Small Business Management (BTech)
Build on knowledge gained through your technical diploma and connect your training with future opportunities by applying business concepts to real workplace and industry situations.
Why choose this program?
Have you completed a two-year diploma? Have you dreamt about the possibility of owning and operating your own business? Have you thought about taking your career to the next level? If so, Small Business Management could be your next step.
The Small Business Management program complements and enhances the technical expertise gained in the initial two-year diploma program and positions you for careers in business management or ownership. With only an extra two years, you can build onto and transform your college diploma into a degree.
Careers
The Small Business Management program can be your pathway to owning, managing and operating your own business. With a combination of your technical training and our business courses, you’ll have the entrepreneurial know-how to launch a successful business.
Completing the Small Business Management program at Dal could also help you take your career to the next level. This business-oriented program prepares employees to take on managerial positions and other new challenges.
What you will learn
You will develop a strong understanding of business operations, leadership, and organizational management. The curriculum complements your technical background with skills that support business decision-making and strategic planning.
Your courses may include financial accounting, organizational behaviour, human resource management, finance, and leadership development. Through these subjects, you will learn how to manage people, resources, and business growth.
Sample courses
Marketing
Financial Accounting
Human Resource Management
Financial Management
Advanced Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management
Admission requirements
Minimum admission requirements
To be considered for admission to this program, you must meet minimum academic criteria:
- Completion of secondary school (Grade 12)
- Achievement of the minimum average for your program of choice.
- Completion of Grade 12 English (or equivalent course).
Admission to many Dalhousie programs is competitive. This means that meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.
Program-specific admission requirements
Eligible students must have the equivalent of a two-year technology/technical diploma from a recognized community college, university, or similar institution.
This program is open to students with a non-business diploma with an overall average of at least 70%.
