120-Credit Program, Foundation Course Distribution
Students admitted to a program requiring 97 to 120 credits (four years) register in a Foundation Year in which they must complete MATH 122 Calculus for Management., MATH 123 Linear Algebra and Probability., MGCR 233 Data Programming for Business., and MGCR 250 Expressive Analysis for Management.
in their first year of study, as well as Electives.
30 Credits
U0 Required Courses
Course List
Course
Title
Credits
MATH 122
Calculus for Management.
3
Calculus for Management.
Terms offered: this course is not currently offered.
Review of functions, exponents and radicals,exponential and logarithm. Examples of functions in business applications. Limits, continuity and derivatives. Differentiation of elementary functions. Antiderivatives. The definite integral. Techniques of Integration. Applications of differentiation and integration.Trigonometric functions are not discussed in this course.
Terms offered: this course is not currently offered.
Geometric vectors in low dimensions. Lines and planes. Dot and cross product. Linear equations and matrices. Matrix operations, properties and rank. Linear dependence and independence. Inverses and determinants. Linear programming and tableaux. Sample space, probability, combination of events. Conditional probability and Bayes Law. Random sampling. Random variables and common distributions.
All Electives are subject to the restrictions for non-Management electives, please consult the BCom Restricted Electives page.
A minimum grade of C is required for all courses in U0.
Students may choose to replace up to 6 credits of electives above by selecting core courses from the following, space permitting. Reach out to the BCom Student Affairs Office for more information:
Course List
Course
Title
Credits
MGCR 211
Introduction to Financial Accounting.
3
Introduction to Financial Accounting.
Terms offered: Summer 2025
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.
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.
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.
