Course Overlap

You will not receive credit toward your degree for any course that overlaps in content with a course taken for credit at McGill, CEGEP, or another university; Advanced Placement exams; Advanced Level results; International Baccalaureate Diploma; or French Baccalaureate Diploma.

It is your responsibility to consult with the BCom Student Affairs Office as to whether or not credit can be obtained and to be aware of exclusion clauses specified in the course descriptions in this publication. Specific information about Advanced Standing credits and McGill course exemptions is also available on the Transfer Credit and Advanced Standing site.

Credit for Statistics courses will be subject to the following restrictions:

BCom students must take the statistics courses that are part of the B.Com. degree, as specified in Core and the various programs. There are many statistics courses at McGill that overlap with the statistics in our B.Com. degree. If students wish to receive credit from other statistics courses at McGill, they must be assessed by the BCom Student Affairs Office on a case-by-case basis.

• Statistics courses must be taken in the correct sequence in order to receive credits for all.
• MGCR 271 Business Statistics. and MGSC 372 Advanced Business Statistics. must be taken before MATH 324 Statistics.. If MATH 324 Statistics. is completed first, you cannot complete MGCR 271 Business Statistics. nor MGSC 372 Advanced Business Statistics. and receive credits.
• MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1. and MATH 204 Principles of Statistics 2. are not open to BCom students.
• Interfaculty Transfer students: if you have completed MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1. at McGill and are transferring to the Bachelor of Commerce, if admitted we will grant an exemption for MGCR 271 Business Statistics.. If MATH 203 Principles of Statistics 1. was completed prior to McGill (i.e. in CEGEP), you will not receive an exemption for MGCR 271 Business Statistics.; you must complete MGCR 271 Business Statistics..

Credit for Economics courses will be subject to the following restrictions:

• A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for Foundation Economics courses.
• A maximum of 9 credits will be granted for ECON 230D1 Microeconomic Theory./ECON 230D2 Microeconomic Theory., ECON 250D1 Introduction to Economic Theory: Honours./ECON 250D2 Introduction to Economic Theory: Honours., and MGCR 293 Managerial Economics..
• A maximum of 9 credits will be granted for ECON 332 Macroeconomic Theory: Majors 1. and ECON 333 Macroeconomic Theory - Majors 2., ECON 330D1 /ECON 330D2 , ECON 352D1 /ECON 352D2 , ECON 295 Macroeconomic Policy., and MGCR 294 The Firm in the Macroeconomy..
• ECON 208 Microeconomic Analysis and Applications. and ECON 209 Macroeconomic Analysis and Applications. are not permitted.