Bachelor of Management
(Post Diploma) General
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Regulations
effective September 1, 2005
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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. Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment.
The Bachelor of Commerce degree is offered by Athabasca University's School of Business, 800.468.6531, or e-mail.
Classroom Setting
In addition to completing this degree through online and distance learning, you have the option to take Bachelor of Management courses in a classroom setting at the following Alberta institutions:
Grande Prairie Regional College (Grande Prairie), Lethbridge Community College (Lethbridge), Medicine Hat College (Medicine Hat), Red Deer College (Red Deer), UBridge College (Calgary). Refer to Sections 9.3 and 9.4 for information.
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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Bachelor of Management (Post Diploma):
Human Resources Management Major |
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Program Structure |
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Total credits in the program |
120 |
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Block transfer credit for two-year business
diploma (excluding Ontario) |
60 |
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Block transfer credit for Ontario two-year
business diploma |
45 |
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Block transfer credit for Ontario three-year
business
diploma |
75 |
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Required credits - Years 3 and 4 for two-year diploma
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24 |
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Required credits - Years 3 and 4 for Ontario
three-year diploma |
24 |
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Residency requirement. A minimum of 30 credits must be taken through Athabasca University, including ADMN
404, in Years 3 and 4 |
30 |
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Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR)
credit |
9 |
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Options |
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Administrative Studies credits at the senior (300 or
400) level
*Ontario three-year diploma |
15
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Non-Administrative Studies credits at any level in
all diplomas |
9 |
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Non-Administrative Studies credits at the senior (300
or 400) level
*Ontario three-year diploma
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15
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Years 1 and 2 (60 credits) |
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Approved college diploma |
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Years 3 and 4
60 credits for two-year diplomas
45 credits for three-year Ontario diplomas |
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Business-Field Diplomas
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Required Courses
24 credits for two-year diplomas and for Ontario three-year diplomas
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| ADMN 404 |
Business
Policy* |
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ADMN 404 must be taken with AU. Transfer
credit will not be awarded. ADMN 404 should be taken as the last course
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| ADMN 417 |
International Business Management |
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| CMIS 351 |
Management Information Systems |
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| ECOM 320 |
Overview
of E-Commerce |
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| ECON 401 |
The
Changing Global Economy*
Students who have taken ECON 301 may not take 401. |
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| FNCE 234 |
Introduction
to Finance
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| FNCE 370 |
Overview
of Corporate Finance |
(3) |
| HRMT/ ORGB 386 |
Introduction
to Human Resource Management |
(3) |
| MGSC 301 |
Statistics for Business and Economics I
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| MATH 215 |
Introduction to Statistics
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| MATH 216 |
Computer-Oriented Approach to Statistics |
(3) |
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Options
36 credits for two-year diplomas
21 credits for Ontario three-year diplomas |
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Administrative Studies credits at the senior (300 or
400) level
*Ontario three-year diploma |
12
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Non-Administrative Studies credits at any level in
all diplomas |
9 |
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Non-Administrative Studies credits at the senior (300
or 400) level
*Ontario three-year diploma
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Among the above options, students must
select nine credits (three courses) of critical perspectives courses
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| GOVN 400 |
Governance and Leadership |
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| GOVN/GLST 403 |
Public Policy in a Global Era |
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| IDRL 305 |
Collective Bargaining |
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| IDRL 312 |
Industrial
Relations: A Critical Introduction |
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| SOCI 300 |
Organization and Society: Making
Sense of Modern Organizational Life |
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| PHIL 252 |
Critical Thinking (if not taken in Years 1 and 2) |
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| PSYC 300 |
Theories of Career Development |
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| PSYC 379 |
Social Psychology |
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| WMST 321 |
Advocacy from the Margins |
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Non-Business-Field Diplomas
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Those students holding an approved 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.
The minimum block transfer award for an approved diploma is 30 credits. Students must also complete the following courses (30 credits). If you have 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.
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Required Courses (30 credits)
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| ACCT 245 |
Accounting
Managers of Not- for-Profit Organizations
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| ACCT 250 |
Accounting
for Managers
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| ACCT 253 |
Introductory
Financial Accounting |
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| ADMN 232 |
Administrative
Principles |
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| ADMN 233 |
Writing
in Organizations |
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CMIS 311 |
Case Studies in Management Information Systems or |
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| CMIS 245 |
Microcomputer Applications in Business (Windows)* 1.
*strongly recommended
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any junior (200) or senior (300/400) level COMP course
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| ECON 247 |
Microeconomics |
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| ECON 248 |
Macroeconomics |
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| FNCE 234 |
Introduction
to Finance
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| FNCE 370 |
Overview
of Corporate Finance |
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| LGST 369 |
Commercial
Law |
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| MKTG 396 |
Introduction
to Marketing |
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| ORGB 364 |
Organizational
Behaviour |
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And the required and options courses in
Business-Field Diplomas. |
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1. CMIS 245 added in March 2010 and grandfathered. |
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