SFU offers undergraduate programs in Business Administration leading to a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree.

  • Students can also complete an Honours, a Joint Major, or a Minor in Business
  • Admission Requirements:
    1. minimum 24 transferable credits
    2. SFU's English language (W) and quantitative skills (Q) requirements (see table below)
    3. the 8 required courses listed below (minimum C- grade in each) with:
      • a 3.30 (or higher) GPA average on the 8 required courses (up to 3 may be in progress).
      • a 2.80-3.20 GPA average on the 8 required courses (up to 3 may be in progress) plus the Supplemental Application.
  • Students may transfer directly into the BBA program, or into another faculty at SFU to finish the required courses and then do an internal transfer.
  • Of the eight required courses listed below, a maximum of two of the eight courses may be repeated one time each.

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Useful links when using this course planning worksheet:
SFU Calendar 
SFU Department Website
BC Transfer Guide
Langara Diagnostic Tests

The eight required courses used for admission entry calculation are as follows:

SFU Requirements

Credits

Langara Equivalents

Credits

All of:

BUS 237

BUS 2511

BUS 272

ECON 103

ECON 105

 

3

3

3

4

4

All of:

BCAP 3200 or CSIS 2500

FMGT 2293 or FMGT 1115 & 12151

BUSM 2200

ECON 1220

ECON 1221

 

3

3-6

3

3

3

One of:

Any 100/200 level ENGL-W

PHIL 100

PHIL 105

PHIL 120

 

3

3

3

3

One of:

See BC Transfer Guide

PHIL 1101

PHIL 1104

PHIL 1100 or 2200

 

3

3

3

3

One of:

MATH 150

MATH 151

MATH 154

MATH 157

 

4

3

3

3

One of:

Unavailable

MATH 1171 or 1173 or 1253

Math 1175

MATH 1174 

 

0

3

3

3

One of :

BUEC 232

BUS 232

STAT 270

 

4

4

3

One of :

Unavailable

STAT 1181 & STAT 1182

STAT 2281

 

0

4

3

The remaining lower division requirements for the BBA program are as follows:

SFU Requirements

Credits

Langara Equivalents

Credits

Both of:

BUS 2172

BUS 254

 

3

3

Both of:

Unavailable

FMGT 2294

 

0

3

One of:

BUS 201

BUS 2022

 

3

3

One of:

Unavailable

Unavailable

 

0

0

One of:

BUS 207

ECON 201

 

3

4

One of:

ECON 2296

Unavailable

 

3

0

Electives3

 

Electives3

 

1 Students must complete both of Langara FMGT 1115 & 1215 (6 credits) in order to receive credit for SFU BUS 251 (3 credits)
2 In their first term at SFU, students must complete BUS 202 as part of the Business Foundation Program's transfer stream requirements
3 Students must fulfill Writing (W), Quantitative (Q) and Breadth (B) requirements. See below:

6 Credits of W

SFU will accept any transferable 3 credit ENGL course at the 100 or 200 level. BUS 217W must be taken at SFU to meet graduation requirements.

6 Credits of Q

Automatically satisfied by curriculum requirements

24 Credits of B
6 Credits of each:
Social Sciences (B-Soc)
Humanities (B-Hum)
Science (B-Sc)
Undesignated Breadth (UB)



Met by taking ECON 1220 & 1221 (B-SOC).
For B-Hum and B-Sc designated courses, refer to the BC Transfer Guide.
Can be met within the degree requirements of 36 credits of non-BUS or non-BUEC electives.

This course planning outline is created by the Langara College Counselling Department and is intended for use only as a guide. It is the student’s responsibility to consult original sources to ensure accuracy.

Updated April 2021