工商管理研究生文凭（30个学分）和工商管理研究生证书（15个学分）为学生提供了有关工商管理理论和实践的核心知识和扎实基础。通过GDBA和GCBA，学生获得了商务或社会部门所有类型组织的职业所需的一系列基本能力。
The John Molson Graduate Diploma in Business Administration is designed to give students without a business background a graduate-level foundation in business. The 10-course program concentrates on the primary functional areas of organizations and their interrelations. Students not only gain a solid understanding of the functional areas within an organization, but also how those areas interrelate. Program graduates are able to: Identify, analyze and propose solutions to issues within and between fundamental areas of business;, Effectively communicate with and influence various stakeholders (management, colleagues, customers and investors);, Analyze industries, markets and competitors to design convincing competitive strategies.