Calendar 2003|04, Athabasca University

Bachelor of Administration (Three years—90 credits)


Regulations effective September 1, 2003. This program is closing to new enrolments Jan. 1, 2005. Students who are currently in the program, provided they maintain active status, will remain in the program and follow the regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment. Please review a word document that explains the substantial changes in degree offerings in management and administration programs at Athabasca University. Graduates of the Bachelor of Administration program are asked to review a similar word document. The Bachelor of Administration 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. Athabasca University advisors have developed a program plan to assist you. Counselling Services offers an assessment Web site, "Mapping Your Future: Your Career and Athabasca University."


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


•	The Health Administration closed Feb. 1, 2004. Please refer to the Bachelor of Health Administration.
•	The Industrial Relations and Human Resources closed Feb. 1, 2004. Please refer to the Bachelor of Human Resources and Labour Relations.
•	The Management concentration is aimed at equipping students with the knowledge and skills required for jobs in the various functional areas of management.
•	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.
•	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 wishes to be governed by a set of regulations that was introduced after his or her initial enrolment, this must be indicated when requesting the concentration change by referencing the appropriate Calendar, e.g., 2003-04 regulations. To change concentrations, complete and submit a new Undergraduate General Application Form. No fees are required.


	B. Admin. Second Undergraduate Degree Regulations Students already holding an undergraduate degree may have their B. Admin. program requirements reduced by up to 60 credits based on either • course work completed in obtaining the previous undergraduate degree if that course work is relevant to the B. Admin. program; • additional course work that was not used for credit to complete the previous undergraduate degree. Students must fulfill the degree regulations outlined in the B. Admin. program.


	General Degree Requirements


	Total credits in the program	90

	Common core	24

	Concentration and options	66

	Through Athabasca University	24

	Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition credits	15


	Before starting courses in the concentration, students should have credit in the common core courses. Students are strongly encouraged to register in ADMN 233 or ENGL 255 and PHIL 252 early in their program.


	Common Core (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 311	Case Studies in Management Information Systems or
	any junior (200) or senior (300/400) level COMP course	(3)
ECON 247	Microeconomics	(3)
ECON 248	Macroeconomics	(3)
PHIL 252	Critical Thinking	(3)


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


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