Course

Business Explorations I

Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Business
Course Code
BUSN 1198
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
15 Weeks X 4 Hours per Week = 60 Hours
Max Class Size
20
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
This course provides an introductory overview of the Canadian business system in context with the contemporary business world -- how it functions, and how it relates to specific areas such as marketing, production and finance. The course provides a specific insight into actual business operations and some of the major areas of concern regarding the role of business in society. Attention is paid to enhancing business vocabulary and strategies in studying business.

Foundation Program students who successfully complete this course will gain equivalent credit to BUSN 1200.
Course Content

INTRODUCING THE CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS WORLD

  • The Canadian Business System
  • The Environment of Business
  • Entrepreneurship, Small Business, and Business Ownership
  • Business Conduct including Ethics and Social Responsibility
  • International Business

 UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS OF MANAGING

  • The Role of Managers
  • Managing Human Resources and Labour Relations
  • Motivating and Leading Employees
  • Producing Goods and Services
  • Marketing Processes and Consumer Behaviour
  • Marketing Mix: Product, Price, Place and Promotion

 MANAGING FINANCIAL ISSUES

  • Accounting and Information Systems
  • Money, Banking, and Securities Markets
  • Financial Management
Learning Activities

Lectures, seminars and/or case discussions.

Means of Assessment
Written assignments    5-15%
Test(s) and/or quizzes  30-45%
Written research report  10-20%
Participation      0-10%
Final examination       30%
       100%

Students may conduct research as part of their coursework in this class. Instructors for the course are responsible for ensuring that student research projects comply with College policies on ethical conduct for research involving humans, which can require obtaining Informed Consent from participants and getting the approval of the Douglas College Research Ethics Board prior to conducting the research.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the successful student through the use of the “Means of Assessment” as identified in Section Q will demonstrate:

  1. a basic understanding of the Canadian business system, and its environment, including forms of business ownership and existing and emerging societal issues
  2. an understanding of the role of managers in the four functional areas of business: production, marketing, finance and personnel
  3. an enhanced knowledge of the vocabulary of business
  4. the ability to produce written and oral business communications
Textbook Materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students to be chosen by instructor from:

Griffin, Ricky W; Ebert, Ronald J; and Starke, Frederick A.  Business, Latest Canadian Edition, Toronto Pearson Education Canada.

or

Griffin, Ricky W; Ebert, Ronald J; and Starke, Frederick A.  Business Essentials, Latest Canadian Edition, Toronto Pearson Education Canada.

or

Nickels, W.G., J.M. James, S.M. McHugh , P.D. Berman and Rita Cossa. Understanding Canadian Business, Latest Ed. McGraw Hill.

 

Latest Edition of the Survival Guide for Business or other appropriate Learning Guide.

Requisites

Prerequisites

No prerequisite courses.

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

Courses listed here are equivalent to this course and cannot be taken for further credit:

  • No equivalency courses

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer Details for BUSN 1198
BC Institute of Technology (BCIT) BCIT BUSA 1005 (3)
Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) FDU BUS 1000 (3)
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) KPU BUSI 1110 (3)
Langara College (LANG) LANG BUSM 1100 (3)
Simon Fraser University (SFU) SFU BUS 1XX (3)
Thompson Rivers University (TRU) TRU BBUS 1XXX (3)
Trinity Western University (TWU) TWU BUSI 111 (3)
University of British Columbia - Okanagan (UBCO) UBCO MGMT_O 1st (3)
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) UBCV COMM_V 1st (3)
University of Northern BC (UNBC) UNBC COMM 100 (3)
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) UFV BUS 100 (3)
University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC COM 100 (1.5)
Vancouver Island University (VIU) VIU MGMT 1st (3)

Course Offerings

Summer 2024