Undergraduate Calendar 2011-2012

Business Administration - Programme Requirements

General Information
Honours
Major
Programme Outline
Concentration
Minor
Joint Economics and Business Administration Degree
Joint Psychology and Business Administration Degree
Joint Computer Science and Business Administration Degree
Joint Mathematics and Business Administration Degree
Certificate in Management with Applications to Defence

General Information

Students from First Year Arts, with at least a D average, may take either the Honours or Major programme in Business Administration starting in Second Year. The courses required for both the Honours and Major programmme are detailed below.

To earn an Bachelor of Arts (Honours Business Administration) degree, a student must:

  1. successfully complete the Honours programme, and
  2. must maintain a minimum B average in 300 and 400 level Business Administration courses, and
  3. must attain a minimum overall B- average in their 4th Year.
  4. must maintain at least an overall B- average in each year of the programme to remain in the Honours programme.

Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Major Business Administration) who attain at least an A- average in their 300 and 400 level courses will have their transcripts annotated "with First Class Distinction".

Students graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Major Business Administration) who attain at least a B- average in their 300 and 400 level courses will have their transcripts annotated "with Distinction".

All other students will be granted a Bachelor of Arts (Major Business Administration) degree.

Honours

Total = 44 credits
(includes 21 credits in the Common Arts Core)

Note: Students graduating in 2012 require 45 credits. The additional required credit is MAE208

Mandatory Programme Courses (12 credits)

  • BAE202: Financial Accounting
  • BAE208: Management Accounting
  • BAE220: Introduction to Information Technology
  • BAE242: Quantitative Methods I
  • BAE260: Principles of Management
  • BAE300: Finance
  • BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
  • BAE326: Human Resources Management
  • BAE330: Organizational Theory
  • BAE344: Operations Management
  • BAE438: Strategic Management
  • BAE440: International Management

Mandatory Economics Courses

  • ECE206: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I
  • ECE224: Microeconomics I

Optional Programme Courses

Six credits from the following:

  • BAE302: Financial Accounting II
  • BAE340: Business Analysis and Reporting
  • BAE342: Quantitative Methods II
  • BAE400: Advanced Finance
  • BAE410: Information Systems
  • BAE418: Intermediate Marketing
  • BAE420: Business Law
  • BAE422: Business Ethics
  • BAE426: Labour Relations
  • BAE442: Project Management
  • BAE444: Supply Chain Management
  • BAE448: Selected Readings in Management
  • BAE450: Advanced Topics in Management
  • BAE454: Seminar in Entrepreneurship

Note: Students meeting the requirement may take the thesis course, BAE490, in lieu of 2 optional credits.

Elective Courses

Three elective credits

Major

Students must complete the same programme as Honours except only five Business Administration optional credits are required and ECE206 is not required.

Programme Outline

The following is an outline by year of a typical programme of study that would cover required courses. Actual programmes of study may vary slightly but will still cover all required courses.

Year 1

College Core Curriculum: ENE110, HIE102, PSE103, PSE105, POE102, POE105, ECE103, ECE104, MAE103(note1), MAE113.

Note 1. MAE103 must be taken if the student does not pass the challenge exam in mathematics. This course, while required, is not a university level course and does not count towards the degree.

Total credits:11
Courses taken: 10

Year 2

College Core Curriculum: ENE210, MAE106, HIE203B, PHE102(note2) and CCE106(note2).

Note 2. PHE102 and CCE106 are high school equivalency courses. Students having high school leaving physics need not take PHE102 and students having high school leaving chemistry need not take CCE106. These courses, while required, are not university level courses and do not count toward the degree.

Mandatory Business Administration courses: BAE202, BAE208, BAE220, BAE242, BAE260, and ECE224.

Additional Requirement for Honours: ECE206

Total credits:  Major: 10, Honours: 11
Courses taken:  Major: 11, Honours: 12

Year 3

College Core Curriculum:  PSE301, HIE271, Physics credit, Chemistry credit.

Mandatory Business Administration courses:  BAE300, BAE314, BAE326, BAE330, and BAE344.

Optional Courses: One credit in Business Administration

Electives: One credit in arts or science.

Total credits: 11
Courses taken: 11

Year 4

College Core Curriculum: PSE401, POE216

Mandatory Business Administration courses: BAE438, BAE440.

Optional Courses: Four credits in Business Administration

Electives: Two general credits.

Additional Requirement for Honours: One additional Business Administration credit.

Total credits: Major: 10, Honours: 11
Courses taken: Major: 10, Honours: 11

Concentration

The Concentration in Business Administration is not open to ROTP/RETP cadets

30 credits must be completed, and of these 30:

  • At least 15 must be earned through RMCC, (including six in the chosen discipline)
  • At least 10 must be at the senior level
  • At least 20 must be in Arts, (of which at least 12 must be in Business Administration)
  • At least 6 of the 12 Business Administration credits must be at the senior level
  • At least 6 of the 12 Business Administration credits must be earned through RMCC

Note: A credit may fulfil several requirements at the same time, ex: a course could be in Arts (including Business Administration), at the senior level and taken through RMCC. The BA Programme includes a compulsory core.

Mandatory College Courses

  • HIE208: Canadian Military History: A study in War and Military History, 1867 to Present (or another course in Military History, such as HIE205: )
  • POE206: The Canadian Forces and Modern Society, Civics, Politics and International Relations (or POE205, or POE316: Introduction to International Relations)
  • HIE475: Technology, Society and Warfare
  • PSE402: Leadership and Ethics
  • BAE101: Introduction to Defence Management and Decision Making
  • At least two credits in English Literature and Grammar
  • At least one credit in Canadian History
  • At least one more credit in Military Psychology and Leadership (PSE103 or PSE123 for example)
  • At least two credits in Mathematics, Computer Science, Chemistry or Physics (For the concentration in Business Administration, students must take MAE106 and MAE108)

Business Administration Concentration

Students who select the Business Administration Concentration are required to take the following courses, or their equivalent from a recognized university.

  • BAE202: Financial Accounting I
  • BAE208: Management Accounting
  • BAE220: Introduction to Information Technology
  • BAE242: Quantitative Methods I
  • BAE300: Finance
  • BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
  • BAE326: Human Resources Management
  • BAE330: Organizational Theory
  • BAE344: Operations Management
  • BAE438: Strategic Management
  • ECE103: Introduction to Microeconomics
  • ECE104: Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • one optional credit in Business Administration

Electives

  • Six additional credits in Arts, Science or Technology are also required

Minor

The minor is open to students from all faculties.

Mandatory Courses

  • BAE202: Financial Accounting I
  • BAE208: Management Accounting I
  • BAE220: Introduction to Information Technology
  • BAE300: Finance
  • BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
  • BAE344: Operations Management

Optional Courses

  • Two other Business Administration 200, 300 or 400 level courses

Note: Science students taking a Minor in Business Administration will be able to count MAE209: Probability and Statistics, as an optional credit

Joint Economics and Business Administration Degree

Economics Requirements = (14 credits)

  • ECE103: Introduction to Microeconomics
  • ECE104: Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • MAE108: Elements of Calculus
  • ECE206: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I
  • MAE208: Elements of Integral Calculus
  • ECE224: Microeconomics I
  • ECE270: Statistical Analysis I (BAE242A)
  • ECE308: Macroeconomics Theory and Policy II
    OR
    ECE326: Microeconomics II
  • ECE424: Economics of Defence
  • ECE450: Topics in Microeconomics
    OR
    ECE452: Topics in Macroeconomics
  • ECE492: Economics Seminar
  • Plus a minimum of three credits in 300 or 400 level economics courses.

Business Administration Requirements = (15 credits)

  • BAE202: Financial Accounting
  • BAE208: Managerial Accounting
  • BAE220; Information Technology
  • BAE242: Quantitative Methods I
  • BAE300: Finance
  • BAE302: Financial Accounting II
  • BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
  • BAE326: Human Resources Management
  • BAE342: Quantitative Methods II
  • BAE344: Operations Management
  • BAE438: Strategic Management (2 credits)
  • Plus four additional Business Administration credits at the 300 and 400 level

Note(s):

  1. Students will use BAE220 as their Information Technology (Science elective) credit, as students in the Business Administration programme do.
  2. All students will complete a total of 46 credits, which is one more than Honours Business Administration students and three more than Honours Economics students.

Joint Psychology and Business Administration Degree

Psychology Requirements =(14 credits)

  • PSE103: Introduction to Human Psychology
  • PSE105: Social Psychology
  • PSE213: Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences*
  • PSE214: Research Methodology in Psychology
  • PSE236: Cognition and Learning
  • PSE240: Personality
  • PSE301: Organizational Behaviour and Leadership
  • PSE312: Applied Military Psychology
  • PSE352: Advanced Statistical Analysis for the Behavioural Sciences
  • PSE401: Military Professionalism and Ethics
  • PSE454: Advanced Leadership
  • Plus three additional Psychology credits at the 300 or 400 level
    or
    PSE452: Advanced Research Methods in Psychology and PSE424: Thesis or BAE490: Thesis**

* If PSE213 / BAE242 is counted as a business credit another senior credit in psychology must be taken.

** The topic of a Business Administration Thesis must contain much Psychology and be approved by the department head.

Business Administration Requirements = (15 credits)

  • BAE202: Financial Accounting
  • BAE208: Managerial Accounting
  • BAE220: Information Technology
  • BAE242: Quantitative Methods I*
  • ECE224: Microeconomics I
  • BAE300: Finance
  • BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
  • BAE326: Human Resources Management
  • BAE330: Organizational Theory
  • BAE344: Operations Management
  • BAE438: Strategic Management (2 credits)
  • Plus four additional Business Administration credits at the 300 or 400 level.

* If BAE242 / PSE213 is counted as a psychology credit another senior credit in business must be taken.

Note(s):

  1. PSE213 may be substituted for BAE242
  2. All students must take the Arts core including ECE103, ECE104 and MAE208.
  3. Students will use BAE220 as their Information Technology (Science elective) credit, as students in the Business Administration programme do.
  4. All students will complete a total of 47 credits, which is two more than Honours Business Administration students currently take.

Joint Computer Science and Business Administration Degree

Computer Science Requirements = (15 credits)

  • MAE209: Probability and Statistics
  • MAE229: Linear Algebra
  • EEE245: Logic Design
  • CSE321: Algorithm Analysis
  • EEE321: Object Oriented Techniques
  • MAE333: Discrete Mathematics
  • CSE350: Data Structure and Algorithms
  • EEE351: Computer Organization and Assembly
  • CSE362: Software Development and Professional Practice
  • CSE341: Introduction to Database Systems
  • CSE390: Multiprocessing, user interfaces, graphics systems and e-commerce
  • EEE435: Principals of Operating Systems
  • CSE451: Special Topics in Computer Science
  • CSE453: Modelling and Simulation*
  • EEE466: Distributed Systems

* Optional for students wishing CIPS accreditation

Business Administration Requirements = (14 credits)

  • BAE202: Financial Accounting
  • BAE208: Managerial Accounting
  • ECE224: Microeconomics I
  • BAE300: Finance
  • BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
  • BAE326: Human Resource Management
  • BAE330: Organizational Theory
  • BAE344: Operations Management
  • BAE410: Management Information Systems
  • BAE438: Strategic Management
  • Plus four additional Business Administration credits at the 300 or 400 level

Note(s):

  1. Students would be registered in the BSc programme, and would take the first year Science programme with ECE103 and ECE104.
  2. All students will complete 46 credits, which is one more than Honours Business Administration students or Honours BSc. students.

Joint Mathematics and Business Administration Degree

Mathematics Requirements = (14 credits)

  • MAE209: Probability and Statistics
  • MAE222: Intermediate Calculus: Multivariable Functions
    OR
    MAE226: Engineering Calculus: Multivariable Functions
  • MAE223: Intermediate Calculus: Differential Equations and Infinite Series
    OR
    MAE227: Engineering Calculus: Differential Equations and Infinite Series
  • MAE229: Linear Algebra
  • MAE304: Modern Algebra
  • MAE305: Differential equations, Boundary Value Problems and Complex Variables
  • MAE310: Statistics
  • CSE350: Data Structures and Algorithms
  • MAE451: Topics in Mathematics
  • MAE456: Mathematical Modelling

    • Three credits from the following:

  • MAE234: Introduction to Cryptography
  • MAE236: Introduction to Game Theory
  • MAE331: Mathematics of Signal Processing
  • MAE333: Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
  • MAE340: Foundations of Probability
  • MAE352: Non Linear Optimization
  • MAE354: Non Linear Dynamical Systems
  • MAE374: Conflict Analysis
  • MAE413: Mathematical Physics
  • MAE404: Advanced Mathematical Analysis

Note: Students who want the CORS/SCRO diploma would need to take CSE341 and CSE453 in addition to their programme

Business Administration Requirements = (14 credits)

  • BAE202: Financial Accounting
  • BAE208: Managerial Accounting
  • ECE224: Microeconomics I
  • BAE300: Finance I
  • BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
  • BAE326: Human Resources Management
  • BAE330: Organizational Theory
  • BAE344: Operations Management
  • BAE410: Management Information Systems
  • BAE438: Strategic Management (2 credits)
  • Plus four additional Business Administration credits at the 300 or 400 level

Note(s):

  1. Students will take the first year BSc programme with ECE103 and ECE104.
  2. All students will complete a total of 46 credits, which is one more than Honours Business Administration students and one more than Honours Science Students.

Certificate in Management with Applications to Defence

This Certificate is intended to allow individuals to gain a basic understanding of the defence management field. The topics include Principles of Management, Quantitative Methods, Marketing, Information Systems, Financial and Management Accounting, Decision-making, and Fundamentals of Human Psychology. In addition, the Certificate can be applied to the General BA and BMASc degrees.

The equivalent of ten one-credit courses is required for completion of the Certificate.

Core courses or their equivalent (9 credits):

  • BAE101: Introduction to Defence Management and Decision Making
  • BAE202: Financial Accounting
  • BAE208: Managerial Accounting
  • BAE220: Introduction to Information Technology
  • BAE242: Quantitative Methods I
  • BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
  • BAE326: Human Resources Management
  • BAE344: Operations Management
  • PSE301: Organizational Behaviour and Leadership

Electives (1 credit):

  • PSE123: Fundamentals of Human Psychology,
  • PSE328: Group Dynamics