UCW MBA

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program at UCW will prepare you for leadership on the global stage. This program is accredited by ACBSP. You will take the most challenging situations in your stride, apply pragmatic solutions to problems you encounter and ultimately drive the success of an organization while making informed decisions.

UCW offers contemporary knowledge with the latest software and tools featuring in our program, including Salesforce (Trailhead), Tableau and IBM Design Thinking, to ensure our students are aware of industry trends and are able to make a powerful contribution to global employers upon successful graduation.

The program has been expanded to allow you to acquire more specific knowledge and skills by choosing your 3 elective courses from one of the following subject areas: leadership, marketing or finance. The program ends with a major research project designed to showcase your newly learned skills in a real-world setting.

Graduates of the MBA program will be able to:

• Respond strategically to business challenges and opportunities
• Assess ethical implications of business activities
• Develop, implement and evaluate solutions to business problems
• Formulate business decisions and systematic analysis that reflects critical thinking
• Demonstrate effective skills to collaborate with diverse groups of people
• Lead teams through the resolution of problems and successful completion of projects and tasks
• Integrate personal values and perspectives into problem solving and take responsibility for decisions
• Communicate ideas persuasively (in written and oral form) as a result of thorough analysis of information
• Gather, analyze and synthesize information in a business context

Employability

Academica Group has been surveying our MBA graduates 6 months after graduation (which will continue in 2020).

According to the January 2020 data from the graduates that participated in the study:

• 100% Graduate Employment within 6 Months
• 88% have secured employment within 3 months of graduation
• 67% have secured employment within a month of graduation

2 years with the possibility of faster completion for highly motivated students

Fall 2020 & Winter, Spring 2021
$23,400* (Canada & Canada PRs)
$35,100 (International)

Bachelor of Commerce

The Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) will provide you with a broad foundation knowledge of contemporary business and its practices. Based in Vancouver, Canada, this ACBSP-accredited degree prepares you for a successful career in business or management, where you will contribute constructively to a global economy.

Graduates of the BCom program will:

• Have a comprehensive understanding of contemporary business practices across all areas of business management
• Know how to conduct business in a multicultural environment, spanning international borders and working cross-culturally
• Have the ability to use interdisciplinary approaches to solve problems and create new business opportunities
• Be able to use critical thinking to analyze and interpret information to make informed decisions

4 years with a possibility of faster completion for highly motivated students

Fall 2020 & Winter, Spring 2021
$27,840* (Canada & Canada PRs)
$69,600 (International)

Bachelor of Arts in Business Communication

The Bachelor of Arts in Business Communication (BA) is an interdisciplinary program that will develop your knowledge of media, cultural studies and business alongside theoretical and practical skills. The communication methods learnt and media training students get throughout this course are relevant to careers in professional writing, journalism, public relations, communications and advertising.

Graduates of the BA program will be able to:

• Learn to evaluate and integrate all types of business communication
• Demonstrate research techniques and methodologies
• Create ethically and legally sound content for a variety of markets
• Integrate media and content to communicate persuasively to specific audiences
• Apply communication methods to business problems and contexts

4 years with a possibility of faster completion for highly motivated students

Fall 2020 & Winter, Spring 2021
$27,840* (Canada & Canada PRs)
$69,600 (International)

Associate of Arts

The Associate of Arts (AA) degree provides you with a broad foundation of knowledge. This 60-credit (20 course) program prepares you for additional post-secondary education or to enter the workforce. The AA degree is accepted for transfer into bachelor degree programs at University Canada West (UCW) and all British Columbia degree-granting institutions provided other admission requirements are met.

Graduates of the AA program will develop these skills:

• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Effective written and oral communications
• Ability to work collaboratively
• Application of theoretical understanding to practice
• Research and evaluative skills
• Mathematical and scientific reasoning
• Analysis, synthesis and integration of knowledge
• Advanced reading comprehension

2 years with a possibility of faster completion for highly motivated students

Fall 2020 & Winter, Spring 2021
$13,920* (Canada & Canada PRs)
$34,800 (International)