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1911-2011 | Wilfrid Laurier University

1911-2011 | Wilfrid Laurier University

YEAR SEPTEMBER–DECEMBER JANUARY–APRIL MAY–AUGUST

1 •IntroductiontoBusinessOrganization•IntroductiontoMicroeconomics•CalculusforSBEStudents•Twonon-businesselectives

•FunctionalAreasoftheOrganization•IntroductiontoMacroeconomics•Threenon-businesselectives

Summervacation

2 •OrganizationalBehaviourI•IntroductiontoFinancialAccounting•ManagerialStatistics•IntermediateMacroeconomicAnalysis orIntermediateMicroeconomicAnalysis•Onenon-businesselective

•BusinessLaw•ManagerialAccounting•BusinessDecisionModels•Twonon-businesselectives

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3 •IntroductiontoMarketingManagement

•FinancialManagementI•OperationsManagementI•HumanResourcesManagement•Onebusinessornon-business

elective

WORKTERM2 •BuildingandManagingProducts,ServicesandBrands

•FinancialManagementII•OperationsManagementII•OrganizationalBehaviourII•Onebusinessornon-businesselective

4 WORKTERM3 •BusinessPolicyI•ThreeBusinessElectives•Onenon-businesselective

•BusinessPolicyII•Threebusinesselectives•IntroductiontoManagementInformation

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BusinessAdministration

People who study business know what they want: a career with a

future. Business provides that future. Whether you study the broad spectrum of business or develop a specialization, a Laurier business education will give you the skills that can lead to a successful career in the private or public sectors, or as an entrepreneur responsible to no one but yourself.

Why study business at Laurier?Laurier is one of Canada’s leading business and economics schools. It is also one of the largest, with more than 100 full-time professors, about 2,400 full-time under-graduate students and hundreds more studying part-time or in graduate programs.

What sets Laurier apart is its smaller class sizes (most taught by full-time professors, not graduate students), its sense of community,the many student clubs, our friendly and approachable faculty members, and the fact that, unlike some other universities, you can enter the Laurier Bachelor of Business Administration program in your first year.

You will still, however, be exposed to learning in liberal arts and science subjects because we believe a broad education is essential for a career in management and for your development as an individual.

And because the Business and Economics departments are in the same faculty at Laurier, business students will also get greater exposure to economics than they would at another university.

For optimal success, it is highly recom-mended that students have use of a laptop computer.

At the end of the day, of course, you also get a great degree — the Laurier Bachelor of Business Administration, a degree you can always be proud of.

fast track to CmAWilfrid Laurier University graduates enjoy a special status that makes becoming a Certified Management Accountant faster and easier. The CMA accreditation process recognizes those universities achieving the highest standards of instruction in management accounting. Laurier is one of only nine CMA-accredited universities in Ontario, and graduates of our Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration (Accounting Stream) programs are exempt from writing Part I of the CMA Entrance Examination. For more information, visit the CMA website www.cma-ontario.org.

AACsB accreditationLaurier’s undergraduate and graduate business programs are accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

This accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement for

BusinessatLaurier

For as far back as Gray McCarty can remember, he has always wanted a career in business. But, he wasn’t always sure what path he would end up taking.

“While in Grade 12, I vacillated between pursuing business or creative arts, with the hope of eventually getting into the world of advertising,” he recalls.

Given his talent and drive for success, it came as no surprise when McCarty enrolled in Laurier’s School of Business & Economics (SBE).

“I look at Laurier as being Ontario’s “secret sauce” of business programs,” he says. “When you look at the numbers and at the rankings, SBE’s success speaks for itself.”

Since coming to Laurier, McCarty has served as executive vice president of marketing and communica-tions for the SBE’s Students’ Society for three years running. He’s also served as a student representative for a number of different committees and councils, including the SBE Faculty Council meetings, SBE new building steering committee and as a JDC Central advisor.

McCarty, who is currently interning in HR Marketing at Apple in California, hopes to obtain a full-time job with Apple upon graduating from Laurier. It’s been a dream of his for the past six years to work at Apple, but he hopes to also keep his connection with Laurier.

“I love this school and I have formed a great working relationship with the staff and faculty.”

IlookatLaurierasbeingOntario’s“secretsauce”ofbusinessprograms.

business schools around the world. It recognizes that Laurier’s Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration programs have met a wide range of quality standards relating to the strategic management of resources, interaction of faculty and students in the educational process, and achievement of learning goals in degree programs.

During the accreditation process, the school underwent a rigorous and compre-hensive peer review. Business school deans with detailed knowledge of management education visited Laurier and evaluated the programs, applying accreditation standards that are widely accepted in the educational community.

AACSB International, founded in 1916, is a St. Louis, Missouri-based, not-for-profit organization consisting of more than 900 educational organizations and corporations. Its mission is excellence in management education in colleges and universities.

About Laurier’s business programsLaurier offers several different business programs.

Business Administration: The Honours Bachelor of Business Administration is our flagship business program. You may choose to do a BBA that will give you an excellent general business education through an array of courses from all the business areas at Laurier, or you may wish to specialize in a particular area. Either way, you can apply to the co-op program. Most BBA students develop a specialization within the program, building expertise in brand communication, accounting, human resource management, marketing, finance, financial planning, supply chain management, entrepreneurship or insurance and risk management.

The BBA requires 20 credits, consisting of 11 business and nine non-business credits.

Business Administration & Computing: We offer three double-degree programs that give you both a Bachelor of Business

Administration degree and either an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science (software focus) or Computing & Computer Electronics (unique mix of software and hardware) or an Honours Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo, all in less than five years. Given their technical and business skills, our business and computing double-degree students have unlimited employment possibilities.

Business Administration & Mathematics: Graduates of this double-degree program will receive Laurier’s Bachelor of Business Administration degree together with the University of Waterloo’s Bachelor of Mathematics degree. The 26 credits are normally obtained over at least 10 terms and include 12 specific Laurier business credits, 12 specific Waterloo mathematics and computer science credits, and two elective credits. This is also a co-op program.

Agreatlearningexperience

stRong RePutAtionin the 2009 maclean’s reputational survey, Laurier ranked in

the top three in our category nationally for Best overall, Highest Quality, most innovative and overall Reputation.

Co-op at LaurierCo-operative education, which provides an opportunity for participants to integrate their academic studies with work expe-rience, has been offered at Laurier since 1976. All full-time students in the Honours Business Administration program may apply for the Co-op Option. Admission to this limited-enrolment option is competitiveand is based on academic record, recent work and volunteer experience, extracur- ricular activities and interview performance.

Honours business administration students in co-op complete three work terms,beginning their alternating sequence of

four-month work and study terms at the end of second year, and graduating four months after students in the regular sequence.

Why should you consider co-op?• Puttheoryintoaction• Applyyourtechnicalskills• Clarifyyourcareergoals• Developmarketableskills• Gainvaluablecontacts

Recent employers of BBA co-op students include:• AonReedStenhouse• AvivaCanada

• BDODunwoody• BMOCapitalMarkets• CanadianTire• KPMG• LondonLife• McCainFoods• OntarioTeachers’PensionPlan• Petro-Canada• ResearchInMotion• SCJohnson• Smuckers• StaplesCanada• SybaseCanada• TDSecurities

Optionstoenhanceyourdegree

What makes people keep going back to a particular website? What are they looking for in a website? What makes them comfortable? Why do they trust certain Internet vendors sufficiently to submit personal information such as credit card numbers, but not others?

“The Internet can be a risky place to do business,” says Laurier marketing professor, Dr. Chatura Ranaweera. “Some people are risk-averse or not comfortable doing some things. Others are more trusting and are more comfortable using technology.”

Ranaweera and two colleagues, with a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, are surveying Internet users to establish if there are differences in what determines behaviours when consumers use various types of websites such as entertainment sites, information sites and commercial sites.

Research like Ranaweera’s may be used to help companies and organizations improve their online services by better satisfying users’ expectations.

TheInternetcanbeariskyplacetodobusiness.

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At 18, Anna Nowak wasn’t sure what kind of career she wanted. Fortunately, she found her calling in the Business Administration program at Laurier.

“The way the business program works at Laurier lets you experience a bit of every-thing before you decide, and helps you make a more informed decision about what discipline you want to follow,” she says.

Nowak cites the atmosphere of the business school and the emphasis on group work in her courses as her favourite aspects of the program.

“There are lots of extracurricular programs that are geared specifically towards the business program,” she says. “The competitions throughout the program let students apply their knowledge to real world situations.”

Nowak graduated from the BBA program in 2007. In 2008, she became the seventh Laurier graduate to win the Ontario gold medal for the highest mark in the province on the 2008 Canadian Chartered Accountants’ exam. She currently works for Deloitte & Touche and is working towards completing her CA designation.

Yourcareerstartshere

Admission infoRmAtionfor the most up-to-date information about admission to Laurier,

go to www.wlu.ca/admissions.

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YEAR SEPTEMBER–DECEMBER JANUARY–APRIL MAY–AUGUST

1 •IntroductiontoBusinessOrganization•IntroductiontoMicroeconomics•CalculusforSBEStudents•Twonon-businesselectives

•FunctionalAreasoftheOrganization•IntroductiontoMacroeconomics•Threenon-businesselectives

Summervacation

2 •OrganizationalBehaviourI•IntroductiontoFinancialAccounting•ManagerialStatistics•IntermediateMacroeconomicAnalysis orIntermediateMicroeconomicAnalysis•Onenon-businesselective

•BusinessLaw•ManagerialAccounting•BusinessDecisionModels•Twonon-businesselectives

WORKTERM1

3 •IntroductiontoMarketingManagement

•FinancialManagementI•OperationsManagementI•HumanResourcesManagement•Onebusinessornon-business

elective

WORKTERM2 •BuildingandManagingProducts,ServicesandBrands

•FinancialManagementII•OperationsManagementII•OrganizationalBehaviourII•Onebusinessornon-businesselective

4 WORKTERM3 •BusinessPolicyI•ThreeBusinessElectives•Onenon-businesselective

•BusinessPolicyII•Threebusinesselectives•IntroductiontoManagementInformation

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sample schedule: Honours BBA Program with Co-op option