Financial Services (Bachelor of Business Administration)
Curriculum Guideline
Effective Date:
Program code
BBAFA
Discontinued
No
Program
Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Finance
Credential type
Bachelor's Degree
Transcript title
BBA-Financial Services
Date of first offering
Start term
202210
End term
Not Specified
Credential
Bachelor of Business Administration - Financial Services
Length of program
Eight semesters
Credits
121.50
Admissions requirements
1. General College Admission Requirements
2. Pre-Calculus 11 with a minimum grade of "C" or Foundations of Mathematics 11 with a minimum grade of "C"
Curriculum framework
Graduation Requirements
- Successful completion of 121.50 credits
- 45 Upper Level (3000-4000) credits required
- A minimum of 70% of upper level credits must be completed at Douglas College
- A minimum program GPA of 2.00 is required to graduate
- 1000-2000 level courses must be University Transferable (courses that transfer to one of the Research Universities - SFU, UBC (UBCV or UBCO), UNBC or UVIC according to the BC Transfer Guide
- Students can also take this program with a cooperative education option
Additional Graduation Requirements with the Co-Operative Education Option:
- Successful completion of 3 Co-Operative work terms (27 credits)
- Students completing the Co-Operative Education option will graduate with 148.5 credits and may require additional terms of study.
Course Requirements:
| Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
| Required Courses | ||
| ACCT 1110* | Principles of Accounting I (see note (1) below) | 3.00 |
| ACCT 1210* | Principles of Accounting II (see note (1) below) | 3.00 |
| FINC 1231* | Business Mathematics (see note (2) below) | 3.00 |
| BUSN 1210 | Management Essentials | 3.00 |
| MARK 1120 | Introduction to Marketing | 3.00 |
| CSIS 1190 | Excel for Business | 3.00 |
| ECON 1150 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3.00 |
| BLAW 1320 | Introductory Business law | 3.00 |
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Select two courses from the following three options: |
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| ENGL 1130 | Academic Writing | 3.00 |
| CMNS 1115 | Business Communication | 3.00 |
| CMNS 1125 | Public Speaking | 3.00 |
| Required Courses | ||
| PHIL 1122 | Business Ethics (see note (3) below) | 3.00 |
| ECON 1250 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3.00 |
| FINC 2300* | Personal Finance I (CFP) | 3.00 |
| BUSN 2429* | Business Statistics I (see note (4) below) | 3.00 |
| MARK 2150 | Personal Selling | 3.00 |
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Select one of the following two options: (see note (5) below) |
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| FINC 2340* | Corporate Finance | 3.00 |
| Introduction to Corporate Finance | 3.00 | |
| Required Courses | ||
| ACCT 2320 | Introductory Management Accounting | 3.00 |
| BUSN 3310 | Organizational Management Skills (see note (6) below) | 3.00 |
| FINC 3390* | Security Analysis (CFP) (see note (7) below) | 3.00 |
| Select three courses from the following options: | ||
| FINC 3300 | Personal Finance II (CFP) | 3.00 |
| FINC 3305 | International Financial Management | 3.00 |
| FINC 4340 | Investment Management Techniques | 3.00 |
| FINC 4360 | Portfolio Management Techniques | 3.00 |
| Select four courses from the following options: | ||
| FINC 3370 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 3.00 |
| ACCT 3370 | Income Tax I (CFP) | 3.00 |
| ACCT 3410 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3.00 |
| BUSN 3431 | Business Statistics II | 3.00 |
| MARK 3500 | Financial Services Marketing | 3.00 |
| ACCT 3470 | Income Tax II | 3.00 |
| BLAW 3730 | Corporate and Financial Planning Law | 3.00 |
| FINC 4370 | Financial Planning Capstone (CFP) | 3.00 |
| FINC 4380 | Derivatives & Theory & Applications | 3.00 |
| FINC 4390 | Financial Analysis Capstone | 3.00 |
| Required Courses | ||
| BUSN 4275 | Business Strategy and Competitive Analysis (see note (8) below) | 3.00 |
| Open Electives | Eight 1000 - 4000 Level Elective Courses(see note (9) below) | 24.00 |
| Open Electives | Five 3000 - 4000 Level Elective Courses | 15.00 |
| BUSN 4500 | Career Portfolio Development (see note (10) below) | 1.50 |
| Total Credits | 121.50 | |
Co-Operative Education Option
| 3 Co-Operative work terms (See Note 11) | 27.00 |
| Total Credits with Co-Operative Education Option | 148.5 |
Notes
- ACCT 1235(Principles of Introductory Financial Accounting I & II) can be taken instead of ACCT 1110 and 1210. A 3-credit open elective course must then be taken to meet the 121.5-credit requirement of the program.
- MATH 1120 may substitute for FINC 1231.
- PHIL 1102 or BUSN 4490 may substitute for PHIL 1122.
- MATH 1160 may substitute for BUSN 2429.
- ECON 2298 may substitute for FINC 2340 or FINC 2345.
- SOSC 2140 may substitute for BUSN 3310.
- The Canadian Securities Course (CSC) may be transferred in and substituted for FINC 3390.
- BUSN 4275 must be taken in the final two semesters.
- Lower level (1000-2000 level) courses must be university transferable.
- BUSN 4500 is a capstone course and requires 500 hours Canadian work experience completed prior. It must be taken in the final two semesters of the degree.
- The co-op work term is a minimum of 420 hours of work and must be taken through Douglas College's Co-op program. The timing of the work term is restricted to the following:
- Can be undertaken only after completion of a minimum of two semesters, 18 credits
- Cannot be taken in the last semester of the program
*A minimum grade of "C" for each course which is a pre-requisite to further courses is required (courses indicated by *).
The courses listed below satisfy the FP Canada™ Core and Advanced Curriculum requirements leading to QUALIFIED ASSOCIATE FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (QAFP™) and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® (CFP®) certification.