The majority of SIAST programs have established ACCUPLACER© cut scores and Post-Secondary Success Requirements. Depending on the program, additional specific admission requirements may still need to be met.
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The First Qualified/First Admitted (FQFA) process is used for the majority of SIAST programs. When we determine that you meet the program's admission requirements, you will be offered admission based on the date you fully qualify for the program. The earlier you provide the appropriate documents and information that qualify you for admission to the next intake, the earlier you might begin your studies. Your application, once qualified, is always considered for the next intake.
Applicants to programs with multiple intakes in an academic year remain in the application pool until the last intake for that academic year has begun. Programs using the FQFA process receive applications year round and maintain an application pool for each academic year. Qualified applicants who are not offered a seat must reapply for the next academic year.
Sponsored programs or programs targeted to specific groups do not accept applications year round or maintain an application pool.
Please refer to the course descriptions for course specific learning methods.
SIAST recognizes that adults learn in many different ways and through many different means. This includes acquiring knowledge and skills through life and work experience or non-formal training.
Frequently asked questions regarding PLAR for this program are answered in the Fact Sheet. A detailed Candidate Guide, which includes a self-audit for all PLAR-ready courses, has been developed for this program. This information guides a candidate through all steps in the PLAR process.
Your studies will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of managerial accounting. You will examine cost concepts, pricing strategies, manufacturing accounting, cost allocation and budgeting processes, and you will be able to select appropriate managerial accounting techniques for decision making.
5.0
Credit Units
80.0
Other hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Lab, Televised/SCN
Prerequisites:
ACCT 122 Minimum Grade of 60
You will become familiar with current and emerging electronic business technologies. You will investigate business models and strategies that online businesses implement to address security, payment systems, marketing, and e-procurement. The course will educate a new generation of managers, planners, analysts and programmers in the realities and potential for electronic business.
2.0
Credit Units
32.0
Other hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Lab, Prior Learning, Online/Blackboard
Your studies will focus on the many elements that must be analyzed when considering the global business environment. You will be introduced to global and national business environments, international trade and investment, the international financial system and international business management.
4.0
Credit Units
64.0
Lecture hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Theory
You will obtain a solid understanding of organizations and personal leadership. Your study will focus on blending principles and techniques of leadership, motivation, management, and self-development in an effort to help you develop your own philosophies about managing and being managed. Key topics include: the history and evolution of leadership thought, leadership effectiveness through the application of motivational techniques, facilitating follower empowerment, experiential learning and strategic leadership.
4.0
Credit Units
64.0
Lecture hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Theory
You will identify and develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours appropriate for conducting a successful employment search.
2.0
Credit Units
32.0
Other hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Lab
You will study human behaviour in organizations and develop the skills needed to deal with people at work. The course content includes individual behaviour, values, interpersonal relationships and communications, group and team dynamics, organizational culture, leadership and change. All topics are dealt with in the context of diverse formal organizations.
4.0
Credit Units
64.0
Lecture hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Theory, Televised/SCN, Prior Learning
You will learn the specifics of organizing and opening a small business, including legislation, licenses, types of businesses and location. The course will end with an assignment that performs all the steps up to the opening of your business including the development of a Business Plan.
5.0
Credit Units
80.0
Other hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Lab, Online/Blackboard
Prerequisites:
MKTG 120 Minimum Grade of 60
Your studies will focus on an introduction to conflict resolution, designed to provide you with interest-based conflict resolution models and primary interpersonal skills to handle workplace conflicts. The course is designed not only as an introduction to developing skills in managing conflict, but as well as providing organizational leaders with skills to manage conflict. You will obtain insights and be educated in conflict theory, negotiation strategy, needs grounding related to basic interpersonal communication and management skills, such as rapport building, empathetic listening, behaviour modelling, reframing, problem solving, and decision making. You will develop conflict resolution skills through a combination of lecture material, in-class assignments, role-plays and demonstrations, reading assignments, and problem-solving challenges.
4.0
Credit Units
64.0
Lecture hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Theory, Televised/SCN
Equivalent Course(s): DRCP 221
You will become familiar with the role that money plays in Canada's economy. You will look at financial markets, interest rates, and exchange rates and their effects on Canada's economic health. In addition, you will use the fundamental principles, tools, and applications of personal finance and investment to develop a personal financial plan.
5.0
Credit Units
80.0
Lecture hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Theory
Prerequisites:
ECON 121 Minimum Grade of 60
You will become familiar with the role of finance and its implication for risk, income and control, credit conditions and a firm's state of liquidity. The course content includes sources of capital and corporate borrowing, cost of capital theory and optimal capital structure, and capital budget decision making.
5.0
Credit Units
80.0
Other hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Lab
Equivalent Course(s): ACP 475
Prerequisites:
ACCT 122 Minimum Grade of 60
Your studies will focus on the field of commercial law. You will examine in detail the concepts of contract law and how these concepts are influenced by various legislative acts and common law. Particular attention will be focused on: tort law, negotiable instruments, secured transactions, insurance, bailments, agency, real property law, employment, sale of goods, and the various forms of business organizations.
4.0
Credit Units
64.0
Lecture hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Theory, Televised/SCN
Equivalent Course(s): ACP 170 LAW 240
You will learn how to take a managerial and practical approach to retailing. You will focus on issues an owner, manager and employee face in a retail institution. The course content includes the conceptual and analytical foundations needed to understand all aspects of retail management. It focuses on a logical sequence toward developing strategy for a retail firm.
5.0
Credit Units
80.0
Other hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Lab
Prerequisites:
MKTG 120 Minimum Grade of 60
Your studies will focus on a comprehensive study and practice of all aspects of selling in today's dynamic market including the essential traits of a salesperson, psychological factors, product knowledge, selling aids, making the contact, closing the sale, sales management, and selling ethics.
5.0
Credit Units
80.0
Other hours
Learning Method(s):
Lecture/Lab, Work Based Delivery, Prior Learning
