Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Bachelor of Business Administration

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Business Administration degree requirements, which include regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements. Please refer to the Degree Requirement section for further information.

Program Requirements:

To graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) or a Bachelor of Business Administration (four-year), students must complete 120 credits, including 66 credits of core requirements as outlined below. Students may also complete a concentration, along with their core BBA requirements. Available Concentrations are as follows: Accounting, Business Analytics and Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Leadership, Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, International Business, Public Administration, and Sustainable Development

Students completing the BBA (Honours) must achieve a minimum average of 70% in the program. Students completing the BBA (four-year) must achieve a minimum average of 60% in the program.

ADMN 1011	Academic Success Workshops	1 cr.
ADMN 1206	Business Communication and Case Analysis	3 cr.
ADMN 1306	Digital Management	3 cr.
ACCT 1106	Introductory Financial Accounting I	3 cr.
ACCT 1107	Introductory Financial Accounting II	3 cr.
ADMN 1607	Business Mathematics	3 cr.
ECON 1006	Introduction to Microeconomics	3 cr.
ECON 1007	Introduction to Macroeconomics	3 cr.
MKTG 1126	Marketing Concepts	3 cr.
ORGS 1136	Introduction to Organizational Behaviour	3 cr.
ADMN 2011	Academic Success and Career Management Workshops	1 cr.
ACCT 2146	Management Accounting and Control I	3 cr.
ADMN 2136	Research in Management	3 cr.
ADMN 2167	Business Decision Making	3 cr.
ADMN 2306	Business Ethics	3 cr.
ADMN 2307	Commercial Law	3 cr.
ADMN 2606	Business Statistics	3 cr.
ADMN 2716	Change Management and Innovation Leadership	3 cr.
ADMN 3011	Career Management Workshops	1 cr.
ADMN 3046	Operations Management	3 cr.
FINC 3116	Financial Management I	3 cr.
TMGT 3856	Information Systems	3 cr.
ADMN 4606	Business Strategy and Policy I	3 cr.
ADMN 4607	Business Strategy and Policy II	3 cr.
*3000 or 4000 level ACCT, ADMN, ECON, FINC, MKTG, ORGS, TMGT		6 cr.
Humanities, Science, and/or Social Science		6 cr.
**Electives		42 cr.

*Students enrolled in the BBA (Honours) must include six credits from below, if not already completed in their Area of Concentration:
ADMN 4306	Management Consulting I (iLEAD)	3 cr.
ADMN 4307	Management Consulting II (iLEAD)	3 cr.
ADMN 4335	Honours Thesis (iLEAD)	6 cr.
ADMN 4915	Entrepreneurship	6 cr.

**Students may choose to use some of their electives to pursue one or more of the additional options below.

Co-op Option

To complete the Co-op Option with the BBA, students must complete a minimum 16 months in work placements. Work placements may be either 4 months or 8 months in length. In order to remain in Co-op, students must maintain a minimum average of 70%. In order to be eligible to enter Co-op, students must have a minimum average of 70%. To select the Co-op option, students must apply by the end their second academic year in the BBA program.

Note that the program must begin and end with a study term, that is, a student’s program schedule cannot end in a work term. Students completing the co-op option may have to complete their degree over 5 years.

**Students must complete six credits from the following:

ADMN 3406	Work Placement I (iLEAD)	3 cr.
ADMN 4406	Work Placement II (iLEAD)	3 cr.
ADMN 4407	Work Placement III (iLEAD)	3 cr.
**Before beginning their first work placement, students must complete at least 2 credits of the Academic Success and Career Management workshops as well as the following courses:ACCT 1107; ADMN 1206; ADMN 1607; ECON 1006; ECON 1007; MKTG 1126; ORGS 1136; ADMN 1306; ACCT 2146; ADMN 2136; ADMN 2167; ADMN 2306; ADMN 2606; ADMN 2307; ADMN 2716

Note:

Students are limited to no more than 39 credits of advanced standing from the Canadian Securities Institute/Institute of Canadian Bankers courses.

It is recommended that students include ACAD 1601 in their first 30 Nipissing credits. ACAD 1601 will count towards three credits of the Humanities requirements.

Accounting Concentration

In addition to the BBA requirements, students must complete the following 18 credits:

ACCT 2106	Intermediate Accounting I	3 cr.
ACCT 2107	Intermediate Accounting II	3 cr.
ACCT 2147	Management Accounting and Control II	3 cr.
Nine credits from the following:
ACCT 3127	Accounting Information Systems	3 cr.
ACCT 4816	Personal Taxation	3 cr.
ACCT 4817	Corporate Taxation	3 cr.
ACCT 4827	Auditing	3 cr.
ACCT 4836	Advanced Accounting Topics I	3 cr.
ACCT 4866	Advanced Cost Accounting Topics I	3 cr.
ACCT 4926	Information Systems Auditing and Assurance	3 cr.
ACCT 4927	Advanced Auditing	3 cr.

Students intending to pursue an accounting designation are strongly advised to take ACCT 2106, ACCT 2107 and ACCT 2147 in their second year. Students should consult with the faculty co-ordinator regarding courses. If students are pursuing a professional accounting designation, they should ensure they are meeting the entrance requirements for the specific designation as those may be more demanding than the accounting stream requirements.

Business Analytics and Technology Concentration