Module 1: Introduction to Business   

This course provides an integrated introduction to the economic, social and political context of business and an introduction to some of the key concepts and frameworks that inform the study of management in an international context. It examines the role of management and entrepreneurship, as well as provides an overview of organizational behaviour/human resources, marketing, finance and accounting, production, sales and distribution and the key functions in the business value chain. 

 

Module 2: Business Research and Communications   

This course will develop students’ written and verbal communication skills as well as problem-solving skills in a business context. It will provide opportunities to learn about the business context of communications and to apply skills to real communications challenges in the workplace, including preparation of business documents, reports and presentations. 

 

Module 3: Contemporary World History   

This course provides an overarching view of world history during the twentieth and early twenty first centuries. By tracing the aftermath of the Industrial Revolution and imperialism and then the impact of two world wars, the Cold War, post-colonialism and globalization, the course gives students a sense of the forces behind the emergence of the global order we take for granted today. 

 

Module 4: Critical Thinking   

Critical thinking is the use of reasoning powers to help determine the veracity of information. Through the study of problems, students will become acquainted with formal and informal logic models and tools that can be employed to assess arguments and statements. 

 

Module 5: Interpersonal Skills and Assessments   

Leadership, interpersonal skills and assessments, and the arts of persuasion, rhetoric, and communication are the key to collaboration, teamwork, and negotiation.