Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com]

In each year of study of our program you'll take a combination of core courses and electives to build competencies in each area of business. In your third and fourth years, you’ll get to shape your own career path by taking courses that focus on one of ten primary disciplines.

Year 1 – Building a foundation

Course  
 

• COMM 101 - Business Fundamentals 

• COMM 105 - Values, Ethics, and Community    

• COMM 190 - Introduction to Quantitative Decision Making

• COMM 191 - Application of Statistics in Business

• COMM 192 - Management and Organizational Behaviour

• COMM 196 - Business Communications

• ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics    

• ECON 102 - Principles of Macroeconomics    

• MATH 100 - Differential Calculus with Applications to Commerce and Social Sciences

• Non-Commerce electives
   

Total Credits: 30

Year 2 – Learning the fundamentals of business

Course    
 

• COMM 202 - Career Fundamentals

• COMM 203 - Managing the Employment Relationship    

• COMM 204 - Logistics and Operations Management    

• COMM 205 - Introduction to Management Information Systems    

• COMM 293 - Financial Accounting    

• COMM 294 - Managerial Accounting    

• COMM 295 - Managerial Economics2    

• COMM 296 - Introduction to Marketing    

• COMM 298 - Introduction to Finance    

• Non-Commerce electives

• (direct entry students only)    
   

Total Credits: 31


Year 3 – Selecting a specialization


Choose from ten primary specializations:
 

• Accounting

• Business Technology Management

• Entrepreneurship

• Finance

• General Business Management

• Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management

• Marketing

• Operations and Logistics

• Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources

• Real Estate
   

Course    
 

• COMM 393 - Commercial Law    

• COMM 394 - Environment, Society, and Government    

• COMM 396 - Business Communications II   

• Required courses for specialization    

• Commerce and non-Commerce electives1    
   

Total Credits: 30
 

Year 4 – Integrating knowledge and skills

Course   
 

• COMM 400 - Capstone Activity

• COMM 491 - Strategic Management    

• Required courses for specialization    

• Commerce and non-Commerce electives1    
   

Total Credits: 31

Academic Eligibility:
 

• Graduation from high school

• Minimum of 70% in Grade 11 or Grade 12 English (or their equivalents)

• At least six academic/non-academic Grade 12 courses (recommended, but not required)
   

Indian student eligibility:
 

General admission requirements for Indian students are:
 

• Graduation from a university-preparatory program at a senior secondary school: Higher Secondary School Certificate awarded on completion of Standard XII. Certificates must be official. Photocopies are acceptable if certified by the school principal, head, or counselor. Notarized copies are not acceptable.
   

Degree-specific requirements: 
 

• Science

• Math (Standard XII)

• Chemistry (Standard XII)

• Physics (Standard XII) (Physics may be waived with grades of A in Senior Math and Senior Chemistry)
   

Along with the minimum eligibility requirements, international students hailing from non-English speaking countries need to prove English proficiency through IELTS/TOEFL/any equivalent test to get admission to this program.
 

IELTS  International English Language Testing System (Academic)    6.5, with no part less than 6.0
 

TOEFL Overall: 90

The fees for Bachelor of Commerce [B.Com] may vary from  - $55,384 to $70,000 anually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for international students.

UBC Sauder has a distinctly international perspective on business. Expand your cultural and geographical horizons by participating in a study abroad program, the Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management specialization, or UBC Sauder Social Entrepreneurship Kenya.