Bachelor of Business Administration (On-Campus Delivery)

ENGL101 Research & Composition
This course builds on the conventions and techniques of composition through critical reading and writing related to the student’s program of study. Students apply principles of logic, strategic thinking, and synthesis to prepare sound arguments supported by relevant, well documented research. The culminating activity is a persuasive and analytical paper referencing contemporary issues in technology where individual style and unique thinking are demonstrated.

(3 credits) (3 credits) (online) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

(In BC Academic Calendar but not ON or NB)
ENGL 180 English for Academic Purposes

This course is a requirement for any student who does not meet the language proficiency admission requirements for the Yorkville University undergraduate programs. The English for Academic Purposes course is designed to assist students in adjusting to an English academic environment, addressing such skills as: academic and business writing (style, syntax, cohesiveness etc.), group discussions (presenting proposals, agreeing, and disagreeing, organizing ideas), analyzing academic and business-related reading materials, critical thinking, delivering effective presentations, research and referencing, and reflecting on case studies. This course also addresses any important differences in academic culture in an effort to reduce the likelihood of any cross-cultural misunderstandings.

(3 credits) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

ENGL190 Communications for the Creative Arts
The course builds on the art and science of reading and writing to prepare learners for effective communication in a creative field of study and work. This entails activities and assignments based on music, political speeches, social media, poetry and history that hone the capacity for literary products in various genres of business, academic and creative writing. Learners will develop their own voice and style in an interactive and collaborative self-directed learning environment.”

(3 credits) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

QRSS100 Qualitative Research Methods for Social Science
This course explores the qualitative research methods that researchers use to answer empirical questions within the sphere of the social sciences, as well as within business and the humanities. It will teach students the basic knowledge and skills required to do qualitative research and to be intelligent consumers of others’ qualitative research. Topics include assessing existing research; collecting, analysing, and interpreting qualitative information; and methods to communicate research. By using a variety of research tools, students will explore how formulating sound qualitative research leads to objective and reliable outcomes. Students will also learn to identify ethical, ideological, empirical, and theoretical aspects of research, and recognize effective research.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

ARTH110 Western Art – Prehistoric to Gothic
This course introduces students to the art and architecture of ancient societies from around the world, spanning pre-history to the fall of the Roman Empire. Using a broad, interdisciplinary approach, various art works are examined as emanations of a universal human condition and as unique expressions of culturally specific worldviews. After exploring various definitions of ‘art’ and an overview of the earliest emergence of art and artistic traits in human history, focus then turns toward the complexities of the ancient mind and ancient civilizations. Through the art and architecture of each historical period, students learn the symbolic ‘language’ through which ancient societies transmitted their most profound ideas. Greater fluency in this ancient symbolic language allows students to understand the differences between sacred, traditional theological and profane art and the concepts that define their original purposes.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: For BID students – Pre-requisite(s): ENGL101. For BBA Students – Pre-requisite(s): None

ARTH120 Western Art – Renaissance to Contemporary
The road to understanding modern and contemporary art begins with a study of the evolution of the modern mind. The course begins by analyzing the transition from a medieval worldview to the emergence of a scientific outlook in the late 1400s. The Renaissance and the resurgence of ancient Classical learning are also examined for their influences on artistic and architectural styles, and for their adoption of and challenge to the dominant theological doctrines of the early Modern era. Finally, the art of the 20th, 21st centuries is explored as both a culmination of Postmodernism and ‘end’ to the traditional narrative of art history, signalling a growing desire to be inclusive to new media and globally diverse artists.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: For BID students – Pre-requisite(s): ARTH110. For BBA Students – Pre-requisite(s): None.

ARTS101 Principles of Art and Design
This course introduces students to the underlying principles of art and design. In this course, students will develop a critical understanding of the principles that form the foundation of many creative arts. Using a broad, interdisciplinary approach, various creative and artistic disciplines are examined as variations of applications of such artistic principles. These principles are in many ways the building blocks of all artistic creations, and to learn them is to better understand art creation itself. Students will explore various explanations of these ‘art principles’ and what these might look like in different times and spaces while making universal human connections.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

ARTS102 Arts Industries in Canada – an Introduction and Overview
This course introduces students to the variety of art industries in Canada and furthermore describes the scope of the creative and artistic industries in Canada. Students develop a critical understanding of the factors that shape creative industries and the importance of these creative industries to the Canadian economy. Taking a broad view, the courses will examine a majority of the creative arts such as fine art, design studies, music, drama, dance. cinematics and photography, crafts, and creative/imaginative writing. Not only will students develop a deep understanding of the breadth of the Canadian arts industry, but also how to negotiate the art professional working landscape.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

ARTS103 Perspectives on Indigenous Arts
This course is a survey of the cultural and art practices of various indigenous people found around the globe. While fostering an appreciation for cultural and artistic endeavors, students develop an understanding of the term indigenous. The course explores various indigenous arts which include illustration, craft, and performance. The course considers what the indigenous arts might look like in different time periods, locations, and in different cultural and contextual motivations.

(3 credits) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

CRIN110 Creativity and Innovation
This course examines concepts and techniques widely applicable to personal life and business: individual creativity and innovation in organizations. It offers alternatives to standard models of decision making and formal critical thinking by describing imaginative ways of approaching problems. Students learn techniques of problem identification, idea generation, idea selection, and idea implementation. The course teaches problem-solving practices and varied strategies that release individual creativity and encourage innovation within organizational structures. Emphasis is placed on how creative and innovative solutions 114 can be found to problems that are inadequately addressed by Cartesian thinking processes and the debunking of common myths held about creative individuals and organizations. Students are instructed in a variety of concepts and practical methods that they can apply to their studies, work, and personal lives.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

ENGL150 Professional Communication
This course extends composition and research principles to writing in a career context. Students apply principles of economy and clarity to create business documents that are informative and persuasive. While the course focuses on business messaging, it also includes formal research report writing, as well as the planning and delivery of oral presentations.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: For BID students – Pre-requisite(s): ENGL101. For BBA students.

COMM100 Cross Cultural Communication
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts as well as practical aspects of cross-cultural communication. The course involves a survey of the key concepts in cross-cultural communication, which could be applied to a wide range of communication contexts both academic and workplace. To understand culture in terms of diversity and subcultures in a global context, the course features cross-cultural communication in relation to language, culture, and discourse practices. The course utilizes a practiceoriented format to develop cross-cultural communication skills by means of presentations, analysis, and application.

(3 credits) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

UNIV101 University Studies
University Studies offers students the opportunity to become familiar with the undergraduate academic environment and learn how to navigate institutional procedures and services. Students learn essential academic and personal skills that will allow them to perform successfully in a highly demanding academic setting. Particular focus will be placed on the effective use of technology and social media. The multiple learning formats included in the course will facilitate the transition to the diverse learning-delivery methods commonly used in Canadian colleges and universities.

(3 credits) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

GEOG210 Human Geography
Human geography examines how people, communities, and cultures interact within physical geographic space. It looks at how the spatial environment affects key categories of human activities. The course includes an overview of the location, flow, and uses of the earth’s principle resources, both natural and human. It emphasizes how the physical characteristics of the earth’s surface affect political, social, cultural, demographic, and economic dynamics throughout the world, and explores the potential effects of ecological threats.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 2)
Prerequisites: One Tier 1 course

ECON211 Microeconomics
This course teaches the theory and concepts of microeconomics within the context of market decisions. It examines the concepts of supply and demand; pricing and elasticity; consumer behaviour and its impact on economic decisions; market structures that form the basis for various levels of competition; different types of markets, including labour and factor markets; and the role of government as it relates to microeconomic policy. It synthesizes theoretical concepts and examples of everyday events.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 2)
Prerequisite(s): One Tier 1 course

ENGL250 The Workplace in Fiction
This course explores the workplace through its expression in the imaginative fiction of literature, film, and essays. Students will study poems, plays, short stories, films, and essays with themes or storylines that emanate from the workplace. Students will read, view, interpret, and analyze fiction relating to the workplace in order to understand the connections between occupation and personal identity and the connections between social and personal significance. Students will note and discuss trends in society that are illustrated by business and workplace attitudes and portrayed in creative fiction.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 2)
Prerequisites: One Tier 1 course

HIST300 The History of Sport
This course explores the history of sport and athletics, ranging from the oldest forms of recreation to modern professional sports. It examines the established historical record, but also examines how we determine these facts through interpretation. By synthesizing the practice of sports with various theories of practicing history, students learn to evaluate historical claims that are often disguised in the playful focus of sports. Through such an analysis of historical sports, students develop a critical awareness of the social and ethical issues around such key aspects of human and social life.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 2)
Prerequisites: One Tier 1 course

PHIL300 Philosophical Thought and Leisure
This course uses philosophy and philosophical thinking and applies it to an examination of leisure. Students will learn to adopt a philosophical approach, examining and reflecting upon the role of leisure today in what makes the good life. The relationship between philosophy, the good life, and leisure act as a framework for examining key philosophical issues, such as ethics, education, religion, aesthetics and art, health, politics, and consumerism.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 2)
Prerequisites: One Tier 1 course

SOCI300 Sociology and Culture
This course explores some of the major issues affecting society and culture. It draws upon the discipline of sociology providing students with analytic tools to critically explore their contemporary social and cultural world. The course includes topics such as culture, socialization, social structure and class, stratification, institutions, urbanization and the environment as they affect Canadian society.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 2)
Prerequisites: One Tier 1 course

PSYC200 Psychology of Everyday Life
This course provides an overview of the field of psychology as it pertains to everyday life. Research methods and scientific reasoning form the foundation of the discipline, and the course begins by asking: How is psychology a science, and why is this important? The course covers several domains of the discipline: health psychology, consciousness, memory, life span development, motivation and emotion, personality, psychological disorders, therapy, and social psychology. While specific topics will vary from domain to domain, students will explore how each domain relies on the same underlying scientific principles and research methods to answer questions about the mind and behaviour. Within each domain, certain overlapping themes will also be highlighted. The course is grounded on the premise that within these domains, psychology is a route for effecting change and gaining some measure of control over our lives.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 2)
Prerequisites: One Tier 1 course

SOCI200 Global Issues in Sociology
This course brings together key perspectives in sociology to provide students with an overview of contemporary global issues influencing people’s everyday lives. By combining theoretically oriented explanations, empirical evidence, and case studies within the field, students will learn to use the sociological imagination to address current events and issues affecting to world around us. Some topics covered in the course include migration and social mobility; climate change and natural disasters; pandemics and diseases; digital technology and mass media; and the digital divide.

(3 credits) (Tier 2)
Prerequisites: One Tier 1 courses

HUMN100 Introduction to Beauty
In this course, students will gain insight into how the concept of beauty has shaped and motivated our world. Addressing beauty from both historical and contemporary perspectives, this course will focus on the intersections of beauty with visual art and design, philosophies of aesthetics, and media studies. Including opportunities to explore beauty as it relates to screen media, performing arts, literature, and/or music, this interdisciplinary approach will create a personal and cultural investigation on how beauty sparks action and inspiration. Global, Indigenous, and Western views on beauty will be included to examine themes such as the natural world, the body, and the value of beauty in our everyday lives.

(3 credits) (Tier 1)
Prerequisites: None

HUMN200 World Religions: A Comparative Study
The comparative study of religion investigates both the differences and common ground among the world’s religions. The course examines the relationship of world religions in the context of their history, leaders, and knowledge systems to modern science. In the spirit of inquiry, expanding the imagination, knowledge, and understanding the course explores the relevance of religion to contemporary facets of Canadian culture.

(3 credits) (Tier 2)
Prerequisites: None

HUMN422 Topics in Technology and Society
In this interdisciplinary, integrative course, the relationship between technology and society is investigated through readings, reflection, assignments, class discussion, and a formal research essay. The course identifies conditions that have promoted technological development and assesses its social, political, environmental, psychological, and economic effects. Issues of power and control and consideration of the effects of technologies on the human condition are primary themes. Written discussions, assignments, and the writing of a formal research essay draw together students’ prior learning in other general education courses.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 3)
Prerequisites: Two Tier 2 courses

HUMN430 Topics in Power and Society
In this interdisciplinary, integrative course, power, its meaning and its exercise between human beings and groups is investigated through readings, reflection, assignments, class discussion, and a formal research essay. The course describes a variety of taxonomies by which power can defined and understood. Students look to the socially-based sources of power as well as the reasons individuals and groups acquiesce to power. Power is shown as a defining characteristic in all human activities by drawing on a wide array of social science and humanities scholarly material.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 3)
Prerequisites: Two Tier 2 courses

HUMN450 Design Thinking
Design thinking is a creative problem-solving process used in a wide variety of disciplines. This course gives students a broad conceptual understanding of the theories and philosophies that form the foundation of the design thinking process, building towards a practical application of the methods to tackle, rethink, or solve a problem.

(3 credits) (online) (Tier 3)
Prerequisites: Two Tier 2 courses

HUMN440 Smart and Sustainable Cities
In this course students explore, evaluate, and critique the concepts and possibilities for creating smart cities to meet social, environmental, and economic sustainability goals. Smart cities use digitized electronic information and communication technologies (ICT), internet of things (IoT) devices and networks, urban analytics, and ‘smart governance’ to monitor, manage, and enhance urban services; improve urban livability; facilitate urban environmental sustainability; and improve the economic efficiency and productivity of cities. Combining smart city methods with public policy goals based on sustainability objectives, two primary innovations in cities – the exploding possibilities created by ICT and the ethical necessity of focusing on sustainability in city functions -are investigated. This class will look at the theories, strategies, and existing frameworks of smart and sustainable city innovations as they can enhance urban life now and into the future.

(3 credits) (Tier 3)

Core Business Courses
BUSI 1063 Business and Sustainability
This course will explore the impact of business activity on ecosystems, and examine methods of approaching business activity from a sustainability perspective. Students will look at how ecosystem-based management (EBM) informs business decisions in today’s context, and will investigate the implications of EBM across various business actions and activities.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: None

BUSI 2003 Macroeconomics in Global Context
*An overview of macroeconomic issues: the determination of output, employment, unemployment, interest rates, and inflation. Topics include: monetary and fiscal policies; public debt; and international economic issues. Basic models of macroeconomics are introduced and principles within the experience of the North American and other economies are illustrated.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: None

BUSI 2013 Business Decisions Analysis
This course prepares students to make applied and informed business decisions through the use of modeling, analytical and problem-solving techniques. Specifically, students will develop an understanding of the concepts of certainty, uncertainty, probability and risk analysis, as well as basic probability concepts, random variables, descriptive measures, and properties of distribution, statistical decision theory and Bayesian approaches. Based on this foundation, the course will then delve into discrete and continuous probability models and their applications to solving business problems.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: BUSI 1013 Statistics for Business

BUSI 2023 Business Law
Students gain a basic understanding of fundamental structural legal frameworks under which firms must operate. The course begins with the basic building blocks of business law, followed by a review of legal business structures, including sole proprietorship, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, for profit, not-for-profit, and public firms. The second phase of the course examines a broad range of legal issues that could impact business operations, including intellectual property, contracts, product development, mergers and acquisitions, international trade, business disputes, bankruptcy and reorganization.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: None

BUSI 2033 Organizational Behaviour and Management
This course explores the interaction among individuals and organizations, and how this interaction can impact others within the organization or the organization itself. Even in today’s technologically driven world, the effectiveness of organizations is still rooted in their ability to leverage the full potential of the people involved within their operations. Students are introduced to various topics including value systems, motivation, teams, effective communication, power and conflict, organizational culture and structure, leadership, ethics and organizational change. They emerge from the course with a better understanding of the role of people within organizations, and how their own personal strengths can contribute positively to the organizations to which they belong.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: None

BUSI 2043 International Business Environment
In this course, students will be introduced to the field of international business, focusing on how business decisions are influenced by culture, economics, and marketing. Using case study, this course emphasizes the opportunities and problems associated with doing business in an international environment. Note: though the principles will be constant, the international geography may vary according to the interest of the faculty and students.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: None

BUSI 2053 Business Ethics
In this course, students will learn how the ethical dimension of business is a critical success factor for businesses. The objective of this course is to develop moral sensibility and an awareness of social responsibility in the context of business management. Students will explore such topics as the relationship between business and society, the link between corporate strategy and social responsibility, the importance of corporate reputation, ethical decision-making, and the impact that business has on the environment.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: None

BUSI 2173 Information Technology for Managers
*Information technology is a vital strategic tool to gain competitive advantage. As such, this course prepares business professionals to understand and manage informational and technological systems, tools, partners and projects. Students will be introduced to the infrastructural elements of technological systems, as well as several types of such systems including decision support systems, informational and database systems, and e-commerce/e-business. To be better able to manage these vital projects effectively, the course will introduce students to the system development lifecycle and the basics of managing IT projects. Finally, pressing issues on information security, privacy, as well as ethical and social considerations will be discussed.
(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: None

(In BC Academic Calendar but not ON or NB)
BUSI 4073 Strategic Management
The Strategic Management course is about identifying and building a firm’s competitive advantage – understanding and improving the myriad of factors and processes (e.g. corporate performance, governance, leadership, corporate culture, technological innovation, business ethics, social responsibility) that reduce the risk of failure and increase the likelihood of success in achieving a firm’s strategic objectives. This course focuses particularly on the role of the general manager in formulating, implementing, evaluating, and measuring business decisions on behalf of the firm’s owners – the shareholders. Students are introduced to and learn to apply concepts and tools that allow them to analyse the environmental (economic, legal, social, political), internal, market, and competitive factors that shape strategic and competitive advantage. The course integrates and builds on knowledge and skills acquired in earlier courses in the program.

(3 credits)
Prerequisite(s): Students must have completed 90 credit hours of the BBA program.
Pre-requisite(s): BUSI 4153 Business Strategy

BUSI 2083 Managerial Accounting
This course focuses on how managers use accounting information to make decisions, with an emphasis on job costing and activity-based costing. The course also covers product costing, budgetary control systems, and performance evaluation systems. for planning, coordinating, and monitoring the performance of a business; flexible budgets; and break-even analysis. In addition, students will be introduced to the concept of flexible budgets and break-even analysis.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: BUSI 1043 Introduction to Financial Accounting

BUSI 2093 Introduction to Managerial Finance
This course introduces major concepts in finance and investments, such as the time value of money, discounted cash flows, and risk and return. Students also examine how firms decide to finance projects they assess as being worthwhile, and how to make investment decisions.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: BUSI 2083 Managerial Accounting

BUSI 2103 Human Resource Management and Development
This course introduces students to the theory and practice of personnel management and the significant issues that are part of the management of human resources in organizations. Students who complete this course will be able to design and implement an effective human resource management strategy. In addition, students are expected to identify specific HR management skills that they need to develop and begin the process of developing these skills.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: BUSI 2033 Organizational Behaviour and Management

BUSI 2113 Production/Operations Management
In this course, students are presented with a comprehensive overview of the major elements of operations management, including but not limited to: materials requirements planning, supply chain and logistics management, purchasing, manufacturing and production, inventory and downstream distribution, service quality, and customer relationship management. The course will also explore popular control processes such as Business Process Reengineering (BPR) and Total Quality Management (TQM) and review popular e-business software applications.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: BUSI 1103 Statistics for Business

BUSI 4153 Business Strategy
Introduction to a strategic perspective on issues that concern contemporary businesses, drawing on and exploring concepts from a number of undergraduate business courses (marketing, finance, accounting, management, and organizational behaviour). Exploring appropriate methodologies/approaches to strategic analysis, students use material from other courses in the analysis and resolution of complex business situations.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: BUSI 1043 Introduction to Financial Accounting; BUSI 2033 Organizational Behaviour and Management; BUSI 2063 Introduction to Marketing; BUSI 2073 Management Information Systems; BUSI 2173 – Information Technology for Managers; BUSI 2083 Managerial Accounting; BUSI 2093 Introduction to Managerial Finance; BUSI 2103 Human Resources Management and Development; BUSI 2113 Production/Operations Management.
Anti-requisite: BUSI 4073 Strategic management

BUSI 2153 Entrepreneurship
This course focuses on the practical aspects of establishing and developing a business. Using case study, the course is designed to help the student analyze the strengths and weaknesses of a newly formed business. Topics include: opportunity recognition, feasibility study, risk, venture capital sources, business economics, marketing requirements, negotiations and resource needs. Case studies will be used.

(3 credits) (Required)
Prerequisites: BUSI 1083 Microeconomics; BUSI 1043 Introduction to Financial Accounting; BUSI 2033 Organizational Behaviour and Management; BUSI 2063 Introduction to Marketing; BUSI 2083 Managerial Accounting.

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