Program Overview
The University of Regina's General Business Studies program provides students with a comprehensive understanding of business principles and practices. The program emphasizes experiential learning, networking opportunities, and leadership development, preparing students for careers in management. Students have the flexibility to specialize their education with five-course business certificates in areas such as entrepreneurship or international business. The program offers opportunities to engage with the business community through various initiatives and study abroad programs.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The General Business Studies program at the Paul J. Hill School of Business in Saskatchewan is a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with a major in General Business Studies. It is a four-year program offered through the University of Regina's Faculty of Business Administration. The program aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of business principles and practices, preparing them for successful careers in management. The program covers a wide range of business disciplines, including:
- Organizational behaviour
- Operations management
- Communications
- Development and implementation of organizational strategies
- Marketing
- Finance
- Accounting
- Entrepreneurship
- Human resource management The program emphasizes the development of critical thinking skills, leadership abilities, and the ability to create positive social change.
Outline:
The General Business Studies program requires students to complete five business courses beyond the core requirements of the Hill BBA degree. Students have the flexibility to choose courses in areas that interest them, such as:
- Marketing
- Finance
- Accounting
- Entrepreneurship
- International business
- Management of Promotion: This course explores the art of designing a strategic communications plan that brings together all the parts of the promotional mix, from advertising, public relations, and digital media, to word-of-mouth, direct marketing, and sales promotion.
Microcredential Certificate Options:
Students can specialize their education and career with five-course business certificates:
- Certificate in Ideation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship (ICE): This certificate provides students with business knowledge related to innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship, skills that can be applied to any industry.
- Certificate in International Business (IB): This certificate examines core business functions in the international context.
Teaching:
The program emphasizes an experiential learning approach that:
- Builds connections between business and community
- Teaches critical thinking skills
- Creates networking opportunities
- Improves leadership abilities
- Helps students exceed their potential
Careers:
A business degree with a major in general business studies allows students to pursue many career paths, including:
- Operations manager
- Business analyst
- City administrator
- Industry liaison officer
- Economic development officer
- Market analyst
- Market researcher
- Sales manager
- Sponsorship coordinator
- Training specialist Graduates can also further specialize with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business (Levene GSB).
Other:
The program offers a variety of opportunities for students to engage with the business community, including:
- 5 Days for the Homeless campaign: The Hill Business Students’ Society has raised over $450,000 to date for Carmichael Outreach, a not-for-profit organization in Regina fighting homelessness.
- Case competitions: Students can compete in prestigious awards at the largest student-run business case competition in Western Canada and Canada’s oldest and longest-running undergraduate business competition.
- UR Investing Student Investment Fund: Students manage a $2 Million portfolio of real money through this student-run, faculty-supervised academic program.
- Enactus Regina: This entrepreneurial and social innovation club promotes conscious capitalism through student-driven community projects.
- Study abroad opportunities: The program has agreements with universities in over 70 countries, offering students the chance to gain international experience.
- Law school opportunities: Students can be considered for one year of transfer credit if they are admitted to an accredited law school upon completion of three years of the U of R's Business Administration program.
