Business Administration Undergraduate Programme

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General Information

The primary purpose of the Department of Management is to provide the officer cadets of the Royal Military College of Canada with the best possible university-level education in Business Administration. This education must benefit foremost the students themselves and, as a direct consequence, the professional development of the future officers of the Canadian Forces. The quality of this education must be such that upon the completion of the undergraduate degree the doors of every graduate school will be open to the best of these students.

The study of business administration involves a number of functional areas including accounting, information systems, finance, marketing, operations management and human resource management. These functional areas are developed from a number of basic disciplines. For example, marketing relies on the disciplines of microeconomics, statistics and psychology: finance and operations management rely on mathematics and statistics and human resource management relies on psychology and sociology. The practice of business administration does not take place in a vacuum. Understanding the environmental context and its relationship with a functional area is essential to the development of effective decisions, policies and strategies.

The Business Administration programme will have a threefold thrust. The programme will provide the student with a basic understanding of certain core disciplines such as quantitative methods, economics and psychology. It will also provide the student with a basic understanding of each of the functional areas such as finance, accounting, human resources and marketing. Finally, it will include courses, which require integration of the functional areas. The overarching goal is to provide the student with a broad, well-grounded education in business administration.

Students successfully completing their first year Arts, with at least a "D" average, are eligible for entry into the programme leading to a B.A. (Honours) Business Administration or B.A. Business Administration starting in second year.

In consultation with the Department Head, students will select courses each year which fulfil the degree requirements that are best suited to students' interests.

All 300/400 level courses in business administration are limited to students enrolled in the following programmes:

• B.A. (Honours) Business Administration / B.A. Business Administration
• All Joint Programmes with Business Administration
• Minor in Business Administration
• Concentration in Business Administration
• Certificate in Management with Applications in Defence
• Bachelor of Military Arts and Science

or with permission of the department.

Physical Conditioning and Second Language Courses

• ATE101: Foundations of Fitness, Health and Sports
• ATE301: Unarmed Combatives, Military Skills and Individual Sports
• LCF100 : Compétence de base – partie I
• LCF200 : Compétence de base – partie II
• LCF301 : Compétence intermédiaire – partie I
• LCF302 : Compétence intermédiaire – partie II
• LCF400 : Compétence intermédiaire - partie III

B.A. (Honours) Business Administration

A 40 credit programme, including the core courses for arts programmes.

Mandatory Courses

• BAE202: Financial Accounting
• BAE208: Management Accounting
• BAE220: Introduction to Information Technology ^Footnote1
• BAE242: Quantitative Methods I
• BAE270: Management, Critical Thinking and Communication
• BAE300: Finance
• BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
• BAE326: Human Resources Management
• BAE330: Organizational Theory
• BAE344: Operations Management
• BAE470: Strategic Management I
• BAE472: Strategic Management II
• ECE206: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I or ECE224: Microeconomics I 

Optional courses

• 6 Business Administration credits at the 300/400 level ^Footnote2

Electives

• 1 credit

B.A. Business Administration

A 40 credit programme, including the core courses for arts programmes.

Mandatory Courses

• BAE202: Financial Accounting
• BAE208: Management Accounting
• BAE220: Introduction to Information Technology ^Footnote1
• BAE242: Quantitative Methods I
• BAE270: Management, Critical Thinking and Communication
• BAE300: Finance
• BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
• BAE326: Human Resources Management
• BAE330: Organizational Theory
• BAE344: Operations Management
• BAE470: Strategic Management I
• BAE472: Strategic Management II
• ECE206: Macroeconomic Theory and Policy I or ECE224: Microeconomics I

Optional courses

• 5 Business Administration credits at the 300/400 level ^Footnote2

Electives

• 2 credits

Programme Outlines for Business Administration

The following tables are examples of a typical outline, by year, of a B.A. (Honours) Business Administration programme of study or a B.A. Business Administration programme of study that would cover the required courses.

B.A. (Honours) Business Administration

B.A. Business Administration

Concentration in Business Administration

30 credits must be completed, and of these:

• At least 15 must be earned through RMC, (including six in the chosen discipline)
• At least 10 must be at the senior level
• At least 20 must be in Arts, (of which at least 12 must be in Business Administration)
• At least 5 of the 12 Business Administration credits must be at the senior level
• At least 6 of the 12 Business Administration credits must be earned through RMC

Note: A credit may fulfil several requirements at the same time, ex: a course could be in Arts (including Business Administration), at the senior level and taken through RMC. The B.A. Programme includes a compulsory core.

Mandatory courses

• HIE208: Canadian Military History: A Study in War and Military History, 1867 to Present (or another course in Military History, such as HIE205 )
• HIE275: Technology, Society and Warfare
• MAE106: Discrete Mathematics with Probability
• MAE113: Calculus for the Liberal Arts
• POE205: Canadian Politics and Society (or POE116: Introduction to International Relations)
• PSE103: Introduction to Human Psychology
• PSE401: Military Professionalism and Ethics
• At least 2 credits in English Literature and Grammar
• At least 1 credit in Canadian History

Business Administration courses

Students who select the Concentration in Business Administration are required to take the following courses or their equivalent from a recognized university.

• BAE202: Financial Accounting I
• BAE208: Management Accounting
• BAE220: Introduction to Information Technology
• BAE238: Introduction to Strategic Management
• BAE242: Quantitative Methods I
• BAE268: Introduction to Defence Resource Management
• BAE300: Finance
• BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
• BAE326: Human Resources Management
• BAE330: Organizational Theory
• BAE344: Operations Management
• ECE103: Introduction to Microeconomics
• ECE104: Introduction to Macroeconomics

Electives

• 7 additional credits in Arts, Science or Technology are also required

Minor in Business Administration

Mandatory courses

• BAE202: Financial Accounting I
• BAE242: Quantitative Methods (or equivalent)

Optional courses

6 of the following Business Administration courses:

• BAE208: Management Accounting I
• BAE220: Introduction to Information Technology
• BAE238: Introduction to Strategic Management
• BAE270: Management, Critical Thinking and Communication
• BAE300: Finance
• BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
• BAE326: Human Resource Management
• BAE330: Organizational Theory
• BAE344: Operations Management

Certificate in Management with Applications to Defence

• This Certificate in Management with Applications to Defenceis intended to allow individuals to gain a basic understanding of the defence management field.
• The topics cover the basics of management theory across multiple disciplines. In addition, the courses can be applied to the B.A. (General) and the Bachelor of Military Arts and Science (B.M.A.Sc.) degree programmes.
• The equivalent of 10 one-credit courses are required for completion of the Certificate.

Mandatory courses (or their equivalent)

• BAE202: Financial Accounting
• BAE208: Managerial Accounting
• BAE220: Introduction to Information Technology
• BAE238: Introduction to Strategic Management
• BAE242: Quantitative Methods I
• BAE300: Finance
• BAE314: Marketing Fundamentals
• BAE326: Human Resources Management
• BAE330: Organizational Theory
• BAE344: Operations Management

Certificate in Accounting

The 15 courses listed in the certificate represent the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) preparatory courses which are necessary for entry into the two-year professional program.  A 6-week distance-learning option for each course listed below was created. The contents of the compressed online course and its corresponding in class course are the same.