Business Administration @ a glance

What?

UTP Stage II Business Administration

Students are able to study a wide range of Business, Accounting and Management courses. This provides them with an excellent foundation in Business Administration and prepares them for success at SFU.

Why?

  • Teaching methods designed for international students
  • Smaller class sizes (Just 36 students max per lecture)
  • Additional contact time with your lecturers
  • Enter one of Canada’s top Business Schools

How?

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UTP Stage II: Business Administration is equivalent to the first year of SFU's Bachelor of Business Administration. It provides the foundation for further study in many aspects of business and commerce to help you choose your area of specialization for your Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

SFU's Faculty of Business Administration is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). Only 1 percent of business schools worldwide have achieved these valued seals of quality.

 

UTP Stage II: Business Administration

Entry to second year at SFU

Potential career paths

Required courses

  • Calculus for the Social Sciences I
  • Critical Thinking
  • Financial Accounting I
  • Introduction to Fiction or Introduction to Issues in Literature and Culture
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Behaviour in Organizations
  • Introduction to Computers and Information Systems in Business

Elective courses
Choose two of the following options:

  • Brain, Mind and Society
  • Calculus I
  • Calculus II
  • Canada Since Confederation
  • Comparative Politics
  • Contemporary Health Issues
  • Discrete Mathematics I
  • East/West (World Literature)
  • Environmental Economics
  • Explorations in Mass Communication
  • Global Perspectives on Health
  • Graphic Design
  • Introduction to Biology
  • Introduction to Canadian Law and Legal Institutions
  • Introduction to Communication Studies
  • Introduction to Computer Design
  • Introduction to Criminology
  • Introduction to International Politics
  • Introduction to Politics and Government
  • Introduction to Psychology I
  • Introduction to Psychology II
  • Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
  • Introduction to the Description of English Grammar
  • Literature across Cultures
  • Management Information Systems
  • Pre-calculus*
  • Studio Physics
  • The Social History of Canada
  • The Wonder of Words
    * For those students who do not meet the mathematics prerequisite for Calculus I.

Bachelor of Business Administration

Areas of study:

  • Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation
  • Finance
  • Human Resource Management
  • International Business
  • Management Information Systems
  • Marketing
  • Operations Management

For more information on SFU's Faculty of Business Administration, visit business.sfu.ca.
  • Accounting
  • Advertising Executive
  • Banker
  • Entrepreneur
  • Finance Analyst
  • International Brooker
  • International Businessperson
  • Human Resource Manager
  • Logistics Manager
  • Management Consultant
  • Marketer
  • Recruiter
  • Stockbroker
  • Systems Analyst

You must complete a minimum of 30 units at FIC and have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 upon completion of your UTP Stage II program to be guaranteed transfer to the SFU programs listed above. Course offerings and required courses may change without notice.