Program Highlights

Accelerate your career with a degree in hospitality and tourism. After learning the foundation of general business, you’ll learn about the Okanagan wine and culinary tourism and hospitality sectors, preparing you for a career path leading to management positions.

Join the global community and learn about customer behaviour that will help you further understand your audience. Welcoming guests and customers is foundational to tourism and hospitality, so you’ll have every chance to learn what makes a successful business manager in classes, readings and hands-on experiences. Skills gained in this program will help you succeed not only in the Okanagan, but all around the world.

The degree specialty provides students with an understanding of business and management practices within the global tourism and hospitality sector as well as a foundation in general business. The first year of the program provides a solid foundation in general business and the business of tourism. The second year provides experiential learning in the Okanagan wine and culinary tourism and hospitality sectors. The third and fourth years further develop the student's analytical and critical thinking skills needed to succeed in the tourism and hospitality sectors. Graduates are prepared for a career path leading to management positions within the tourism and hospitality sector.

An honours degree gives you the highest level of certification possible within the BBA. Not only does this earn you a special Honours parchment, but it speaks loud and clear to employers about your abilities and dedication to do advance research in your chosen field.

Program Outline

Students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours as prescribed below:

BUAD 111 Financial Accounting I
BUAD 116 Marketing
BUAD 123 Management Principles
BUAD 128 Computer Applications I
BUAD 195 Financial Management
BUAD 209 Business Law
BUAD 262 Organizational Behaviour
BUAD 264 Management Accounting
BUAD 269 Human Resources Management
BUAD 315 Management Science
BUAD 425 Business and Canadian Government Policy
BUAD 340 Strategic Management I
BUAD 293 Entrepreneurship