Students complete 120 units, as specified below.
Lower Division Requirements
Business Lower Division Requirements
Students must complete all of
BUS 217W - Critical Thinking in Business (3)
BUS 237 - Introduction to Business Technology Management (3)
BUS 251 - Financial Accounting I (3)
BUS 254 - Managerial Accounting I (3)
BUS 272 - Behaviour in Organizations (3)
and one of
BUS 232 - Business Statistics (3)
ECON 233 - Introduction to Economic Data and Statistics (3)
STAT 270 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics (3)
and one of
BUS 207 - Managerial Economics (3)
ECON 201 - Microeconomic Theory I: Competitive Behavior (4)
and one of
ECON 103 - Principles of Microeconomics (4)
ECON 113 - Introduction to Microeconomics (3)
and one of
ECON 105 - Principles of Macroeconomics (4)
ECON 115 - Introduction to Macroeconomics (3)
and one of
MATH 150 - Calculus I with Review (4)
MATH 151 - Calculus I (3)
MATH 154 - Mathematics for the Life Sciences I (3)
MATH 157 - Calculus I for the Social Sciences (3)
and one of*
ENGL 111W - Literary Classics in English (3)
ENGL 112W - Literature Now (3)
ENGL 113W - Literature and Performance (3)
ENGL 114W - Language and Purpose (3)
ENGL 115W - Literature and Culture (3)
ENGL 199W - Writing to Persuade (3)
PHIL 100W - Knowledge and Reality (3)
PHIL 105 - Critical Thinking (3)
PHIL 110 - Introduction to Logic and Reasoning (3)
PHIL 120W - Moral and Legal Problems (3)
PHIL 150 - Great Works in the History of Philosophy (3)
WL 101W - Writing in World Literature (3)
WL 103W - Early World Literatures (3)
WL 104W - Modern World Literatures (3)
WL 105W - World Literature Lab (3)
* Any one of these courses may be replaced by any three unspecified transfer units in English or in ENGL-Writing at the 100- or 200-level.
Communication Lower Division Requirements
Students complete all of
CMNS 110 - Introduction to Communication Studies (3)
CMNS 120W - Creativity and Communication Across Media (3)
CMNS 130 - Communication and Social Change (3)
and at least five 200 level CMNS courses including
CMNS 201W - Empirical Communication Research Methods (4) * or CMNS 201 - Empirical Communication Research Methods (4) *
CMNS 202 - Design and Method in Qualitative Communication Research (4)
CMNS 221 - Media and Popular Cultures (3)
and any
two 200 level CMNS courses.
* completion of this quantitative (Q) course satisfies part of the University's Q requirement.
Upper Division Requirements
Business Core Courses
Students complete all of
BUS 303 - Business, Society and Ethics (3)
BUS 312 - Introduction to Finance (3)
BUS 393 - Commercial Law (3)
BUS 478 - Strategy (3) ^
and one of
BUS 374 - Organization Theory (3)
BUS 381 - Introduction to Human Resource Management (3)
BUS 360W is recommended but not required. BUS 360W will be waived as a prerequisite for 400 division business courses for those in approved business joint programs, provided that an alternative approved upper division W course is in progress, or has been completed. Students should consult with a Beedie School of Business Academic Advisor for further information on obtaining a waiver.
BUS 360W must be completed at Simon Fraser University in accordance with the WQB requirements.
^ Must be completed at Simon Fraser University.
Marketing Required Courses
Students complete all of
BUS 343 - Introduction to Marketing (3)
BUS 345 - Marketing Research (3)
BUS 347 - Consumer Behaviour (3)
Business 400 Division Requirement
Students must complete at least one 400 division BUS course worth a minimum of three units, chosen from the marketing concentration listed under the business major program.
Business Concentration Requirement
Students may choose to complete one or more business concentrations by meeting the concentration requirements listed on the business major page of the calendar.
Communication Upper Division Requirements
Students complete six upper division CMNS courses (minimum of 24 upper division units) including
CMNS 425 is recommended but not required.
Directed study and field placement courses may not be used to meet this requirement.
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