8 undergraduate courses in the 2024–25 Undergraduate Calendar.
SCBUS 122Management of Business Organizations0.50 units
This course uses case studies, project management, team/group dynamics, and strategies to explore the essential parameters that comprise the management of business organizations: planning, organization, leadership, control, and ethics. The course considers the importance of diversity/globalization, human resource management, a comparison of traditional and entrepreneurial leadership, and management as well as business ethics.
Prerequisites
Complete all of the following
Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
AFM131 - Introduction to Business in North America (0.50)
ARBUS101 - Introduction to Business in North America (0.50)
SCBUS 123Workshop 1: Science and Business0.50 units
This workshop addresses concepts of technology development and related marketing aspects that undertake an analysis of a firm's existence, its physical and/or social media presence, and customer feedback. Students work in collaborative teams to tackle case studies and class exercises. A major deliverable is the development of a team marketing plan, where market segments are identified based on revenue and market potential. This involves conducting a PESTLE and SWOT analysis, market planning, information retrieval strategies, scientific business forecasting, competitive intelligence, and product development. Results are presented orally and in writing.
SCBUS 223Workshop 2: Strategies Behind Technological Innovation0.50 units
This workshop is organized as a strategic management process, focusing on the management of technology, innovation, research and development in scientific team-based settings. Students working in groups analyze real business ventures, their launch, and growth, synthesizing major field research to develop a term deliverable in the form of a company report and final project presentation. Students engage in experiential learning involving theory, case studies, scientific team debates, and critical reasoning.
Prerequisites
Complete all of the following
Must have completed the following:
SCBUS123 - Workshop 1: Science and Business (0.50)
SCBUS 225Organizational Behaviour in Scientific and Technical Workplaces0.50 units
This workshop uses case studies, lectures, and discussions to explore a basic understanding of how organizations work, and how people interact within organizations in order to achieve ethical human, organizational, and social objectives. This course considers organizational structure and models, ethics, organizational theory, organizational culture, motivation, diversity, negotiation, communication, leadership, and management, and how these principles are applied in start ups or scientific and technical environments. There is a major project that focuses on an aspect of organizational behaviour in a scientific or technical firm or application, and is presented in writing and orally.
SCBUS 323Workshop 3: Technology Development0.50 units
A senior honours project focusing on technology innovation, assessment of the current utility of a technology, scale-up of the technology, projected return on investment and hurdles (production, regulatory, market competition, intellectual property protection). The major class project focuses on the development of a business plan for a product that could be commercialized. Applications, implications, cost benefit analysis, feasibility, etc. are included.
Prerequisites
Complete all of the following
Must have completed the following:
SCBUS123 - Workshop 1: Science and Business (0.50)
SCBUS 423Workshop 4: Strategic Management of Science and Business0.50 units
Current real-world issues and problems in the strategic management of start-ups and scientific/technology companies are addressed, based on the use of publicly available information including research findings. Working in groups, students will address the topics to be pursued, including both scientific and business/economic aspects. Assignments result in a written strategic plan, which is formally presented to the class.
Prerequisites
Complete all of the following
Must have completed the following:
SCBUS123 - Workshop 1: Science and Business (0.50)
SCBUS 424Workshop 5: Special Topics in Science and Business0.50 units
This capstone-project workshop addresses the formulation of firm-wide strategic plans (e.g., business cases, marketing plans, strategic plans) for science and technology based start-ups and traditional firms. It provides a framework for developing and implementing business strategies and the related documentation that fits a firm's environment, human resources, markets, managerial styles and organization. This course involves significant group work under the supervision of a Science and Business instructor. A written report and seminar presentation are required. A special capstone project is also required.
Prerequisites
Must have completed the following:
SCBUS122 - Management of Business Organizations (0.50)
SCBUS123 - Workshop 1: Science and Business (0.50)