Commerce courses in this section are listed in numerical order. The applicable headings are abbreviated as follows:
Accounting – ACC
Business Law – BLAW
Finance – FIN
General Commerce Courses – GEN
Health Care Administration – HCA
Human Resource Management – HRM
Industrial Relations – INDR
Management – MGT
Marketing – MKT
Production and Operations Management – POM
Quantitative Analysis – QUAN
Taxation – TAX
For Honours seminar courses see the respective subject headings in this section.
Note: Space in upper-year courses is restricted to students in Commerce and those colleges that have Commerce courses as part of their degree requirements.
*300 and 400 level ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, and MARKETING courses require permission from the applicable Department. Students are advised not to take 400 level accounting or finance courses prior to their fourth year.
1/2(3L)
Examines the management processes including environment and business analysis, planning, decision making, execution and performance measurement. This course will make major use of case analyses, simulations, organizational audits or other instructional methods that allow the student to assume the role of manager of the organization.
Note: This course may not be used for credit toward the B.Comm. degree.
1/2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): MATH 110.
Descriptive statistics, index numbers, probability concepts, probability distributions, sampling distributions, statistical inference - estimation and hypothesis testing. Introduction to time series forecasting (moving averages and exponential smoothing).
Note: Students who wish to use this course toward an Arts & Science credit should first refer to Statistics Course Regulations in the Arts & Science section of the Calendar.
1/2(3L)
Introduction to the principles and concepts of marketing as applied to the agribusiness industry. Business activities are analyzed from the point of view of recognition, stimulation and satisfaction of customer demand. Specific topics include market segmentation, consumer behaviour, marketing mix strategies, marketing research and marketing ethics. Agribusiness cases and examples are used extensively to illustrate effective marketing principles, strategies and practices.
Note: This course is an alternative to COMM 204 and students will not receive credit for both COMM 200 and 204.
1/2(3L)
Introduction to the marketing concept in business. Business activities are analysed from the point of view of recognition, stimulation and satisfaction of consumer demand.
Note: Students will not receive credit for both COMM 200 and 204.