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Mathematics/Business

Mathematics/Business Administration

Degree Requirements

In conjunction with the common degree requirements in Table I in "Degree Requirements," these plans require at least 21 math courses. These overall requirements must include the Faculty core courses outlined in Table II in "Degree Requirements" and the courses listed below.

All of

MATH 237 Calculus 3 for Honours Mathematics or MATH 247 Calculus 3 (Advanced Level)
ACTSC 371 Corporate Finance 1                             
ACTSC 372 Corporate Finance 2                               
AMATH 350 Differential Equations for Business and Economics
CO 250/CM 340 Introduction to Optimization or CO 355 Mathematical Optimization            
CO 370/CM 443 Deterministic OR Models
CS 330 Management Information Systems
CS 338 Computer Applications in Business: Databases
STAT 371 Statistics for Business 1
STAT 372 Statistics for Business 2

Two additional math courses.

All of

AFM 101 Introduction to Financial Accounting or BUS 227W Introduction to Financial Accounting
AFM 102 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
BUS 111W Introduction to Business Organization
BUS 121W Functional Areas of the Organization
BUS 352W Introduction to Marketing Management
BUS 481W Business Policy 1
ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
HRM 200 Basic Human Resources Management
MSCI 211 Organizational Behaviour or PSYCH 338 Organizational Psychology
MTHEL 100 Commercial and Business Law for Mathematics Students

One of

ENGL 109 Introduction to Academic Writing
ENGL 119 Communications in Mathematics & Computer Science
ENGL 209 Writing Strategies
ENGL 210* (various writing courses)
Any SPCOM course

Two additional 300- or 400- level BUS courses.

One additional course (0.5 unit) chosen from
ARBUS 202/PHIL 215 Professional and Business Ethics
MTHEL 400 Entrepreneurship, Technology and the Emerging Information Economy
PACS 202 Conflict Resolution
PACS 323 Negotiation: Theories and Strategies
PSYCH 339 Personnel Selection
Any AFM, BUS, COMM, ECON, HRM, MSCI, PSCI, or STV course

Four additional courses (2.0 units).

Notes

  1. To graduate with an Honours BMath/Business Administration degree, students must achieve a cumulative average of at least 60% based upon all 300- and 400- level courses taken with any of the following prefixes: AFM, BUS, COMM, ECON, HRM, MSCI, or MTHEL. Exclusions (if any) from this "Special Major Average" (SMAV) are specified in section 1 under "Faculty Policies."
  2. To remain eligible to continue in the Mathematics/Business plan, students must normally have a SMAV (see preceding Note 1) of at least 60%. This criterion will apply once a student has completed at least three courses towards the average.
  3. The average requirements in Notes 1 and 2 above are in addition to the cumulative overall average (CAV) and major average (MAV) requirements specified in Table I in "Degree Requirements" (which includes the degree requirements common to all Math students and described in detail in sections 1 through 4 under "Faculty Policies."


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