PrintBusiness Administration - Finance Course Descriptions
Core Courses
Business Foundations
The course will examine material related to the development of one’s understanding of key factors, and functional areas, typically found in a business. These functional areas include finance, personnel, marketing, operations and general management. The environment in which most Canadian businesses operate will also be examined including, the economic, legislative, technological and social contexts. The integration of the topics and concepts provide a framework that aids the students’ understanding of the relationships between the functional factors of a business, with an emphasis placed the application of this understanding to current situations and case studies. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-825 (In-class) or 570-424 (Online)
Introduction to Marketing
Marketing impacts every aspect of our lives. Where we shop, what we buy, how we eat, what we drive and even where we live. Marketing 570-819/419 is a survey course that introduces learners to the basic concepts of marketing, viewed within a corporate framework. Topics include the development of new products, identifying market segments and targeting consumer groups, pricing strategies, brand equity, distribution channel and promotional activities. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-819 (In-class) or 570-419 (Online)
Business Finance & Accounting
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the concepts, language and uses of financial and management accounting in business. The course will cover: business financial statements, including basic accounting concepts, financial statements, financial statement analysis, and sources of finance; and business control emphasizing elementary financial management, cost and budgetary control systems, capital budgeting, profit planning and current developments in accounting. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-817 (In-class) or 570-440 (Online)
Organizational Behaviour
The objective of this course is to provide a conceptual and empirical understanding of the structure and function of human behaviour in organizations. Students will study the behavioural influences which affect productivity, organizational effectiveness and efficiency. Topics to be discussed include perception, job and organizational design, decision-making and leadership. Individual and group exercises and the analysis of case material will be used to enhance a practical understanding of theoretical concepts. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-821 (In-class) or 570-421 (Online)
Business Communications
The course focuses on the knowledge and skills associated with clearly receiving, transmitting and communicating information within the business environment. Using communication theory and practical application, students will develop effective writing, speaking, and presentation skills required to convey a business’ communication strategy. Issues such as diversity, ethics and technology will be discussed within the context of business communication. Independent and group work activities will be incorporated to the learning environment in order to apply the students’ communication skills and knowledge to topics of teamwork, customer relations and leadership. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-850 (In-class) or 570-450 (Online)
Finance Electives
Economics
This course is designed to provide students with a fundamental understanding of economics. Through a combination of lectures, discussions and short presentations, students will learn the basic principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics. There is no Prerequisite for this course however some knowledge of graphs and equations is required. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-818 (In-class)
Business Statistics
This course will provide students with a general understanding of statistical techniques commonly used in solving business problems and undertaking market research. Topics include frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability theory, sampling distributions, estimations of means and proportions, simple regression and correlation, time series and index numbers. (3 units)
Course Number: 570-855 (In-class)
Financial Management
This course introduces the techniques and applications of finance necessary for sound asset and equity management. Particular emphasis is placed on working capital levels, capital structure and distribution of profits. Short and long term financing instruments are described and the cost of capital, as it applies to investment decisions as well as financial issues, is examined. Some issues are: portfolio theory, capital asset pricing model (CAPM), agency theory, and option pricing (Prerequisite: Business Finance & Accounting or Economics or Statistics)(3 units)
Course Number: 570-933 (In-class) or 570-433 (Online Self-Study)
Financial Modeling
Financial modeling refers to the process of building algorithms to solve a variety of finance-related problems. Financial modeling underlies and supports a broad set of decisions a manager may be called upon to make.
(Prerequisite: Financial Management + either Introductory Financial Accounting or Business Finance and Accounting)(3 units)
Course Number: 570-460 (Online Self-Study)