Entrepreneurial Leadership: Bachelor of Business Administration
Description
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Entrepreneurial Leadership program provides full-time and part-time intensive study for students wishing to earn a business degree.
Based on extensive consultations with business leaders, this degree is designed for managers and entrepreneurs who intend to take business leadership roles or start their own businesses. Graduates will be engaged in enterprise development and management and leadership in small and medium-sized business.
This degree is an appropriate goal for students who want to study beyond a diploma or their initial two years of post-secondary education. Students enter the program in Year 1 or in Year 3 after successfully completing a 60 credit business diploma or 60 credits of study at a post-secondary institution, with appropriate bridging courses.
Many degree classes are scheduled after 4:00 p.m. and in the evening to allow students to further their education while maintaining current employment.
Students acquire the following:
- Technical business skills through subject specific studies
- General success skills through essential skills studies
- A better understanding of human society and how to contribute to it through liberal education studies
Some unique features of this program are:
- Practicum, learning partnerships with business, applied projects and assignments and ongoing work experience
- Entry points that allow for the transfer of credits from recognized post-secondary programs
- Focus on management of small to medium sized businesses, entrepreneurial management and management of service sector enterprises
- Exit/re-entry flexibility, where a student can complete the program at their own pace. This allows for changing outside-of-school time requirements and does not lock a student into a rigid program structure and time-frame
- Professional development for individuals seeking higher level training
- Students can qualify for a diploma in General Business Studies after completion of the first 60 credits of core courses
Career Opportunities
Depending upon their capabilities and experience, a graduate may be able to attain advancement with their current employer, develop their own business enterprise, or fill a variety of management and leadership positions in small and medium-sized businesses.
Program Admission Requirements
Year 1 Admission:
General university admission requirements apply to this program including the undergraduate-level English Proficiency Requirement.
Please Note: One post-secondary English course, equivalent to Kwantlen’s ENGL 1100, is a graduation requirement for all Kwantlen degrees. Students wishing to complete the program without having to undertake any preparatory courses must enter with English 12 with a B grade or the equivalent. Please make an appointment with an Academic Advisor to plan your course selections accordingly.
Year 3 Admission
Students may enter the program in Year 3 provided they have ONE of the following:
- Completion of a business-related diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution, with:
- a minimum of 60 credits
- a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher; and
- a minimum grade of C+ in Accounting and Statistics
OR
- Completion of 60 transferable credits at the undergraduate level from a recognized post-secondary institution, including:
- a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7; and
- a minimum grade of C+ in Accounting and Statistics
- the following six required bridging courses or transferable equivalents:
- ACCT 1230 - Business Statistics (or BUQU 1230) with a minimum grade of C+.
Note: Students may earn credit for only one of ACCT 1230 or BUQU 1230. - ACCT 2293 - Introductory Financial Accounting (or ACCT 1110 and ACCT 1210) with a minimum grade of C+
- ECON 1150 Principles of Microeconomics with a minimum grade of C
- MRKT 1199 Introduction to Marketing with a minimum grade of C
- BUSI 1210 Essentials of Management (or BUSI 1215 Organizational Behavior I) with a minimum grade of C
- CBSY 1105 Introductory Microcomputer Applications (or CBSY 2205 Computers and Information Processing) with a minimum grade of C
- ACCT 1230 - Business Statistics (or BUQU 1230) with a minimum grade of C+.
Program Continuance Requirements
For students admitted to Year 1 of the program, continuation into Year 3 requires:
- Successful completion of Year 1 and Year 2 program requirements (minimum 60 credits)
- Successful completion of ENGL 1100 and CMNS 1140
- A minimum grade of C+ in Accounting and Statistics
- A minimum program GPA of 2.7
Co-operative Education
This degree program is offered with a Co-operative Education option. Co-operative Education provides a student with paid, practical work experience that gives them an opportunity to apply the skills they are gaining through their education. Degree students can complete two work terms over an 8 month continuous placement or a combination of two separate 4-month work semesters.
Co-operative Education is optional and selective. Students wishing to choose the Co-op option must register into COOP 1101 upon approval into the degree program. If you have already taken COOP 1101, contact the Co-op Office to indicate your interest.
Students must complete a minimum of 360 hours of work per work term and students must receive satisfactory performance evaluations from their employer(s).
The Co-operative Education designation requires successful completion of the following courses:
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| COOP 1101 | Job Search Techniques | 1 credit | |
And either: |
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| COOP 3210 | Co-op Work Semester 3 | 9 credits | |
| Or both: | |||
| COOP 3211 | Co-op Work Semester 3 | 4.5 credits | |
| COOP 3212 | Co-op Work Semester 3 | 4.5 credits | |
And either: |
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| COOP 4210 | Co-op Work Semester 4 | 9 credits | |
| Or both: | |||
| COOP 4211 | Co-op Work Semester 4 | 4.5 credits | |
| COOP 4212 | Co-op Work Semester 4 | 4.5 credits | |
The BBA Entrepreneurial Leadership program recommends successful completion of a minimum of 30 program credits with a minimum GPA of 2.70 prior to taking COOP 1101.
The following qualifications must be met prior to your first work term:
- Successful completion of COOP 1101
- Instructor permission
- Minimum GPA of 2.70 in any 5 program courses
Students completing all the requirements of a Co-operative Education program will receive a Co-operative Education designation on their credential and transcript.
Content
The degree program requires a minimum of 120 credits of required courses and electives. Students admitted to Year 3 will have already completed a minimum of 60 credits. If a first year English course was not completed prior to Year 3 entry, degree completion will require more than 120 credits in total. The third and fourth year courses are rigorous and demanding. Students should carefully consider the time requirements of part-time versus full-time study based on their individual work and personal situations.
Note: Not all courses are offered at all times or on all campuses. It is important to ensure work and personal schedules can accommodate the posted schedule times prior to committing to the program. It may be necessary for students to take courses at both Surrey and Richmond campuses to complete the program.
Year 1
One of: |
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| ACCT 1130 | Business Mathematics* | 3 credits | |
| BUQU 1130 | Business Mathematics* | 3 credits | |
One of: |
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| ACCT 1230 | Business Statistics** | 3 credits | |
| BUQU 1230 | Business Statistics** | 3 credits | |
One of: |
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| BUSI 1210 | Essentials of Management | 3 credits | |
| BUSI 1215 | Organizational Behaviour | 3 credits | |
One of: |
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| CPSC 1100 | Introduction to Computer Literacy | 3 credits | |
| CBSY 1105 | Introductory Microcomputer Applications | 3 credits | |
All of: |
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| ACCT 2293 | Introduction to Financial Accounting | 3 credits | |
| BUSI 1110 | Fundamentals of Business | 3 credits | |
| CMNS 1140 | Introduction to Professional Communication | 3 credits | |
| ECON 1150 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 credits | |
| ENGL 1100 | Writing, Reading & Thinking: An Introduction | 3 credits | |
| MRKT 1199 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 credits | |
Notes:
* Students may earn credit for only one of ACCT 1130 or BUQU 1130
**Students may earn credit for only one of ACCT 1230 or BUQU 1230.
Year 2
All of: |
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| ECON 1250 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 credits | |
| BUSI 2390 | Business Law | 3 credits | |
| ACCT 3320 | Introductory Management Accounting* | 3 credits | |
| CBSY 2205 | Management Information Systems | 3 credits | |
| An elective (this can be any course numbered 1100 or higher) with a minimum of 3 credits | |||
One of: |
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| MRKT 1299 | Consumer Behaviour | 3 credits | |
| An elective selected from the list of approved Faculty of Business Liberal Education Electives with a minimum of 3 credits | |||
| An Economics course numbered 1100 or higher**with a minimum of 3 credits | |||
| An Applied Communications course numbered 1100 or higher with a minimum of 3 credits | |||
Four courses numbered 2000 or higher selected from the following subject areas: |
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| Accounting (ACCT) minimum of 3 credits | |||
| Business Management (BUSI) minimum of 3 credits | |||
| Computer Business Systems (CBSY) minimum of 3 credits | |||
| Economics (ECON) minimum of 3 credits | |||
| Marketing (MRKT) minimum of 3 credits | |||
Note:
* Students who are admitted to the BBA program in Year 1 and take ACCT 3320 may not take ENTR 3120 for further credit. They may take an elective instead of ENTR 3120 in Year 3.
** Credit for ECON 1101 will not be granted if taken after ECON 1150 or ECON 1250
Year 3
All of: |
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| ENTR 3000 | Professional Business Communications | 3 credits | |
| ENTR 3110 | Advanced Organizational Behaviour | 3 credits | |
| ENTR 3120 | Managerial Accounting* | 3 credits | |
| ENTR 3130 | Production and Operations Management | 3 credits | |
| ENTR 3140 | Entrepreneurial Marketing | 3 credits | |
| ENTR 3160 | Information Technology for Business | 3 credits | |
One of: |
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| ENTR 3150 | Business Economics | 3 credits | |
| ECON 3150 | Managerial Economics | 3 credits | |
One of: |
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| ENTR 3170 | Entrepreneurial Finance | 3 credits | |
| ACCT 3380 | Managerial Finance | 3 credits | |
Note:
Students who are admitted to the BBA program in Year 1 and take ACCT 3320 may not take ENTR 3120 for further credit. They may take an elective instead of ENTR 3120 in Year 3.
Year 4
All of: |
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| ENTR 4110 | Business Leadership | 3 credits | |
| ENTR 4120 | Human Resource Management | 3 credits | |
| ENTR 4140 | Entrepreneurial Sales and Customer Service* | 3 credits | |
| ENTR 4200 | Business Strategy | 3 credits | |
| ENTR 4250 | Entrepreneurial Leadership Practicum** | 6 credits | |
| ENTR 4300 | Entrepreneurial Management for Service Companies | 3 credits | |
Notes:
* Students are required to participate in an actual sales project that counts towards their graded assessment.
** Students are required to participate in an actual business launch project that counts towards their graded assessment.
Liberal Education Courses
All business degrees require a minimum of 18 credits of liberal education that include:
- A first year English course (ENGL 1100 or equivalent). If this was not completed prior to BBA entry it must be completed prior to graduation.
- One 3rd or 4th year Ethics course chosen from:
- PHIL 3033 Business Ethics OR
- LBED 4210 Ethics and Social Issues
- Four electives chosen from the list of approved Faculty of Business Liberal Education Electives. Note: No more than 3 credits can be taken from any one of CMNS, ECON or MRKT courses found on the list of approved electives.
Graduation
Upon successful completion of this program, students are eligible to receive a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Upon successful completion of this program with co-operative education, students are eligible to receive a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Co-operative Education Option.
