Sheridan College is currently on a journey to becoming a university, and already offers 23 degrees in a variety of programs and faculties. The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program has five streams: Human Resources, Marketing, Accounting, Finance and Supply Chain Management. It gives opportunities for college students who have completed a diploma, direct entry students from secondary schools, and individuals returning to college from the workforce, to improve their credentials and their career prospects by completing a degree. Sheridan College also has a mix of domestic and international students, the majority of whom come from Southeast Asia. This diverse demographic creates unique challenges with respect to students’ mathematics background and their ability to be successful in the core mandatory BBA mathematics courses. This presentation will offer an overview of the BBA degree and its core mathematics courses.

Bio: Emily Brown is a professor of mathematics, and math coordinator in the Pilon School of Business at Sheridan College. She has a background in linguistics and chemical engineering, a B.Ed. and M.Ed. in Mathematics for Teaching (University of Calgary), with a focus on effective teaching for foundational mathematics. During her M.Ed., she was the project coordinator for the College Student Achievement Project (CSAP). Nearly a decade of CSAP research has demonstrated the need for a common mathematics assessment and Emily sits on the Ontario College Math Test steering committee. In the spring of 2016, she co-authored a paper, Closing the Numeracy Gap; an urgent assignment for Ontario.