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Program Details

Delivery Method: On campus

Program Language: English

Admission Requirements

As of September 2015, there are no further admissions to the H.B.Com. program. Admissions will be to the BBA program.

Degree Options

For Current Students

The degree options listed below are for the upcoming academic year, not the current academic year. If you are a current student looking for which courses to take in order to complete your degree options from a previous academic year's curriculum, please consult with an academic advisor.

Honours Bachelor of Commerce

Students must follow these regulations in order to meet graduation requirements.

Effective September 2016, COMM course codes will be replaced ACCT, MGMT, MKTG, OPER and FNCE codes. This table explains the course equivalencies to help students and others understand the transition to the new course codes

Effective September 2015, there will be no further admissions to the H.B.Com. program. Admissions will be to the BBA program.

First Year
   ACCT 1001EL/   COMM 1106E     Understanding and Using Financial Information
   ACCT 2001EL/   COMM 1107E     Introductory Accounting II
   ECON 1006E      Introduction to Microeconomics
   ECON 1007E      Introduction to Macroeconomics
   MGMT 1006EL/   COMM 1006E     Management of Organizations I
   MGMT 1007EL/   COMM 1007E     Management of Organizations II
   OPER 2006EL/   COMM 1057E     Introduction to Management Science
   STAT 2066EL/   STAT 1056E       Business Statistics
   6 elective credits*

To proceed to the upper year required courses, students must complete all first year requirements with a minimum average of 70%, with a minimum grade of 60% in each of the required courses.

Upper Years
   ACCT 2011EL/   COMM 2016E     Management Accounting I
   ACCT 3001EL/   COMM 2017E     Management Accounting II
   FNCE 3006EL/   COMM 2026E     Financial Management I
   FNCE 3007EL/   COMM 2027E     Financial Management II
   MGMT 4031EL/   COMM 4006E     Strategic Management and Policy I
   MGMT 4032EL/   COMM 4007E     Strategic Management and Policy II
   MGMT 4071EL/   COMM 4047E     Venture Initiation
   MKTG 2001EL/   COMM 2036E     Marketing Management I
   MKTG 2011EL/   COMM 2037E     Marketing Management II
   HROB 2001EL/   COMM 2046E     Organizational Behaviour Theory
   HROB 2002EL/   COMM 2047E     Organizational Behaviour Application
   OPER 3006EL/   COMM 2056E     Operations Management I
   OPER 4006EL/   COMM 2057E     Operations Management II
   21 additional COMM credits at the 4000 level
   +30 elective credits*

* Students may choose to complete a minor within their degree program, using the elective credits or extra credits as required.

Note: Minimum grade of 60% is required on all COMM courses as well as ECON 1006, ECON 1007, and STAT 1056; except for COMM 3016 and COMM 3017 where a final mark of 50% is acceptable to pass as long as they are not prerequisites to other courses and are not counted as part of an option within the program.

Option in Finance (27 credits)
(Available only to H.B.Com. students)

a) Required Courses (15 credits):

   FNCE 3007EL Financial Management 2
   FNCE 4006EL Applied Corporate Finance
   FNCE 4007EL/   COMM 4227E Investment Management
   FNCE 4016EL Global Financial Markets and Institutions
   FNCE 4026EL/   COMM 4247E Portfolio Management

b) Elective Courses: 3 COMM courses (9 credits) from the following:
(All courses are 3 credits, except otherwise specified)
FNCE-3956 – Cooperative Education I in Finance
FNCE 4017 – Management of Financial Institutions
FNCE 4027 – International Finance
FNCE 4036 – Risk Management
FNCE 4037 – Entrepreneurial Finance
FNCE-4906 – Current topics in Finance
FNCE-4905 – Research in Finance (6 credits)
FNCE-4916 – Management Research Methodology in Finance
FNCE-4917 – Research project in Finance
FNCE-4995 – Internship in Finance (6 credits)
FNCE-4815 - Cooperative Education II in Finance (6 credits)

ACCT-4001 - Advanced Management Accounting
ACCT-4011 - Advanced Accounting Topics I/External Financial Reporting (IV)
ACCT-4051 - Advanced Accounting Topics II/Financial Accounting Integration & Analysis

MGMT-4021 International Business Management
MGMT-4081 The Business Environment

c) 30 elective credits (which must include at least 9 non-COMM credits).

Option in Entrepreneurship (27 credits)
(Available only to H.B.Com. students)
a) Required Courses (9 credits):
   MGMT 4051EL/   COMM 4037E – Small Business Management
   MGMT 4061EL/   COMM 4046E – Entrepreneurship
   MKTG 4031EL/   COMM 4367E – Advanced Marketing Planning

b) 3 COMM electives (9 credits) from the following: All courses are 3 credits, except otherwise specified
   FNCE 4917EL/   COMM 4906E – Research Project
   FNCE 4916EL/   COMM 4916E – Research Methods
   FNCE 4905EL/   COMM 4905E – Research (6 credits)
   COMM 4357E – Retail Management
   MKTG 4091EL/   COMM 4356E – Business to Business Marketing
   The above courses are admissible if the research topic is in the field of the option.
   COMM 4976E – Coop placement I
   COMM 4985E – Coop placement II
   FNCE 4965EL/   COMM 4995E – Placement
   The above courses are admissible if the placement is in the field of the option.

   COMM 4017 E – Current Topics in Administration
   COMM 4026 E – Current Topics in Administration
   COMM 4027 E – Current Topics in Administration
   MGMT 4906EL/   COMM 4016E – Current Topics in Administration
   The above courses are admissible if the course topic is in the field of the option.
   MGMT 4101EL/   COMM 4086E – Small Business Counselling Service I
   MGMT 4102EL/   COMM 4087E – Small Business Counselling Service II
   MGMT 4041EL/   COMM 4036E – Case Analysis and Competition I
   MGMT 4042EL/   COMM 4067E – Case Analysis and Competition II
   The above courses are admissible if the counselling or case topic is in the field of the option.
   ACCT 4021EL/   COMM 4116E-Personal Taxation
   ACCT 4031EL/   COMM 4117E-Corporation Taxation
   FNCE 4036EL/   COMM 4736E-Risk Management in Organizations
   HROB 4041EL/   COMM 4436E-Communication Theory for Managers
   HROB 4051EL/   COMM 4437E-Interpersonal Skills
   HROB 4101EL/   COMM 4486E-Training and Development
   MGMT 4001EL/   COMM 4716E-Commercial Law
   MGMT 4071EL/   COMM 4047E-Venture Initiation
   MGMT 4081EL/   COMM 4057E-The Business Environment
   MGMT 4091EL/   COMM 4066E-Business Ethics
   MGMT 4021EL/   COMM 4076E-International Business Management
   MKTG 4021EL/   COMM 4336E-Marketing Communications
   MKTG 4031EL/   COMM 4367E-Advanced Marketing Planning
   MKTG 4041EL/   COMM 4376E-International Marketing
   MKTG 4061EL/   COMM 4326E-Social Media Marketing
   MKTG 4071EL/   COMM 4327E-Consumer Behaviour
   MKTG 4091EL/   COMM 4356E-B2B Marketing
   OPER 4147EL/   COMM 4147E-Information Systems

c) 3 non-COMM electives from the list below (9 credits) or any other course approved by the programme coordinator): Please see departmental listings for more elective choices. Prerequisite requirements may apply as well as instructor's or department approval for registration in non-COMM course electives outside the Faculty of Management. All courses are 3 credits, except otherwise specified.
      COST 1116E - Introduction to Mass Media
      COST 2446E - The Dynamics of Interpersonal Communication I
      COST 2447E - The Dynamics of Interpersonal Communication II
      ECON 3046 E – Labour Economics I
      ECON 3047 E - Labour Economics II
      ENVI 1507E - Introduction to Environmental Studies
      ENVI 2516E - Ecological Footprints and Demographic Change
      ENVI 2536E - Environment and Human Health
      HIST 3216E - The First Nations in Canada in Historical Perspective
      HIST 4225E - Canadian Social History: Selected Themes (6 cr.)
      INDG 1105E – Indigenous People of North America (6 cr.)
      INDG 1116E - Foundations of Aboriginal Peoplehood
      INDG 1117E - Implications of Aboriginal Peoplehood
      INDG 2136E - Aboriginal Political Resistance in Canada
      INDG 2285E - North American Native People: Tradition (6 cr.)
      INDG 2316E - Foundations of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
      INDG 3105E - Canadian Law, Politics and Aboriginal People (6 cr.)
      INDG 3285E - Living With the Land: Indigenous Knowledge in Theory and Practice (6 cr.)
      INDG 4405E - Seeing With A Native Eye (6 cr.)
      JURI 2136E - Introduction to Interpersonal Dispute Resolution
      JURI 2316E - Environmental Law
      JURI 2506E - Property Law
      LBST 1006E - Introduction to Labour Studies I
      LBST 1007E - Introduction to Labour Studies II
      LBST 3256E - Canadian Labour History
      LBST 3616E - Labour Law
      LBST 3626E - Labour Law and the Modern State
      PHIL 1105E – Introduction to Philosophy (6 cr.)
      PHIL 2726 E – Media Ethics
      PSYC 1105 E – Introduction to Psychology (6 cr.)
      PSYC 2707 E – Motivation
      PSYC 2706 E - Emotion (6 cr.)
      PSYC 3806 E - Social Psychology 1 (3 cr.)
      PSYC 3807 E – Social Psychology 2 (3 cr.)
      SOCI 1015 E – Understanding Society (6 cr.)
      SOCI 2656 E – Social Inequality
      SOCI 2026 E – The World of Work
      THEA 1115E - Introduction to the Theatre (6 cr.)
      WOMN 1005E - Introduction to Women's Studies (6 cr.)
      WOMN 2016E - The Production of Knowledge
      WOMN 2036E - Gender, Work and Families
      WOMN 2046 E – Gender, Race and Racism

d) 30 elective credits (which must include at least 9 non-COMM credits).

Option in Human Resources Management (27 credits)
(Only available to H.B.Com. students)

a) Required Courses (9 credits):
   HROB 4021EL/   COMM 4416E – Industrial Relations in Canada
   HROB 4101EL/   COMM 4486E – Training and development
   COMM 4426E – Health and Safety Management

b) Elective Courses: 3 COMM courses (9 credits) from the following:
   HROB 4905EL/   COMM 4905E – Research (6 cr.)
   HROB 4917EL/   COMM 4906E – Research Project
   FNCE 4916EL/   COMM 4916E - Methodology
   The above courses are admissible if the research topic is in the field of the option.
   COMM 4976E – Coop placement I
   COMM 4985E – Coop placement II
   HROB 4965EL/   COMM 4995E – Placement (6 cr.)
   The above courses are admissible if the placement is in the field of the option.
   HROB 4906EL/   COMM 4016E – Current Topics in Administration
   COMM 4017 E – Current Topics in Administration
   COMM 4026 E – Current Topics in Administration
   COMM 4027 E – Current Topics in Administration
   The above courses are admissible if the course topic is in the field of the option.
   COMM 4337E – Case Analysis and Competition II
   MGMT 4101EL/   COMM 4086E – Small Business Counselling I
   MGMT 4102EL/   COMM 4087E – Small Business Counselling II
   MKTG 4021EL/   COMM 4336E – Case Analysis and Competition I
   The above courses are admissible if the counselling or case topic is in the field of the option.
   OPER 4147EL/   COMM 4147E – Information Systems
   The above course is admissible if the project topic is in the field of the option.
   HROB 4041EL/   COMM 4436E - Communication Theory for Managers
   HROB 4051EL/      COMM 4437E - Interpersonal Skills
   HROB 4071EL/      COMM 4456E - Principles of Human Resource Management
   MGMT 4001EL/      COMM 4716E – Commercial Law
   MGMT 4091EL/   COMM 4066E – Business Ethics
   MGMT 4071EL/   COMM 4047E - Venture Initiation
   MGMT 4081EL/   COMM 4057E – Business Environment
   MGMT 4105EL/   COMM 4405E - Humanist Issues-Comm. Practice (6 cr.)
   OPER 4016EL/      COMM 4506E - Project Management

c) 3 non-COMM electives from the list below (9 credits) or any other course approved by the program chair: Please see departmental listings for more elective choices. Prerequisite requirements may apply as well as instructor's or department approval for registration in non-COMM course electives outside the Faculty of Management.
      COST 2446E - The Dynamics of Interpersonal Communication I
      COST 2447E - The Dynamics of Interpersonal Communication II
      ECON 3046 E – Labour economics I
      ECON 3047 E - Labour economics II
      ENGL 1561E - Business Writing or COMM 1206 – Business Communication
      ENGL 3556E - Principles and Practices of Workplace Communication
      ESPA 1005 E – Introduction to Spanish (6 cr.)
      INDG 1105E – Indigenous People of North America (6 cr.)
      INTE 4516 E – Stress Management
      INTE 4526 E – Ergonomics
      ITAL 1005 E – Introduction to Italian (6 cr.)
      JURI 2136E - Introduction to Interpersonal Dispute Resolution
      JURI 2517 E – Labour Law
      PHIL 1105 E – Introduction to philosophy (6 cr.)
      PHIL 2726 E – Media ethics
      PSYC 1105 E – Introduction to Psychology (6 cr.)
      PSYC 2707 E – Motivation
      PSYC 2706 E - Emotion (6 cr.)
      PSYC 3806 E - Social Psychology 1(3 cr.)
      PSYC 3806 E - Social Psychology 2 (3 cr.)
      SOCI 1015 E – Understanding Society (6 cr.)
      SOCI 2656 E – Social Inequality
      SOCI 2026 E – The World of Work
      SOCI 3716 E – What do unions do?
      SOCI 4066 E - Technology, Work and the Changing Labour Force
      SOCI 4086 E - Organizing the Nature of Work: Class, Race, Gender and Ethnicity in the Workplace
      WOMN 2046 E – Gender, Race and Racism

d) 30 elective credits (which must include at least 9 non-COMM credits).

Option in International Management (27 credits)
(Available only to H.B.Com. students)
a) Required Courses (9 credits):
   MGMT 4021EL/   COMM 4076E - International Business Management
   MKTG 4031EL/   COMM 4367E - Advanced Marketing Planning
   MKTG 4041EL/   COMM 4376E - International Marketing

b) 3 COMM electives (9 credits) from the following: All courses are 3 credits, except otherwise specified
   MGMT 4905EL/   COMM 4905E – Research (6 credits)
   MGMT 4916EL/   COMM 4916E – Research Methods
   MGMT 4917EL/   COMM 4906E – Research Project
   The above courses are admissible if the research topic is in the field of the option.
   COMM 4976E – Coop placement I
   COMM 4985E – Coop placement II
   FNCE 4965EL/   COMM 4995E – Placement
   The above courses are admissible if the placement is in the field of the option.
   COMM 4017 E – Current Topics in Administration
   COMM 4026 E – Current Topics in Administration
   COMM 4027 E – Current Topics in Administration
   FNCE 4906EL/   COMM 4016E – Current Topics in Administration
   The above courses are admissible if the course topic is in the field of the option.
   MGMT 4101EL/      COMM 4086E – Small Business Counselling Service I
   MGMT 4102EL/      COMM 4087E – Small Business Counselling Service II
   MGMT 4041EL/      COMM 4036E – Case Analysis and Competition I
   MGMT 4042EL/      COMM 4067E – Case Analysis and Competition II
   The above courses are admissible if the counselling or case topic is in the field of the option.
   FNCE 4027EL/      COMM 4256E - International Finance
   FNCE 4036EL/      COMM 4736E - Risk Management in Organizations
   MGMT 4001EL/      COMM 4716E - Law for Commerce
   MGMT 4071EL/      COMM 4047E - Venture Initiation
   MGMT 4081EL/      COMM 4057E – Business Environnement
   MKTG 4091EL/      COMM 4356E – B2B Marketing
   OPER 4016EL/      COMM 4506E - Project Management

c) 3 non-COMM electives from the list below (9 credits) or any other course approved by the programme coordinator): Please see departmental listings for more elective choices. Prerequisite requirements may apply as well as instructor's or department approval for registration in non-COMM course electives outside the Faculty of Management. All courses are 3 credits, except otherwise specified
      Any language courses other than English
      ECON 3237 E - Comparative Economic Systems
      ECON 3446 E - International Trade
      ECON 3447 E - International Finance
      ENSC 1406 E - Earth's Environmental Systems
      ENSC 2607 E - Ecology of Human Populations
      ENSC 3706 E - Field Camp for Environmental Science
      ENVI 1507 E - Introduction to Environmental Studies
      ENVI 2516 E - Ecological Footprints and Demographic Change
      ENVI 2536 E - Environment and Human Health
      GEOG 3237 E - The Internal Structure of the City
      GEOG 3266 E - The Spatial Organization of Economic Activity
      GEOG 3267E - Contemporary Issues in Economic Geography
      GEOG 3297E - Selected Topics in Human Geography
      GEOG 3606E - The European Union
      GEOG 3827E - Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
      GEOG 4217E - Population and Development
      HIST 1107E - Contemporary Issues in Historical Perspective
      HIST 3866E - Popular Culture of the 20th Century
      INDG 3285E - Living With the Land: Indigenous Knowledge in Theory and Practice (6 cr.)
      PHIL 2217 E - Environmental Ethics
      PHIL 2525 E - Contemporary Moral Issues
      POLI 2306E - International Relations
      POLI 3306E - Globalization and the New World Order
      POLI 3437E - The Colonizer and the Colonized
      POLI 4336E - International Public Law
      SOCI 4157E - Critical Analysis of Global Health Issues
      SOCI 4216E - Capitalism, Work and the Regulation of Environmental Risks
      WOMN 3037E - Gender, Work and the Global Economy

d) 30 elective credits (which must include at least 9 non-COMM credits).

Option in Marketing (27 credits)
(Available only to H.B.Com. students)
a) Required Courses (9 credits):
   MKTG 4071EL/   COMM 4327E - Consumer Behaviour
   MKTG 4021EL/   COMM 4336E - Marketing Communications
   MKTG 4031EL/   COMM 4367E - Advanced Marketing Planning

b) 3 COMM electives (9 credits) from the following: All courses are 3 credits, except otherwise specified
   FNCE 4916EL/      COMM 4916E – Research Methods
   MKTG 4905EL/      COMM 4905E – Research (6 credits)
   MKTG 4917EL/      COMM 4906E – Research Project
   The above courses are admissible if the research topic is in the field of the option.
   COMM 4976E – Coop placement I
   COMM 4985E – Coop placement II
   MKTG 4965EL/      COMM 4995E – Placement
   The above courses are admissible if the placement is in the field of the option.
   COMM 4017 E – Current Topics in Administration
   COMM 4026 E – Current Topics in Administration
   COMM 4027 E – Current Topics in Administration
   MKTG 4906EL/      COMM 4016E – Current Topics in Administration
   The above courses are admissible if the course topic is in the field of the option.
   MGMT 4101EL/      COMM 4086E – Small Business Counselling Service I
   MGMT 4102EL/      COMM 4087E – Small Business Counselling Service II
   MGMT 4041EL/      COMM 4036E – Case Analysis and Competition I
   MGMT 4042EL/      COMM 4067E – Case Analysis and Competition II
   The above courses are admissible if the counselling or case topic is in the field of the option.
   MGMT 4071EL/      COMM 4047E-Venture Initiation
   MGMT 4081EL/      COMM 4057E-Business Environment
   MKTG 4091EL/      COMM 4356E-B2B Marketing
   MKTG 4041EL/      COMM 4376E-International Marketing
   MKTG 4061EL/      COMM 4326E-Social Media Marketing

c) 3 non-COMM electives from the list below (9 credits) or any other course approved by the programme coordinator): Please see departmental listings for more elective choices. Prerequisite requirements may apply as well as instructor's or department approval for registration in non-COMM course electives outside the Faculty of Management. All courses are 3 credits, except otherwise specified
      CINE 1005E - Motion Picture Arts: Form (6 cr.)
      CINE 1206E – Photography
      COST 3606E - Sports, Communication and Culture
      COST 4506E - New Media Policy
      COST 4507E - Mass Media and Democracy
      COST 4526E - Current Issues in Communication Studies
      COST 4527E - Media Spectacle
      DEUT 1005 N – Introductory German (6 cr.)
      ENVI 1507 E - Introduction to Environmental Studies
      ENVI 2516 E - Ecological Footprints and Demographic Change
      ESPA 1005E - Introductory Spanish (6 cr.)
      GEOG 3267E - Contemporary Issues in Economic Geography
      GEOG 4217E - Population and Development
      GEOG 3056E - Topics in Geographic Information Systems Application
      HIST 3866E - Popular Culture of the 20th Century
      INDG 1116E - Foundations of Aboriginal Peoplehood
      INDG 1117E - Implications of Aboriginal Peoplehood
      INDG 2285E - North American Native People: Tradition (6 cr.)
      INDG 2316E - Foundations of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
      INDG 3105E - Canadian Law, Politics and Aboriginal People (6 cr.)
      INDG 3285E - Living With the Land: Indigenous Knowledge in Theory and Practice (6 cr.)
      INDG 4405E - Seeing With A Native Eye (6 cr.)
      ITAL 1005E - Introductory Italian (6 cr.)
      LANG 1005 F – Grammaire appliquée à la rédaction (6 cr.)
      LANG 3016 F – Le français et les médias
      LANG 4036 F – Rédaction professionnelle
      MUSC 1015E - Introduction to the History of Music in Western Culture (6 cr.)
      PHIL 1115E - Introduction to Philosophy (6 cr.)
      PHIL 2217 E - Environmental Ethics
      PHIL 2525 E - Contemporary Moral Issues (6 cr.)
      PSYC 1105E - Introduction to Psychology (6 cr.)
      PSYC 2707E - Motivation
      SOCI 1015E - Understanding Society (6 cr.)
      SOCI 2007E - The Adolescent and Society
      SOCI 2636E - Desire, Love, and Work I: The Social Making of Gender
      SOCI 2656E - Social Inequality: Gender, Race, Class and Power
      SOCI 3636E - Desire, Love, and Work II: The Social Making of Sexuality
      SOCI 3056E - News, Pop Culture, and Power, Critical Perspective on Mass Media
      THEA 1115E - Introduction to the Theatre (6 cr.)
      WOMN 1005E - Introduction to Women's Studies (6 cr.)
      WOMN 2106E - Representations of Gender in the News
      WOMN 3326E - Girl Cultures

d) 30 elective credits (which must include at least 9 non-COMM credits).

Option in Operations Management (24 credits)
(Available to H.B.Comm. students only)

(Available to H.B.Comm. students only)

a) Required Courses (15 credits):
   OPER-4006 – Process and Capacity Analysis
   OPER-4016 – Project Management
   OPER-4106 – Supply Chain Management
   OPER-4116 – Purchasing and Sourcing Management
   OPER-4107 – Logistics: Principles and Applications

b) Elective Courses: 3 courses (9 credits) from the following: All courses are 3 credits, except otherwise specified
   FNCE-4036 – Risk Management
   FNCE-4006 – Applied Corporate Finance
   FNCE-4007- Investment Management
   FNCE-4026 Portfolio Management
   FNCE-4016 Global Financial Markets and Institutions
   FNCE-4017 Management of Financial Institutions
   FNCE-4027 International Finance
   FNCE-4037 Entrepreneurial Finance
   MGMT-4081 The Business Environment
   MGMT-4021 International Business Management
   OPER-3016 – Simulation of Business Operations
   OPER-4906 – Current topics in operations
   OPER-4905 – Research in Operations (6 credits)
   OPER-4917 – Research project in Operations
   OPER-4916 – Management Research Methodology in Operations
   OPER-4995 – Internship in operations (6 credits)
   OPER-3956EL – Cooperative Education I in Operations
   OPER-4815 EL- Cooperative Education II in Operations (6 credits)