Program Overview

Compensation Management - BUSD 2014

This course focuses on how an organization’s compensation system contributes to its success and how each organization must be evaluated and aligned, using a strategic lens, to develop the most value-adding compensation system within a Total Rewards framework. Additional topics include job analysis, job evaluation, and cash compensation forms such as base pay, short- and long-term benefits, and merit pay. Benefits plans including insurance, work/life balance, and allowances, along with components of non-financial rewards, are investigated.

Course details

Course code

BUSD2014

Credits

3

Format and length

Lecture: 45 hours

Delivery methods

• In person
• Online anytime
• Hyflex

Tuition and fees for Open Studies

Canadian students

• Tuition estimate: $495
• Fees estimate: $714.70
• Total estimate: $1,209.70

International students

• Tuition estimate: $1497
• Fees estimate: $714.70
• Total estimate: $2,211.69

Detailed fees

• Digital resource fee: $7.00 max per term
• Program and supplies fee: $19.2 max per term
• Registrarial and student service fee: $41.00 max per term
• Student technology fee: $12.00 max per term

Students’ Association fees

• Health and dental plan: $386.00 per year
• Students’ Association: $51.50 per term
• U-Pass: $180.00 per term
• Legal plan: $18.00 per term

Admission criteria

• Prerequisite: BUSD 1009
• Restricted to Business Administration and Open Studies

Term and schedule

Edmonton

• Spring: May 5 - Aug. 22, 2025
  • Tue, Thu: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
• Fall: Sep. 2 - Dec. 12, 2025
  • Mon, Wed: 02:00 - 03:30 pm
  • Tue, Thu: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
  • Mon: 06:30 - 09:30 pm
• Winter: Jan. 5 - Apr. 17, 2026
  • Mon, Wed: 12:30 - 02:00 pm
  • Tue, Thu: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
  • Tue, Fri: 03:30 - 05:00 pm

Online

• Winter: Jan. 5 - Apr. 17, 2026

Hyflex

• Fall: Sep. 2 - Dec. 19, 2025
  • Mon, Wed: 03:30 - 05:00 pm
• Fall: Sep. 2 - Dec. 11, 2025
  • Wed, Fri: 12:30 - 02:00 pm
• Fall: Sep. 2 - Dec. 12, 2025
  • Mon, Wed: 03:30 - 05:00 pm