Options for non-business students

This course provides an introduction to accounting concepts underlying financial statements of organizations. It focuses on the analysis, mea¬surement, and reporting of business transactions to users of financial statements. It also examines the uses and limitations of accounting information for investment and credit decisions.

Prerequisites & notes

JMSB students may not take this course for credit.

Students who have received credit for ACCO 220 may not take this course for credit.

Prerequisite: ACCO 230. This course examines the role of accounting information for decision making, and focuses on concepts and techniques used in planning operations, controlling activities, and evaluating managerial performance. New developments are addressed with a focus on contemporary business issues and real-world applicability of management accounting concepts and techniques.

Prerequisites & notes

NOTE: JMSB students may not take this course for credit.

NOTE: Students who receive a passing grade may be exempt from COMM 305.

NOTE: Students who have received credit for ACCO 220 may not take this course for credit.

This course is offered online. It is designed to help individuals better manage their current and future financial affairs. The course introduces the terminology and basic concepts underlying personal financial management. It helps students set goals and develop skills to conduct basic research when making personal financial decisions. The topics covered include financial planning, money management, personal income taxes, costs of consumer credit, concepts of time value of money, investing in stocks, bonds and mutual funds, mortgages, and retirement planning.

Prerequisites & notes

NOTE: Finance Majors and Minors may not take this course for credit towards their Major or Minor.

NOTE: Students who have received credit for this topic under a COMM 499 number may not take this course for credit.

This course introduces students to the basic principles of management within a contemporary business context. The managerial process (e.g. planning, organizing, controlling, motivating) is explored in relation to issues such as ethical behaviour, the environment, global and economic forces as well as political, legal, and cultural changes. In addition to using basic readings in management, the course also relies on contemporary text from the newspaper and business publications to raise students' awareness of contemporary issues in business and develop the business knowledge and skills that will be applicable in their career.

Prerequisites & notes

NOTE: JMSB students may not take this course for credit.

NOTE: Students who have received credit for MANA 266 or COMM 210 may not take this course for credit.

This course seeks to give students an understanding of behaviour in the workplace from an individual, group, and organizational perspective. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and self-assessment tools complement the course material. Topics include motivation, personality, job satisfaction, group dynamics, leadership skills, power and influence, managing change, diversity, and organizational culture.

Prerequisites & notes

NOTE: JMSB students may not take this course for credit.

NOTE: Students who have received credit for MANA 213 or COMM 222 may not take this course for credit.

This course focuses on the emerging business environment, and how organizations implement ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable management. Sustainable strategies are explored within the context of global economic development, to develop organizational vision, products and processes for achieving long-term sustainable prosperity.

Prerequisites & notes

NOTE: Students who have received credit for this course under a COMM 299 number may not take this course for credit.

This course focuses on the emerging business environment, and how organizations implement ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable management. Sustainable strategies are explored within the context of global economic development, to develop organizational vision, products and processes for achieving long-term sustainable prosperity.

Prerequisites & notes

Students who have received credit for this course under MANA 299 or a COMM 299 number may not take this course for credit.

This final-year course offers students the opportunity to learn how to capitalize on their domain-specific knowledge and recognize opportunities for self-employment or new venture creation. The course assumes no background courses in business, but it presumes that students have already developed an interest in entrepreneurial careers within their respective fields of study. The first phase of the course exposes the fundamental concepts and issues in entrepreneurship and related business fields. The second phase introduces students to the elements of business planning in the context of entrepreneurial projects, followed by the third phase where students formulate their own business plans.

Prerequisites & notes

Prerequisite: ADMI 201 or ADMI 202 or MANA 201;

NOTE: JMSB students may not take this course for credit.

NOTE: This course does not count toward the requirements of the Minor in Business Studies.