Topics in Co-Operatives & Credit Unions
Business and Administration · 3 hrs Lecture
Offered: Every Year
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BUS-4606 prerequisites
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Where BUS-4606 counts
Counts toward 1 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:
- BUS 4-YEAR BBA Concentration Stream
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Description
This topics course focuses on the development, growth and sustainability of co-operative businesses (financial and non-financial). Utilizing case studies, literature reviews and environmental scans, students gain an understanding of the unique characteristics of the co-operative organizational structure. The course engages students through in-class discussions and lectures with a final outcome of a student paper. Students gain a greater understanding of the co-operative sector as a business model and social movement, and are able to compare the co-operative movement to social movements such as La Via Campesina, Food Sovereignty Movement and other grassroots movements.
Requisite courses
BUS-3300, AND BUS-3301 OR BUS-3302, all with a minimum grade of C+ [prerequisite(s)]; and students must have met their university writing requirement with a minimum grade of C+ (or exemption), OR Permission of Instructor [prerequisite(s)].
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