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Program Overview

Did you know our Faculty’s ground-breaking research has built the Sauder School of Business into Canada’s leading management research school? Committed to your academic and personal success, our instructors bring business to life with lectures, case studies and noteworthy guest speakers.

Be inspired by the range of courses in a UBC BCom and use your degree to make a world of difference. For more information on each course, check out our course descriptions.

Interested in Computer Science? Why not take a BCom with a combined major in Business and Computer Science?  

YEAR ONE
BUILDING A
FOUNDATION		 YEAR TWO
LEARNING THE FUNDAMENTALS		 YEAR THREE
FOCUSING AND INTEGRATING		 YEAR FOUR         
PREPARING FOR
YOUR CAREER 

Pre-Commerce:
English
Economics
Calculus
4-6 electives 

BCom Year One:
(Direct Entry)
English
Economics
Calculus
Organizational Behaviour
3-5 electives

Decision Analysis
Business Statistics 
Organizational Behaviour*
Financial Accounting
Managerial Accounting
Managerial Economics
Introduction to Finance
Career Fundamentals
Management Information
  Systems
Managing the 
  Employment Relationship
Marketing
1 elective

Government & Business
Business Writing
Business Communications
2 courses in your
  specialization
2-4 electives

One of:
Commercial Law
Logistics & Operations
  Management

3 courses in your
  specialization
3-5 electives

One of:
Commercial Law   
Logistics & Operations
  Management

One of:
Strategic Management
New Enterprise
  Development
International Business
Management Simulation
*completed in Year One by Direct Entry students

How many credits do I need to complete a UBC BCom?

You’ll need a total of 121 credits. Learn more about the requirements for completing a BCom.

Plan ahead with a Program Planning Worksheet.

What are the entry routes into the UBC BCom program?

The great thing about a BCom at Sauder is having flexibility around how and when you can enter your courses. Here are your routes in:

  • Year One – direct entry from secondary school
  • Year Two – enter after taking the pre-Commerce courses or transfer after completion of Year One of the BCom program in another faculty at UBC, or at a college or another university
  • Year Three – transfer after completion of Years One and Two of the program at a college or another university

How do I graduate with a UBC BCom?

To be awarded a Bachelor of Commerce, you must:

  • Complete your BCom degree requirements within six years of your original admission into the Sauder School of Business. 
  • Meet the deadlines when applying to graduate: February 28 for a May graduation – or August 30 for a November graduation. 

Graduation at UBC