Gerald Schwartz School of Business | St. Francis Xavier University

Empowering tomorrow's business leaders

The Gerald Schwartz School of Business puts students on the fast track to careers in a wide range of business areas. Our experiential, industry-relevant, programming is delivered from state-of-the-art facilities on a beautifully intimate campus by engaged, research active faculty with a deep commitment to excellence in teaching. Our student focused, career oriented, and community-minded approach is known to produce influential leaders. Canada’s future business leaders are today’s inspired students.

We offer traditional Bachelor of Business Administration degrees, unique multi-credential undergraduate programs in entrepreneurship, nutrition, and business analytics, and post-baccalaureate options for those who already have a degree.

Featured Programs

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The Accounting program is focused on preparing students to earn their Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation. The curriculum will expose students to a broad range of topics including performance measurement of organizations and managers, reading and preparing financial statements, attestation of financial reporting, assessing taxation obligations, etc.

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The Finance program will expose students to current theories and applied finance skills and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) affiliated university program. The curriculum will expose students to a wide variety of topics including investments, portfolio management, derivatives, corporate finance, personal finance, international finance, etc.

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Management and Leadership

Our Management & Leadership program is nationally accredited by the Canadian Institute of Management. The program offers dynamic learning experiences which often challenge business as usual. Course instruction draws from a wide range of engaging methods, including service learning projects in community organizations, film and case analysis, debates, simulations, guest lectures, virtual teams, and field trips.

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Marketing is about understanding consumers and what they value and creating and communicating solutions to their problems. Marketing is both an art and a science. This is a diverse field where professionals may be involved in the development of new products, services or ideas, analyzing and interpreting Big Data, determining ways to leverage and enhance demand, developing creative content that effectively communicates value, and relationship management.

All Programs

Business Intelligence and Analytics

Enterprise Systems

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship and Human Nutrition

International Business

Management and Leadership

Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Business Studies

Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Digital Marketing

Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Enterprise IT Management

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383 Gerald Schwartz School of Business
3090 Martha Drive
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
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The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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