Business Administration - Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Program Description

The Business Administration - Entrepreneurship and Small Business program adds entrepreneurial and small business know-how to a powerful foundation of business knowledge and skills. The skills learned in this program are essential to business owners and established businesses and organizations.

At the School of Business Management (SBM), you’ll spend the first four semesters building a practical grounding in contemporary management theory. These four semesters are common to all SBM programs.

In the final two semesters, you’ll develop the skills required for the planning, start up, management, and expansion of successful small businesses. But it’s not all classroom learning. You’ll be exposed to stories of challenges faced by prominent business owners at the Entrepreneurship Guest Speaker Series. Instructors will guide you and your colleagues through the process of identifying innovative and promising venture ideas for your own business plan. At our “Shark’s Pond” event, you’ll present and defend these ideas, sink or swim, to industry leaders.

Your learning experience is rounded out through seminars, case analysis, online business simulations, and external consulting projects.

After completing the program, you’ll have the tools to develop and present a finished business plan to the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (www.cybf.ca) and be considered for a $15,000 loan.

You’ll also benefit from Seneca’s many partnerships with outside organizations such as receiving free membership into the Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs (ACCE.ca).

Admission Requirements

Program Eligibility:

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma with a majority of senior credits at the College Preparation (C), University Preparation (U) or University/College Preparation (M) level or Mature Student Status (age 19 or older)
• Grade 12 English: ENG4(C) or ENG4(U)
• Grade 12 Mathematics: (C) or (U) or Grade 11 Mathematics (U) or (M)

Applicant Selection:

• Applicant grades in pre-requisite subjects (or their equivalents) will be used as a basis for the selection of candidates.

Desirable:

• Basic proficiency in word processing, preferably Microsoft Word.

The Importance of Learning Skills:

Student success in college requires well developed learning skills (such as being able to work independently, participate in a team, be well-organized, develop good work habits, and show initiative). These skills are as important as prior academic achievement. While it is expected that applicants would have developed these skills through previous education and life experiences, Seneca offers support to assist students with further development of these important skills.

Your Career

Canada boasts close to 2.5 million entrepreneurs who, as small business owners, combine to contribute over 20% to it's GDP. Entrepreneurs drive job creation, productivity, and economic growth. With stats like these, it’s clear that small ventures can add up to big business. Graduate from the three-year Business Administration – Entrepreneurship and Small Business program and your career could include running your own business, growing an existing business or virtually anything else related to successful entrepreneurship.

Certificate in Management and Administration (C.I.M.)

In 2009, Seneca became the first institution in Canada to have full-time programs accredited by the Canadian Institute of Management (C.I.M.).

Upon graduation from the Business Administration – Entrepreneurship and Small Business program you will have met all the requirements for the C.I.M. designation once you have completed two years of managerial work experience and made appropriate application to the Canadian Institute of Management.

Canadian Professional Sales Association (CPSA)

Upon graduation you will have completed all educational requirements and can make application to CPSA to receive a Certificate of Professional Sales from the Canadian Professional Sales Association. You will also have met all the educational requirements for the CPSA’s professional designation - Certified Sales Professional CSP.

Diploma to Degree... and Beyond

Through transfer agreements and institution partnerships, graduates of this Seneca College program may be eligible for credit at the following post-secondary institution(s):

Toronto

Ontario

Canada

U.S.

International

Curriculum

Note: Students in the Entrepreneurship and Small Business specialization must maintain a G.P.A. of 2.0 or better to remain in the program.

Students interested in pursuing a degree are advised to take Statistics (QNM222) as a professional option.

Professional Options

Professional options may be taken in semesters 5 and 6. The subjects listed below are a representative sample of those which may be available. Students will be advised during semester 4 which options will be offered for semesters 5 and 6.

Note: Professional option subjects not having a minimum of 30 students enrolled may be cancelled at the discretion of the School. Not all professional options are offered every semester.

Educational Pathways

The benefit of a common curriculum in the first two years is that it gives you the flexibility to transfer your earned credits to the four Business Administration programs listed in the chart below. The first four semesters are offered at both Newnham and Markham Campuses. The fifth and sixth semesters of these programs are offered at Newnham Campus only.

There’s also flexibility provided through pathways to other programs in the Faculty of Business. First-year curricula at the School of Business Management are very similar to those of the Schools of Marketing and e-Business, International Business, Accounting and Financial Services, and the Centre for Human Resources. This means you’re able to transfer to programs in these other schools with credits already earned for the first year.

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