Concentrations
Choose your area of concentration
A concentration is an area of specialization that the student is pursing in their BBA. Choose to specialize in one or more of nine different concentrations in Business.
Students can choose their area of concentration in years 3 and 4. All upper division (300 & 400) level concentration courses must be completed at SFU.
THE COURSES LISTED ARE FOR STUDENTS ENTERING BUSINESS FALL 2009 - SUMMER 2010. FOR ALL OTHER BUSINESS STUDENTS, PLEASE CHECK YOUR CONCENTRATION COURSE REQUIREMENTS HERE.
Accounting - Honors (Burnaby)
Accounting identifies, measures and communicates economic information to external groups such as investors, and to internal groups, such as managers. You take accounting courses in the core degree program as well as courses in tax, auditing and advanced accounting. Most accounting courses count toward the professional designations of Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Management Accountant
(CMA) or Certified General Accountant (CGA).
Course requirements:
Bus 320-3 Financial Accounting: Assets
Bus 321-3 Financial Accounting: Equities
Bus 322-3 Intermediate Managerial Accounting
Bus 329-4 In come Tax for Business Decision-Making
Bus 420-3 Advanced Accounting
Bus 421-3 Accounting Theory
Bus 424-3 Advanced Managerial Accounting
Bus 426-3 Auditing and Assurance: Concepts and Methods*
*Can be used towards one of the Bus 4xx Honors course requirements
Click here for information on Accounting - Honors Program and Course Requirements.
Have questions about the Accounting Honors Concentration? Check out our Fast Facts.
Entrepreneurship (Surrey)
Do you know how to take a vision for a business, formulate it as a business plan and make it grow? It’s not easy but it can be done. Luck can help, but ultimately success is akin to the survival of the best prepared. Studying entrepreneurship will show you how to identify market opportunities, get the funding you need, find and keep employees, deliver quality goods and services at a cost effective price, and much more. Courses include Project Management, New Venture Planning, Marketing for New Ventures, Leadership, New Venture Finance and more.
Course requirements:
Bus 314-3 New Venture Finance
Bus 342-3 Foundations of Entrepreneurship
Bus 361-3 Project Management
Bus 443-3 Marketing for New Ventures
Bus 486-3 Leadership
Finance (Burnaby and Surrey)
The financial services sector is a significant component of the BC and Canadian economy, and is likely to be a growth industry in the future. Securities and their markets, investment portfolios and long-term investment in real assets are some of the areas analyzed in the context of both personal and corporate financial decision making. The Finance concentration offers courses in investments, financial management, options and futures, financial markets and institutions, and international finance.
Course requirements:
Bus 312-4 Introduction to Finance
Bus 315-4 Investments
Bus 316-3 Derivative Securities
And two of:
- Bus 410-3 Financial Institutions
- Bus 413-4 Corporate Finance
- Bus 417-4 Security Analysis
- Bus 418-3 International Financial Management
- Bus 419-3 Advanced Derivative Securities
Human Resource Management (Burnaby)
Introductory courses help students in all business fields understand, predict, and manage behavior in organizations. Specialized knowledge is provided in two professional career streams: Personnel Specialist covers recruitment, training, negotiation skills and performance management. Managing People includes design of employment systems, change and organizational leadership. HRM students are prepared for entry level positions in human resource management and consulting firms.
Course requirements:
One of:
- Bus 374-3 Organization Theory
- Bus 381-3 Introduction to Human Resource Management
And one of:
- Bus 482-3 Performance Management
- Bus 487-3 Organizational Development and Change Management
And three of:
- Bus 432-3 International Human Resources Management
- Bus 472-3 Seminar in Organizational Behavior
- Bus 481-3 Recruiting and Selection
- Bus 484-3 Employment Systems
- Bus 485-3 Negociations and Conflict Management
- Bus 486-3 Leadership
- Bus 488-3 Group Dynamics and Teamwork
Suggested Options:
Option A: Bus 381, 482 and three of Bus 432, 481, 485 or 488
Students wanting to focus on a concentration as a personnel specialist in a human resource function are advised to take this option
Option B: Bus 374, 487 and three of Bus 484, 485, 486 or 488
Students wanting to develop skills in managing people, including design of employment systems, change and organization leadership are advised to take this option.
International Business (Burnaby)
The International Business (IB) concentration deals with aspects of competition across national boundaries. To understand how firms can successfully compete in the global arena, students assess structures, systems and processes that contribute to efficient, effective international business activities.
Course requirements:
Bus 346-3 International Business
And one of:
- Bus 380-3 Comparative Management
- Bus 432-3 International Human Resource Management
And one of:
- Bus 434-3 Foreign Market Entry
- Bus 435-3 Management of International Firms
And one of:
- Bus 431-3 Business with East Asian Countries
- Bus 49X-3 Selected Topics: Emerging Markets
And one of *:
- Bus 418-3 International Financial Management
- Bus 447-3 International Marketing Management
- *or any other Bus 400 level IB course NOT already used to satisfy the above
Note: students concentrating in International Business are strongly advised to consider combining it with another business concentration.
Management Information Systems (Burnaby)
MIS integrates our understanding of people, information, technology and strategy to find ways to make organizations more agile, effective and efficient. The focus areas include how Information Systems and emerging technologies affect business processes, decision making and organizational and societal change. Students learn to manage project teams, to manage and use information, and to design and build systems in support of business processes. This is an excellent concentration for those interested in business analysis and managing change through projects. MIS is also a good complement and catalyst to other concentrations.
Course requirements:
Bus 361-3 Project Management
Bus 362-4 Business Process Analysis
Bus 468-3 Managing Information Technology for Business Value
And two of:
- Bus 462-3 Business Intelligence
- Bus 464-3 Data Management and IS Audit
- Bus 466-3 Web-Enabled business
- Bus 49X-3 Selected Topics (approved MIS topic)
Management of Innovation (Surrey)
In the long term, a firm must change if it is to survive. Driven by new and often disruptive technologies, this requirement for change has evolved into a more immediate imperative. The concentration in Management of Innovation will show you how to manage projects, manage the innovation process, understand and leverage the behavioural dynamics of change and provide leadership in a rapidly changing environment.
Course requirements:
Bus 338-3 Understanding Technological Innovation
Bus 361-3 Project Management
And three of:
- Bus 450-3 Emerging Technologies for Business
- Bus 453-3 Sustainable Innovation
- Bus 452-2 Strategic Management of Innovation
- Bus 454-3 Creativity in Business
Management Science (Burnaby)
This specialization focuses on the use of quantitative methods in solving management problems. Students encounter a wide variety of quantitative models, study how these methods are formulated and solved, and learn how they are used to help managers attack real problems. Students from MS have gone on to careers that involve designing systems to reduce wait times at Vancouver airport, enhancing security systems, developing retail store layouts, creating inventory management systems, and determining best positioning for emergency facilities such as fire or ambulance stations.
Course requirements:
Bus 336-4 Data and Decisions II
Bus 473-4 Operations Management
And two of:
- Buec 433-5 Forecasting in Business and Economics
- Bus 437-3 Decision Analysis in Business
- Bus 440-4 Simulation in Management Decision Making
- Bus 474-3 Supply Chain Management
- Bus 49X-3 Selected Topics in Business Administration (if/when offered with an MS topic)
Note: students concentrating in Management Science are strongly advised to combine it with a concentration in a related area such as Management Information Systems, Marketing, or Finance.
Marketing (Burnaby and Surrey)
The study of marketing encourages students to become problem solvers. Marketers are in the middle – they present the face of the company to its customers and, in turn, bring the voice of the customer into the organization. The Marketing concentration takes an analytical approach to marketing management, consumer behaviour, market research and analysis.
Course requirements:
Bus 343-3 Introduction to Marketing
Bus 345-4 Marketing Research
Bus 347-3 Consumer Behavior
And three of:
- Bus 444-3 Business to Business Marketing
- Bus 445-3 Analysis of Data for Management
- Bus 446-4 Marketing Strategy
- Bus 447-3 Global Marketing Management
- Bus 448-4 Integrated Marketing Communications
- Bus 449-3 Ethical Issues in Marketing
- Bus 459-3 Services Marketing
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