Honours Business Administration Program Requirements

Wilfrid Laurier University - 2001/2002 Undergraduate Academic Calendar

School of Business and Economics

Honours Business Administration Program Requirements

Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Year of Program	Required Business Courses	Required Non-Business Courses	Electives	Academic Regulations
Year 1	BU111 BU121	EC120 EC140 MA130 or both MA103 and MA104	2.5 non-Business elective credits or equivalent. Students who select both MA103 and MA104 require 2.0 elective credits.	Students without an OAC credit in English or equivalent from another educational institution must take EN130 as a non-Business elective in the First Year. All GPA requirements must be achieved in Business courses, without repeat, by April 30, and for all other courses by June 30 for progression into Second Year. Total course attempts may not exceed a maximum of six credits. Students failing to meet progression requirements may re-apply for admission into the program, but must recognize that re-admission is considered on a competitive basis (i.e., minimum progression requirements will not guarantee students a place). MA141 will not count for credit towards the Honours Business Degree.
Year 2	BU218 BU227 BU231 BU247	EC255 EC275 EC250 or EC260	1.5 non-Business elective credits.	If both EC250 and EC260 are taken, one may be used as a non-Business elective. The required Business and Economics courses in Second Year are an integrated set which must be taken concurrently.
Year 3	BU352 BU362 BU383 BU393 BU385 BU395 BU388 BU398	None	1.0 Non-Business elective credit; 1.0 Business or Non-Business elective credit; 2.5 Business elective credits to be taken during Third and Fourth Years of the program.	The required Business courses in Third Year are an Integrated set which must be taken concurrently. A minimum of five credits must be taken in each of Year 3 and Year 4. See the Progression section of the University Regulations chapter.
Year 4	BU481 BU491 BU415 or BU476	None

Notes:

Students should familiarize themselves with the Registration and Academic Regulations of Wilfrid Laurier University. Both the University regulations and the school/department regulations must be adhered to.
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, and is subject to any restrictions currently in the Undergraduate Calendar.
A student wishing to take seven courses in a term requires a GPA of 9.00 (B+) and approval of the BBA Director.
A maximum of one credit in Kinesiology and Physical Education and one and a half credits from Communication Studies and/or CS204, CS205 is allowed in the BBA program.
A student's program that seeks to depart from normal course content or sequence requires approval, in advance, from the BBA Director.
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.

School of Business and Economics
Business
Honours Business Administration

Official electronic version updated on February 4, 2002

M. Watson, Editor Course Timetable