Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance)

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Courses

Creative, innovative learning is at the core of all Sheridan’s courses. Here are the courses you’ll take in this program.

In order to graduate, students must complete 120 credits with a minimum GPA requirement, of which:

81 credits are required courses.
15 credits are business electives at the advanced level.
24 credits are breadth electives.
A one-semester internship work term or an optional four-semester co-op work term program.

Most courses are three credits and students will typically take 15 credits per semester. Students will be able to select their choice of courses each semester subject to completion of pre- and co-requisites, and the course availability.

1000 Level Courses

CODE	TITLE	CREDITS
BUSM10100D	Business Learning Foundations*	0
BUSM10200D	Undergrad Competency Development	3
MATH10000D	Business Calculus and Algebra	3
COMM10000D	Business Communications	3
BUSM10000D	Business Fundamentals	3
BUSM10001D	Business Processes	3
ACCG12001D	Introductory Financial Accounting	3
ECON10001D	Macroeconomics	3
ECON10000D	Microeconomics	3
HRMT14000D	Organizational Behaviour	3
ENGL17889GD	Composition and Rhetoric	3
MKTG11000D	Marketing Fundamentals	3
	4 Breadth Electives

2000 Level Courses

CODE	TITLE	CREDITS
BUSM20000D	Applied Research in Business	3
INFO20000D	Business Information Systems	3
LAWS20000D	Business Law	3
MATH20000D	Business Statistics	3
FINA23000D	Finance Fundamentals	3
ACCG22001D	Introductory Managerial Accounting	3
MGMT25000D	Supply Chain and Operations Management	3
	2 Breadth Electives

3000 Level Courses

CODE	TITLE	CREDITS
BUSM30000D	Entrepreneurship or BUSM30002D Global Business Environment	3
BUSM30001D	Ethics, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility	3
FINA33000D	Financing and the Capital Markets	3
FINA33001D	Corporate Financial Analysis	3
FINA33005D	Quantitative Methods in Finance	3
FINA33006D	Investment Fundamentals	3
FINA33007D	Anti-Money Laundering Fundamentals	3
	Degree Breadth Elective

4000 Level Courses

CODE	TITLE	CREDITS
MGMT40000D	Strategic Management	3
BUSM40000D	Integrated Industry Project or a BUSM40001D Research Thesis	3
FINA43002D	Derivatives	3
FINA43006D	Investment Theory	3
FINA43007D	Portfolio Management	3
BUSM40300D	Career Portfolio Development**	0

Business Elective Courses

CODE	TITLE	CREDITS
FINA33004D	Essentials in Wealth Management	3
FINA33002D	International Finance	3
FINA33003D	Introduction to Business Valuation	3
FINA43000D	Contemporary Issues in Financial Management	3
FINA43001D	Financial Performance Management	3
FINA43003D	New Venture Finance	3
ECON39000D	International Economics and Trade	3
MGMT39001D	Managing and Communicating Across Cultures	3
MGMT39000D	Project Management	3
BUSM49000D	Contemporary Issues in Business	3
BUSM49001D	Creativity and Innovation in Business	3
BUSM49003D	Social Entrepreneurship	3

Courses subject to change.

Current students should refer to their ⁠Academic Requirements in myStudentCentre to track their academic progress and outstanding course requirements.

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Degree Breadth Elective Courses

Board Undergraduate Certificates

As a Sheridan degree student, you can earn a Board Undergraduate Certificate alongside your degree without taking any additional courses. Earn one of the following specialized credentials by completing a specific collection of electives as part of your program:

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Career Opportunities

As a graduate of Sheridan's Honours BBA (Finance) program, you'll be ready for a career in financial analysis, investment research, portfolio management, capital mobilization, wealth management, business valuation, regulatory compliance or investor relations.

You might find work in one of these areas:

Personal Financial Planning
Investment/Securities Management
Investment Research and Analysis
Credit Management
Corporate Financial Planning
Financial Research and Analysis
Business Development and Analysis

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Co-op

The Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programs all include a one-semester internship where students will fulfill many of the program learning outcomes and become prepared for future employment. After the completion of a minimum of 60 credits, students may also apply to participate in the BBA Co-op program, which allows students to complete three additional work terms to a total of four work terms. Enrolment in the Co-op program is limited through an additional Co-op application process.

Co-op/Internship allows students to take ownership and responsibility for their own growth and development through practice in real-life employment environments. Our work terms are scenarios where students can apply their critical, creative, and reflective thinking in a way that maximizes their workplace experiences and preparedness for full-time employment after graduation.

Sheridan's BBA Co-op program has built-in flexibility for students to select their path and schedule for Co-op work terms, may lead to paid employment during the work term, and further supports students to develop their entrepreneurial thinking skills and capacity for responsible risk-taking in a complex workplace environment.

Students receive in-class and 1-on-1 career education support to help prepare for their Internship or Co-op work terms. The Co-op/Internship component is delivered by Sheridan's Co-operative Education Office, which facilitates over 1,800 Co-op/Internship work terms per year Sheridan-wide.

Learn more about Cooperative Education and Internships at Sheridan.

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Degree Completion

If you have a diploma or advanced diploma in business, you may be eligible for one of our “Degree Completion” programs.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to apply your diploma credits toward a Sheridan degree.

Degree Completion allows you to:

✔ Build on your diploma
✔ Get your degree in less time
✔ Advance your career

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Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will be able to:

Communicate effectively in a variety of organizational settings.
Evaluate complex qualitative and quantitative data to support strategic and operational decisions.
Develop comprehensive strategic and tactical plans for an organization.
Work independently and collaboratively in inter and/or multi-disciplinary and diverse environments.
Use creative, critical and reflective thinking to address organizational opportunities and challenges.
Apply problem solving and decision making frameworks that propose defensible solutions to organizational opportunities, challenges, change and risk.
Demonstrate ethical and socially responsible behaviour.
Integrate appropriate technologies in developing solutions to business opportunities and challenges.
Build effective internal and external relationships using influencing, communication and consultative skills.
Evaluate the dynamic of the global business environment from a competitive and economic perspective.
Develop self leadership strategies to enhance personal and professional effectiveness.
Assess business processes relative to organizational goals.
Perform robust research through the application of accepted applied research methodologies.
Develop critical thinking, quantitative reasoning, written, and oral communication.
Knowledge of society and culture, and skills relevant to civic engagement.
Analyze current trends in primary and secondary capital markets around the world and their impact on mobilizing investment capital.
Conduct value added research into the current investment theory, practice, empirical data, corporate trends and real-time market intelligence to generate high quality investment ideas.
Synthesize complex financial data into meaningful business perspectives that facilitates actionable solutions.
Present quantitative and qualitative information together with analysis, discussion, commentary and recommendations in a form suitable for different intended audiences.
Recommend innovative alternatives to deal with financing needs and challenges at various stages in the lifecycle of an organization or an individual.
Evaluate the impact of major economic variables such as interest rates, inflation, employment, exchange rates and balance of payments on the performance of capital markets and different financial instruments.
Construct basic investment portfolios for individual and institutional investors in accordance with given investment policy statements, ethics and professional judgement.
Evaluate performance of investment decisions and effectiveness of asset allocation strategies for portfolios consisting of debt and equity securities, derivatives real estate and other alternative investments.
Integrate relevant regulatory framework into financial processes and practices to address current challenges
Manage relationships between an organization and its stakeholders and their impact on corporate growth taking into account ethical practices and social responsibilities.
Recommend allocation of financial resources that contribute optimally to strategic business plan of the organization.
Employ best practices in risk management to protect organization’s financial position, investments, legal position and ethical reputation.

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