Dhillon School of Business Viewbook | University of Lethbridge | 2023/24

CALGARY CAMPUS | 6TH AVENUE SE, CALGARY, AB

LETHBRIDGE CAMPUS | UNIVERSITY DR., LETHBRIDGE, AB

Experience is the Dhillon difference

At the Dhillon School of Business, our focus is on the future, particularly yours.

Our priority at the Dhillon School of Business is to help our students develop forward leaning skills such as creative problem-solving, critical-thinking and social intelligence. We do this through a more personalized approach to education built on experiential learning, professional development and exposure to emerging technology.

Whether in Lethbridge or Calgary, our expert faculty and staff deliver engaging courses that allow for more personal connections and unique opportunities to integrate theory with practical experience. Our goal is to deliver the best possible business learning experience, helping you develop the essential knowledge, skills and abilities you’ll need to define your future success.

It’s a very exciting time to be part of the Dhillon School of Business. With the support of our benefactor, Mr. Bob Dhillon, our school is moving forward, creating new and innovative learning opportunities at both our Lethbridge and Calgary campuses. The Dhillon School of Business is also thrilled to be part of the six per cent of all business schools worldwide currently accredited by AACSB.

We are a school on the move. I am very excited for our school to continue pushing the boundary of learning opportunities available to all students and the community.

Kerry B. Godfrey, PhD, MBA Dean, Dhillon School of Business

The world of business changes rapidly; the ability to innovate must be part of your business skill set.

Program information

majors and where to apply.

study options

There are many flexible study options available to you including evening and weekend classes for working

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Certificates

• Management Certificates

10-courses completed on a part-time basis. Majors include finance, Indigenous governance and business management, general management, human resources management and labour relations, international management or marketing.

• Post-Bachelor Certificates in Accounting (CPA Bridging)

Already have a degree? Advance in your career with a Post-Bachelor Certificate in Accounting Fundamentals, a Post-Bachelor in Advanced Accounting or both with the Post-Bachelor Combined Certificates in Accounting. All certificates are approved pathways into the Chartered Professional Accountants Professional Education Program.

• Graduate Certificate in Health Services Management

Jointly offered with the Faculty of Health Sciences. Available for students who wish to increase their expertise but not commit to a complete master’s degree. Ladders into Master of Health Services Management.

Diplomas

• Finance diploma

A 20-course program (approx. two years) not offered by any other post-secondary institution in southern Alberta. Soon to ladder into a Bachelor of Management.

Degrees

• Bachelor of Management (BMgt)

A 40-course program (approx. four years). Also available as a ‘five-year’ co-op degree (see page 19).

• Bachelor of Management (BMgt) as a Second Degree

For students who already have an undergraduate degree. Completed in 15-25 courses, depending on previous coursework.

Post-diploma Bachelor of Management (BMgt)

For students who already have a diploma from one of our partner colleges. Typically completed in two years with a previous business-related diploma or two and a half years with a previous non-businessrelated diploma.

After deciding on a degree, you’ll select your major (page 4) and may choose a minor. You also have an option to add an Honours Thesis.

Combined degrees

This popular undergraduate programs allows you to get two degrees in five years. You’ll combine your interests in business with another discipline. Options include:

• Bachelor of Fine Arts - New Media and Bachelor of Management (BFA-New Media/BMgt)

• Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Management (BSc/BMgt)

• Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Management (BA/BMgt)

• Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Management (BHSc/BMgt)

• Bachelor of Management and Bachelor of Education (BMgt/BEd)

• Post-Diploma Bachelor of Management and Bachelor of Education (BMgt/BEd)

Masters programs

Once you’ve completed your undergraduate studies, you can advance your career with:

• Master of Science in Management

For students with an undergraduate degree in management, commerce or business. Previous work experience not required. Two pathways available: a thesis option (coursework and research thesis) in accounting, finance, human resources & labour relations, international management, marketing or policy & strategy; or a project option (coursework and applied experiential project) in business analytics.

• Master of Health Services Management (MHSM)

Jointly offered with the Faculty of Health Sciences, the MHSM program provides interdisciplinary knowledge and experience for health care practitioners and entry-level managers in the health sector who wish to advance to senior positions.

Options for specialization

Once you’ve chosen your undergraduate degree, you’ll have 10 majors to choose from. These majors will allow you to build expertise in one area of chosen study to complement your foundation in business. If you have a broad set of interests you could take a double major or choose from one of our eight minors.

MAJORS

Accounting*

Computer Science Economics Finance* General Management*

Human Resource Management and Labour Relations*

Indigenous Governance and Business Management

International Management Marketing*

Political Science

MINORS

Accounting*

Family and Small Business Managment Fintech and Financial Innovation

Indigneous Business Management Indigneous Governance

International Managment Marketing *

Supply Chain and Operations Management

*Offered on the Lethbridge and Calgary campuses. All other majors and minors offered on the Lethbridge campus only.

For more information on study options or majors and minors, go to ulethbridge.ca/Dhillon/study or speak to one of our academic advisors. When you’re ready to apply go to ulethbridge.ca/future-student.

We are entrepreneurial, innovative, socially responsible, inclusive and diverse, a place to belong, experiential and accredited.

Entrepreneurial

Our benefactor, Navjeet (Bob) Dhillon, CM, exemplifies entrepreneurism. A firstgeneration Sikh immigrant to Canada, he launched his storied career in real estate while still a teenager, buying a pair of houses in Calgary, renovating them and selling them for a profit. Today, he is the founder, president and CEO of Mainstreet Equity Corporation. He currently owns and manages almost 16,000 units in 17 cities across Canada with $2.8 billion in assets. It all started with that entrepreneurial spirit.

At the Dhillon School of Business, our courses will teach you the essentials to start or run businesses from small to large, plus there are specific paths you can take to grow and nurture that entrepreneurial spirit that already burns bright in you.

Family and Small Business Management minor

The entrepreneurial-focused courses in this minor give you hands-on experience to grow or start your own business. You’ll be taken outside your comfort zone but come out with solid skills, a serious business plan and real market data to back it up.

Test your entrepreneurial ideas in a safe environment

Have innovative ideas you want to put to the test? Agility is a campuswide program available to all uLethbridge students. The program supports student projects in areas including social innovation, entrepreneurship and emerging technologies.

Recently Agility helped Dhillon student Peter HurdWatler create a secure virtual voting platform called

Veras Technologies INC. The project won him $10,000 at 150Startups’ Innovation Rodeo student pitch competition and the opportunity to go to Draper University in Silicon Valley for a five-week entrepreneurial accelerator program.

From our early trailblazing predecessors to present-day visionaries, we know what it’s like to be ignited with an entrepreneurial spirit. It embodies creativity, risk-taking, perseverance and passion.

My most memorable experience at the University of Lethbridge was co-founding a business with my friend in the New Venture Start-Ups course. Together [my business partner] and I interviewed over three-hundred people to develop a business model and product that would resonate with consumers. We are still running that business and plan to continue growing the business after graduation.”

Eric Turner | BMgt ‘21

Dhillon School of Business Gold Medal recipient.

Navjeet (Bob) Dhillon (photo, right) Dhillon School of Business benefactor

I wanted to learn to properly manage a portfolio. I still talk about the experience with the people I connect with. It’s tangible experience I can speak to.”

Casey Van Maanen | BMgt ‘21 Referring to his experience participating in the Student Managed Investment Fund.

To thrive in today’s rapidly changing world, you need to understand emerging technologies. Our curriculum prepares you for the future and equips you with the latest thinking and innovative experiences.

Innovative

With a focus on business innovation, the Dhillon School of Business offers an educational experience unlike most others. You’ll be coached and mentored by industry professionals in unique programs and have the opportunity to test out what you’ve learned with the same modern technologies that are used by industry professionals.

Leading-edge courses

We know the future of business depends on innovative thought, so we offer leading-edge courses like Managing Innovation and Emerging Markets; Conversational Indigenization: Reconciling Reconciliation; Information Systems and Data Analytics; and Environmental Management.

Industry-related finance training

Our Centre for Market Research and Teaching, a financial “trading room” offers hands-on industry-related finance training. Both Lethbridge and Calgary campus locations boast direct connections to global financial markets and let you practice investing and managing risk with stocks, bonds and more.

With our Student Managed Investment Fund course, you also have the opportunity to manage an investment portfolio currently valued at approximately $200,000. It includes guidance from external investment professionals, internal faculty members and legal experts, giving you practical experience that will prepare you for a career in the investment industry.

Skill building in business analytics

The ability to harness data – foundational to most businesses and organizations – is one of today’s hottest skills and we want to help you gain those vaulable skills. Once you’ve completed your undergraduate degree, check out our Masters of Science in Management program which gives you the option of doing a business analytics concentration.

Socially Responsible

Being socially responsible is about making a tangible difference in your community—wherever that is. As a student, you may find yourself raising money for charity through a student club or creating business strategies to help a non-profit in the community.

Integrated Management Experience

This standout program lets you give back to the community while applying theories you’ve learned in the classroom. It consists of an academic component and a community project that gives you the chance to solve real business problems for a non-profit company or organisation in the community.

Institute for Consumer and Social Well-being

We are home to the internationally known Institute for Consumer and Social Well-being (ICSW), an organization focused on the well-being of individual consumers as well as society in general. ICSW members are all marketing faculty within the Dhillon School of Business whose research and community workshops focus on addressing issues of corporate social responsibility, non-profit marketing, environmentalism, socialchange marketing and more. Select students have the opportunity to work with ICSW conducting research.

Responsible management courses

Your courses at the Dhillon School of Business will push you to become more socially aware. You’ll gain new perspectives with courses like Managing Responsibly in a Global Environment; Social Marketing; and Managing Not-for-Profit Organizations.

The Dhillon School of Business believes in helping you become a responsible citizen and an ethical leader.

Students making a difference in research

Marketing student in the Dhillon School of Business, Zandria Bates is working with Dhillon faculty member Dr. Rhiannon Mesler on a project that aims to understand how consumer mindsets influence food consumption and food waste.

Zandria’s research first identifies the extent to which a scarcity mindset influences a person’s food preferences. It then explores how that perception of scarcity impacts food waste behaviours and investigates how an intervention may adjust food consumption behaviours.

“Each day’s work has purpose both for myself and a greater good. Further, I am working in the lab over the summer as a co-op work term as well, which helps in my working towards a co-op designated degree.”

Academically, my most memorable experiences are the Indigenous Studies and World History courses I had the opportunity to take. They were captivating and enriching in ways I never expected and they left me with a changed view of the world.”

OVER 1,500 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM APPROXIMATELY 50 COUNTRIES. ALMOST 15,000 ALUMNI AROUND THE WORLD.

Mariam Ullah | BMgt ’20

Inclusive and diverse

We believe that inclusive and diverse communities are vital to creating original thought. As a student you’ll be encouraged to respectfully share your world view with peers and they’ll share theirs. The result is an enriched and even life-changing post-secondary experience.

There are many ways to explore diverse experiences with the Dhillon School of Business.

International work-studies

Live, work and study in Budapest, Hungary or Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These work-studies don’t only boast a life-altering adventure, they give you practical work experience through an unpaid work placement while working on your business theory skills through academic projects — all while immersed in a new culture.

International exchanges

Whether you want to experience another culture, satisfy the desire for adventure or learn self-reliance, an international exchange will do just that. International exchanges allow you to participate in full-semester or summer exchanges at more than 46 partner universities worldwide from the Americas to Europe and Asia to Australia.

Indigenous core component

All Dhillon School of Business students take an Indigenous course as part of their core business course requirements. Whether you take Canadian

Indigenous Negotiations, Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resources or another course, the knowledge you’ll gain will position you as a leader in Canada’s business landscape.

To become an influential business leader you’ll need to build relationships with and gain perspectives from people with diverse world views.

A place to belong

To get a personalized education, you need a school that puts you first. The Dhillon School of Business offers you supports to plan your personal academic journey, navigate your educational experience and connect you with likeminded peers—because we want you to get the most out of your education with the best experience possible. Here, you’ll build and gain knowledge, expertise and friendships that will last a lifetime.

We can’t wait to welcome you to the Dhillon School of Business.

We already have that feeling—that you belong here. And we’ve gone the extra mile to ensure you feel like you belong too.

The small classes, the tight-knit community, the personal connections between the staff and students, everything was deeply personal and engaging in a way that I have never seen at another school.”

Keean Lehtinen | BMgt ’22

I appreciate that I can access supports from Indigenous professors and staff members. I feel comfortable at the university because there are many strong Blackfoot people working here. All these combined supports have helped me become a better student and have success in my studies, and the financial assistance has really helped me to focus on my academic journey.”

Jayne Scout

Indigenous Governance and Business Management student.

As a Blackfoot woman,

Engaged classes

Through a more personalized learning experience you’ll feel a real sense of belonging here. Our faculty and staff really care about your education too, which allows for meaningful relationships and a more enriching, connected experience.

Advising and other services

There are dedicated Dhillon School of Business academic advisors to expertly guide you in your academic journey. Aside from that, you’ll have tons of student services at your fingertips from academic support to health services.

Indigenous student support

The Dhillon School of Business is situated on traditional Blackfoot territory and we believe in working closely with Indigenous organizations and doing our part to make reconciliation a reality. The Indigenous Governance and Business Management program offers students tutorial support in all academic areas to Indigenous students on campus, regardless of major.

Financial help

Supporting students financially is important to us. That’s why there is hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial help that Dhillon School of Business students are eligible to apply

for. Award value ranges from $200 up to $5,000 for undergraduate students. Be sure to submit your awards application for consideration.

Student clubs

Connecting with business-minded peers just like yourself from the Dhillon School of Business is essential to feeling connected right from the start, and made easy with the many Dhillonexclusive clubs we host on campus. Clubs on our campuses include the Dhillon Business Students’ Association (DBSA), the Accounting Club, Finance Club and more.

DSB Edge

We know that connections with peers are crucial for success, which is why we created a cohort for students called DSB Edge. This program has a limited number of spots for Dhillon students. Your cohort will live together (if you decide to stay in residence), take your courses together and study together. You’ll also have preferential access to professional development opportunities and events.

There are vast opportunities for students who want to get more out of their university experience. With its focus on students, I don’t think there are many schools that have programs as effective and value-adding as Student Professional Development.”

Because of my co-op I now have an interest in the data sciences and would like to pursue a Masters in that field. I believe the best thing about coop is the competitive advantage it gives you as a student.”

Ammar Shahid | BMgt ’18

Joshua Olea | BMgt ‘21

Experiential

Two-thirds of our students participate in one of our many professionally linked programs because they better prepare you for the business world after graduation. You have many options for experiential learning in and out of the classroom including through the Student Managed Investment Fund (p. 9), international opportunities (p. 13) and Integrated Management Experience (p. 10). The following ways are more options that will get you valuable real-world experience before you graduate.

DSB Link

This program links in-class learning to real organizational problems. You’ll have opportunities to participate in a variety of short-term projects with organizations to gain experience; some for credit and some paid. Ultimately, they’ll help you build your resume, professional network and put your academic knowledge from various courses into practice.

Student Professional Development

This student-recommended program delivers free industry networking events, interactive workshops, online training, case competitions and more. These opportunities will further help you to develop work-ready skills beyond the classroom. Your participation in these high-impact activities can be recorded on your MyExperience transcript, a record of the non-credit activities you participate in during your time at uLethbridge.

Co-operative Education

Co-operative Education (Co-op) is a work-integrated learning program that connects you with paid employment for four-, eight-, or 12-month full-time work terms. The Dhilon School of Business proudly offers co-op placements to eligible students no matter their degree or major (something you won’t find elsewhere). Test drive a career or organization of interest, apply theories you’ve learned in the classroom while earning money, gaining confidence and developing your professional and personal skill-set.

To become the best, you need to test yourself. Our instructors provide an experiential learning environment, allowing you to test theories and apply your knowledge with simulations, case competitions, and co-operative education.

Accredited

AACSB International (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) is the world’s largest global business education network. As an accredited member, we are held accountable to offering the highest quality, most relevant education to you, ensuring you become the most effective business leader you can be.

We’re part of only 6% of business schools worldwide with AACSB accreditation.

Graduating from an AACSB-accredited school also means when you graduate, you’ll be a contender for jobs from top global organizations who only hire from AACSB-accredited schools; you’ll be offered a more competitive salary; you’ll have a better chance of getting into graduate programs; and you’ll have more employers interested in you after graduation.

Other professional affiliations

CFA University Affiliation for our Finance majors

If you want to pursue a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation—recognized as the premier certification for investment professionals, you’ll be happy to know that the Bachelor of Management major in Finance is Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) recognized. That means our curriculum aligns with the CFA Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK) and emphasizes the CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. It also means you’ll have 15 scholarships you can apply for to help cover the cost of CFA exams.

CPHR Accredited for our Human Resource Management and Labour Relations majors

The Bachelor of Management with a major in Human Resource Management and Labour Relations is accredited by the Chartered Professionals In Human Resources (CPHR). Student of this major can waive the CPHR National Knowledge Exam. You also only require three years of professional human resources experience to receive the full CPHR designation, whereas those who do not graduate with a degree from an accredited institution require eight years of experience.

CPA Professional Education Program (CPA PEP) Entrance Requirements

The courses in our accounting degree major and our combined post-bachelor certificates in accounting cover all the prerequisite knowledge needed for entry into the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Professional Education Program (PEP). PEP is a two-year graduate-level program leading to Canada’s most pre-eminent business and accounting designation, the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).

Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

As one of the first Canadian business schools to become a member of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB), we believe in the work of connecting Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal businesses to gain wisdom from and develop relationships with each other for a strong, reconciled and prosperous economy. As a student you’ll benefit from the connection to employers and diversity of thought that this network of industry experts bring to the work we do and programs we offer at the Dhillon School of Business.

You’ll get an exceptional business education here at the Dhillon School of Business, no matter your major, and we have the AACSB accreditation to prove it.

Want to chat further with someone about all your business school options? Talk to one of our dedicated Dhillon advisors who can guide you along your academic journey.

Lethbridge Campus 403-329-2153 dhillon.advising@uleth.ca Calgary Campus 403-571-3360 calgary.campus@uleth.ca

Ready to apply?

If you’re ready to immerse yourself in the Dhillon business experience, apply at: ulethbridge.ca/ future-student or scan below.