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Undergraduate Calendar 2014-2015 (Spring/Summer) 
    
Undergraduate Calendar 2014-2015 (Spring/Summer) [-ARCHIVED CALENDAR-]

A. Business I


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Program Notes


  1. Students in Business I are not eligible to take upper Level Commerce course work. and are not open to Business I students who entered prior to September 2014.
  2. Students have only one opportunity to be reviewed for entry to Commerce II. Other options may be pursued through the Academic Programs Office.
  3. To be considered for entry into Commerce II a Business I student must have met all of the following:
  • achieved a CA of at least 5.0 on a minimum of 24 units of course work for Business I (on first attempts only) and these must include all required courses of the Business I program;
  • successfully completed on first attempts only all Business I required courses (See ). An exception to this condition is that no more than a single failure of a Business I required course is allowed for students with a CA of at least 5.0 on a minimum of 24 units of course work for Business I provided they complete the failed course at the earliest possible opportunity with the student considered eligible for consideration for Commerce II  until they pass the course on their next attempt;
  • successfully completed ALL required units of Business I course work and successfully completed enough units of elective course work where the total of successful units of course work equals 24 units.
  1. Refer to Workload under the Academic Regulations section in the School of Business for information on full-time and part-time Business I course loads.
  2. Students seeking a Minor in Mathematics and Statistics must take (or ) and should refer to the Faculty of Science section of this Calendar for the requirements for a Minor in Mathematics and Statistics. Students neither seeking this Minor nor planning on a transfer to the Faculty of Science, are advised to take .
  3. Transfer students may be admitted to Commerce II from other universities or from other Faculties within McMaster University. Academic requirements for admission of transfer students will be more demanding than those for Business I students.
  4. Admission to either of the Commerce programs beyond Commerce Level II is not possible.

Requirements for Students Who Enter in September 2014 or Later


Level I: 30 Units


Students admitted to Business I must complete 30 units as follows:

3 units


3 units


3 units


from

0-3 units


0-3 units


6-12 units


  • Electives to total 30 units. See also the .

 

Note


The new requirements for upper levels will be published in the 2015-16 undergraduate calendar.

Requirements for Students Who Entered Business I Prior to September 2014


Course List 1


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