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4.1. Bachelor of Administration degree program

(Three years — 90 credits)


Introduction
Health Administration Concentration
Industrial Relations and Human Resources Concentration
Management Concentration
Organization Concentration
Public Administration Concentration
Second Undergraduate Degree Regulations
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Introduction

The Bachelor of Administration (B. Admin.) program is designed to provide students with the conceptual, critical, and practical knowledge and skills they will need to succeed and advance in the many competitive fields of management and administration today.

Concentrations

Students complete a common core set of courses and choose one of the following five concentrations:

  1. The Health Administration concentration provides students with the professional knowledge base and practical skills needed in today's rapidly changing field of health administration. Canada's health care system is undergoing significant change as managers look for more cost-effective ways to meet health care demands.

  2. The Industrial Relations and Human Resources concentration is designed for students who want to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in industrial relations and human resource management. It is also for students who want a better understanding of the industrial relations in their own workplace.

  3. The Management concentration is aimed at equipping students with the knowledge and skills required for jobs in the various functional areas of management.

  4. The Organization concentration is designed to encourage an understanding of how individuals and groups behave in an organization, the way organizations shape individual action, and the way organizations are, in turn, shaped by society.

  5. The Public Administration concentration is designed for those who wish to develop skills appropriate to the public sector.

Change of Concentration

At the time of enrolment, students indicate the concentration they intend to follow. Students may change concentrations at any time. The degree regulations in force at the time of initial enrolment are the regulations that govern the student's program. If a student changes concentrations and is governed by a set of regulations that was introduced after his or her conditional enrolment, this must be indicated when requesting the concentration change by referencing the appropriate Calendar, e.g., 1996-97 regulations. To change concentrations, complete and submit a new Undergraduate General Application Form. No fees are required.

Program Changes

The B. Admin. program was revised September 1994. Students who were enrolled in the B. Admin. degree program after Sept. 1, 1989 and before to September 1, 1994, and who have remained active in their program, have until Aug. 31, 2001 to complete the program requirements or to transfer to the revised B. Admin. degree program (refer to Section 5.3. Registration Definitions, particularly 5.3.2.).

Students who enrolled in previous versions of the B. Admin program (i.e., before September 1989 or between September 1989 and August 31, 1993) and who became inactive, will be ineligible to complete the previous version of the B. Admin. program and will be required to re-enrol in the current program. This could result in a loss of credit.

Students who were enrolled in the B. Admin. program before September 1994 and who wish to transfer to the current B. Admin. program, must complete an Undergraduate General Application Form. Do not resubmit the application fees or the change of program fees. Previous education will be reassessed and the student will be notified of the results. Students who transfer to the current B. Admin. cannot subsequently return to the previous version of the B. Admin. program.

Students requiring assistance in determining whether they should transfer to the current program, should contact one of the Athabasca University's advisors.

B. Admin. Second Undergraduate Degree Regulations

Students with an undergraduate degree may have their B. Admin. program requirements reduced by up to 60 credits based on:

  1. course work completed in obtaining the previous undergraduate degree if that course work is relevant to the B. Admin. program
  2. additional course work that was not used for credit to complete the previous undergraduate degree.

Students must fulfil the degree regulations outlined in the B. Admin. program.

General Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Administration degree program with concentration requirements:

Total credits in the program
  • Common core courses
  • Concentration and option courses
  • Through Athabasca University
90

24
66
24
Before starting courses in the concentration, students should have credit in the common core courses. Credit can be obtained by transferring credit from elsewhere, by challenging for credit (courses identified with an asterisk* below) or by completing the course with Athabasca University.

Common Core Courses (24 credits)
ACCT 245 Accounting for Managers of Not-for-Profit Organizations or
   ACCT 250 Accounting for Managers* or
   ACCT 253 Introductory Financial Accounting   +*(3)
ADMN 232 Administrative Principles   *(3)
ADMN 233 Writing in Organizations* or
   ENGL 255 Introductory Composition   *(3)
COMM 243 Interpersonal Communications in Management   (3)
CMIS 301 Microcomputer Applications in Business (Windows)   (3)
ECON 247 Microeconomics   *(3)
ECON 248 Macroeconomics   *(3)
PHIL 252 Critical Thinking   *(3)

+ Students planning to pursue a professional accounting designation are advised to take ACCT 253.

* Course can be challenged (refer to Section 6.4. Challenge For Credit Option).



4.1.1.  B.Admin. — Health Administration Concentration

Complete the common core courses and the following:

Required Concentration Courses (27 credits)
ECON 321 Economics of Health Care   (3)
HADM 336 Community Health Planning   (3)
HADM 339 The Organization of the Canadian Health Care System   (3)
HADM 369 Health Policy in Canada   (3)
HADM 379 Introduction to Epidemiology   (3)
HLST 200 Introduction to Human Health   (3)
ORGB 364 Organizational Behaviour   (3)
PHIL 333 Professional Ethics   (3)
SOSC 366 Research Methods in the Social Sciences   (3)

Concentration Elective Courses (Select 9 credits from the following)
APST 235 Practicum: Clinical Practice   (3)
APST 335 Practicum: Community Health Administration   (6)
COMM 377 Communication and Problem Solving in Groups   (3)
HADM 315 Health and Community Development   (3)
HADM 326 Health and Healing   (3)
HLST 320 Teaching and Learning for Health Professionals   (3)
LGST 331 Administrative Law   (3)
ORGB 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management or
   HRMT 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management   (3)
WMST 303 Issues in Women's Health   (3)

Options (30 credits)

  • 30 credits in any discipline.

  • Note: a maximum of 36 credits in junior (200 level) courses is allowed in the overall requirements for the Bachelor of Administration — Health Administration degree.


4.1.2.  B. Admin. — Industrial Relations and Human Resources Concentration

Complete the common core courses and the following:

Required Concentration Courses (27 credits)
EDUC/HRMT 3xx The Canadian Training System
(in development)   (3)
HRMT 3xx Recruitment and Selection
(in development)   (3)
IDRL 304 Rights at Work: Grievance Arbitration   (3)
IDRL 305 Collective Bargaining   (3)
IDRL 308 Occupational Health and Safety   (3)
IDRL 312 Industrial Relations: A Critical Introduction*   (3)
IDRL 320 Labour Relations and the Law   (3)
ORGB 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management or
    HRMT 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management   (3)
ORGB 387 Strategic Human Resource Management or
    HRMT 387 Strategic Human Resource Management   (3)

* IDRL 312 (3) replaces the former IDRL 311 (6). Students presenting IDRL 311 will be granted credit for IDRL 312 and three credits of elective course requirements.

Concentration Elective Courses (Select 24 credits from the following)
ACCT 355 Cost Analysis   (3)
ACCT 356 Strategic and Competitive Analysis   (3)
ADMN 404 Business Policy* (*Permission of the professor and completion of all other courses in the respective program.)   (3)
ADMN 499 Directed Study in Administrative Studies   (3)
CMIS 351 Management Information Systems   (3)
COMM 377 Communication and Problem Solving in Groups   (3)
COMP 361 Systems Analysis and Design    (3)
ECON 301 The Changing Global Economy   (3)
ECON 377 Economics of Inequality and Poverty   (3)
HIST 336 History of Canadian Labour   (6)
IDRL 201 Labour Unions   (3)
IDRL 307 Public Sector Labour Relations   (3)
IDRL 315 Women Organizing   (3)
IDRL 317 Reengineering the Organization   (3)
IDRL 496 Comparative Labour Education   (3)
IDRL 498 Directed Study in Industrial Relations and Human Resources   (3)
IDRL 499 Doing Research in Organizations   (3)
LBST 332 Women and Unions    (3)
LBST 413 What Do Unions Do?   (3)
LGST 310 The Impact of the Canadian Charter on Labour Relations   (3)
ORGB 319 Motivation and Productivity   (3)
ORGB 326 Organizational Theory   (3)
ORGB 327 Leadership in Organizations   (3)
ORGB 364 Organizational Behaviour   (3)
ORGB 400 Organizational Culture   (3)
POEC 393 Canada and the Global Political Economy   (3)
POEC 483 International Political Economy: Power, Production, and Global Order   (3)
PSYC 401 Learning Through Life   (3)
SOCI 312 Women and Work in Canada   (3)
SOCI 321 The Sociology of Work and Industry   (3)
SOCI 381 The Sociology of Power and Inequality   (3)

Students wishing to substitute another course or courses for the concentration electives (listed above) may do so with permission of the program director.

Options (15 credits)

Junior- or senior-level credits from any area (may include course(s) chosen from the above list provided they haven't used to satisfy the elective requirement).   (15)



4.1.3.  B.Admin. — Management Concentration

Complete the common core courses and the following:

Required Concentration Courses (27 credits)
ACCT 355 Cost Analysis   (3)
ADMN 404 Business Policy* (*Permission of the professor and completion of all other courses in the respective program.)     (3)
FNCE 370 Overview of Corporate Finance   (3)
LGST 369 Commercial Law   (3)
MGSC 301 Statistics for Business and Economics I   (3)
MGSC 312 Statistics for Business and Economics II   (3)
MKTG 396 Introduction to Marketing   (3)
ORGB 364 Organizational Behaviour   (3)
PADM 301 Business, Society, and the Public Sector   (3)

Options (39 credits)

300- or 400-level credits of Arts and/or Science courses (maximum of 9 credits)   (9)

300- or 400-level credits of Administrative Studies courses (minimum of 30 credits)   (30)


4.1.4.  B. Admin. — Organization Concentration

Complete the common core courses and the following:

Required Concentration Courses (30 credits)
ADMN 404 Business Policy* (*Permission of the professor and completion of all other courses in the respective program.)     (3) COMM 329 The Practice of Interpersonal Communications+   (3)
COMM 377 Communication and Problem Solving in Groups   (3)
ORGB 319 Motivation and Productivity   (3)
ORGB 326 Organization Theory   (3)
ORGB 327 Leadership in Organizations   (3)
ORGB 364 Organizational Behaviour   (3)
ORGB 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management or
    HRMT 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management   (3)
ORGB 400 Organizational Culture   (3)
SOCI 321 The Sociology of Work and Industry or
   SOCI 300 Organizations and Society: Making Sense of Modern Organizational Life   (3)

+ On permission of the program director, students may substitute PSYC 388 for COMM 329.

Options (36 credits)

Senior 300- or 400-level credits. Minimum of 18 senior credits in Administrative Studies courses.   (21)

Junior or senior credits from Administrative Studies, Arts, Science, and Applied Studies courses.   (15)



4.1.5.  B.Admin. — Public Administration Concentration

Complete the common core courses and the following:

Required Concentration Courses (30 credits)
IDRL 312 Industrial Relations: A Critical Introduction   (3)
LGST 331 Administrative Law   (3)
LGST 369 Commercial Law   (3)
PADM 366 Municipal Public Administration in Canada   (3)
PADM 372 Canadian Public Finance   (3)
PADM 390 Canadian Public Administration   (3)
PADM 403 Public Policy   (3)
POLI 277 Introduction to Political Science I: Concepts, Structures, and Institutions   (3)
POLI 309 Canadian Government and Politics   (3)
SOSC 366 Research Methods in the Social Sciences   (3)

Language Requirement (6 credits)

Junior and senior credits in a language other than English. French is recommended for students intending to work in Canada   (6)

Concentration Elective I Courses (Select 9 credits from the following)
HIST 336 History of Canadian Labour   (6)
HIST 338 History of the Canadian West   (6)
IDRL 307 Public Sector Labour Relations   (3)
LGST 310 The Impact of the Canadian Charter on Labour Relations   (3)
ORGB 327 Leadership in Organizations   (3)
ORGB 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management or
    HRMT 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management   (3)
SOCI 321 The Sociology of Work and Industry   (3)

Concentration Elective II Courses (Select 3 credits from the following)
ECON 377 Economics of Inequality and Poverty   (3)
ORGB 364 Organizational Behaviour   (3)
POLI 383 Introduction to Canadian Political Economy   (3)

Options (18 credits)

Arts, Science, or Administrative Studies at the senior 300 or 400 level.   (18)



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