. Both the theoretical as well as the applied aspects of the field will be covered.
Prerequisites: EC1013
