School of Business & Economics
This double degree program is administered jointly by the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) and the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo (UW). It is a restricted-enrolment program with admission normally limited to first year in a fall (September-to-December) term.
Students who successfully complete this program will be eligible to attend both universities' convocation ceremonies and be awarded a WLU Honours BBA degree and a UW Honours BMath degree at the respective convocations. Students may register for this program at either university. The academic component is the same, regardless of where students are formally registered, but students participate in the co-op process at their home institution. Thus, the degree attached to each student's registered university is a degree with a Co-op Option designation, with the other university's degree being a regular-stream parchment.
This academic program cannot be combined with any other major, minor or option designation. It requires a minimum of 10 full-time academic study terms and successful completion of a minimum of 52 one-term (0.5-credit) courses. These 52 0.5-credit courses must include 24 specified business-related 0.5 credits taken at WLU and 24 specified mathematics and computer science 0.5 credits at UW. The remaining 4 0.5 elective credits are normally (except with approval from both universities) required to be from disciplines outside the areas of study offered by Laurier's Department of Business and outside those offered by UW's Faculty of Mathematics. Students are free to choose their elective courses from either university.
After first year, WLU-registered students who remain eligible to continue their studies in the double degree program are guaranteed automatic admission to the Co-op Option. Refer to the Co-operative Education section later in this chapter. The WLU co-op process involves three (or four at a student's discretion) co-op work terms intermixed with the ten study terms, beginning with a first co-op work term in the January-to-April period between the third and fourth study terms. The earlier May-to-August term between the second and third study terms is an "off" term (where students are on their own for the term, similar to regular-stream students).
For UW-registered students, the co-op process involves four (or five at a student's discretion) co-op work terms intermixed with the 10 study terms. The first of these work terms occurs during the May-to-August period between the second and third study terms, thus replacing the corresponding "off" term for WLU-registered students by an extra work term. With this one exception of the first May-to-August period, the term sequencing for UW-registered students is identical to the one for WLU-registered students.
With the sequencing of study terms and work terms indicated above, the normal duration for this program is four and two-thirds calendar years (or five calendar years at a student's discretion). Only under especially mitigating circumstances, and with the approval of both universities, can the term sequencing attached to the double degree program be altered, and such instances will usually result in a delay (possibly as much as one calendar year) of the graduation date.
All double degree program students, regardless of their home university affiliation, are required to satisfy all term-by-term progression requirements of both Laurier's School of Business and Economics and UW's Faculty of Mathematics to remain eligible to continue in the program, and to meet all graduation requirements of both institutions to be eligible for the two degrees. More specifically, students must ensure that their course selection each term, their academic performance level, and their academic conduct in general, comply with all the policies, procedures, regulations and requirements of both universities. Failure to do so will normally result in students being required to withdraw from the double degree program. Such students may remain eligible to enrol in the (single degree) Laurier BBA program (although not necessarily in the Co-op Option) or to enrol in another appropriate (single degree) UW Honours BMath plan respectively, depending upon their individual circumstances.
Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) (WLU)/Honours Bachelor of Mathematics (BMath) (UW) | |||||
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Year of Program | Required WLU Business Courses | Required Non-Business Course Progression | Other Required non-BU Courses | Elective Courses | Minimum Cumulative Course Credit Total and Required Completion Dates (*) |
Year 1 | BU111
BU121 | EC120, EC140
MATH 137 | From UW:
MATH 135, MATH 136, MATH 138, CS 134 MATH 235, MATH 237 MATH 239, ACTSC 231 STAT 230, CO 350 One of: CS132, CS133 CS234, CS241 Five of: ACTSC 445 CO 342, CO 367 CO 370, CO454 CS 437 CS 430, CS 432 STAT 330, STAT 333 STAT 430, STAT 446 From WLU: EC250 or EC260 (may be taken in Year 2, 3 or 4) | CS 131 (if required) | 10 0.5-credits
by August 31 with not more than 12 course attempts. The BU 111/121 courses must be completed without repeat by April 30. For those students required to take CS 131, it may be used as one of the four elective courses. |
Year 2 | BU227
BU231 BU247 BU288 | STAT 231 | Refer to NOTE below | 20 0.5-credits
by December 31. The required BU courses are integrated sets that must be taken concurrently. | |
Year 3 | BU352
BU354 BU383 BU385 BU362 BU393 BU395 BU398 | From UW:
CO 351 CO 330 CS 338 STAT 361 STAT 362 STAT 443 | Remaining elective courses. These courses may be taken at either university.
During years 3, 4 and 5, students must complete a minimum of 5 300 or 400 level BU elective 0.5-credits. | 30 0.5-credits
by December 31. The required BU courses are integrated sets that must be taken concurrently. | |
Year 4 | BU481 | 40 0.5-credits by December 31 | |||
Year 5 | BU491 | 52 0.5-credits to graduate |
(*) These dates represent 4 months after the end of each 'B' term (i.e., even-numbered study terms – which all occur in spring after first year).
Note: The UW calculus and algebra courses MATH 137/138/237 and MATH 135/136/235 may be replaced by the advanced sections MATH 147/148/247 and MATH 145/146/245 respectively.
It is recommended that students try to complete at least 21 0.5-credit courses by the end of Year 2. This may be accomplished by taking 6 0.5 credits in one academic term, or by taking an elective course by distance education during an off term or a co-op term.
For details about the various UW Honours BMath policies, procedures, regulations and requirements that apply to this double degree program, consult the UW Undergraduate Calendar and/or one of UW's academic program advisors.
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Official electronic version updated at 4:25 p.m. December 18, 2003