Royal Canadian Institute of Technology - Advanced Diploma Program In Business Administration

Program Description

The two-year Advanced Diploma Program in Business Administration is for people who are looking for a broader background in business administration.
This program, like a postgraduate diploma program, is suited to those students who are seeking to improve their management and business skills. The program focuses on contemporary business environments and the application of modern management practices. General management skills are developed to provide expertise in business administration, organizational and interpersonal skills, computer and IT skills, strategic thinking, critical analysis, understanding organizational dynamics, effective business communication and promoting change in business practices. The objective of this program is to provide students with a rigorous education in the techniques of management, business and administration through an integration of theory and practice. Students will be able to progress to more responsible roles in accounting, finance, marketing, operations, management, human resource management and general administration.

Specialization:
The Advanced Diploma Program in Business Administration offers the following specializations:
• Accounting & Payroll Administrator
• Management
• International Business/International Trade
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Hospitality/Hotel Tourism Management
This offers students the opportunity to specialize in one or more of these specializations and to select those options which reflect the student's particular interests or career plans.

Why Business Administration
• Growing demand for qualified business graduates, because more people are employed in business than in any other field.
• The best business professionals today need to prove competence in all the key areas of business: accounting, finance, international business and trade, marketing and management.
• Employers today are demanding that business students obtain an important set of "soft" skills in communications, IT, teamwork and critical thinking.
• Students who complete the program in Business Administration acquire a broad-based education necessary for today's team-oriented and competitive environment, and are provided with instructional resources and ongoing enhancement of business skills.

Career Opportunities:
Upon the completion of this program, graduates will be able to work as a manager, HR manager, marketing manager, office manager, accountant or payroll administrator. Graduates can also apply for positions in general management, human resource management, marketing, international business and trade, accounts payable/receivable or business administrator, tourist agencies, hotels & resorts, golf & country clubs, convention centres and more.
Benefits:
• Learn some graduate business concepts and acquire managerial skills in various areas.
• Learn with and from your fellow students from many countries who will become central to your global business network.
• Work in teams on projects and cases that broaden your perspective and working understanding of other business cultures/practices.
• Extended assistance to alumni.

Admission Requirements:
Must have a Grade 12 (or the equivalent), be 19 years of age or older. Must have a good command of written and spoken English. An entrance test or a telephone interview is required.

Fees:
All fees are in Canadian Dollars
Registration Fee:
$100 for domestic students
$200 for international students

Tuition Fee:
$14,000 for domestic students (per year)
$16,000 for international students (per year)

Textbooks:
$2,000 (per year)

Program Outline:
First Year - Core Courses:
(for all students, irrespective of their specialization)
Computer Fundamentals with Keyboarding, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook, Fundamentals of Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Customer Service & Interpersonal Skills, Office Procedures and Strategies, Office Administration, Principles of Microeconomics, Behavior in Organizations, Psychology, Principles of Macroeconomics, Business Communications, Effective Business Writing, Practicum/Field Placement, Professional Development & Job Search Skills, Career & Employment Strategies.
• Specialization in Accounting and Payroll Administrator
Computerized Accounting - Simply Accounting, Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks, Introduction to Payroll, Intermediate Payroll
• Specialization in Management
Leadership, Principles of Management, Introduction to Operations Management, Introduction to Human Resource Management
• Specialization in International Business/Trade
Consumer Behaviour, Introduction to Operations Management, Introduction to International Business, Principles of Management
• Specialization in Marketing
Consumer Behaviour, Introduction to Marketing, Principles of Management, Introduction to Operations Management
• Specialization in Human Resource Management
Introduction to Human Resource Management, Introduction to Operations Management, Principles of Management, Human Resource Planning
• Specialization in Hospitaliy/Hotel & Tourism Management
Basic Hotel & Restaurant Accounting, Managing Front Office Operations, Managing Housekeeping Operations, Hospitality & Tourism Marketing, Cross-Cultural Hospitality & Tourism

Second Year - Core Courses
(for all students, irrespective of their specialization)
Business Statistics, Business Law, Principles of Finance, Financial Management, Business Ethics and Values, Entrerpreneurship, Managerial Economics, Globalization and International Business, Human Resource Management, Organizational Development & Management, International Marketing, Management Information Systems, Practicum/Field Placement, Professional Development & Job Search Skills
• Specialization in Accounting and Payroll Administrator
Managerial Accounting, Advanced Computerized Accounting - ACCPAC, Taxation
• Specialization in Management
Strategic Management, Business Research, Marketing Management
• Specialization in International Business/Trade
International Business Management, Business Research, Marketing Management
• Specialization in Marketing
Marketing Management, Business Research, Internet Marketing and E-Commerce
• Specialization in Human Resource Management
Labour Relations, Business Research, Recruitment & Relations
• Specialization in Hospitaliy/Hotel & Tourism Management
Security & Loss Prevention Management, Managing Service in Food & Beverage Operations, Managing Technology in the Hospitality Industry, Leadership & Management in the Hospitality Industry, Risk Management & Legal Liability in Tourism