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2020-2021

The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Computer Science

Specializations

Business Specialization

The Business Specialization is available for the Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS), Bachelor of Mathematics (BMath) (Computer Science), and Bachelor of Software Engineering (BSE) plans. The requirements are the same as for the BCS, BMath (CS) and BSE plans except that all plans include the following additional constraints on course selection.

Two of

CS 348 Introduction to Database Management
CS 454 Distributed Systems
CS 490 Information Systems Management

Six of (business courses)

ACTSC 231 Introductory Financial Mathematics
ACTSC 371 Introduction to Investments 
ACTSC 372 Corporate Finance
AFM 101 Introduction to Financial Accounting or AFM 123/ARBUS 102 Accounting Information for Managers
AFM 102 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
AFM 131/ARBUS 101 Introduction to Business in North America or BUS 111W Understanding the Business Environment
ARBUS 302/MGMT 244 Principles of Marketing
BUS 121W Functional Areas of the Organization
BUS 362W Building and Managing Products, Services and Brands
BUS 481W Business Policy I
BUS 491W Business Policy II
COMM 400 Entrepreneurship, Technology and the Emerging Information Economy
ECON 101 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 102 Introduction to Macroeconomics
HRM 200 Basic Human Resources Management
MGMT 220 Entrepreneurship and the Creative Workplace
MSCI 211 Organizational Behaviour or PSYCH 238 Organizational Psychology
MSCI 311 Organizational Design and Technology
MSCI 452 Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Notes

  1. Courses labelled BUS are offered by the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University and are designated as BU in the Laurier Calendar.
  2. Non-math courses may have enrolment limits or may not easily fit schedules.

 


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