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Business Administration: Investment Management

Business Administration: Investment Management
Campus(es): NBCC Saint John Campus
506-658-6601

Duration:The requirements for this diploma program may be achieved within two academic years of full-time study.
Program Description

Make sense of the roller coaster! If you’re interested in trying to predict the financial future, our diploma in Business Administration: Investment Management provides key skills training in a broad range of investment topics such as risk and return, portfolio evaluation, securities terminology, market operations, financial planning, the psychology of investing, insurance basics and sales techniques. You’ll develop a solid foundation for entrance into the financial services world, and benefit from a business-related work practicum.

Admission Requirements Profile B
  • High School Diploma or Adult High School Diploma or GED Diploma of High School Equivalency
  • Geometry and Applications in Mathematics 112 and Functions and Relations 112
Career Possibilities

Graduates of the Business Administration: Investment Management program have a wide range of skills that can be valuable in much of the financial sector. They find employment as financial managers; insurance, real estate and brokerage managers; banking, credit and investment managers; financial and investment analysts; and securities agents. Students may also use this diploma to gain admission to the third year of bachelor degree programs at several universities.

NOC Codes

0111 - Financial Managers
0121 - Insurance, Real Estate and Financial Brokerage Managers
0122 - Banking, Credit and Other Investment Managers
0123 - Other Business Services Managers
1112 - Financial and Investment Analysts
1113 - Securities Agents, Investment Dealers and Brokers
1114 - Other Financial Officers

What You Will Learn
  • Marketing Management
  • Accounting - Manual and Computerized
  • Business Law
  • Business Software Applications
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Economics
  • Income Tax
  • Life Insurance
  • Financial Management Services
  • Data Sources and Microcomputer Applications
  • Canadian Securities
  • Fundamental Analysis
  • Standards of Business Practice
  • Management Theory
  • Business Communication
  • Interpersonal Communications
  • Professional Sales
  • Behavioural Finance
  • Work Practicum
Specific Considerations

The Business Administration: Investment Management program prepares students to write the Canadian Securities Course Examination or the Canadian Investment Funds Exam. Graduates of the two-year Business Administration program who have achieved a minimum of a 70% average each program year may be able to transfer into the third year of a four-year degree program at Cape Breton University (CBU), Crandall University (formerly ABU) or the University of New Brunswick Saint John (UNBSJ). NBCC is committed to furthering our university relationships; therefore, other university agreements may be available.

Articulations

Business Administration: Investment Management has developed articulation arrangements with other institutions as follows:

Institution:Aukland University of Technology
Articulation Period:
Information:Graduates receive one and one half years credit toward a three year Bachelor of Business degree
Institution:Crandall University
Articulation Period:2010-2015
Information:Graduates of the NBCC Diploma in Business Administration who are admitted to Crandall, based on a transfer credit assessment, will receive up to two years full credit toward a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational  Management  
Institution:Husson University/Fredericton University
Articulation Period:2009-no end date
Information:Graduates holding a Diploma of Business from NBCC may transfer up to 90 credit hours  toward a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree (online).  Additionally, the University of Fredericton will award a Diploma in Advanced Business Studies    
Institution:Mount Saint Vincent University
Articulation Period:2010-2020
Information:Graduates will receive up to two years credit toward a Bachelor of Business Administration degree
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