HONOURS PROGRAMS IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION

 I Honours Business Administration
The BBA program is based on the concept that a general education
involving an exposure to the
liberal arts and sciences is essential for a career in management
and for the complete
development of an individual. The management portion of the BBA
program emphasizes two
main objectives for its students: first, on graduation, to
prepare for meaningful responsibility
immediately and second, to build a foundation for a career in
management. The BBA program
consists of 20 full-credit courses (or equivalent). There are 11
business credits of which
8 are required and 2 are electives. There are 9
non-business credits of
which 3 are required and 6 are electives.

 First Year
 BU111
 Introduction to Business Organization
 BU121
 Functional Areas of the Organization
 BU155
 Data Processing and Information Systems
 EC120
 Introduction to Microeconomics
 EC140
 Introduction to Macroeconomics
 MA130
 Calculus for Students in Business and Economics
 or
 MA100*
 Calculus I
Two non-business elective credits or equivalent
Students who select MA100* require one and a half elective
credits
Half-credit course 

 Notes:
 W11.
       Students without any Grade 13 or OAC credit in English
      must take EN118
      (Literature in the 20th Century) and EN130 (Reading Modern Prose:
      Structure and Process) as
      non-Business electives in First Year. One of these courses may be
      postponed to Second Year in
      the case of any student who is required to take EN103 (English as
      a Second Language) in first
      year.
 2.
       First year students must complete all academic
      requirements for progression into
      Second Year prior to April 30 of their current academic year.
      Students failing to meet
      progression requirements may reapply for admission into the
      program, but must recognize that
      readmission is considered on a competitive basis (i.e. minimum
      progression requirements will
      not guarantee students a place).
 3.
       MA140* may not count for credit towards the Honours
      Business degree.

 Second Year
 BU211
 Managerial Decision-Making and Analysis
 BU227
 Introduction to Financial Accounting
 BU231
 Business Law
 BU247
 Managerial Accounting
 EC250
 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis for
Management
 or
 EC260
 Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis for Management
 EC255
 Decision Analysis
 EC275
 Applied Statistical Analysis
One and a half non-business elective credits

 Note:
The required business and economics courses are an integrated set
which must be taken
concurrently.

 Third Year
 BU352
 Marketing I
 BU362
 Marketing II
 BU383
 Financial Management I
 BU393
 Financial Management II
 BU385
 Operations Management I 
 BU395
 Operations Management II
 BU388
 Human Resources I
 BU398
 Human Resources II
One business elective credit 

 Notes:
 W11.
       The required business courses are an integrated set
      which must be taken
      concurrently.
 2.
       Students may substitute non-Business electives for
      Business electives and vice-versa
      providing the total of the non-Business electives and Business
      electives in Third Year and Fourth
      Year is equal to two and a half Business credits and two and a
      half non-Business credits. 
      However, students may exchange up to one business elective credit
      for one non-business elective
      credit.

 Fourth Year
 BU481
 Business Policy I
 BU491
 Business Policy II
One and a half Business elective credits
Two and a half non-Business elective credits

 Notes:
 1.
       Students should familiarize themselves with the
      registration and academic
      regulations of Wilfrid Laurier University (see pages xxx and
      xxx). Both the University
      regulations and the school/department regulations must be adhered
      to.
 2.
       Upon completion of the Second Year in the BBA program,
      a student in good
      standing in the program may take up to a maximum of one
      additional Business or non-Business
      elective credit. The additional elective may be taken in Third
      Year and/or Fourth Year of the
      program and does not require the approval of the BBA Director.
      The additional elective will
      count in the GPA, unless the student has declared the elective an
      ``extra'' course, (see page xxx)
      and is subject to any restrictions currently in the calendar.
 3.
       With the exception of the additional credit described
      in note two above, any
      student desiring to take any additional credits over and above
      those allowed in a given year must
      have a cumulative GPA of nine and obtain the approval of the BBA
      Director.
 4.
       A student wishing to take seven courses in a term
      requires a GPA of nine and
      approval of the BBA Director.
 5.
       A maximum of one credit in Physical Education and one
      and a half credits from
      Communication Studies (Division D) and/or FS204, FS205 is allowed
      in the BBA program.
 6.
       A student's program that seeks to depart from normal
      course content or sequence
      requires approval, in advance, from the BBA Director.
 7.
       Students registered in the BBA program are not
      permitted to count towards their
      degree more than one credit from SC101, SC102, SC103, SC104,
      BI110, BI120, CH115,
      PC101*, or AS105*.
 8.
       No more than three irregular course credits may be
      counted towards an Honours
      Business degree. An irregular course is defined as a course
      offered under a seminar heading and
      also a topic offered under the BU480 course.
       Students will only be allowed to take one BU480 course,
      and approval of the
      respective area Co-ordinator and the BBA Director is required.

 Probation
A student who does not attain the required GPA(s) (in Business
and/or non-Business) to proceed
according to the Calendar requirements may be allowed to proceed
on probation without
condition by a motion of the faculty of the Department of
Business at its marks meetings.

 Progression and Graduation Requirements for the BBA
Program
See page xxx Academic Regulations Section of the Undergraduate
Calendar

 Leave of Absence from the Program
A student may apply to withdraw from the BBA program for one, two
or three academic terms.
The application should indicate the length of leave requested,
include the reasons for the
requested leave of absence, and be submitted to the BBA Director.
The leave of absence, if
granted, will permit the student to re-enter the program at the
beginning of the designated
academic term without the necessity of review by the SBE
Admissions Committee. Leaves of
absence, when granted, are conditional upon the student being in
good academic standing (all
Calendar requirements have been met) at the time the leave is to
become effective.

    A student who withdraws from the BBA program without
having obtained
a leave of absence and who later wishes to continue with the BBA
program must apply to the
SBE Admissions Committee for re-admission.

    A student may not take courses for degree credit
during the period of a
leave of absence.

 Transfer Students
Students who have completed part of their undergraduate
requirements may transfer into the
BBA program at Wilfrid Laurier. This can be best done at the end
of First Year. Students
wishing to transfer should have successfully completed course
work similar to the prescribed
above for regular students. Inquiries should be directed to the
Office of the Registrar at Wilfrid
Laurier.

    The School of Business and Economics Admissions
Committee will consider
applicants from other faculties or other universities or requests
for re-entry and may approve
admission on the basis of academic performance and the
availability of physical and teaching
resources.

 Residence Requirement
Any student desiring to obtain a BBA degree must fulfill the
minimum requirement as a full-time
student in the Second and Third Years of the program.

 II Honours Business Administration Co-operative
Option (see page xxx)

 III Honours Business Administration (With Minor)
Students may choose to select their elective courses in such a
way as to meet the requirements
for a minor in an area other than business.
Additional courses may be necessary to fulfill these requirements
as well as those of the BBA
Program. The following regulations will apply: 
 1.
       All common regulations for the minor must be fulfilled
      (page xxx).
 2.
       A student may receive designation for only one minor.
 3.
       A BBA student may not count EC255 or EC275 toward the
      Economics minor.
 4.
       A BBA student may only count one of EC250 or 260 toward
      the Economics minor
      if both are taken (effective from 1992-93).

 IV Honours Business Administration Leading to
Chartered
Accountancy
Designation
Students wishing to enter the accounting profession can take most
of the courses required by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario as credits towards
the BBA degree. Specific course
requirements can be obtained from the External Program Director's
Office.

 V Preparation for Economist Positions with Federal or
Provincial
Governments
Students in Business Administration who wish to get a grounding
in Economics for graduate
studies in Economics or for work as an economist in federal or
provincial governments should
take eight credits in Economics.