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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