CONT652: Intermediate Business Studies

Course Schedule

Course Description

This course provides you with opportunities to develop an understanding of the five critical areas of business: financial literacy, business ethics and corporate social responsibility, business, and entrepreneurial skills, business communications and digital literacy. You’ll also apply transferable skills and 21st century competencies in your Business Studies classroom. Issues pertaining to equity and inclusion, learner well-being, barrier-free learning and digital literacy will be explored. Teaching strategies such as experiential and project-based learning and universal design for learning (UDL), will be explored using education technology tools. Ministry policy documents and the OCT Standards of Practice and Ethical Guidelines will be thoroughly analyzed to guide your decision making. 

What You Will Learn and Do

In this course, you’ll

• understand global competencies and transferable skills as they pertain to Business Studies
• demonstrate an understanding of curriculum and critical areas of learning in Business Studies
• explore business pathways and experiential learning opportunities related to Business Studies
• develop lesson plans including varied assessment strategies and educational technology tools
• examine the role of equity and well-being in learner achievement
• create lesson activities using universal design for learning and blended learning models
• design a culminating task using project-based learning

Application Requirements

1. OCT MEMBERSHIP We will use the OCT number you provide during online registration to confirm you are an OCT member with an undergraduate degree.
2. YOUR UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE UNIVERSITY TRANSCRIPT(S)*

Your transcript(s) must show: The equivalent of 3.0 full-year undergraduate/graduate courses in Business or the equivalent of 2.0 full-year undergraduate/graduate courses if you already hold another intermediate qualification. For Intermediate Business, courses in Commerce, Economics, Human Resources, Marketing, Management, etc. are accepted.

*If you completed a Queen's undergrad (at any time), or a B.Ed., Honour Specialist, or an Intermediate or Senior ABQ course with us within the last 4 years you are not required to resend your transcripts.

Please email a copy of your unofficial undergraduate transcript to cedmail@queensu.ca

Course Materials

Accommodations

Applicants who require accommodations for a specific learning need (e.g., learning disability) within their AQ/ABQ course, should click here for further information and support.

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Refund Schedule

• If you drop a course by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee
• If you drop a course after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee

For more about our refund policies, visit our Fees & Refunds page.