Study what you love
Earn 2 degrees concurrently in 4.5 years and study alongside students from a variety of undergraduate backgrounds. With the UBC B+MM Dual Degree, you'll study your desired Bachelors degree, along with a variety of Commerce courses that will teach you how to market your ideas, understand how to deliver products and services, and effectively build a successful career with practical knowledge.
How it works
For the first four years of your undergraduate journey, you work on your non-Commerce undergraduate degree while also taking business courses. The 6 credits of business courses you take in your undergraduate degree will count towards your Master of Management degree. After finishing your undergraduate degree, you will focus on Master of Management courses for 6 months, and you’ll graduate with both a Bachelor’s and a world-ranked Master’s degree from UBC Sauder’s Robert H. Lee Graduate School.
In addition to your chosen Bachelor degree, the following are additional courses required to complete your UBC B+MM dual degree.
First year required course(s)
Business Immersion
- Learn the fundamental concepts of management
- Work on project teams
- Get to know other students in your team
Second year required course(s):
Business Communications
- Study and practice forms of business communication
- Learn about the distinctive elements of business writing
- Learn how to present and converse in the business environment.
Third year required course(s):
Financial Accounting
- Understand elements of concepts, principles and conventions of financial accounting
- Develop analytical skills to interpret financial statements
Organizational Behaviour
- Learn about ten common problems faced by people working together
- Sharpen your ability to solve organizational problems
- Team-based work designed to develop interpersonal skills
- Understand organizational concepts with industry examples, research, mini-cases
Fourth year required course(s):
Marketing
- Learn fundamentals of marketing
- Analyze purchase decision behaviour
- Develop strategic marketing plans
Corporate Finance
- Learn financial analysis and planning
- Gain knowledge to determine the treatment of debt financing and capital budgeting
- Identify key issues in mergers and acquisitions
After undergraduate graduation
Assuming students fulfill the continuation requirements, students will take the Master of Management modules. Please see Master of Management tab.
Second year required course(s):
Business Immersion
- Learn the fundamental concepts of management
- Work on project teams
- Get to know other students in your team
Business Communications
- Study and practice forms of business communication
- Learn about the distinctive elements of business writing
- Learn how to present and converse in the business environment.
Third year required course(s):
Financial Accounting
- Understand elements of concepts, principles and conventions of financial accounting
- Develop analytical skills to interpret financial statements
Organizational Behaviour
- Learn about ten common problems faced by people working together
- Sharpen your ability to solve organizational problems
- Team-based work designed to develop interpersonal skills
- Understand organizational concepts with industry examples, research, mini-cases
Fourth year required course(s):
Marketing
- Learn fundamentals of marketing
- Analyze purchase decision behaviour
- Develop strategic marketing plans
Corporate Finance
- Learn financial analysis and planning
- Gain knowledge to determine the treatment of debt financing and capital budgeting
- Identify key issues in mergers and acquisitions
After undergraduate graduation
Assuming students fulfill the continuation requirements, students will take the Master of Management modules. Please see Master of Management tab.
Third year required course(s):
Business Immersion
- Learn the fundamental concepts of management
- Work on project teams
- Get to know other students in your team
Financial Accounting
- Understand elements of concepts, principles and conventions of financial accounting
- Develop analytical skills to interpret financial statements
Organizational Behaviour
- Learn about ten common problems faced by people working together
- Sharpen your ability to solve organizational problems
- Team-based work designed to develop interpersonal skills
- Understand organizational concepts with industry examples, research, mini-cases
Fourth year required course(s):
Business Communications
- Study and practice forms of business communication
- Learn about the distinctive elements of business writing
- Learn how to present and converse in the business environment.
Marketing
- Learn fundamentals of marketing
- Analyze purchase decision behaviour
- Develop strategic marketing plans
Corporate Finance
- Learn financial analysis and planning
- Gain knowledge to determine the treatment of debt financing and capital budgeting
- Identify key issues in mergers and acquisitions
After undergraduate graduation
Assuming students fulfill the continuation requirements, students will take the Master of Management modules. Please see Master of Management tab.
Following their graduation, and once continuation requirements are fulfilled, UBC B+MM Dual Degree students will spend the next six months studying the Master of Management courses. Students will also able participate in the Community Business Project
Undergraduate Degree
All 300-400 level COMM credits taken during the undergraduate program.
- See First Year: Program Journey or Third Year: Program Journey
June - December
- Community Business Project (CBP)
- Career Development Program (CDP)
These two courses are scheduled throughout the program.
June - July
- Managerial Economics
- Leadership
- Fundamentals in Entrepreneurship
- Application of Statistics in Management
July - August
- Strategic Management
- Leading Teams
- Project Management
- Marketing Research
Late August
Break
September - October
- Operations and Logistics
- Business Development
- Ethics & Sustainability
- Foundations in Accounting
October - December
- Supply Chain Management
- Two-Party Negotiations
- Commercial Law
- Investments
December
Capstone
- Use your business knowledge and leadership abilities to solve a significant business challenge in this three-day business simulation. This is an invaluable opportunity for students to use the theoretical and applied learning they've gained in the past six months, preparing them for any industry.
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