Financial Services (Bachelor of Business Administration)
Curriculum Guideline
- General College Admission Requirements
- Foundations of Math 11 or Principles of Mathematics 11 with a minimum grade of "C"
Year 1 - Semester I - Fall
| Credits | ||
| ACCT 1235 | Principles of Accounting I and II (or ACCT 1110 and ACCT 1210 – see note 1 below) | 3 |
| FINC 1231 | Commercial and Financial Mathematics | 3 |
| CSIS 1110 | Introduction to Computers | 3 |
| ECON 1150 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| CMNS 1115 | Practical Writing | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Year 1 - Semester II - Winter
| Credits | ||
| ECON 1250 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| BUSN 1210 | Management Essentials | 3 |
| MARK 1120 | Introductory Marketing | 3 |
| PHIL 1122 | Business Ethics or PHIL 1102, 1123, 1151 or 3320 | 3 |
| ENGL 1130 | Academic Writing or UT English course ENGL 1102, ENGL 1106, ENGL 1107, ENGL 1114 or ENGL 1115 | |
| Total | 15 |
Year 2 - Semester III - Fall
| Credits | ||
| ACCT 2320 | Introductory Management Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 3410 | Intermediate Accounting II | 3 |
| BUSN 2429 | Business Statistics I | 3 |
| CSIS 2200 | Systems Analysis and Design | 3 |
| *FINC 2300 | Introduction to Personal Finance (CFP qualifying course) (Fall only) | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Year 2 - Semester IV - Winter
| Credits | ||
| MARK 2150 | Personal Selling | 3 |
| BUSN 3310 or SOSC 2140 |
Organizational Management Skills or Behaviour in Organizations |
3 |
| FINC 2340 | Fundamentals of Financial Management | 3 |
| BUSN 2275 | Business Strategy and Simulation | 3 |
| ECON 2408 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Year 3 - Semester V - Fall
| Credits | ||
| *ACCT 3370 | Income Tax I (CFP qualifying course) | 3 |
| BUSN 4420 | Commercial Law (or BUSN 1320 and *BUSN 2420 (CFP qualifying course) | 3 |
| BUSN 3431 | Business Statistics II | 3 |
| ECON 3450 | Intermediate Macroeconomics (Fall only) | 3 |
| *FINC 3390 or FINC 3350 |
Security Analysis or Canadian Securities Course (CFP qualifying course) These courses are considered equivalend. Credit will not be given for both. |
3 |
| Total | 15 |
Year 3 - Semester VI - Winter
| Credits | ||
| FINC 3370 | Financial Intermediation and Capital Markets | 3 |
| BUSN 3401 | Principles of International Business | 3 |
| *MARK 3500 | Marketing of Financial Services (CFP qualifying course) | 3 |
| *FINC 4300 (FINC 3300) |
Professional Financial Management (CFP qualifying course) (Winter only) This course number is changing to FINC 3300. The courses are equivalent. |
3 |
| Any 1000 to 4000 Level | Non-Business Elective (from outside accounting, business, finance and marketing) | 3 |
| Total |
15 |
Year 4 - Semester VII - Fall
| Credits | ||
| BUSN 4275 | Business Strategy and Competitive Analysis | 3 |
| FINC 3305 | International Financial Management | 3 |
| FINC 4350 | Wealth Management (CFP qualifying course) This course will be replaced with FINC 4370 in 2014 |
3 |
| FINC 4360 | Portfolio Management Techniques (Fall only) | 3 |
| Any 1000 to 4000 Level | Non-Business Elective (from outside accounting, business, finance and marketing) | 3 |
| Total |
15 |
Year 4 - Semester VIII - Winter
| Credits | ||
| *FINC 4340 | Investment Management Techniques (CFP qualifying course) (Winter only) | 3 |
| BUSN 4490 | Applied Legal and Social Decision-Making for Managers, Professionals and Executives | 3 |
| Any 1000 to 4000 Level | Non-Businessusiness Elective (from outside accounting, business, finance and marketing) | 3 |
| Any 3000 or 4000 Level | Non-Business Elective (from outside accounting, business, finance and marketing) | 3 |
| Any 3000 or 4000 Level | Open Elective (from any discipline including business, accounting, finance and marketing) | 3 |
| BUSN 4500 | Career and Portfolio Development: exit requirement for the BBA | 1.5 |
| Total | 16.5 |
*NOTE: A course marked with an asterisk (*) indicates it is a required core curriculum course needed to qualify to write the Certified Financial Planner (CFP FPE-1) level 1 exam.
Notes:
- ACCT 1235 is an intensive three-credit course with prerequisites of English 12 and Math 12, both with a grade of “B” or better. Students may take ACCT 1110 and ACCT 1210 instead of ACCT 1235; they may also take BUSN 1320 and BUSN 2420 instead of BUSN 4420. Such students will accrue up to 127.5 credits (instead of 121.5) for graduation.
- For assistance in selecting electives, please contact the BBA Degree Coordinator.
1000 - 4000 Level Non-Business Elective Courses:
Students may choose any university-level courses in the following non-business disciplines:
Anthropology, Communications, Computing Science and Information Systems, Criminology, Economics, English, Geography, History, Humanities, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Print Futures, Psychology, Sciences, Sociology, Sport Science
Open Elective 3000/4000 Level:
Students may choose any 3000/4000 level courses in the areas listed above or in Business, Marketing, Accounting and Finance.
3000/4000 Level Non-Business Elective:
Students may select any 3000 or 4000 level course for which they have prerequisites from the non-business disciplines listed above.