Diploma in Business Administration

Course Code: BUSN 110

Total Lecture Hours: 4

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: Intro to Business by OpenStax

ISBN-13 978 1947172548 | Author: Lawrence Gitman

Description: This course is an introduction to a broad range of business concepts, practices, and theories relevant to today’s global business environment. Students examine the interrelationship among functional areas of a business enterprise; specifically, human resources, operations management, marketing and sales, and accounting and finance.

Lessons focus on how these functional areas of business are impacted as the economy, technology, global competition, and consumer decision-making continue to evolve.

Students exercise their entrepreneurial mindset by envisioning a new venture and gathering market research to aid in making decisions about target markets, products, operations, finances, social responsibility, and human resources.

Throughout this course, students develop and enhance their ability to work effectively in teams, conduct research, apply self-management strategies, and deliver professional business presentations.

These essential business skills establish a foundation for future academic success while preparing students for the professional demands of a career in business.

Course Code: COMM 160

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: College Communication – Business Communication

ISBN-13 978 1259911811 | Author: Sue Camp

Description: The course introduces the standards of college-level English. It enables the student to develop skills in grammar, sentence variety, paragraph development, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. These are language skills that are essential to success in college programs and professional life.

Course Code: COMP 106

Total Lecture Hours: 4

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: MCA Microsoft Office Specialist

ISBN-13 978 1119718499 | Author: Eric Notow

Description: Digital literacy skills in managing information and communication technology (ICT) are imperative in today’s workplace as businesses continue to utilize technology to gain a competitive advantage. College graduates who can locate, gather, and organize information using appropriate technology and information systems will be able to compete for employment and be more successful in their job roles.

In this course, students are introduced to ICT (email, computer basics, Internet), word processing, and presentation software concepts. Students build technology skills as they conduct research, reference sources of information, apply effective communication skills and organize and produce professional documents and presentations using Microsoft Windows, Outlook 365 Email, Internet, Microsoft Word 2019, and Microsoft PowerPoint 2019.

Students will have an opportunity to attempt the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Word Associate Exam. MOS exams may be scheduled during class time or on weekends or evenings and must be proctored; therefore students will be provided the exam date/time early in the semester so as to arrange their schedules accordingly.

Course Code: GNED I

Total Lecture Hours: 4

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: An Introduction to Project Management

ISBN-13 978 1544701899 Authors: Kathy Schwalbe

Description: Students will learn project management basics and prepare themselves for PMP Associate Certification. This course is divided into two semesters.

Course Code: MATH 130

Total Lecture Hours: 4

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: Mathematics of Finance: An Intuitive Introduction

ISBN-13 978 3030254429 | Author: Donald Saari

Description: This is the first part of two-part mathematics of finance course offered to students in the School of Business. Through classroom instruction, students will review the order of operations, ratio, proportion, percent, basic algebra, and graphing

Course Code: MATH 118

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: Principle of Marketing

ISBN-13 978 01357766590 | Author: Phillip Kotler

Description: This course is recognized by the Canadian Institute of Marketing. It provides an overview of contemporary marketing, emphasizing the management of the product/service, price, promotion, and distribution areas of an organization within a changing environment.

Course Code: ACCT 123

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open Suggested Material: Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts with Connect

ISBN-13 978 1259627170 | Author: Thomas Edmonds

Description: The course demonstrates the use of accounting information to make better judgments and decisions about the organization. The course introduces accounting to those people who need to have an understanding of the subject without going into a lot of technical detail.

Course Code: COMM 170

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: College English + Business Communication

ISBN-13 978 1259911811 | Author: Sue Camp

Description: COMM-170 focuses on the refinement of reading and writing skills. The course emphasizes clear, correct writing based on the process of composing, revising, and editing. It will include a review of sentence structure, grammar, diction, and punctuation. All essays written in the course will be in response to assigned readings. The student will recognize and use a variety of structural and stylistic techniques, analyze audience, purpose, and tone, and develop critical reading and thinking skills

Course Code: COMP 123

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: Mastering Excel 201

ISBN-13 978 1916211384 | Author: Nathan George

Description: Digital literacy skills in managing information and communication technology (ICT) are imperative in today’s workplace as businesses continue to utilize technology to gain a competitive advantage. College graduates who can locate, gather, and organize information using appropriate technology and information systems will be able to compete for employment and be more successful in their job roles.

In this course, students have been introduced to spreadsheets and database software concepts. Students build technology skills as they apply formulas and functions, use pivot tables, and create charts in Excel 2019 to solve business problems, analyze data, and make decisions. Students learn how to create and query data in Access 2019, a relational database management system and how to integrate database and spreadsheet data between Microsoft Office software programs.

Students will have an opportunity to attempt the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Excel Associate Exam. MOS exams may be scheduled during class time or on weekends or evenings and must be proctored; therefore students will be provided the exam date/time early in the semester so as to arrange their schedules accordingly.

Code: GNED II

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge and the Standard for Project Management

ISBN-13 978 1628256642 | Author: PMI Institute

Description: The project management profession has significantly evolved due to emerging technology, new approaches, and rapid market changes. Reflecting this evolution, The Standard for Project Management enumerates 12 principles of project management, and the PMBOK(R) Guide – Seventh Edition is structured around eight project performance domains. This course will prepare students for PMI Associate Exam.

Course Code: HRT 301

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: Understanding HR Management, A Canadian Perspective

ISBN-13 978 0176798062 | Author: Eileen Stewart

Description: This course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to Human Resource Management (HRM). It is intended to assist those with little or no prior knowledge of HRM in acquiring a basic level of knowledge/ skill in this subject area. Learners are introduced to the functional areas of HRM and will apply acquired concepts and terminology to solve problems related to effective human resource management in the organization.

Course Code: MATH 150

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: Mathematics of Business and Finance, Fourth Edition.

ISBN-13 978 1927375745 | Author: Larry Daisley

Description: This is the second part of two-part mathematics of finance course offered to students in the School of Business. Through classroom instruction, the student is introduced to the common practice in consumer finance as used by Canadian companies.

Prerequisite: MATH-130

Course Code: BUSN 215

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: In-Class Coaching.

Description: To compete in today’s job market, you need a great resumé and more. Without a great resume, your chances of rising above the crowd are greatly hindered. Not only do you need a great resume to get you an interview, but you also need to be able to communicate your employability and transferable skills during an interview. Whether you are competing for a co-op work placement, entrance into a university program, a job promotion, or landing that new job, you will need to develop a professional business image and learn how to market your skills and abilities to make yourself the best possible applicant.

This course introduces students to career exploration, assessment, and planning. Students will have an opportunity to critically examine a variety of industries and careers and the job prospects therein. Students will develop a LinkedIn profile to create a professional public presence, and tell their story through a targeted resume, accompanying cover letter, and a mock online job interview.

Course Code: BUSN 333

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: In Class Training – No TextBook

Description: Communication is a critical foundation that supports and sustains organizations. As students enter their chosen field, they will be expected to conduct credible research on business issues and to clearly communicate their results through writing and business presentations.

To learn to collaborate in teams across local, regional, national, and global distances, students will communicate and work together using traditional means (emails, letters, memos, reports, meetings, presentations) as well as emerging technologies (online meetings, video conferences, web presentations, blogs, social media).

In-person students will be tasked with activities through delivery methods such as live presentations, while online learners will complete the same activities virtually. Both sets of students will acquire awareness.

Course Code: HRMT 300

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: OPEN

Suggested Material: Essentials of Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach

ISBN-13 978-1544396781 |Author: Terril Scandura

Description: Students study the behavior of individuals and groups as part of the social and technical system in the workplace. They examine individual and group behavior, communication, conflict, and various management styles, motivational techniques, and coordination in the work environment and apply these concepts to the development of an organization’s human resources.

Course Code: MGMT 222

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: OPEN Suggested Material: Principles of Management 1st Edition

ISBN-13 0978 0998625768 |Author: Openstax Features Description: Management Principles is for students who wish to acquire fundamental knowledge and skills pertaining to general business management. The course will introduce students to the basic aspects of managing and is structured around the key management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.

Students will learn how to identify, analyze, and solve managerial problems; how to make things happen through effective and efficient management; how to meet the competition; how to organize people, projects, and processes. Specific focus is placed on the subject areas of decision making, business strategy, value chain management, organizational structure, global management, corporate culture, managerial leadership, and organizational performance.

In recognition of the fact that management is an applied discipline, the course places a strong emphasis on case analyses, research on particular companies, and an inquiry into the current management practices of leading firms in a variety of industry sectors.

Course Code: HRT 301

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: Understanding HR Management, A Canadian Perspective

ISBN-13 978 0176798062 | Author: Eileen Stewart

Description: This course provides students with a comprehensive introduction to Human Resource Management (HRM). It is intended to assist those with little or no prior knowledge of HRM in acquiring a basic level of knowledge/ skill in this subject area. Learners are introduced to the functional areas of HRM and will apply acquired concepts and terminology to solve problems related to effective human resource management in the organization.

Course Code: MATH 150

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Open

Suggested Material: Mathematics of Business and Finance, Fourth Edition.

ISBN-13 978 1927375745 | Author: Larry Daisley

Description: This is the second part of two-part mathematics of finance course offered to students in the School of Business. Through classroom instruction, the student is introduced to the common practice in consumer finance as used by Canadian companies.

Prerequisite: MATH-130

Course Code: MKTG 228

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Principles of Marketing for a Digital Age

ISBN-13 0978 1526423344 |Author: Tracy Tuten

Description: This course focuses on those digital marketing strategies which are widely regarded as key to effectively communicating with today’s online customers. Digital marketing, as examined in this course, is based on the imperatives of ubiquitous access, consumer engagement, and the democratization of media. The course concentrates on three interrelated components, digital marketing and its foundations in direct marketing and relationship marketing.

The first part of the course focuses on the digital marketing strategy development and history, foundation, and application of direct marketing campaigns, with particular emphasis on the creation and utilization of customer databases. Additionally, students learn how to create an organization-wide customer-centric approach to the marketplace along with specific strategies for building long-term relationships with customers (customer lifetime value).

Two-thirds of the course is concentrated on digital marketing. Students learn how to develop a digital marketing strategy; use digital marketing tools, acquire implementation skills in the form of an introduction to digital project management and practice how to present their ideas and plans. Learning to understand customers and how marketers are connecting with them to achieve measurable results. The course will pay particular attention to

• Content marketing
• Web property analysis (strategy, design, and navigation) including SEO
• Social media marketing,- choosing the right tool and measuring success
• Mobile marketing
• Web advertising; web analytics (Google TM and others) – leveraging business marketing intelligence
• E-commerce and web business models – customer acquisition and conversion
• Case-based learning – Consumer and B2B
• Digital marketing’s relationship to entrepreneurship

Course Code: MKTG 227

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Management

Accounting: Information for Decision-Making and Strategy Execution

ISBN-13 0978 0137024971 |Author: Anthony Atkinson Description: This course examines managerial accounting topics related to cost concepts & the cost of goods manufacture schedule, job order costing, process costing, activity-based costing, master budgets, flexible budgets, and variance analysis. Instructional methods include lectures, class discussion, and problem-solving.

Course Code: ECON 233

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Modern Principles of Microeconomics 

ISBN-13 0978 1429278416 |Author: Tyler Cowen

Description: This course introduces the student to the principles of microeconomics. The course will examine the behavior of individual consumers and business firms as they try to deal with the fundamental economic problem of scarcity.

The course examines some of the big ideas that recur throughout economics such as opportunity cost, marginal decision-making, the role of incentives, and the efficiency of market allocations.

The course examines how prices are established by supply and demand conditions in the various types of market structures, and why it is sometimes necessary for the government to become involved in the market.

Course Code: MGMT 266

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: Customer Relationship Management: Concept, Strategy, and Tools 

ISBN-13 0978 3662553800 | Author: V. Kumar

Description: The journey to customer-centricity is not an easy one. A customer-centric company will have many challenges aligning objectives, targets, rewards, and recognition with customer needs. Companies with customer-centric business models have a specific approach and strategic mindset to doing business that ensures the customer is at the center of the company’s operating model.

This course will provide students with an understanding of customer-centric business strategies. Students will discover that managers need to entrust frontline employees with the critical task of generating loyalty and enthusiasm among customers. Companies need to teach employees the skills they need to achieve those results. Students will gain hands-on experience using social media and customer relationship management software aimed at improving customer experience, satisfaction, and retention.

Course Code: AAB 270

Total Lecture Hours: 3

Lab hours per week: N/A

Course Availability: ISE Data Analytics for Accounting

ISBN-13 0978 1260571097 | Author: Richardson

Description: Students will learn the basics of Data Analytics and basic tools that can be utilized to provide meaningful data presentation.