Applicants must meet the admission requirements listed below:
1. General College Admission Requirements
2. Applicants must have an undergraduate degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in Canada or an equivalent credential from an approved institution of a different country. Any applicant who earned their credential in a language other than English must meet the Douglas College English language proficiency requirement.
Recommendation: Completion of Pre-Calculus or Foundations of Math 12 (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of C+ is highly recommended.
Graduation Requirements:
- Successful completion of 60 credits
- 70% (42 credits) of all coursework must be completed at Douglas College
- A minimum program GPA of 2.00 is required
- In good academic standing
- A minimum grade of "C" is required in BUSN 3386, 3388, and 3390*
- Courses used towards a previously received credential can be used to meet program requirements. However, additional courses may need to be taken to replace these credits. See Note 5 for details about replacement courses.
- Time limit to complete the program graduation requirements: seven (7) years. Any courses completed outside of that time limit will not be usable. Students may seek the permission of the Department/Program to complete a credential outside the approved time limits.
- Students can also take this program with a co-operative education option.
Additional Graduation Requirements with Co-operative Education Option
- Successful completion of 9 additional credits through Co-operative Education I (COOP 1100).
- Students completing the Co-operative Education option will graduate with 69 credits.
- 70% (49 credits) of all coursework must be completed at Douglas College.
Course Requirements:
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
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| BUSN 1210 | Management Essentials | 3.00 |
| BUSN 2429 | Business Statistics | 3.00 |
| BUSN 3600 | Project Management Essentials | 3.00 |
| CSIS 2200 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3.00 |
| BLAW 3780 | Negotiation Skills | 3.00 |
| BUSN 3380 | Operations Management | 3.00 |
| CMNS 1210 | Communicating and Working Effectively in Groups | 3.00 |
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| CMNS 1115 or | Business Communication | 3.00 |
| CMNS 1125 | Public Speaking | 3.00 |
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| BUSN 3386* | Supply Materials Management | 3.00 |
| BUSN 3630 | Managing Project Costs, Quality, Risks and Procurements | 3.00 |
| CSIS 3200 | Applied Knowledge Management | 3.00 |
| BUSN 3314 | Ethical Management and Decision Making | 3.00 |
| BUSN 3388* | Supply Chain Planning | 3.00 |
| BUSN 3410 | Global Supply Chain Management |
3.00 |
| BUSN 3312 | Innovation and Change Management | 3.00 |
| BLAW 4720 | Procurement Law and Contract Interpretation | 3.00 |
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| ACCT 3008 | Financial and Managerial Accounting for Managers | 3.00 |
| or COBA 4885 (See Notes 2-3) | Experiential Learning and Internship | 3.00 |
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| BUSN 3390* | Continuous Improvement | 3.00 |
| BUSN 3640 |
Public Sector Partnering and Procurement |
3.00 |
| BUSN 4275 | Business Strategy and Competitive Analysis | 3.00 |
| Total Credits | 60.00 | |
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| COOP 1100 (See Notes 3-4) |
Co-operative Education I | 9.00 |
| Total Credits with Co-operative Education Option | 69.00 | |
Notes:
1) The courses, above, have been listed in the recommended order for students to take them. To complete the program efficiently, students need to:
- Make note of courses that are not offered every term to adjust their plans accordingly,
- Take all pre-requisites prior to attempting to register for a given course, and
- Understand which courses have additional minimum grade requirements in the prerequisites.
- While C- is the normal minimum grade needed to be achieved in a pre-requisite course, some courses require higher grades in the pre-requisite course.
- Students must know which courses require higher grades in the pre-requisite course so that they can achieve the necessary grade.
- If students do not obtain the required grade in a pre-requisite course, students must retake the pre-requisite course to earn the grade required.
2) COBA 4885 (Experiential Learning and Internship) provides the opportunity for students to get unpaid work experience and course credit.
3) Students who would like to find out more about co-op or internship should send an email to the careercentre@douglascollege.ca at the start of their program.
4) 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 terms 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.
5) For replacement courses, students must:
- Work within the requirement that, at least, 50% (15 credits) of the coursework in the post-baccalaureate diploma is at the 3000/4000 level;
- Meet pre-requisites for the replacement courses (i.e., not expect pre-requisite overrides); and
- Select from the following courses:
- Any course from CBA (i.e., BUSN, ACCT, BLAW, COBA, CSIS, ECON, FINC, HOSP, or MARK) or
- From outside CBA, the courses that are listed in the table below, or
- A similar course, as approved by the Program Coordinator.
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Students who complete this program will:
1. Obtain a broad knowledge of theories and principles of supply chain management at the generalist and specialist level.
2. Understand the role of supply chain roles in achieving the operational and strategic goals of an organization.
3. Develop skills and abilities to manage supply chain resources in organizations.
4. Increase their knowledge and skills in each specialized course.
5. Obtain requisite knowledge and skills required for the CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management) designation from APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society), and SCMP designation from Supply Chain Canada.