Shannon School of Business (SSOB)
Dean: Dr. John Nadeau, Shannon School of Business
Message from the Dean:
Learn to Lead:
Cape Breton University is proud to offer world-renowned programs through the Shannon School of Business (SSOB). The SSOB is a unique and specialized opportunity for undergraduates and postgraduates to earn the business degree they need to succeed.
The SSOB maintains close ties with the local business community, providing the chance to learn first-hand from our best and brightest business leaders and entrepreneurs. Our faculty is made up of skilled practitioners and accomplished academics, who have practiced on Cape Breton Island and around the world. SSOB’s namesake commemorates business veteran, Joseph Shannon, who built an international business from Cape Breton Island.
There’s a strong link between SSOB students and the business community because of the many opportunities to learn from one another through real-life business experiences, including Co-op Placements and community-based projects. Limited enrolment and small class size allows our faculty to get to know each student, providing the individual attention and unique learning opportunities critical for success in the competitive business environment.
Disclaimer
When changes are made in program structure, a student already registered may choose to satisfy the new program requirements or to complete the program as it was when the student began his/her program if this is still possible and reasonable.
Cape Breton University (CBU) does not accept any responsibility for loss or damage suffered or incurred by any student as a result of suspension or termination of services, courses, or classes caused by reason of strikes, lockouts, riots, weather, damage to University property and any other cause beyond the reasonable control of CBU.
Each student bears the responsibility of ensuring that his/her course choices satisfy both the overall program regulations and the individual department regulations for specializations, concentrations or majors.
Shannon School of Business Credential & Regulation Information
Master Level
Master of Business Administration in Community Economic Development (48 Credits)
- Options: General, First Nation Option, International Business Option, Peace-Biding, Reconstruction, and Good Governance Option, Strategic Leadership Option, Public Administration Option, Sustainability Option, Marketing Option and Tourism Option.
Undergraduate Degree Level
Bachelor of Business Administration (Major, 120 Credits)
- Options: Accounting, Marketing, Supply Chain Management.
Bachelor of Business Administration (Concentration, 120 Credits)
- Area of Study/Concentration: Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Legal Studies, Human Resources, Tourism Marketing & Management.
Bachelor of Business Administration (General, 120 Credits)
- Additional Information: Bachelor of Business Administration Majors have various concentration options: Finance Concentration, Tourism Management Concentration, Cooperative Education Option.
Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management (90 Credits)
**Bachelor of Technology Information (120 Credits) (Currently offered through partnership with Canadian International College) (Options Information Systems Management)
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma Level
- Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Business Management (39 Credits)
- Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Supply Chain Management (39 Credits)
- Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Business Analytics (39 Credits)
- Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Health Care Management (39 Credits)
Certificate Level
Certificate in Professional Development (Discontinued)
Certificate in Management & Administration (Through Canadian Institute of Management)
** Start Date: January 2025, Certificate in Mi’Kmaw Cultural Tourism (18 Credits)
Additional Information: In addition to degree programs, the Shannon School of Business offers courses which are recognized by a wide variety of professional societies and institutes.
Departments:
FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Derrick Hayes, Chair (Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, Management Science, Economics)
ORGANIZATIONAL MANAGEMENT
Theresa Corsano, Chair (Marketing, Management, Human Resources, Legal Studies, Hospitality and Tourism Management
Departmental Contact Information
Departmental Contact Information
- Legal, Economics, Accounting, and Finance Department: Chair, Patrick DeLamirande
- Accounting: Chair, Kaitlyn Mesics
- Management Science: Chair, Sahand Ashtab
- Management & Marketing: Chair, Stephanie Gilbert
- BHTM, Community Development and Tourism, Indigenous Development: Chair, Doug Lionais
- Legal: Chair, Patricia Fricker-Bates
- School Operations Manager, Jennifer Kelloway
- School Assistant, Cheryl Wilson
- Associate Deans (Letters of Permissions, Prior Learning, Other, etc.)
- Mary Jane Morrison
- Derrick Hayes
- General Email: dean_ssob@cbu.ca
