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Program Requirements
Mentors: Professors M. El-Attar Vilalta, P. Dickinson, J. Kurien, J. Li, R.T. Naylor, and C. Ragan; Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts.
All B.Com. students take a Core curriculum in addition to the Major.
Required Courses (45 credits)
Management Core (27 credits)
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MGCR 211 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : The role of financial accounting in the reporting of the financial performance of a business. The principles, components and uses of financial accounting and reporting from a user's perspective, including the recording of accounting transactions and events, the examination of the elements of financial statements, the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of financial results.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Cecere, Ralph; Tan, Hongping; Parent, Kevin Paul; Oh, Seunghwan (Fall) Lee, Dongyoung; Parent, Kevin Paul (Winter) Parent, Kevin Paul; Liu, Ming (Summer)
Continuing Studies: requirement for CMA, CGA, the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors
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MGCR 222 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : Individual motivation and communication style; group dynamics as related to problem solving and decision making, leadership style, work structuring and the larger environment. Interdependence of individual, group and organization task and structure.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Westgate, Chantal; Jaeger, Alfred M; Sepinwall, Sharyn; Sharma, Maya; Sylvain, Nathalie-Michele (Fall) Westgate, Chantal; Sharma, Maya; Malo, Katherine; Al Hajj, Raghid; Banerjee, Mallika (Winter) Banerjee, Mallika; Westgate, Chantal (Summer)
Continuing Studies: requirement for CMA, CGA, the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors
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MGCR 331 Information Systems (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : Introduction to principles and concepts of information systems in organizations. Topics include information technology, transaction processing systems, decision support systems, database and systems development. Students are required to have background preparation on basic micro computer skills including spreadsheet and word-processing.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Donovan, Richard George; Thorpe, Graham H (Fall) Donovan, Richard George; Khern-am-nuai, Warut; Thorpe, Graham H; Yang, Junyi (Winter) Aghili Dehkordi, Ghazaleh (Summer)
Prerequisite (Continuing Studies): CMSC 101 Mathematical Tools for Management Professionals or equivalent Basic computer skills including DOS, Spreadsheets and Word-processing and Database.
Restriction: Fall sections restricted to BCom students
Continuing Studies: requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors, CMA, CGA
A special seminar will be available to those students who do not possess the above basic computer skills, at the students' own expense.
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MGCR 341 Introduction to Finance (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : An introduction to the principles, issues, and institutions of Finance. Topics include valuation, risk, capital investment, financial structure, cost of capital, working capital management, financial markets, and securities.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: De Motta, Adolfo; Truong, Minh Quy (Fall) di Pietro, Vadim; Truong, Minh Quy (Winter) di Pietro, Vadim (Summer)
Corequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent
Continuing Studies: requirement for CMA, CGA, the EA of AACI, and the Institute of Internal Auditors
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MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Etemad, Hamid; Dotzel, Thomas; Han, DaHee; Dellar, Mary; Kim, Hee Ryung (Fall) Lu, Yi; Yang, Nathan; Royce, Charles; Soroka, Robert H S (Winter) Dellar, Mary; Lee, June Soo (Summer)
Continuing Studies: requirement for the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Canadian Institute of Management
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MGCR 360 Social Context of Business (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : This course examines how business interacts with the larger society. It explores the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Students will examine these issues with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Addy, Nii Antiaye; Holmgren, Lindsay; Whelan, Glen; Ethier, Stephane (Fall) Mantere, Saku; Holmgren, Lindsay; Jorgensen, Jan J; Ethier, Stephane; Whelan, Glen (Winter) Whelan, Glen (Summer)
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MGCR 382 International Business (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Jorgensen, Jan J; Melville, Donald; Saba, John (Fall) Saba, John; Melville, Donald; Matziorinis, Nicholas (Winter)
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MGCR 423 Strategic Management (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : An integrative and interdisciplinary introduction to strategy formation and execution. Concepts, tools, and practical application to understand how firms leverage resources and capabilities to gain competitive advantage in dynamic, contemporary industries. Strategic positioning, organizational design, and managerial action for the long-term success of businesses and positive social and ecological outcomes.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Vit, Gregory Bryan; Melville, Donald; Moore, Karl James; Gradek, John; Ethier, Stephane; Mandelos, Billy; Nowak, Anita (Fall) Vit, Gregory Bryan; An, Kwangjun; Gradek, John; Mandelos, Billy; Tabbara, Imane (Winter) Ramezankhani, Atefeh; Keen Henon, Christian (Summer)
Restriction: Open to U2, U3 students only
Continuing Studies: requirement for CMA, CGA, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Canadian Institute of Management - in addition to these, the course "Introduction to Business," CGMG 282 is also required for C.I.M.
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MGCR 472 Operations Management (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : Design, planning, establishment, control, and improvement of the activities/processes that create a firm's final products and/or services. The interaction of operations with other business areas will also be discussed. Topics include forecasting, product and process design, waiting lines, capacity planning, inventory management and total quality management.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Ebrahimi, Pouya; MacKenzie, Kenneth (Fall) Smith, Brian E; Kucukyazici, Beste; Li, Shanling; Yilmaz, Zafer (Winter) Ergin, Elcin (Summer)
Prerequisite: MGCR 271 or equivalent
Requirement for the Canadian Institute of Management
Major (18 credits)
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ECON 230D1 Microeconomic Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : The introductory course for Economics Major students in microeconomic theory. In depth and critical presentation of the theory of consumer behaviour, theory of production and cost curves, theory of the firm, theory of distribution, welfare economics and the theory of general equilibrium.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Zhang, Ling Ling; Zanoni, Wladimir (Fall)
Students must register for both ECON 230D1 and ECON 230D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 230D1 and ECON 230D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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ECON 230D2 Microeconomic Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : See ECON 230D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Zhang, Ling Ling; Benchekroun, Hassan (Winter)
Prerequisite: ECON 230D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 230D1 and ECON 230D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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ECON 330D1 Macroeconomic Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : A review of basic economic concepts and tools with an in depth and critical presentation of the fundamental areas of macroeconomic theory. Topics include: the determination of output, employment and price level; money and banking and business cycles; stabilization policy; international finance and growth theory.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Handa, Jagdish; Sharma, Chinmay (Fall)
Prerequisite: ECON 230 or ECON 250. If a student has already taken 154-200 or 154-203 and 154-204 or ECON 208 and ECON 209, it may be concurrently taken with ECON 230 with the permission of the instructor
Students must register for both ECON 330D1 and ECON 330D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 330D1 and ECON 330D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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ECON 330D2 Macroeconomic Theory (3 credits)
Overview
Economics (Arts) : See ECON 330D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2018
Instructors: Lander, Moshe; Sharma, Chinmay (Winter)
Prerequisite: ECON 330D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both ECON 330D1 and ECON 330D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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MGCR 271 Business Statistics (3 credits)
Overview
Management Core : Statistical concepts and methodology, their application to managerial decision-making, real-life data, problem-solving and spreadsheet modeling. Topics include: descriptive statistics; normal distributions, sampling distributions and estimation, hypothesis testing for one and two populations, goodness of fit, analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Serpa, Juan Camilo; Georghiou, Angelos; Qi, Wei (Fall) Zabowski, Glenn (Winter) Zhu, Cheng (Summer)
Prerequisite: MATH 122 and 123 or equivalent
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 204, MATH 324, PSYC 204, ECON 227, ECON 257
You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
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MGSC 372 Advanced Business Statistics (3 credits)
Overview
Management Science : A practical managerial approach to advanced simple and multiple regression analysis, with application in finance, economics and business, including a review of probability theory, an introduction to methods of least squares and maximum likelihood estimation, autoregressive forecasting models and analysis of variance.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Smith, Brian E (Fall) Smith, Brian E (Winter)
Complementary Courses (18 credits)
Selected from other 200-, 300-, and 400-level courses in Economics (ECON), excluding courses with numbers below 210. At least 6 of these 18 credits should be taken from courses with 400-level numbers. No more than 6 of the 18 credits may be taken at the 200 level.