UTP Stage II: Business Administration
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 Beedie School of Business 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.
Your direct pathway to Simon Fraser University
Fees
| Program | Normal Duration | Total Program Fee |
|
UTP Stage II |
3 terms |
C$26,010 for 30 credits (2018/19) / C$27,571 for 30 credits (2019/20) |
* Program fees are based on 30 credits of study at C$766.10 (2018/19) and C$919.03 (2019/20) per credit. Students taking more than 30 credits of study will need to pay additional fees. The Academic Literacy Course is a requirement of the UTP II program.
UTP Stage II: Business Administration
Required courses
- Introduction to Business
- Business Writing Essentials
- Calculus I for the Social Sciences
- Critical Thinking
- Financial Accounting I
- Literary Classics or Literature and Culture
- Principles of Macroeconomics
- Principles of Microeconomics
Elective courses
Choose two of the following options:
- Introduction to Communication Studies
- Communication and Social Change
- Introduction to Computer Programming I
- Discrete Mathematics I
- Society, Space, Environment: Introducing Human Geography
- Graphic Design
- Studio Physics - Mechanics and Modern Physics
- Studio Physics - Optics, Electricity and Magnetism
- Introduction to Psychology I
- Introduction to Psychology II
- Pre-calculus*
- Environmental Economics
- Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
- Introduction to Sentence Analysis
- Introduction to Linguistics
* For those student who do not meet the mathematics prerequisite for calculus I.
Entry to second year at SFU
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 Beedie School of Business, visit beedie.sfu.ca.
You must complete a minimum of 10 academic courses at FIC and have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.2 and with a grade of C- or better in the 10 required courses upon completion of your UTP Stage II Program to be guaranteed transfer to the Bachelor of Business Administration. Students with a 2.8 GPA will be able to make a broad-based application for the Bachelor of Business Administration. Students with a 2.5 GPA will be guaranteed admission to a business minor program. Course offerings and required courses may change without notice. Your UTP Stage II Program may include a mandatory non-credit academic literacy course. A student advisor can help you choose appropriate courses for the business minor program.
Careers
Potential career paths
- Accounting
- Advertising Executive
- Banker
- Entrepreneur
- Finance Analyst
- International Broker
- International Businessperson
- Human Resource Manager
- Logistics Manager
- Management Consultant
- Marketer
- Recruiter
- Stockbroker
- Systems Analyst
More programs at FIC
- Foundation Programs
- UTP Stage I
- Undergraduate Programs
- FIC Associate of Arts Degree
- UTP Stage II: Arts and Social Sciences
- UTP Stage II: Business Administration
- UTP Stage II: Communication and Business
- UTP Stage II: Communication, Art and Technology
- UTP Stage II: Computing Science
- UTP Stage II: Engineering Science
- UTP Stage II: Environment (BA)
- UTP Stage II: Environment (BEnv)
- UTP Stage II: Environment (BSc)
- UTP Stage II: Health Sciences (BA)
- UTP Stage II: Health Sciences (BSc)
- UTP Stage II: Science
- Graduate Programs
- FIC Pre-Master's Program in Engineering