Minor in Business

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. The Minor is not open to students registered in any Commerce or Engineering and Management program.
2. Enrolment in each of the Commerce courses comprising the Business Minor, (excluding students registered in Engineering and Management, Commerce and Labour Studies students enrolled in  COMMERCE 2BA3  and 3BC3 and students admitted to the Minor in Finance, the Minor in Accounting and Financial Management Services, or the Minor in Information Systems) is limited to 40 students who are registered in a four- or five-level McMaster degree program. Places in these courses will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
3. COMMERCE 2AA3 , COMMERCE 2FA3  and COMMERCE 2MA3  require completion of ECON 1B03  with a minimum grade of B- as a prerequisite; or completion of ECON 2G03  or ECON 2X03  with a minimum grade of B- as a prerequisite.
4. For purposes of the Business Minor, ECON 2I03  will be accepted as a substitute for COMMERCE 2FA3 . STATS 2B03  will be accepted as a substitute for STATS 1CC3. 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 COMMERCE 2QA3 .
5. For those taking COMMERCE 2FA3  and/or COMMERCE 3FA3 , it is strongly recommended that MATH 1M03  be completed.

Requirements

24 units total