Business Administration

If you’re interested in a career in business, Goodman’s Business Administration (BBA) program allows you to chart your own path to success, combining an innovative degree program with clubs and competition teams that help build foundational leadership skills.

Your time at Goodman will provide you the opportunity to break through in business on your terms. Four-credit minors in Business or Management are available to Brock students pursuing degrees in other faculties.

In your first two years, you’ll receive a solid foundation in the functional areas of business along with knowledge of the Canadian and global business environment through a core set of courses. In your final two years, you’ll prepare to meet your professional goals by having the option to focus on one of 10 different areas of concentration:

  • Accounting*
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Finance
  • General Management
  • Human Resource Management
  • Information Systems
  • International Business
  • Marketing
  • Operations Management
  • Public Administration

A combination of case studies, experiential learning, small classroom lectures, group projects and independent work will help you develop key business skills in high demand from employers, including oral and written communication skills; ethical, analytical and problem-solving skills; and critical reasoning skills.

Our Business Administration Co-op students are admitted directly from high school and complete work terms with major companies in Canada and abroad. You’ll enrich your academic studies by applying the concepts you have learned in class to your work experience.

You may sample a variety of work placements to develop a greater awareness of your future career path and interests. Visit brocku.ca/ccee/co-op for more information.

  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Expected cut-off:high 70s
OUAC Code: BN

*The BBA program (Accounting concentration) provides a broader managerial degree with a more limited focus in accounting. The BBA program meets some, but not all, CPA requirements. The BAcc program is designed for students intending to pursue a professional accounting designation and includes all university courses required by Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Ontario.

Not an Ontario Secondary School applicant? Find your admissions criteria here.


Career outcomes

  • Marketing manager/social media co-ordinator
  • Human resources co-ordinator/recruiter
  • Financial analyst
  • Business development manager
  • Operations manager

Prerequisite requirements

  • English (ENG4U)
  • One 4U math