Bachelor of Commerce (4-year and Honours)


Bachelor of Commerce (Four-year and Honours)

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements, including regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements. Please refer to the Degree Requirement section for further information.


Program Requirements:

To graduate with a BComm (Honours) or BComm (Four-year), students must complete 120 credits, including 54 core requirements as outlined below. Students may also complete a concentration, along with their core BComm requirements. Concentrations are available in Accounting and Human Resources.

Students completing the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) must achieve a minimum average of 70% in the program, and must also include an additional six credits at the 4000 level in Business, as outlined in the BComm requirements.

Students completing the BComm (Four-year) must achieve a minimum average of 60% in the program.

ACCT 1106 Introductory Financial Accounting I 3 cr.
ACCT 1107 Introductory Financial Accounting II 3 cr.
ADMN 1607 Business Mathematics 3 cr. 
ECON 1006 Introduction to Microeconomics 3 cr. 
ECON 1007 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3 cr. 
MKTG 1126 Marketing Concepts 3 cr. 
ORGS 1136 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour 3 cr. 
ORGS 1137 Management of Human Resources 3 cr. 
MKTG 2126 Consumer Behaviour 3 cr. 
ACCT 2146 Management of Accounting and Control I 3 cr. 
ADMN 2167 Business Decision Making 3 cr.
ADMN 2306 Business Ethics 3 cr. 
ADMN 2606 Business Statistics 3 cr. 
ADMN 3046 Operations Management 3 cr.
FINC 3116 Financial Management I 3 cr. 
TMGT 3856 Information Systems 3 cr. 
ADMN 4606 Business Strategy and Policy I 3 cr. 
ADMN 4607 Business Strategy and Policy II 3 cr.
*ACCT, ADMN, ECON, FINC, MKTG, ORGS, TMGT 6 cr.
Electives   60 cr.

*For the BComm (Honours), these six credits must be at the 4000 level

Accounting Concentration

Students may pursue an Accounting Concentration by completing the following 18 credits. In this case, students would require 18 fewer elective credits.

ACCT 2106 Intermediate Accounting I 3 cr.
ACCT 2107 Intermediate Accounting II 3 cr.
ACCT 2147 Management Accounting and Control II 3 cr.
Nine credits from the following:  
ACCT 3816 Personal Taxation 3 cr.
ACCT 3817 Corporate Taxation 3 cr.
ACCT 4827 Auditing 3 cr.
ACCT 4836 Advanced Accounting Topics I 3 cr.
ACCT 4866 Advanced Cost Accounting Topics I 3 cr.
ACCT 4927 Advanced Auditing 3 cr.

Students intending to pursue an accounting designation are strongly advised to take ACCT 2106, ACCT 2107 and ACCT 2147 in their second year. Students should consult with the faculty co-ordinator regarding courses. If students are pursuing a professional accounting designation, they should ensure they are meeting the entrance requirements for the specific designation as those may be more demanding than the accounting stream requirements.

Human Resources Concentration

Students may pursue a Human Resources Concentration by completing the following 18 credits. In this case, students would require 18 fewer elective credits.

ORGS 2006 Recruitment and Selection 3 cr.
ORGS 2117 Industrial Relations 3 cr.
Twelve credits from the following:  
ACCT 2147 Management Accounting and Control II 3 cr.
ADMN 2706 Introduction to Intercultural Management 3 cr.
ADMN 4206 International Business 3 cr.
ORGS 3006 Management Practices for Sustainable Business 3 cr.
ORGS 3007 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility 3 cr.
ORGS 3016 The Evolution of Business: A Comparative Perspective 3 cr.
ORGS 3146 Compensation and Rewards 3 cr.
ORGS 3147 Occupational Health and Safety 3 cr.
ORGS 3246 Human Resources Research and Information Systems 3 cr.
ORGS 3247 Human Resources Planning 3 cr.
ORGS 3307 Gender and Diversity in Organizations 3 cr.
ORGS 3836 Training and Development 3 cr.
ORGS 4706 Organizational Structure and Design 3 cr.
ORGS 4837 Organizational Development and Change 3 cr.
HIST 3206 Furs, Fords and Free Trade: Canadian Business History 3 cr.

If students are pursuing a professional human resource management designation, they should ensure they are meeting the entrance requirements for the specific designation as those may be more demanding than the Human Resource Management stream requirements.


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