Minor in Finance

Program Notes

1. Students in Business I are not eligible to take upper Level Commerce course work.
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 Business I Requirements ). 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.

4. 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.
5. Students seeking a Minor in Mathematics and Statistics must take MATH 1A03  (or MATH 1LS3 ) 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 MATH 1M03 .
6. Transfer students may be admitted to Commerce II from other universities or from other Faculties within McMaster University. Transfer students may be expected to complete COMMERCE 1E03  and 1PA0  and one of ANTHROP 1AA3 , 1AB3 , GEOG 1HA3 , GEOG 1HB3 , POL SCI 1G06 , PSYCH 1X03  (or 1A03), RELIG ST 1B06  or SOCIOL 1A06  as part of the degree requirements. Academic requirements for admission of transfer students will be more demanding than those for Business I students.
7. Admission to either of the Commerce programs beyond Commerce Level II is not possible.

Notes

1. Application for admission (forms available from the Academic Programs Office) must be submitted to the Academic Programs Office by April 30.
2. Students seeking the Minor must have completed ECON 1B03  and ECON 1BB3  with an average of at least 7.0; or completion of ECON 2G03  or ECON 2X03  with a minimum grade of B-.
3. The Minor is not open to students registered in any Commerce or Engineering and Management program.
4. Students seeking to obtain the Minor must complete either ECON 2G03  or ECON 2X03 , and both ECON 2B03  and ECON 2H03  before undertaking any Level III or Level IV Finance courses.
5. For the purposes of this Minor, all courses listed as anti-requisite for COMMERCE 2QA3  in the Course Listings section of the Undergraduate Calendar will be accepted as a substitute for ECON 2B03 .
6. For those taking COMMERCE 2FA3  and/or COMMERCE 3FA3 , it is strongly recommended that MATH 1M03  be completed.

Requirements

33 units total