ASPIRE Associate of Business Administration

Looking for a shorter degree program? Typically completed in under two years, the ASPIRE Associate of Business Administration is designed for you.

Through a balance of focused business courses and liberal arts skills, you’ll get the knowledge and skills to enter the corporate world, develop and manage a start-up, or pursue further studies.

Open to domestic and international students. Applications are due 15 days before the start of each term. Connect with ASPIRE Admissions for more information or to apply.

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Overview

The Associate of Business Administration degree can be completed within:

2 years (60 credit hours)

It consists of:

10 eight-week terms with 2 courses (6 credit hours) per term

After graduating, you may choose to complete a bachelor’s degree in a variety of business sectors or gain work experience and contribute to Manitoba’s growing economy.

What You’ll Learn

Here’s what you can expect to learn in the program, in addition to our Institutional Learning Outcomes:

That knowledge is provisional, complex and ambiguous
The ability to write clearly and think critically across a range of disciplines
The skills to conduct scholarly research to identify and discuss ideas, practices and policies using appropriate methods and resources
Critical and theoretical approaches to local and global issues, and the ability to identify the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches
Proficiency in acknowledging the diverse social, cultural and historical forces that shape identities and values
Proficiency in examining personal and cultural diversity
The ability to recognize and respond to reasonable objections, as well as arguments used to support personal positions when presenting oral and written arguments

Program-Specific Outcomes

Gain reading, writing, numeracy and communication skills
Apply theories of human behaviour and cognition to the real world
Understand the basic principles governing the Canadian business system
Identify how small businesses are formed and managed through entrepreneurship
Categorize the environmental factors influencing business decision-making
Comprehend the importance of organizational management
Identify the key problems facing corporate social responsibility and ethical decisions
Describe the importance of financing, banking and accounting to business management

Courses

For course details, visit the ASPIRE Student Handbook.

ENG100 University Writing (3 credit hours)
ENG107A/B Representative Literary Works (6 credit hours)
REL101 Introduction to Christianity I (3 credit hours)
REL102 Introduction to Christianity II (3 credit hours)
REL270 World Religions (3 credit hours)
21 credit hours required Business: BUS110, BUS190, BUS221, BUS230, BUS240, BUS250, BUS260, BUS270, ECO110, ECO120

6 credit hours in social sciences
3 credit hours in math and science
3 credit hours in project-based learning
3 credit hours BUS elective at the 300 level or higher

Contact Us

Our ASPIRE Admissions Team is happy to provide more information or help you through the application process. Contact ASPIRE Admissions to learn more about the ASPIRE Associate of Business Administration or Associate of Arts programs.