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School of Business

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Business minor

The Business minor is available to students in degree programs other than the Bachelor of Business Administration. Students should check with their department and/or the calendar to determine whether the minor is applicable to their degree.

Requirements and procedures

Once enrolled in a major program of study in a degree program which permits a Business minor, students can contact the School of Business to declare a Business minor and to discuss developing a program plan of study with a School of Business program advisor.

Entrance requirements

  • Completion of a minimum of 30 credits including BUS 100 and 6 additional credits of Business or Economics.
  • Minimum CGPA of 2.00.
  • C+ or better in one of Principles of Mathematics 12 of Pre-calculus 12 (see Note).

Note: Mathematics requirement can also be satisfied by a C+ or better in one of MATH 096 or MATH 110, a C+ or better in both MATH 094 and MATH 095 (discontinued), a C or better in one of MATH 092 or MATH 140, or a score of 17/25 or better on Part B of the MSAT together with a score of 34/50 or better on Parts A and B combined.

Program duration

Completion of a Business minor would be done concurrently with completion of the Bachelor's degree in the chosen major field of study. Courses needed to fulfill prerequisite requirements can be taken without additional time for degree completion provided a student declares the minor early enough to plan for the prerequisite requirements of upper-level courses.

Program outline

Students must complete 30 credits including a 100-level Economics course, four lower-level Business courses, and five upper-level Business courses (one of which may be an Economics course).

Lower-level requirements

Course Title Credits
BUS 100 Introduction to Business 3
BUS 120 Essentials of Marketing 3
BUS 143 Introductory Financial Accounting I 3
or BUS 145 Introductory Financial Accounting  
BUS 203 Organizational Behaviour 3
or BUS 261 Business Law  
ECON 100 Principles of Microeconomics 3
or ECON 101 Principles of Macroeconomics  

Upper-level requirements

Course Title Credits
  Four upper-level BUS courses 12
Plus: One upper-level BUS or ECON course 3

Note: Depending on the lower-level elective courses selected, additional prerequisite courses may be required for upper-level elective(s) in Business or Economics.

Residency

Students must complete at least 50% of the courses required in the minor at UFV.

Graduation requirements

A minimum program GPA of 2.67 in the courses applying to the Business minor is required for graduation.

Course listings

For complete details on courses see the course descriptions section.


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