Small Business Management (Co-op) Ontario College Diploma
ObjectivesThe two-year Small Business Management (Co-op) program allows you to participate in a partnership between an employer, the college and you, the student. This unique arrangement gives you paid work experience in a chosen career field, which will enhance the educational component of the program and offer you expanded employment options upon graduation. Small Business Management (Co-op) will teach you how to: • successfully start up, own and operate new business ventures; and • act as a highly motivated and self-reliant employee, able to properly evaluate, implement and manage new and existing business opportunities.
Practical experienceDuring this program, you will evaluate business opportunities and run a business venture on campus for eight weeks in your fourth semester.
Academic titleSmall Business Management (Co-op) Ontario College Diploma
Course descriptionSEMESTER ONE (FALL):
• ACC 135 Applied Accounting I
• BCL 130 Microsoft Office I
• BUS 105 Introduction to Business
• MKT 100 Marketing for Business
• MTH 170 Business Mathematics
• SBM 104 Entrepreneurial Skills
• BCO 010 Co-op Preparation 1
SEMESTER TWO (WINTER):
• ACC 184 Managerial Accounting
• BCL 131 Microsoft Office II
• BUS 195 Organizational Behaviour
• CMM 125 College Communication I
• FIN 100 Finance I
• MKT 150 Marketing II
• SBM 226 Entrepreneurial Studies
• BCO 020 Co-op Preparation 2
SEMESTER THREE (SUMMER):
• BUS 200 Co-op Work Term I (15 Weeks)
SEMESTER FOUR (FALL):
• BUS 155 Personal Effectiveness in Business
• LAW 230 Business Law
• MKT 203 Professional Sales Skills I
• MKT 311 International Marketing
• SBM 201 Small Business Internal Control Systems
• SBM 221 Small Business Management
• BCO 030 Co-op Preparation 3
SEMESTER FIVE (WINTER):
• BUS 355 Operations Management
• CMM 180 Business Correspondence
• ECN 105 Principles of Economics
• MKT 275 Customer Service
• SBM 209 Business Plan
• SBM 305 Small Business Simulation
• BCO 040 Co-op Preparation 4