Office of the Registrar
Faculty of Business Administration (2019/2020)
5.3 Regulations for the Certificate in Business Administration

  1. To be considered for admission to the Certificate in Business Administration, applicants must have at least five years of full-time work experience, or equivalent, that is deemed acceptable by the Admissions Committee of the Faculty of Business Administration.

  2. In the case where students have been required to withdraw from one of the Faculty’s other undergraduate programs, the Admissions Committee of the Faculty may consider this circumstance as grounds to deny admission.

  3. To be eligible for the Certificate in Business Administration, a student must

    1. have been admitted to the Certificate Program;

    2. successfully complete the following 30 credit hours:

      1. Six credit hours in English which must include English 1110 or 1021;

      2. BUSI 1000, 1101, 1210, 1600, 2010;

      3. Three of the following: Economics 1010 (or the former 2010), Economics 1020 (or the former 2020), BUSI 2101, 2210, 2400, 2710, 3310, 3401, 3700, 4000, 4320, 4330, and 4500.

    3. achieve an overall average of at least 60% in the courses that comprise the 30 credit hours specified in clause 3.b. A student failing to meet this requirement will be required to repeat one or more courses to raise the overall average to the minimum acceptable level.

  4. Every student for the Certificate in Business Administration will be required to complete at least 15 credit hours at this University. The courses comprising these credit hours must be applicable to the Certificate in Business Administration.

  5. Every student for the Certificate in Business Administration who has completed a Bachelor's degree at this University, or another recognized university or another post-secondary institution, will be required to complete at least 15 credit hours at this University beyond those required for that degree. The courses comprising these credit hours must be applicable to the Certificate in Business Administration.

  6. Course prerequisites for all courses shall apply to all courses in the Certificate in Business Administration. Students should note, for example, that Mathematics 1000 is a prerequisite and Statistics 2500 is a co-requisite for BUSI 2400. It should be noted that some courses are not offered every semester.