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:
Students completing the BBA (Honours) must achieve a minimum average of 70% in the program, and must also include an additional six credits at the 4000 level in Business.
Students completing the BBA (four-year) must achieve a minimum average of 60% in the program.
To graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) or a Bachelor of Business Administration (four-year), students must complete 120 credits, including 60 credits of core requirements as outlined below.
| 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. |
| ORGS 1137 |
Management of Human Resources |
3 cr. |
| TMGT 1107 |
Introduction to Innovation, Technology and Sustainability |
3 cr. |
| ACCT 2146 |
Management Accounting and Control I |
3 cr. |
| ADMN 2136 |
Research in Management |
3 cr. |
| ADMN 2306 |
Business Ethics |
3 cr. |
| ADMN 2606 |
Business Statistics |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 2127 |
Marketing for Managers |
3 cr. |
| ADMN 3046 |
Operations Management |
3 cr. |
| ADMN 3056 |
Economic and Management Decision Making |
3 cr. |
| FINC 3116 |
Financial Management I |
3 cr. |
| FINC 3117 |
Financial Management II |
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. |
ACCT, ADMN, ECON, FINC, MKTG, ORGS, TMGT
(For the Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours), these six credits must be at the 4000 level.) |
6 cr. |
Breadth Requirements and Electives:
| Humanities |
|
6 cr. |
| Science |
|
6 cr. |
Note:
Students without any prior background in accounting will be required to take ACCT 1106 Introductory Financial Accounting I in preparation for ACCT 1107 Introductory Financial Accounting II.
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 Stream
In addition to the 12 credits of accounting in the core, students must complete 18 credits during their second, third and fourth years of study, as follows:
| 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 4837 |
Advanced Accounting Topics II |
3 cr. |
| ACCT 4887 |
Advanced Management Accounting |
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.
Economics Stream
In addition to the nine credits of economics in the core, students must complete 15 credits during their second, third and fourth years of study, as follows:
| ECON 2007 |
Labour Economics |
3 cr. |
| ECON 2016 |
Intermediate Macroeconomics |
3 cr. |
| ECON 2017 |
Money, Banking and the Canadian Financial System |
3 cr. |
| Six credits from the following: |
| ECON 3066 |
Principles and Concepts of Economic Development |
3 cr. |
| ECON 3067 |
Problems and Policies of Economic Development |
3 cr. |
| ECON 3086 |
The Economics of Income and Wealth |
3 cr. |
| ECON 3087 |
Selected Canadian Economic Policy Issues |
3 cr. |
| ECON 3127 |
International Finance |
3 cr. |
| ECON 3226 |
International Economics |
3 cr. |
| ECON 4005 |
Research Project in Economics |
6 cr. |
| ECON 4126 |
Special Topics in Economics I |
3 cr. |
| ECON 4127 |
Special Topics in Economics II |
3 cr. |
Marketing Stream
In addition to the six credits of marketing in the core, students must complete 18 credits during their second, third and fourth years of study, as follows:
| MKTG 3126 |
Consumer Behaviour |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 3416 |
Communications: Advertising and Promotion |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 4406 |
Applied Marketing Management |
3 cr. |
| Nine credits from the following: |
| MKTG 2417 |
Communications: Selling and Sales Management |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 3206 |
Sports Marketing |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 3316 |
Communications: Public Relations |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 3417 |
International Marketing |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 3436 |
Social Marketing |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 3437 |
Product and Brand Management |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 4426 |
Services Marketing Management |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 4427 |
Business-to-Business Marketing |
3 cr. |
| MKTG 4436 |
Innovative Approaches in Marketing |
3 cr. |
Organizational Studies Stream
In addition to the six credits of organizational studies in the BBA core, students must complete 24 credits from the following:
| ADMN 2706 |
Introduction to Intercultural Management |
3 cr. |
| ADMN 4206 |
International Management |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 2006 |
Recruitment and Selection |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 2007 |
Business and Government Relations in Canada |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 2117 |
Industrial Relations |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 3006 |
Management Practices for Sustainable Business |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 3007 |
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 3016 |
The Evolution of Business: A Comparative Perspective |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 3146 |
Compensation and Rewards |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 3147 |
Occupational Health and Safety |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 3246 |
Human Resources Research and Information Systems |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 3247 |
Human Resources Planning |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 3307 |
Gender and Diversity in Organizations |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 3836 |
Training and Development |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 4706 |
Organizational Structure and Design |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 4837 |
Organizational Development and Change |
3 cr. |
Technology Management Stream
In addition to the six credits of technology management in the core, students must complete 18 credits during their second, third, and fourth years of study, as follows:
| TMGT 2106 |
Systems Analysis and Design |
3 cr. |
| TMGT 3807 |
Project Management |
3 cr. |
| TMGT 4006 |
Management of Innovation and Technology |
3 cr. |
| Nine credits from the following: |
| ACCT 3127 |
Accounting Information Systems |
3 cr. |
| ACCT 4926 |
Information Systems Auditing and Assurance |
3 cr. |
| BIOL 2557 |
Genetics |
3 cr. |
| BIOL 3557 |
Genetics and Society |
3 cr. |
| CHEM 1006 |
General Chemistry I |
3 cr. |
| CHEM 1007 |
General Chemistry II |
3 cr. |
| COSC 1557 |
Introduction to Computer Science |
3 cr. |
| COSC 1567 |
Programming in C++ |
3 cr. |
| COSC 2767 |
Object Oriented Programming |
3 cr. |
| ENSC 1005 |
Introduction to Environmental Science |
6 cr. |
| MATH 1056 |
Discrete Mathematics I |
3 cr. |
| ORGS 4837 |
Organizational Development and Change |
3 cr. |
| PHIL 2505 |
Reasoning and Logical Argument |
6 cr. |
| PHYS 1006 |
General Physics I: Mechanics |
3 cr. |
| PHYS 1007 |
General Physics II: Mechanical Wave, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics |
3 cr. |
| PSYC 2605 |
Behavioural Neuroscience |
6 cr. |
| TMGT 3017 |
Programming for Business |
3 cr. |
Finance Stream
In addition to the six credits of finance in the BBA core, students must complete 18 credits during their second, third and fourth years of study, as follows:
| FINC 2406 |
Principles of Finance with Excel |
3 cr. |
| Students must also complete List A OR List B: |
| List A |
|
|
| ACCT 2147 |
Managerial Accounting and Control II |
3 cr. |
| ADMN 3306 |
Small Business Administration |
3 cr. |
| FINC 4917 |
Entrepreneurial Finance |
3 cr. |
| OR |
|
|
| List B |
|
|
| MKTG 2417 |
Communications: Selling and Sales Management |
3 cr. |
| FINC 3316 |
Investments |
3 cr. |
| FINC 4706 |
Financial Portfolio and Wealth Management |
3 cr. |
In addition, students must also complete six credits from the following
(not already used to satisfy the above): |
6 cr. |
| ACCT 2106 |
Intermediate Financial Accounting I |
|
| ACCT 2147 |
Managerial Accounting and Control II |
|
| ADMN 3306 |
Introduction to Small Business Administration |
|
| ADMN 4336 |
Directed Studies (iLEAD) |
|
| ECON 2017 |
Money, Banking and the Canadian Financial System |
|
| ECON 3127 |
International Financial Management |
|
| FINC 2116 |
Management of Financial Institutions |
|
| FINC 3316 |
Investments |
|
| FINC 3907 |
Insurance and Risk Management |
|
| FINC 4116 |
Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives |
|
| FINC 4706 |
Financial Portfolio and Wealth Management |
|
| FINC 4917 |
Entrepreneurial Finance |
|
| MATH 3286 |
Mathematics of Finance |
|
| MKTG 2417 |
Communications: Selling and Sales Management |
|
| ORGS 3146 |
Compensation and Rewards |
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