1. Building a BTM Program, From Degree Proposal to First Graduates
Trish McLaren
Area Coordinator, Business Technology Management

2. In the Beginning …

3. Timeline Summer 2010 Program design Fall 2010
New program approval process, with Senate approval in late November
September 2011
First cohort of 60 students
July 1, 2013
BTM Program joins the School of Business & Economics
September 2013
First co-op work terms
2014
ITAC Recognition
November 2015
First Convocation

4. Program Design BTM Program Technology Management
Business Core
Technology Base
Foundations and Electives

5. Program Structure Fall (September - December) Winter (January - April)
Fall (September - December)
Winter (January - April)
Spring (May - August)
Year 1
Business in a Networked Society
Information Technology
Microeconomics
Modernity and the Contemporary World
Elective
Interpersonal Communication
Math for BTM
Macroeconomics
Academic Literacy: Social Sciences
Summer vacation
Year 2
Marketing
Introduction to Financial Accounting
Statistics for Management
Modernity: Critique and Resistance
Business and Technology Law
Software Development
Introduction to Managerial Accounting
Academic Literacy: Humanities
Systems Analysis and Design
Data and Knowledge Management
Management of Information Systems I
Organizational Theory and Change
Year 3
Work Term 1
Work Term 2
Operations Management
Fundamentals of Finance
Information Systems Project Management
Ethics, Technology and Organizations
Year 4
Work Term 3
  Technology and Innovation Management
Management of Information Systems II
Three electives
Strategy and Enterprise Architecture

6. Co-op Business Analyst – CIBC, Toronto
Market Researcher/Analyst – StarTech.com, London
Project Support Specialist – OC Tanner, Burlington
User Engagement Project Co-ordinator – Blackberry, Waterloo
IT Analyst – Deloitte, Toronto
Business Intelligence – Suncor, Calgary
IT Co-op Student – John Deere, Grimsby
Business Data Analyst – Sun Life Financial, Waterloo
Junior Service Delivery Analyst – RBC, Toronto
Desktop Support & Helpdesk – Scotiabank, Toronto

7. Students Year # of 1st Year Students Minimum Entrance Average
Entrance Requirements
# of Grads/Students Remaining
2011 60
74%
4U English 60%
4U Math 70%
17 graduates
2012 70
76%
28 (graduate in fall)
2013 75
28 in 3B
2014 67
78%
4U English 70%
4U Math 75%
30 in 3A
2015 43
79%
4U Functions or Calculus 75% ?
2016
80%

8. Talent Mash 2014

11. Convocation, November 2015
- 94% employed (all except one)

12. Challenges Differentiating between BBA and BTM
Differentiating between ourselves and other (Ryerson) BTM programs
Creating a community at Laurier
Creating a sense of identity as BTM students beyond Laurier
Being the “last-chance” program

13. Current priorities and looking forward…
ITAC Accreditation, Winter 2017
Increased awareness of BTM
the degree in general
and the Laurier BTM degree
Increased number of applicants and students
Increased experiential learning opportunities