Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics

Program Structure

The purpose of the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (GDBA) is to ensure all students, regardless of their educational backgrounds, have the business knowledge and skills to successfully apply the economic sustainable management principles learned. Students must complete the six courses in the GDBA to be admitted to the master’s degree Year 2 but may receive a course waiver for some or all of the GDBA courses based on their previous academic record.

Applicants with a four-year business degree from an acceptable institution may be eligible to proceed directly to MScEEM accelerated program as described below.

Students may receive course waivers for specific GDBA courses if the degree committee determines they have recent equivalent undergraduate or graduate course work in the area from an acceptable institution.

Year One: GDBA
BUSN 5010
Managerial Statistics (3,0,0)

BUSN 5010 Managerial Statistics (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students examine the statistical methods and tools required for decision making in today's business environment. Topics include descriptive statistics and numerical measures, statistical inferences with two populations, hypothesis tests and nonparametric methods, analysis of variance, simple regression models, multiple regression models, regression and the model building process, regression models with categorical dependent variables and applied models with categorical dependent variables.
Prerequisite: Admission to the GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 5010, BUSN 5011 and GBUS 5010
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BUSN 5011
Managerial Statistics

BUSN 5011 Managerial Statistics

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Distance

Students examine the statistical methods and tools required for decision making in today's business environment. Topics include descriptive statistics and numerical measures, statistical inferences with two populations, hypothesis tests and nonparametric methods, analysis of variance, simple regression models, multiple regression models, regression and the model building process, regression models with categorical dependent variables and applied models with categorical dependent variables.
Prerequisite: Admission to the GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee
Note: Students cannot get credit for more than one of BUSN 5010, BUSN 5011, GBUS 5010-Applied Statistics
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BUSN 5020
Financial Accounting (3,0,0)

BUSN 5020 Financial Accounting (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to understand financial statements. They analyze the many accounting policy choices available to companies, and the consequences of these choices for users. Topics include recording basic financial transactions, financial statement preparation, adjusting entries, accounting for receivables and inventories, depreciation and sale of capital assets, bonds and long-term debt, equity transactions, the cash flow statement, revenue and expense recognition, and leases and pensions.
Prerequisite: Admission to GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 5020, BUSN 5021 or GBUS 5000
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BUSN 5021
Financial Accounting

BUSN 5021 Financial Accounting

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Distance

Students acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to understand financial statements. They analyze the many accounting policy choices available to companies, and the consequences of these choices for users. Topics include recording basic financial transactions, financial statement preparation, adjusting entries, accounting for receivables and inventories, depreciation and sale of capital assets, bonds and long-term debt, equity transactions, the cash flow statement, revenue and expense recognition, and leases and pensions.
Prerequisite: Admission to the GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot get credit for more than one of BUSN 5020, BUSN 5021, GBUS 5000-Financial Reporting and Analysis.
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BUSN 5030
Management Accounting (3,0,0)

BUSN 5030 Management Accounting (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students explore the three functions managers must perform within their organizations: planning operations, controlling activities and making decisions. To perform these functions efficiently, managers must collect and interpret appropriate information based on the firm ́s long-term strategy and annual objectives. Topics include an introduction to management accounting; costs and cost behaviours; job or project costing; activity-based costing; cost behaviour and the contribution margin; cost, volume, profit analysis; budgeting; budget variances and performance evaluation; performance measures and the balance scorecard; and short-term decision analysis.
Prerequisite: BUSN 5020 or equivalent
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 5030, BUSN 5031 or GBUS 5030
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BUSN 5031
Management Accounting

BUSN 5031 Management Accounting

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Distance

Students explore the three functions managers must perform within their organizations: planning operations, controlling activities and making decisions. To perform these functions efficiently, managers must collect and interpret appropriate information based on the firm´s long-term strategy and annual objectives. Topics include an introduction to management accounting; costs and cost behaviours; job or project costing; activity-based costing; cost behaviour and the contribution margin; cost, volume, profit analysis; budgeting; budget variances and performance evaluation; performance measures and the balance scorecard; and short-term decision analysis.
Prerequisite: BUSN 5021
Note: Students cannot get credit for more than one of BUSN 5030, BUSN 5031, GBUS 5030-Financial Planning and Control Systems.
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BUSN 5040
Economics for Managers (3,0,0)

BUSN 5040 Economics for Managers (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Student develop an understanding of the fundamental tools of economic analysis that are essential for understanding managerial decision-making. Microeconomic topics include demand and supply, elasticities, production and cost analysis in the short-run and long-run, market structures and pricing strategies. Macroeconomic topics include an examination of indicators, such as GDP, economic growth, interest rates, unemployment rates, and inflation, and an overview of fiscal and monetary policies.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration
Corequisite: None
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 5040, BUSN 5041 or GBUS 5050
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BUSN 5041
Economics for Managers

BUSN 5041 Economics for Managers

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Distance

Student develop an understanding of the fundamental tools of economic analysis that are essential for understanding managerial decision-making. Microeconomic topics include demand and supply, elasticities, production and cost analysis in the short-run and long-run, market structures and pricing strategies. Macroeconomic topics include an examination of indicators, such as GDP, economic growth, interest rates, unemployment rates, and inflation, and an overview of fiscal and monetary policies.
Prerequisite: Admission to the GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot get credit for more than one of BUSN 5040, BUSN 5041, GBUS 5050-Global Economics.
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BUSN 5050
Marketing Management (3,0,0)

BUSN 5050 Marketing Management (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students examine the key principles and concepts of marketing in a variety of contexts including nonprofit, international, services, and environmental issues. Topics include marketing strategy, marketing research, customer relationship management, market segmentation, branding, pricing strategies, channels of distribution, integrated marketing communications, and international marketing.
Prerequisite: Admission to GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 5050, BUSN 5051 or GBUS 5100
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BUSN 5051
Marketing Management

BUSN 5051 Marketing Management

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Distance

Students examine the key principles and concepts of marketing, and are introduced to marketing in a variety of contexts including not-for-profit, international, services, and environmental issues. Topics covered include marketing strategy, marketing research, customer relationship management, market segmentation, branding, products and services, pricing strategies, channels of distribution, integrated marketing communications, and international marketing.
Prerequisite: Admission to GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot get credit for more than one of BUSN 5050, BUSN 5051, GBUS 5100-Marketing Management.
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BUSN 5060
Human Resource Management (3,0,0)

BUSN 5060 Human Resource Management (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students acquire the knowledge and skills required to effectively design and manage a human resource management system. Human resource management systems that are aligned with strategic objectives and more capable of attracting, deploying, developing and retaining human capital are key contributors to organizational competitiveness and success. Topics include the strategic role of human resource management; the legal environment; designing and analyzing jobs; planning and recruitment; selection; orientation and training; performance appraisal; compensation; employee benefits and services; occupational health and safety; effective employee relations; and labour relations, collective bargaining, and contract administration.
Prerequisite: Admission to GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 5060, BUSN 5061 or GBUS 5140
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BUSN 5061
Human Resource Management

BUSN 5061 Human Resource Management

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Distance

Students acquire the knowledge and skills required to effectively design and manage a human resource management system. Human resource management systems that are aligned with strategic objectives and capable of attracting, deploying, developing, and retaining human capital are key contributors to organizational competitiveness and success. Topics include the strategic role of human resource management; the legal environment; designing and analyzing jobs; planning and recruitment; selection; orientation and training; performance appraisal; compensation; employee benefits and services; occupational health and safety; effective employee relations; and labour relations, collective bargaining, and contract administration.
Prerequisite: Admission to GDBA or MBA or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot get credit for more than one of BUSN 5060, BUSN 5061, GBUS 5140-Human Resource Management.
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Year Two: MScEEM
ECON 6010
Principles of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3,0,0)

ECON 6010 Principles of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students are introduced to normative economics and receive a board overview of different approaches to economic analysis of the environment and resources. Environmental, ecological and resource problems are discussed and economic solutions are identified, analyzed and critiqued. Topics include an introduction to economic efficiency; externalities, common resources and public good provision issues; the theory of non-renewable natural resources; cost-benefit analysis; ecological economics and green accounting; and the economics of climate change.
Prerequisite: Admission to MEEM or MScEEM or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 6010 and ESMN 6010.
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ECON 6020
Applied Microeconomics for Sustainable Management (3,0,0)

ECON 6020 Applied Microeconomics for Sustainable Management (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students examine more advanced microeconomic tools and apply these to economic sustainable management. Topics include market analysis for economic sustainability, demand analysis and estimation, the role of elasticities in sustainable management; consumer behavior and rationale choice; risk behavior and assessment; production efficiency; cost analysis and estimation; the role of the market structure for sustainable management; game theory and strategic behavior; and asymmetric information problems.
Prerequisite: Admission to MEEM or MScEEM or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 6020 and ESMN 6020.
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ECON 6030
Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis (3,0,0)

ECON 6030 Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students are introduced to the principles and practice of cost-benefit analysis and how it is applied to evaluating public policies and specific projects. Topics include the conceptual and economic foundations of cost-benefit analysis; valuing benefits and costs in primary and secondary markets; discounting benefits and costs; evaluation criteria; incorporating uncertainty and risk; the role of option price and value; existence value of projects; social discount rate; and predicting and monetizing impacts. Applications relate to such areas as human resource, natural resource, recreation economics plus economic development and urban planning.
Prerequisite: Admission to the MEEM or MScEEM or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 6030 and ESMN 6030.
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ECON 6040
Valuation Methods for Cost-Benefit Analysis (3,0,0)

ECON 6040 Valuation Methods for Cost-Benefit Analysis (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Building on Foundations of Cost-Benefit Analysis, students explore advanced techniques of valuing impacts and contingent valuation methods for investment projects. Valuation methods will be conducted using experiments, quasi-experiments, direct estimation and other indirect market methods. Other topics include contingent valuation, hedonic pricing method, shadow prices, econometrics of contingent valuation, cost-effectiveness analysis, distributional weighted cost-benefit analysis, and hypothesis testing in contingent valuation surveys. A critique of the valuation approaches for non-market goods and services from a philosophical perspective will be addressed.
Prerequisite: ECON 6010, ECON 6020 and ECON 6030 or equivalent.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 6040 and ESMN 6040.
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ECON 6050
Sustainable Community Economic Development (3,0,0)

ECON 6050 Sustainable Community Economic Development (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students learn about the sustainable development of urban and rural communities with an emphasis on critical evaluation of the theory and strategies and application of analytical techniques. Topics include the theoretical basis for community economic development (CED); a critical analysis of theories explaining CED; analytical techniques for community evaluation; economic impact analysis; an assessment of environmental and economic sustainability objectives for project selection; third sector structures; competing strategies for community development; financial strategies and challenges; the role of the public sector in CED; and an overview of CED activity in Canada and other nations.
Prerequisite: Admission to MEEM or MScEEM or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 6050 and ESMN 6050.
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ECON 6060
Applications of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3,0,0)

ECON 6060 Applications of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students apply the principles of sustainable economic management to environmental and resource issues. Topics include population and the environment; agriculture and food; scarcity and abundance of resources; energy sector; renewable resource using in the fisheries and the forestry sector; water economics; pollution, impacts and policy responses; industrial ecology; trade and development and the environment; and institutions for sustainable development.
Prerequisite: ECON 6010 and ECON 6020 or equivalent.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 6060 and ESMN 6060.
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ECON 6070
Sustainable Macroeconomic Development (3,0,0)

ECON 6070 Sustainable Macroeconomic Development (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students explore the macroeconomic theories and issues, internal and external challenges, and alternative policy options for sustainable economic development. Topics include a comparative analysis of the leading theories of economic growth, development and sustainability; lack of economic growth, poverty and income distribution; consequences of population growth and technological change; employment and migration, human capital, agriculture and rural development, international trade and commercial policy, foreign investment and aid; and global integration, economic transition and environmental degradation.
Prerequisite: Admission to MEEM or MScEEM or approval of degree committee.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 6070 and ESMN 6070.
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ECON 6080
Policy and Regulation for Sustainable Management (3,0,0)

ECON 6080 Policy and Regulation for Sustainable Management (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students explore the role of government policy in the regulation of the environment and sustainability. Topics include criteria for evaluating environmental policies; decentralized policies including liability laws and property rights; control and command policies; emission taxes and subsidies; transferable discharge permits; compliance costs, uncertainty, and information; federal and provincial environmental policy in Canada; air, land and water pollution control policies; policy on toxic and hazardous substances; local environmental issues; global environmental issues and policies.
Prerequisite: ECON 6060 or equivalent.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both ECON 6080 and ESMN 6080.
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Additional required courses.
May require additional time for completion depending on the nature of the research topic.
BUSN 6950
Research Methods, Preparation, and Presentation (3,0,0)

BUSN 6950 Research Methods, Preparation, and Presentation (3,0,0)

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students receive an overview of the scientific method, research preparation, and the styles of communication used to disseminate research at the graduate level. Topics include the role of business research, theory and the business research process, organization structure and ethical issues, defining a research problem, qualitative research tools, survey research, observation methods and experimental research, measurement and scaling concepts, sampling and sample size, working with data, quantitative statistical analysis, and writing a research report.
Prerequisite: BUSN 5010 or equivalent
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 6950 or BUSN 6951
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BUSN 6951
Research Methods, Preparation, and Presentation

BUSN 6951 Research Methods, Preparation, and Presentation

Credits: 3 credits
Delivery: Distance

Students receive an overview of the scientific method, research preparation, and the styles of communication used to disseminate research at the graduate level. Topics include the role of business research, theory and the business research process, organization structure and ethical issues, defining a research problem, qualitative research tools, survey research, observation methods and experimental research, measurement and scaling concepts, sampling and sample size, working with data, quantitative statistical analysis, and writing a research report.
Prerequisite: BUSN 5011 or equivalent
Note: Students cannot get credit for more than one of BUSN 6950, BUSN 6951, GBUS 5210-Business Research and Consulting Methods.
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BUSN 6960
Graduate Thesis

BUSN 6960 Graduate Thesis

Credits: 12 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students in the Graduate Thesis Option in the Master of Business Administration degree program prepare and defend a thesis in accordance with the policies established by the Research, Innovation, and Graduate Studies Office. The thesis is completed under the supervision of a faculty member and a thesis supervisory committee and evaluated by a thesis defence/examining committee.
Prerequisite: BUSN 6950 or equivalent
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 6960 or BUSN 6961
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BUSN 6970
Graduate Project

BUSN 6970 Graduate Project

Credits: 9 credits
Delivery: Campus

Students in the Graduate Project Option in the Master of Business Administration degree program prepare and defend a report that addresses a particular management issue or problem. The report is completed under the direction of a faculty member and evaluated by a project defence committee.
Prerequisite: BUSN 6950 or equivalent
Note: Students may only receive credit for one of BUSN 6970 or BUSN 6971
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Note: course numbers ending in "1" are online courses.


 

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