4-Year Business Honours

Four Year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with a Major in Business Administration

The 4-year Honours is designed for students desiring an intensive course of studies, with an emphasis in the final year on a specific business discipline, as well as students intending to pursue graduate studies.

Degree Requirements

120 credit hours

All courses are worth 3 credit hours each.

If a discrepancy exists between this listing and the Providence College Calendar, the Calendar is definitive.

First 3 Years

96 credit hours

The requirements for the first 3 years of this degree are the same as the 3-year Business Major.

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

45 credit hours

471.11 – BUS: Introduction to Management
471.12 – BUS: Business Communications
471.13 – BUS: Introduction to Business
472.12 – BUS: Organizational Behaviour
473.11 – BUS: Economics I: Microeconomics
473.12 – BUS: Economics II: Macroeconomics

471.21 – BUS: Fundamentals of Marketing
471.23 – BUS: Business/Government Relations
472.21 – BUS: Introduction to Management Science
472.24 – BUS: Human Resource Management
473.23 – BUS: Introductory Financial Accounting
473.24 – BUS: Introductory Managerial Accounting

473.32 – BUS: Corporate Finance
471.34 – BUS: Commercial Law

472.42 – BUS: Strategic Management & Policy

ARTS & SCIENCES FOUNDATION

18 credit hours

213.32 – PHIL: Ethics in the Marketplace
221.21 – SSC: Statistical Analysis

1 music or theatre course (3 hours)

Either

212.11 – ENG: English Composition, or
212.13 – PHIL: Critical Thinking

Either

222.11 – PSYC: Psychology I: Fundamentals, or

223.11 – SOC: Sociology I

Either

233.12 – SCI: Computer Usage I, or
233.13 – SCI: Computer Usage II

BIBLICAL & THEOLOGICAL STUDIES REQUIREMENTS

24 credit hours

117.11 – BTHO: Christian Spirituality I: Formations
121.11 – BINT: Introduction to the Bible and Christian Theology I
121.12 – BINT: Introduction to the Bible and Christian Theology II
213.22 – PHIL: Ethics

Plus 4 additional Biblical & Theological Studies electives (12 hours)

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

3 credit hours

421.22 – INST: International Development and Missions

NON-CREDIT REQUIREMENTS

5 field education requirements.

4th Year

30 credit hours

A limited number of students in each school year are eligible to apply to take a 4th year at either Trinity Western University's School of Business, or the University of Winnipeg’s Business and Administration Department.

To be eligible for consideration for this program, students must achieve an AGPA of at least 3.3 in all Business Administration courses, and an overall AGPA of at least 3.0 in all courses.

In their fourth year, students will focus on a particular area within the field of business. The particular course of studies for the fourth year is determined at the beginning of the third year, in consultation with the student’s Providence Faculty Advisor and the school where the student will be taking their 4th year.

Students who achieve an AGPA of at least 3.3 in all Business courses during their 4th year will be awarded a 4-year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business Administration from Providence College at the end of that fourth year. Students who achieve an AGPA of at least 2.5, but less than 3.3, in all Business courses taken during their 4th year, will be awarded a 4-year Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Providence College at the end of that 4th year.