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2023-2024 Academic Calendar [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting

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Gain fundamental accounting and communications skills to qualify for accounting positions. Make employer connections and earn academic credit as you participate in paid co-op work experience, international exchange and networking opportunities. After graduating, be prepared to move into the CPA Professional Education Program.

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Admission Requirements

C+ in Foundations of Math 11 or equivalent
C+ in English 12 or equivalent
or
IELTS 6.0 or equivalent
. Students are recommended to take ENG 104 in the first semester. Students who do not have a band score of Academic IELTS 6.0, TOEFL iBT 20, PTE 50, CAEL 60 or higher in Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking will be required to take ENG 104 in the first semester.
Or, permission of the department.

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Course Requirements

Year 1

BUS - 100 Financial Accounting Fundamentals
BUS - 105 Principles of Business
BUS - 132 Mathematics of Finance
BUS - 150 Principles of Management
BUS - 162 Principles of Marketing
BUS - 170 Computer Applications for Business
ECO - 110 Principles of Microeconomics
One of the following:
ENG - 160 Effective Organizational Writing or
ENG - 166 Effective Organizational Communications
One of the following:
ENG - 115 Essay Writing and Critical Analysis or
ENG - 116 Essay Writing & Indigenous Perspectives or
ENG - 117 Academic Writing
Plus one elective totaling 3 credits chosen from courses numbered 100 or higher that transfer to a BC degree-granting institution.

For CO-OP Students Only:

Students must complete EMP 100  in the Fall term as a prerequisite to Co-operative Education Work Term (BUS 197 ) in the Spring. BUS 197  may be used as an elective for the BBA.

NOTE: Student may exit with a Business Administration Certificate.

Year 2

BUS - 200 Financial Accounting Fundamentals for Accountants
BUS - 211 Intermediate Financial Accounting - Revenue and Assets
BUS - 217 Management Accounting
BUS - 221 Commercial Law
BUS - 223 Taxation - Individual
BUS - 244 Finance
BUS - 253 Entrepreneurship
ECO - 111 Principles of Macroeconomics
STA - 115 Introduction to Statistics
3 elective credits from:
ABG - 100 Histories and Impacts of Colonization
ABG - 102 Governance and Organizational Structures
ABG - 103 Vision, Values, Philosophies and Ethics
ABG - 105 Politics, Policy and Practice
ABG - 110 Community Development & Planning
ABG - 111 Economic Development
ANT - 250 Ethnology of North America
ENG - 127 Indigenous Literatures in Canada
FNS - 160 First Nations Education: Traditional and Contemporary
GLS - 140 Fishing, Indigeneity and the Asia Pacific I
GLS - 240 Fishing, Indigeneity and the Asia Pacific II
GLS - 241 Field School: Fishing, Indigeneity and the Asia Pacific
HIS - 246 Domination and Resistance: A History of Imperialism and Colonialism
SOC - 130 First Nations Sociology
For CO-OP Students Only:

BUS 197 if not previously taken or BUS 297

BUS 197 or BUS 297 may be used as an elective.

NOTE: Students may exit with a Business Administration Diploma - Accounting Option.

Year 3

BUS - 290 Business Information Systems
BUS - 312 Intermediate Financial Accounting - Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
BUS - 318 Advanced Cost Accounting
BUS - 323 Taxation - Corporations, Partnerships & Trusts
BUS - 335 Quantitative Decision Making
ENG - 260 Advanced Communications and Professional Writing
Plus four electives totaling 12 credits chosen from courses numbered 100 or higher that transfer to a BC degree-granting institution.

For CO-OP Students Only:

BUS 197   or BUS 297   if not previously taken

BUS 397

BUS 197  or BUS 297  or BUS 397   may be used as an elective.

Year 4

BUS - 418 Advanced Managerial Accounting
BUS - 419 Advanced Financial Accounting
BUS - 420 Introduction to Auditing
BUS - 492 Strategic Management
BUS - 493 Business Simulation
PHI - 260 Business Ethics
Plus four electives totaling 12 credits chosen from courses numbered 100 or higher that transfer to a BC degree-granting institutions.

For CO-OP Students Only:

BUS 197 or BUS 297 if not previously taken

BUS 397

BUS 197 or BUS 297 or BUS 397 may be used as an elective.

Completion Requirements

A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required.
The Bachelor of Business Administration Degree must be completed within 9 years.
A minimum of 50% of the program must be completed at North Island College.