Diploma in Management Studies

Program requirements

Admission requirements

Open admission

A strong grounding in quantitative courses, including Foundations of Mathematics 11 or Pre-calculus 11 or equivalent

Residency requirements

A minimum of nine TRU credits (distance or on-campus)

Diploma requirements

60 credits, with a minimum GPA of 2.00 (a grade of C) over all courses required to complete this credential, as follows:

Core knowledge requirements (30 credits)

• Either ACCT 1211, Accounting 1 (3) or ACCT 2211, Financial Accounting (3). If you choose ACCT 1211 and plan to specialize in accounting, you must also take ACCT 1221 Accounting II.
• Either ACCT 2251, Management Accounting (3) or MNGT 4711, Decision Analysis (3)
  If you are specializing in accounting, you must take ACCT 2251, Management Accounting.
• Either MATH 1091, Business Mathematics (3) or MATH 1101, Finite Mathematics (3)
• STAT 1201, Introduction to Probability and Statistics (3)
• MNGT 1211, Management Principles and Practices (3)
• CMNS 1291, Introduction to Professional Writing (3)
• CMNS 1811, Professional and Academic Composition (3)
• ECON 1901, Principles of Microeconomics (3)
• MKTG 2431, Marketing (3)
• MIST 2611, Management Information Systems (3)

Substitution of other similar courses may be considered on a case-to-case basis.

Elective requirements (up to 30 credits)

Courses in management studies, business, economics, mathematics and statistics: ACCT, BLAW, BUSN, ECON, ENTR, FNCE, HRMN, IBUS, MATH, MIST, MKTG, MNGT, ORGB, SCMN, STAT), with 15 credits at the 2000-level or higher

Up to 15 credits in approved arts and sciences courses or in technical or specialized-skills courses appropriate to your coursework

Specialization option (15 credits)

You are awarded this option if you complete one of the three following areas of specialization:

Accounting

• FNCE 2121, Financial Management (3)
• BLAW 2911, Commercial Law (3)
• ACCT 3201, Intermediate Financial Accounting 1 (3)
• ACCT 3211, Intermediate Financial Accounting 2 (3)
• ACCT 3221, Income Taxation 1 (3)

Human resources

• HRMN 2821, Human Resource Management (3)
• HRMN 3841, Employee and Labour Relations (3)
• BBUS 3661, Strategic Human Resource Management

Two courses from the following:

• MNGT 2131, Motivation and Productivity (3)
• ORGB 2811, Organizational Behaviour (3)
• BLAW 2911, Commercial Law (3)

Marketing

• MKTG 3451, Professional Selling (3)
• MKTG 3471, Consumer Behaviour (3)
• MKTG 3481, Marketing Research (3)
• IBUS 3511, International Business (3)
• An approved 4000-level MKTG course