Undergraduate Programs
Bachelor of Management (Post Diploma) General
(4-years-—120 credits)
     
Regulations effective September 1, 2004

Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment.
   

Students with approved two-year college diplomas in business (or a closely related field) awarded outside the province of Ontario will receive a block transfer award of 60 credits towards the Bachelor of Management (Post Diploma) General degree. Students with two-year diplomas from approved Ontario colleges will receive 45 credits. These students must complete additional credits in non-Administrative Studies courses to complete the first 60 credits of the program.

Ontario students with approved three-year diplomas in business (or a closely related field) will receive a block transfer award of 75 credits towards the Bachelor of Management (Post Diploma) - General degree.

Those students holding approved two- or three-year professional diplomas from accredited colleges or technical institutes in non-business fields, may receive a block transfer award of between 30 and 60 credits for their diploma towards this degree program.

The Bachelor of Management programs are offered by Athabasca University's School of Business.

Enrolment Restriction

Students will not be accepted into the Bachelor of Management program if they have

  •   a degree in administration, business, commerce, or management

  •   a degree with a major or concentration in administration, business,   commerce, or management

  •   any equivalent program from Athabasca University or another
      university.

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." Athabasca University has also developed program learning outcomes that describe the career options that may be available to you upon graduating.


     
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Bachelor of Management (Post Diploma):
Marketing Major
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  Degree Requirements  
  Total credits in the program 120
  Block transfer credit for two-year business
diploma (excluding Ontario)
  60
  Block transfer credit for Ontario two-year
business diploma
  45
  Block transfer credit for Ontario three-year
business diploma
  75
  Required credits - Years 3 and 4 for two-year diploma   21
  Required credits - Years 3 and 4 for Ontario
three-year diploma
  21
     
  Options  
  Administrative Studies credits at the senior (300 or 400) level
  *Ontario three-year diploma
  15

  9
  Non-Administrative Studies credits at any level in all diplomas   9
  Non-Administrative Studies credits at the senior (300 or 400) level
  *Ontario three-year diploma
  15

  6
  Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) credit   9
  Minimum Athabasca University credits (including ADMN 404) in Years 3 and 4   30
     
     
Years 1 and 2 (60 credits)
     
  Approved college diploma  
     
     
Years 3 and 4
60 credits for two-year diplomas
42 credits for three-year Ontario diplomas
     
     
Business Field Diplomas
 


Required Courses

21 credits for two-year diplomas and for Ontario three-year diplomas

     
ADMN 404 Business Policy* (3)
*
ADMN 404 must be taken with AU. Transfer credit will not be awarded. ADMN 404 should be taken as the last course in the program.  
ADMN 417 International Business Management (3)
CMIS 351 Management Information Systems (3)
ECOM 320 Overview of E-Commerce (3)
ECON 301 The Changing Global Economy (3)
HRMT/ ORGB 386 Introduction to Human Resource Management (3)
MGSC 301 Statistics for Business and Economics I
or
MATH 215 Introduction to Statistics
or
MATH 216 Computer-Oriented Approach to Statistics (3)

 

   
     
  Options
39 credits for two-year diplomas
24 credits for Ontario three-year diplomas
 
  Administrative Studies credits at the senior (300 or 400) level
  *Ontario three-year diploma
  15

  9
  Non-Administrative Studies credits at any level in all diplomas   9
  Non-Administrative Studies credits at the senior (300 or 400) level
  *Ontario three-year diploma
  15

  6
 
     
  Among the above options, students must select nine credits (three courses) of critical perspectives courses, from the following courses:
     
GOVN 400 Governance and Leadership (3)
GOVN/GLST 403 Public Policy in a Global Era (3)
IDRL 305 Collective Bargaining (3)
IDRL 312 Industrial Relations: A Critical Introduction (3)
SOCI 300 Organization and Society: Making Sense of Modern Organizational Life (3)
PHIL 252 Critical Thinking (if not taken in Years 1 and 2) (3)
POLI 480 The Politics of Cyberspace (3)
PSYC 300 Theories of Career Development (3)
PSYC 379 Social Psychology (3)
WMST 321 Advocacy from the Margins (3)
     
     
Non-Business Field Diplomas
     
  Those students holding an acceptable two- or three-year professional diploma from an accredited college or technical institute in non-business fields, may receive a block transfer award of between 30 and 60 credits for their diploma towards this degree program.

TheMinimum block transfer award for an approved diploma is 30 credits.
.

 

 
Students must also complete the following courses (30 credits). If a student has the equivalent of courses in this list, or another required course within the Bachelor of Management program with the diploma, the block transfer award may increase up to 60 credits.
 
     
 


Required Courses
(30 credits)

     
ACCT 245 Accounting 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 (3)
CMIS 311 Case Studies in Management Information Systems or  
CMIS 245 Microcomputer Applications in Business (Windows)* 1.
*strongly recommended
or
 
COMP any junior (200) or senior (300/400) level COMP course
(3)
ECON 247 Microeconomics (3)
ECON 248 Macroeconomics (3)
FNCE 234 Introduction to Finance
or
 
FNCE 370 Overview of Corporate Finance (3)
LGST 369 Commercial Law (3)
MKTG 396 Introduction to Marketing (3)
ORGB 364 Organizational Behaviour (3)
  And the required and options courses in Business Field Diplomas.  
     
  Note:  
  1. CMIS 245 added in March 2010 and grandfathered.  


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