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Business Administration and Economics Joint Major Program
Faculty of Business Administration | Department of Economics | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
91ÅÝܽ Calendar 2011 Summer
Students must qualify for, and receive admission to the program, must remain qualified for continuance in the Faculty of Business Administration, and must be accepted as a joint major in the Department of Economics.
Students may opt for a bachelor of arts degree from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, or a bachelor of business administration from the Faculty of Business Administration. Faculty requirements will be governed by the faculty from which the student chooses to complete a degree.
Grade Requirements
In addition to normal university grade point average requirements, the Faculty of Business Administration requires a minimum 2.40 cumulative grade point average (CGPA) for entry into all 300 and 400 division business administration courses.
For a course to be accepted as fulfilling a prerequisite, or for a lower division requirement, or for a core course to be accepted in a student’s program in business administration, a student must have obtained a minimum grade of C- (C minus).
Course Limit
Students with fewer than 60 units may enrol in a maximum of 16 units per term. Those with 60 or more may enrol in a maximum of 18 units.
Letters of Permission
The Faculty of Business Administration does not normally approve letters of permission for students already enrolled at 91ÅÝܽ.
Program Requirements
Students complete 120 units, as specified below.
Lower Division Requirements
Business Administration Lower Division Requirements
Students complete all of
- BUS 237-3 Introduction to Computers and Information Systems in Business
- BUS 251-3 Financial Accounting I
- BUS 254-3 Managerial Accounting I*
- BUS 272-3 Behavior in Organizations
- ECON 103-4 Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 105-4 Principles of Macroeconomics
and one of
- BUEC 232-4 Data and Decisions I
- STAT 270-3 Introduction to Probability and Statistics
and one of
- MATH 150-4 Calculus I with Review
- MATH 151-3 Calculus I
- MATH 154-3 Calculus I for the Biological Sciences
- MATH 157-3 Calculus for the Social Sciences I
and two of
- ENGL 101-3 Introduction to Fiction
- ENGL 102-3 Introduction to Poetry
- ENGL 103-3 Introduction to Drama
- ENGL 104-3 Introduction to Prose Genres
- ENGL 105-3 Introduction to Issues in Literature and Culture
- ENGL 199-3 Introduction to University Writing
- PHIL 001-3 Critical Thinking
- PHIL 100-3 Knowledge and Reality
- PHIL 120-3 Introduction to Moral Philosophy
*may be completed following admission to the faculty
Upper Division Requirements
Business Administration Core Courses
Students complete at least 29 upper division units in BUS or BUEC courses, including all of
- BUS 312-4 introduction to Finance
- BUS 336-4 Data and Decisions II
- BUS 343-3 Introduction to Marketing
- BUS 393-3 Commercial Law
- BUS 478-3 Seminar in Administrative Policy
and one of
- BUS 374-3 Organization Theory
- BUS 381-3 Introduction to Human Resource Management
BUS 360W is recommended but not required. BUS 360W will be waived as a prerequisite for 400 division BUS courses for those in approved BUS joint programs.
Business Administration 400 Division Requirement
Students complete two 400 division BUS or BUEC courses* (excluding BUS 478 and practicum courses).
*may be within an area of concentration
Business Administration Areas of Concentration
Beyond the core course requirements listed above, students complete three courses within a single area of concentration, as shown below.
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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Students complete all of
- BUS 338-3 Managing Technological Innovation
- BUS 342-3 Foundations of Entrepreneurship
- BUS 477-3 New Venture Planning
- BUS 314-3 New Venture Finance
- BUS 361-3 Project Management
- BUS 443-3 Marketing for New Ventures
- BUS 452-3 Strategic Management of Innovation
- BUS 453-3 Sustainable Innovation
- BUS 486-3 Leadership
and two of
- Finance
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Students complete all of the following required courses for this concentration
- BUS 312-4 Introduction to Finance
- BUS 315-4 Investments
- BUS 316-3 Derivative Securities
and two of
- BUS 410-3 Financial Institutions
- BUS 413-4 Corporate Finance
- BUS 417-4 Security Analysis
- BUS 418-3 International Financial Management
- BUS 419-3 Advanced Derivative Securities
- Human Resource Management
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Students complete one of
- BUS 374-3 Organization Theory
- BUS 381-3 Introduction to Human Resource Management
and three of
- BUS 432-3 International Human Resource Management
- BUS 472-3 Seminar in Organizational Behavior
- BUS 481-3 Recruitment and Selection
- BUS 482-3 Performance Management
- BUS 484-3 Employment Systems
- BUS 485-3 Negotiations and Conflict Management
- BUS 486-3 Leadership
- BUS 487-3 Organizational Development and Change Management
- BUS 488-3 Group Dynamics and Teamwork
- BUS 489-4 Management Practices for Sustainability
Option A
It is recommended that students who wish to become a personnel specialist in a human resource function complete three of
- BUS 432-3 International Human Resource Management
- BUS 481-3 Recruitment and Selection
- BUS 482-3 Performance Management
- BUS 484-3 Employment Systems
Option B
It is recommended that students who wish to develop skills in managing people, including employment systems design, change and organizational leadership, complete three of
- BUS 485-3 Negotiations and Conflict Management
- BUS 486-3 Leadership
- BUS 487-3 Organizational Development and Change
- BUS 488-3 Group Dynamics and Teamwork
- BUS 489-4 Management Practices for Sustainability
- International Business
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Students complete the following required courses for this concentration including
- BUS 346-3 International Business
and four of
- BUS 418-3 International Financial Management
- BUS 430-3 Cross-Cultural Management
- BUS 431-3 Business with East Asian Countries
- BUS 432-3 International Human Resources Management
- BUS 434-3 Foreign Market Entry
- BUS 435-3 Management of International Firms
- BUS 447-3 International Marketing Management
- BUS 492-3 Selected Topics in Business Administration (when offered in an International Business related topic)
Other upper division courses deemed to have significant international business relevance may, with prior faculty permission, be substituted for the above courses. These may be offered in another faculty.
Students concentrating in international business are strongly advised to consider combining it with another business concentration.
- Management Information Systems
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Students complete all of
- BUS 361-3 Project Management
- BUS 362-4 Business Process Analysis
- BUS 468-3 Managing Information Technology for Business Value
and two of
- BUS 462-3 Business Intelligence
- BUS 464-3 Data Management and IS Audit
- BUS 466-3 Web-Enabled Business
- BUS 492-3 Selected Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 493-3 Selected Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 494-3 Selected Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 495-3 Selected Topics in Business Administration
- BUS 496-3 Selected Topics in Business Administration
- Management Science
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Students complete both of
- BUS 336-4 Data and Decisions II
- BUS 473-4 Operations Management
and two of
- BUEC 433-5 Forecasting in Business and Economics
- BUS 437-3 Decision Analysis in Business
- BUS 440-4 Simulation in Management Decision Making
- BUS 474-3 Supply Chain Management
- BUS 492-3 Special Topics in Business Administration (if/when offered with a management science topic)
- Marketing
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Students complete all of
- BUS 343-3 Introduction to Marketing
- BUS 345-4 Marketing Research
- BUS 347-3 Consumer Behavior
and three of
- BUS 443-3 New Product Development and Design
- BUS 444-3 Business to Business Marketing
- BUS 445-3 Customer Analytics
- BUS 446-4 Marketing Strategy
- BUS 447-3 Global Marketing Management
- BUS 448-4 Integrated Marketing Communications
- BUS 449-3 Ethical Issues in Marketing
- BUS 459-3 Services Marketing
Economics Requirements
Students must complete at least 25 upper division units in ECON or BUEC* courses including all of
- ECON 301-4 Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior
- ECON 302-4 Microeconomic Theory II: Strategic Behavior
- ECON 305-5 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory
- BUEC 333-4 Statistical Analysis of Economic Dataâ€
and at least one 400 division ECON or BUEC course (excluding ECON 431, 435, BUEC 433 and 485)*. Note that BUEC courses may count only once as business administration units or as economics units.
*may be within an area of concentration
†will count as upper division economics units rather than as upper division business administration units
Economics Group Requirements
To meet the requirement, students will complete at least one of the following, with a grade of C- or higher.
- ECON 102-3 The World Economy
- ECON 104-3 Economics and Government
- ECON 110-3 Foundations of Economic Ideas
- ECON 208-3 History of Economic Thought
- ECON 250-3 Economic Development in the Pre-industrial Period
- ECON 353-4 Economic History of Canada
- ECON 354-3 Comparative Economic Institutions
- ECON 355W-4 Economic Development
- ECON 372-3 History of Globalization
- ECON 404-3 Methodology of the Social Sciences
- ECON 409W-3 Seminar in Economic Thought
- ECON 450-3 Seminar in Quantitative Economic History
- ECON 451-3 Seminar in European Economic History
- ECON 452W-3 Seminar in Economic Prehistory
- ECON 453-3 Seminar in the Economics of Education
- ECON 455W-3 Seminar in Economic Development
- ECON 490-3 Seminar in Public Choice
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Honors Program Requirements
For all bachelor of arts (BA) honours programs, students complete 132 units, which includes
- at least 60 units that must be completed at 91ÅÝܽ
- satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
- students complete at least 60 upper division units, which must include at least 50 units in upper division courses in a Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences honours program; no more than 15 upper division units that have been transferred from another institution can be used toward this requirement
- at least 65 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
- Students complete lower division requirements for at least one Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences honors program
- students are required to achieve an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division CGPA of at least 3.0, and an honors program CGPA and upper division CGPA of at least 3.0
Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements
Students admitted to 91ÅÝܽ beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.
| WQB Graduation Requirements A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit. |
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| Requirement | Units |
Notes | |
| W - Writing | 6 |
Must include at least one upper division course, taken at 91ÅÝܽ within the student’s major subject | |
| Q - Quantitative | 6 |
Q courses may be lower or upper division | |
| B - Breadth | 18 |
Designated Breadth | Must be outside the student’s major subject, and may be lower or upper division 6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc 6 units Humanities: B-Hum 6 units Sciences: B-Sci |
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Additional Breadth | 6 units outside the student’s major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements) |
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Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit
The University’s residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.
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