Business Administration Diploma

The Business Administration Diploma program provides students with a broad understanding of business practices. The one-year diploma in Business Administration will provide graduates with foundational business and professional skills. The program is designed to give graduates a developed portfolio of job-ready skills and a wide range of business principles and concepts to expand the graduates’ career options.

Note: This program is not eligible for the Post-Graduate Work Permit (PGWP).

General Admission Requirements:

• High School graduation or equivalent
  OR

Mature Admission Requirements

• 19 years of age before starting class; and
• Entrance Evaluation (English and Math – A score of 60% on each component must be achieved for entry into the program).

English Language Proficiency Requirements

• Students whose first language is not English, in addition to the admission requirements listed above, must also meet one or more of the following language proficiency requirements:
• Completion of grades 9-11, including English 11 with a grade of ‘C’ or higher from a country where English is one of the principal languages, OR
• Completion of 2 years of full-time post-secondary education at an accredited institution where English is the language of instruction. See Appendix A for the list of approved countries. OR
• Provide verified results for one of the English language proficiency tests listed below. Test results must be dated no more than two years before the start date of the program.
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic: overall score of 5.5 or higher.
  • Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Test: overall score of 40 or higher
  • Duolingo English Test (DET): overall score of 95 or higher
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) IBT: Minimum overall score of 46
  • Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP): Minimum overall score: Listening 6, Speaking 6, Reading 5, and Writing 5.
  • Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: Minimum overall score of 43
  • Cambridge English Qualifications: B2 First exam (FCE): Minimum overall score of 160 or “C”
  • Cambridge Linguaskill: Minimum overall B2 level
  • LANGUAGECERT Academic: Minimum overall B2 level
  • The Michigan English Test (MET): Minimum overall B2 level
  • iTEP Academic: Minimum overall score of 3.5
  • EIKEN: Minimum placement of Grade Pre-1

APPENDIX A

THE LIST OF APPROVED COUNTRIES

Upon completion of this program, the successful student will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Record, analyze, and report financial transactions for service and merchandising operations, including account cycles, cash management, receivables, inventory, and financial statement preparation.
• Apply Canadian managerial principles related to organizational structure, strategy, operations, leadership, and decision-making.
• Use spreadsheet and database applications to design, manage, and analyze data, including the use of macros, queries, reports, and pivot tables.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Canadian micro- and macro-economic frameworks, including supply and demand, economic indicators, fiscal and monetary policy, and market structures.
• Apply marketing concepts, tools, and techniques to develop effective marketing strategies.
• Use financial management principles to assess organizational financial health, including financial ratios, leverage, working capital, and projections.
• Apply advanced accounting concepts related to assets, liabilities, depreciation, intangible assets, partnerships, corporate transactions, and applicable sales taxes.
• Identify, analyze, and apply ethical principles and frameworks to business decisions in legal, social, technological, and global contexts.
• Evaluate corporate social responsibility, sustainability, stakeholder theory, and their relationship to leadership, governance, and organizational culture.
• Demonstrate professional judgment, integrity, and critical thinking by proposing ethically sound solutions to complex business scenarios.

Completion Requirements*

In order to successfully graduate, students are required to:

• Complete each course/module in the program with a 70% or higher marks;
• Have paid all dues (money owed) in full to the College;

Program Duration

• 880 Hours (880 Instructional)
• 44 Weeks (Full-time)

Homework Hours

4-6 hours per course.

Delivery Method(s)

•  In-class instruction
• Combined delivery (both in-class and distance)

Synchronous, meaning students attend classes virtually in ‘real time ‘with instructors
and classmates.

• Contemporary Mathematics for Business & Consumers, 9th Edition, Robert Brechner, George Bergeman, ISBN-10: 0357026446, ISBN 13: 9780357026441, COPYRIGHT: 2020 Published.
• Fundamentals of Financial Management, Concise Edition, 10th Edition, Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston, ISBN-10: 1337902578, ISBN-13: 9781337902571, 704 Pages | Hardcover, COPYRIGHT: 2020 Published.
• Principles of Accounting, 12th Edition, Belverd E. Needles, Marian Powers, Susan V. Crosson, ISBN-10: 113362698X, ISBN-13: 9781133626985, COPYRIGHT: 2014 Published.
• Fundamentals of Economics, 6th Edition, William Boyes, Michael Melvin, ISBN10: 1133956106, ISBN 13: 9781133956105, COPYRIGHT: 2014 Published.
• Fundamentals of Management, 8th Edition, Ricky Griffin, ISBN-10: 1285849043, ISBN-13: 9781285849041, COPYRIGHT: 2016 Published.
• Essentials of Business Communication, 9th Edition, Mary Ellen Guffey, Dana Loewy, Richard Almonte, ISBN-10: 017672124X, ISBN13: 9780176721244, COPYRIGHT: 2019 Published.
• Foundations of Marketing, 7th Edition, William M. Pride, O. C. Ferrell, ISBN-10: 1305405765, ISBN-13: 9781305405769, COPYRIGHT: 2017 Published.
• Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations, 13th Edition, Ricky W. Griffin, Jean M. Phillips, Stanley M. Gully, ISBN-10: 0357042506, ISBN 13: 9780357042502, COPYRIGHT: 2020 Published.
• Electronic Commerce, 12th Edition, Gary Schneider, ISBN-10: 1305867815, ISBN13: 9781305867819, COPYRIGHT: 2017 Published.
• Canadian Business and the Law, 7th Edition, Dorothy Duplessis, Shannon O`Byme, Philip King, Lorrie Adams, Steve Enman, ISBN-10: 0176795081, ISBN-13: 9780176795085, COPYRIGHT: 2020 Published.

Disclaimer

Completion of a program at Granville College does not guarantee employment, a work permit, or immigration status in Canada. Immigration decisions are made solely by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

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