Full-time Programs
BUSI - Business Administration
BUHR - Business Administration - Human Resource Management
BUMM - Business Administration - Materials Management
Program Entry
SEPTEMBER AND JANUARY
Program Length
Two-Year Ontario College Diploma
Three-Year Ontario College Advanced Diploma
| Contact: | E-mail: |
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| Terry Hickey, Coordinator | thickey@loyalistc.on.ca |
| Bob Millard, Coordinator | millard@loyalistc.on.ca |
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Highlights
- Prepare for career success with a broad range of business skills, or specialize for an edge in Human Resources or Materials Management.
- Learn with an experienced, team-based faculty that listens and responds to students.
- Explore a range of careers during a common first-year curriculum, with the option to transfer to another program in the School of Business and Management Studies.
- Gain real-world experience completing major projects for local businesses.
- Demonstrate your abilities to an employer during a four-week job placement at the end of your third year.
Career Opportunities
Graduates of this program are employed by local, national and multinational corporations. Loyalist offers three streams:
General Business Option
- Enter many fields with your two- or three-year diploma.
- Get a foot in the door in the competitive manufacturing, service, retail or government sectors, with the knowledge and skills for advancement.
- Work toward a management position within an organization of your choice.
- Start a business and be your own boss.
Materials Management Option
You could manage purchasing, production or distribution for a large or small manufacturing, retail, service or government organization – deciding what to
make, what to buy, how much, and when. Positions include:
- inventory analyst
- production planner
- purchaser/buyer
- production supervisor
- With your diploma, earn advanced standing toward a Purchasing Certificate or accreditation as a Certified Professional Purchaser through the Purchasing Management Association of Canada.
Human Resource Option
Prepare for a career in:
- human resources administration
- collective bargaining
- industrial relations
- contract administration
- staff planning
- recruitment
- training and development
- job analysis
- performance appraisal.
- Loyalist graduates earn advanced standing toward the nationally-recognized CHRP designation for Certified Human Resource Professionals.
Program Description
During this interactive program, you will:
- explore your interests and options
- develop skills in problem solving, communication and leadership
- learn the foundations of business in a common first-year curriculum
If you choose, after one year you can transfer your credits to a diploma in:
- Accounting
- Business Sales and Marketing
- Hospitality Management
- Tourism Marketing and Promotion
Throughout the program, students work on projects for local businesses, developed through community partnerships.
- Apply your skills on a major project for a real-world client.
- Work individually and as part of a team.
- Sample projects could include: coordinating a conference, preparing policies and procedures, developing recruitment and training programs, completing a marketing analysis, or conducting an operational productivity audit.
- Gain demonstrated experience and valuable connections with potential employers.
The third year of study allows greater specialization. You can:
- prepare for a career in Human Resources
- specialize in Materials Management
- focus on broad management skills in General Business
- end your program in a four-week, full-time placement, with the possibility to graduate into a job
Approximate Cost
Tuition: $2,833 (two semesters)
Books and Supplies: $1,040
Consumables Fee: $25
Admission Requirements
(a) Required academic preparation –
- OSSD/OSSGD or equivalent with courses at the general, advanced, (C), (U), (M) or (O) level
OR
- mature applicant
(b) Transfer to another program – A core first-year curriculum makes it easy for students to transfer to another program in the School of Business and
Management Studies after one or two semesters. With the completion of bridging courses over the summer, students can enter the second year of a diploma in
Accounting, Business Sales and Marketing, Hospitality Management, or Tourism Marketing and Promotion.
Loyalist / University Transfer
Turn your diploma into a degree. Credit transfer agreements are in place with the following institutions as of September 2006:
Athabasca University
Australian Catholic University
Carleton University
Griffith University
Lakehead University
Laurentian University
Nipissing University
Royal Roads University
Ryerson University
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
University of Western Sydney
Graduates may contact the university of their choice to make individual arrangements. Informal agreements are in place with other institutions and new
transfer agreements are added annually. For more information on university transfer, please click here.
Curriculum
First Year - Semester One
SOMS 1000 Step into Business
This course provides an overview of business in the Canadian environment using an integrated model. Topics include: the environment of business (Social, Technological, Economic and Political) as well as functional areas of business (marketing, accounting, finance, production and human resources) and legal and corporate governance information. A semester long group project, will provide students with the opportunity to explore the world of business, create work habits related to researching a company and staying current with what is going on in the business world. Additionally, students are required to complete a review of a business-related biography or company history.
SOMS 1002 Business Communications/Computer Applications 1
This course develops writing and presentation skills for the workplace with a range of computer skills to facilitate the design, creation and delivery of these business communications. Through a progressive series of writing and presentation tasks, learners use email, memoranda, short reports, individual and group presentations to create focused messages, with appropriately-sourced facts, for a variety of business audiences. Internet and data-base research, basic word-processing, spreadsheeting and presentation software skills support the process.
SOMS 1003 Financial Foundations
Prepare for personal financial success. Discover the world of numbers as they relate to you - credit card debt, financing major purchases, saving and investing, estate planning and taxation. Learn to create and use a budget and prepare a Personal Net Worth statement.
SOMS 1005 Professional Development 101
PD 101 provides the “Right Start” to a College education and the rest of your life. Through a highly interactive, four day workshop/seminar learners are provided with a variety of experiences that will connect them to their program and its related careers, paint a clear picture of their educational journey, outline and strengthen the skills necessary for success at college and in the workplace, provide supportive student resources, and allow them to build relationships with their faculty and fellow students.
SOMS 1008 Business Unravelled
The business world is full of complex challenges that require leaders capable of providing solutions. Participating in a collaborative learning space that provides both the theory and practice of solving problems.
First Year - Semester Two
SOMS 1010 Business Communications/Computer Applications 2
Using the skills from SOMS 1002 as a base, this course continues to engage the learner in both individual and group-based writing and presentation tasks to further develop focused communications skills for the workplace, expanding the learner’s repertoire of Internet research, word-processing, presentation software and, particularly, spreadsheet skills to support more in-depth and formal business writing and presentations, using a range of strategies and tools, to larger audiences. Self- and peer-editing, as well as self- and peer-evaluation are an important part of the learning process.
Prerequisite: SOMS 1002
SOMS 1013 Business Now
Moving forward from STEP into Business (SOMS 1000) this course will focus on the analysis business in the Canadian environment using an integrated model. Using a variety of news media and popular culture, the students will gain an appreciation of what is happening in the business world and how it effects business and the market place. Students will work individually and in teams to review, analyze and report current events and trends. Analysis will focus on the environment (Social, Technological, Economic, and Political), strengths and weaknesses of individual firms as well as the competitive forces impacting business today.
SOMS 1012 Teamwork and Leadership
This course examines how people work in groups, develop leadership skills, make choices and decisions in business given ethical dilemmas, work collaboratively on project teams, provide others with feedback, and handle interpersonal conflicts in an assertive way. Students will develop a portfolio of skills upon completion of the course.
SOMS 1016 Business Challenge
Students are challenged with a team-based project from a manufacturing, service, retail or government organization. Students learn how to methodically work through the project implementation process. Completion of the project-related tasks teaches students essential organizational, communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills. A primary focus of the project is to teach students how to collaborate effectively with their team members.
SOMS 1025 Introduction to Marketing
Welcome to Marketing! Learn how businesses reach and influence their customers. It's far more than advertising. Discover how to create a marketing plan that can sell products or get you a job.
Second Year - Semester Three
BUSI 2000 Business Management 1
This course provides the important issues managers face and how management theory, research, and practice can help managers and their orgnaizations to be effective. This course is delivered from the perspective of current or future managers. Hands-on tecjniques are used to help students experience the problems and opportunities managers face and how they effectively meet these challenges. Prerequisite; SOMS 1013
BUSI 2001 Human Resources Management
In order to remain competitive all oraganizations need to manage their human resources. This course gives students an overview of the functional areas of human resource management including strategy, recruiting, compensation, performance management, health and safety, industrial relations, planning, and training.
BUSI 2002 Production/ Operation Management ERP 1
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the concepts and functions of operations management. Topics covered will include the nature of operating systems, forecasting, capacity management, quality, inventory management and scheduling. Prerequisite: SOMS 1013
ECON 2002 Economics
"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow."Aesop Use economic fundamentals to interpret today's headlines and discover tomorrow's opportunities. This course will provide the learner with a "macro" view of Supply & Demand and Market Competition leading to a "macro" view of our economy and the Canadian Financial System.
MRKT 2000 Marketing Strategy
Take your marketing skills to the next level by focusing on strategies to achieve profitable customer relationships. Gain knowledge of the marketing mix to create strategic marketing plans and then help local business with their exciting projects. "The right product, in the right place, at the right time, and at the right price." Adcock et al Prerequisite: SOMS 1009 or SOMS 1025
Second Year - Semester Four
BUSI 2003 Business Management 2
Using the skills acquired in Business Management 1 students are challenged with a productivity improvement assignment that has them working with a manufacturing service or retail organization. Prerequisite: BUSI 2000
BUSI 2004 Production/ Operation Management ERP 2
This course is designed to acquaint the student with concepts, techniques and procedures utilized in the Materials Management Operation. Major topics include Master Planning, Materials Requirements Planning, Inventory Control, Purchasing, Production Control, Cycle Counting Systems, Demand Management, Distribution Management, Just in Time. Prerequisite: BUSI 2002
BUSI 2005 Alternative Dispute Resolution
Conflict is increasingly becoming evident in our diverse workplace. In this course students learn to handle conflict through alternative dispute resolution techniques. Students develop and practice their skills through real case negotiation and mediated settlements. Prerequisite: BUSI 2001
BUSI 2009 Accounting for Decision Making
This course transforms financial and accounting language and concepts into decision-making tools the non-financial manager can use successfully every day. Students learn to apply the fundamentals of accounting to improve budget management, increase potential profits, sell new ideas and assess the financial viability of projects. Prerequisite: SOMS 1003
MATH 2009 Statistics
Students are introduced to statistics; the course teaches quantitative methods used in data analysis and business decision-making with a focus on the use and application of contemporary statistical software. Prerequisite: SOMS 1003
BUSI 2010 Occupational Health and Safety
Employers are required by law to ensure that workers have a safe work environment. This course examines the related federal and provincial legislation required to ensure compliance. In addition the course explores the technical aspects of health and safety as well as trends, and best practices used in the field today. (Prerequisite - BUSI 2001)
Third Year - Semester Five (Materials Management Option)
BUSI 3002 Master Plan and Procurement
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the concepts of master scheduling, master planning, procurement planning, capacity planning, and the business relationship of the above with sales and operations planning and the ERP system. The course will focus on the relationship of the business planning process through to and including developing successful inventory and procurement policy to support best practice and strong customer service. Prerequisite: BUSI 2004
BUSI 3004 Business Management 3
Using the Capstone Business Simulation software students simulate all aspects of management. Students make decisions in: Strategy & Tactics, Policy, Production, Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Quality control, Human resources, Leadership and Teamwork. (Prerequisite - BUSI 2003)
BUSI 3011 Project Management
This course is designed to teach the students the concepts, techniques and procedures utilized in Project Management. Major topics will include project cycles, establishing project teams, data collection procedures, Critical Path Method, PERT, bar and flow charting methods as well as the development of work and planning schedules, layouts, costing, control cycles and the development of formal status and summary presentations.
COUN 3000 Career Preparation
Students develop key strategies to market their skills for entry into the workplace.
BUSI 3024 Principles of Buying
This course provides a critical view into the purchasing elements of world of Supply Chain Management. Topical focus will relate to supply organizations, quality, supplier relations, sourcing, price and cost management and the role of transportation. The scope of this course will include the private and public business sectors. (Prerequisite - BUSI 2004)
Third Year - Semester Five Electives (Materials Management Option)
BUSI 3007 Organizational Behaviour
The behavioral dynamics of the workplace is complex. Technology us impacting the way we work, the way we interact, and the way we manage people. This course examines the factors that influences human behavior and performance in the workplace including, emotional intelligence, personality, motivation, team behavior, leadership, organizational change and cultural characteristics. Prerequisite: BUSI 2001
BUSI 3021 Recruitment and Selection
Finding the right employee with the right skills in order to do the right job is essential in today's organizations. This course focuses on developing recruitment strategies in order to find appropriate candidates and then explores methods to ensure effective employee selection through testing, interviewing, assessment centers, and background checks. Prerequisite: BUSI 2001
SALE 2003 Strategic Planning
Students learn to develop strategies for transactional and solution selling. Students are required to do a thorough client research, understanding their behaviour styles and job function to aid in the management of the sales process. Emphasis will be placed on enhancement of writing skills.
TMPP 2008 Hosting the World
We all take more than luggage when we travel; our culture and values travel with us. How can tourism professionals best support the needs of visitors? In this course, learners will explore the diversity of world cultures and begin to develop strategies for positive interactions with a world of tourism.
RETM 2000 Retail Operations 1
Description coming soon.
RETM 2003 Planning For Profit
Description coming soon.
BUSI 3023 Human Resources Planning
Planning to ensure the availability of the right people with the right skills at the right time has become an essential human resource competence for all organizations. This course focuses on strategic human resource planning, forecasting supply and demand, succession management strategies, development retention strategies and evaluation of human resources polices and programs. (Prerequisite - BUSI 2001)
Third Year - Semester Six (Materials Management Option)
BUSI 3005 Supply Chain and Logistic Management (EDI)
This course encompassess activities and techniques utilized in supply chain and logistics management including customer service, distribution planning, transportation planning, transportation forecasting, logistics documentation, purchasing and third party chain management. Prerequisite: BUSI 3002
BUSI 3020 Strategic Planning of Resources
This course is designed to expose the student to the detailed process of strategic planning, the linkage to business and operational planning, detailed resource identification and planning. The relationship of strategic planning and design management, cost management, operational management, change management and measurement management will all be explored.The simulation game will be augmented by lecture and case study opportunities to practice and experiment with options and their business impacts. Prerequisite: BUSI 3002
BUSI 3022 Capstone Project
The capstone project allows students to pursue, in depth, an independent project of the student's own choosing. Students work closely with their faculty advisors throughout the entire project. Prerequiasite: COUN 3000
PLAC 3004 Placement
Students finalize their learning by completing a one-month work placement with a manufacturing, service, or retail organization of their choice. The work placement provides students with an opportunity to gain hands-on experiences working within the various business functions they have been learning about over their 3-year education period at Loyalist College. Prerequisite: BUSI 3004
Third Year - Semester Six Electives (Materials Management Option)
BUSI 3009 Training and Development
Workplace performance and ongoing skill development through training is a requirement of today's learning organizations. This course deals with the processes and theories required to build effective employees. Emphasis is placed on assessing learning and performance challenges, designing appropriate interventions, delivering solutions and assessing for organizational effectiveness. Prerequisite: Human Resources Management. This course may also be used as an equivalent to FAL: Group Learning & Team Development.
BUSI 3010 Industrial Relations
Union-management relations are important to a smooth running organization. This course examines the theory, practices, and prinicples of Industrial Relations in Canada. Students learn by simulation to negotiate and administer collective agreements, handle grievances, mediate disputes, and prepare for arbitrations. Prerequisite: Human Resources Management.
SALE 2009 Business Writing
Students will strive to produce professional documents that would be used in executive communications. Writing skills will be developed to handle in-depth and complex documents such as formal proposals, marketing/sales implementation packages. Student will spend time refining cover letters and resumes.
RETM 2006 Retail Operations 2
Description coming soon.
TMPP 2011 Tourism Sales and Development
Description coming soon.
BUSI 3026 Compensation
Organizations are looking at new ways of paying people. Most successful firms have now adopted the notion of “total rewards” as a concept of compensation. This course examines the linkage of corporate strategy to compensation as a competitive tool. Specially, pay and performance approaches, motivation, market conditions and others key variables are explored to create and design a strategic compensation program. (Prerequisite - BUSI 2001)
Third Year - Semester Five (Human Resource Option)
BUSI 3007 Organizational Behaviour
The behavioral dynamics of the workplace is complex. Technology us impacting the way we work, the way we interact, and the way we manage people. This course examines the factors that influences human behavior and performance in the workplace including, emotional intelligence, personality, motivation, team behavior, leadership, organizational change and cultural characteristics. Prerequisite: BUSI 2001
BUSI 3011 Project Management
This course is designed to teach the students the concepts, techniques and procedures utilized in Project Management. Major topics will include project cycles, establishing project teams, data collection procedures, Critical Path Method, PERT, bar and flow charting methods as well as the development of work and planning schedules, layouts, costing, control cycles and the development of formal status and summary presentations.
BUSI 3021 Recruitment and Selection
Finding the right employee with the right skills in order to do the right job is essential in today's organizations. This course focuses on developing recruitment strategies in order to find appropriate candidates and then explores methods to ensure effective employee selection through testing, interviewing, assessment centers, and background checks. Prerequisite: BUSI 2001
COUN 3000 Career Preparation
Students develop key strategies to market their skills for entry into the workplace.
BUSI 3023 Human Resources Planning
Planning to ensure the availability of the right people with the right skills at the right time has become an essential human resource competence for all organizations. This course focuses on strategic human resource planning, forecasting supply and demand, succession management strategies, development retention strategies and evaluation of human resources polices and programs. (Prerequisite - BUSI 2001)
Third Year - Semester Five Electives (Human Resource Option)
BUSI 3002 Master Plan and Procurement
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the concepts of master scheduling, master planning, procurement planning, capacity planning, and the business relationship of the above with sales and operations planning and the ERP system. The course will focus on the relationship of the business planning process through to and including developing successful inventory and procurement policy to support best practice and strong customer service. Prerequisite: BUSI 2004
BUSI 3004 Business Management 3
Using the Capstone Business Simulation software students simulate all aspects of management. Students make decisions in: Strategy & Tactics, Policy, Production, Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Quality control, Human resources, Leadership and Teamwork. (Prerequisite - BUSI 2003)
SALE 2003 Strategic Planning
Students learn to develop strategies for transactional and solution selling. Students are required to do a thorough client research, understanding their behaviour styles and job function to aid in the management of the sales process. Emphasis will be placed on enhancement of writing skills.
TMPP 2008 Hosting the World
We all take more than luggage when we travel; our culture and values travel with us. How can tourism professionals best support the needs of visitors? In this course, learners will explore the diversity of world cultures and begin to develop strategies for positive interactions with a world of tourism.
RETM 2000 Retail Operations 1
Description coming soon.
RETM 2003 Planning For Profit
Description coming soon.
BUSI 3024 Principles of Buying
This course provides a critical view into the purchasing elements of world of Supply Chain Management. Topical focus will relate to supply organizations, quality, supplier relations, sourcing, price and cost management and the role of transportation. The scope of this course will include the private and public business sectors. (Prerequisite - BUSI 2004)
Third Year - Semester Six (Human Resource Option)
BUSI 3009 Training and Development
Workplace performance and ongoing skill development through training is a requirement of today's learning organizations. This course deals with the processes and theories required to build effective employees. Emphasis is placed on assessing learning and performance challenges, designing appropriate interventions, delivering solutions and assessing for organizational effectiveness. Prerequisite: Human Resources Management. This course may also be used as an equivalent to FAL: Group Learning & Team Development.
BUSI 3010 Industrial Relations
Union-management relations are important to a smooth running organization. This course examines the theory, practices, and prinicples of Industrial Relations in Canada. Students learn by simulation to negotiate and administer collective agreements, handle grievances, mediate disputes, and prepare for arbitrations. Prerequisite: Human Resources Management.
BUSI 3022 Capstone Project
The capstone project allows students to pursue, in depth, an independent project of the student's own choosing. Students work closely with their faculty advisors throughout the entire project. Prerequiasite: COUN 3000
PLAC 3004 Placement
Students finalize their learning by completing a one-month work placement with a manufacturing, service, or retail organization of their choice. The work placement provides students with an opportunity to gain hands-on experiences working within the various business functions they have been learning about over their 3-year education period at Loyalist College. Prerequisite: BUSI 3004
Third Year - Semester Six Electives (Human Resource Option)
BUSI 3005 Supply Chain and Logistic Management (EDI)
This course encompassess activities and techniques utilized in supply chain and logistics management including customer service, distribution planning, transportation planning, transportation forecasting, logistics documentation, purchasing and third party chain management. Prerequisite: BUSI 3002
BUSI 3020 Strategic Planning of Resources
This course is designed to expose the student to the detailed process of strategic planning, the linkage to business and operational planning, detailed resource identification and planning. The relationship of strategic planning and design management, cost management, operational management, change management and measurement management will all be explored.The simulation game will be augmented by lecture and case study opportunities to practice and experiment with options and their business impacts. Prerequisite: BUSI 3002
SALE 2009 Business Writing
Students will strive to produce professional documents that would be used in executive communications. Writing skills will be developed to handle in-depth and complex documents such as formal proposals, marketing/sales implementation packages. Student will spend time refining cover letters and resumes.
RETM 2006 Retail Operations 2
Description coming soon.
TMPP 2011 Tourism Sales and Development
Description coming soon.
BUSI 3025 International Business
The geography of business continues to expand. This course provides an introduction to the global marketplace. Students will examine the impact of cultural issues upon marketing, logistics, and human resource strategies. (Prerequisite - BUSI 2004)
