Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Business Management
Cape Breton University will not be offering admission into the Post-Baccalaureate Diplomas in Business Management or Healthcare Management, or the Diploma in Government Management, for May 2025 and September 2025.
The Diploma in Business Management (Post-Baccalaureate) is designed for individuals with an arts, science, or engineering degree who would like to add a university post-baccalaureate credential while building a solid foundation in Business Knowledge and practices. The comprehensive curriculum of the Business Management Diploma gets non-business graduates up to speed on the essential aspects of Business, including accounting, marketing, finance, economics, and statistics. Through individual and group assignments, students will build their business management knowledge and gain first-hand insights into current business practices, trends and opportunities.
In the first year, students are introduced to fundamental business subjects- including management, accounting, economics, and public communications.
In the second year, students learn marketing, business finance, and strategy. At the last semester of the program, students can do a 12-week internship placement with an organization, to complete a capstone project: in both cases they have the opportunity to apply their skills to a project.
Graduates of the Business Management Diploma program qualify to apply for membership in the Canadian institute of Management and in obtaining the CMP designation
Note: Program Change and Eligibility: Shannon School of Business Programs
Post-Baccalaureate
Students are required to complete a minimum of one term of study in their current program of acceptance in the Shannon School of Business, Post Baccalaureate Program before they can apply for a program change:
Program Change will only be approved when:
- Student meets all admission criteria
- There is seat availability
- Student is in good academic standing
- Student is in good financial standing
- Students are only eligible for one program change per academic year
- No applications will be considered after:
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- Oct 31 for the Winter Term (January Start)
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- March 31 for Spring/Summer Term (May Start)
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- August 31 for Fall Term (September Start)
Applications for new students will be given priority seats over students wishing to change programs
Even if students meet students these requirements, there’s no guarantee that the program change request will be accepted.
Admission Requirements for Business Management
To be admitted to the program, applicants must have:
1.Completed a bachelor’s degree at an accredited university.
2.Obtained an overall average of B or higher
International students, whose mother tongue is not English, must meet CBU’s English language proficiency requirements, as detailed on CBU’s website (IELTS 6.5 etc.)
Program Requirements for Business Management
The structure of the diploma program will entail the successful completion of thirty-nine credits (twelve courses) in Business Management. The course requirements are as follows:
ACCT5201 Financial Accounting
ACCT5204 Managerial Accounting
COMM5105 Workplace Communication or MGMT5611
ECON5103 Macroeconomics
FINC5401 Finance
LEGL5501 Business Law and Commercial Contracts
MGMT5601 Intro to Business
MGMT5615 Strategic Management
MRKT5301 Marketing
BUSS5989 Business Internship placement (6 cr) OR BUSS5800 Capstone Project (6 cr)
PLUS 2 elective courses (6 credits) from the following list:
MGMT5603 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
MGMT5604 Organizational Behavior
MGMT5605 Human Resource Management
MGSC5101 Information Systems for Management
MGSC5108 Statistics
MGSC5113 Quantitative Methods
MGSC5114 Supply Chain Management
MGSC5121 Global Sourcing
MGSC5128 Operations Management
Students must achieve a minimum of 60% in all 5000-level required courses and must receive a satisfactory employer report on their internship placement in their last semester.