Business Diploma to the Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Business Administration major) Degree Transfer Program
Program Information
You enter into Year 3 of the four-year Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Business Administration major) program, and can complete your degree in as little as two years. You must complete a spring/summer bridging program (with a minimum 60% average) consisting of 2 full course equivalents of courses in order to enter the fall term.
The Honours Bachelor of Commerce program includes learning experiences in:
- General knowledge and skill areas from communication abilities and ethical and analytical understanding abilities to information technology use and reflective understanding of diversity issues.
- Management-specific knowledge and skill areas that include ethical and legal responsibilities, financial theories, market analytics, value creation through integrated production and marketing of goods, services, and information, group and individual dynamics in organizations, statistical data analysis and management science in support of decision-making processes, the influence of information technologies on the structure and processes of organizations and economies and the roles and techniques of management, and the domestic and global economic environments of organizations.
- Capacity development to lead in organizational situations, to apply knowledge in new and unfamiliar circumstances through a conceptual understanding of relevant disciplines, to adapt and innovate to solve problems, to cope with unforeseen events, and to manage in unpredictable environments.
- Commitment to an area of specialization and to acquiring advanced knowledge in that area, developing advanced theoretical or practical skills for that area, devoting explicit attention to the role of the specialization area in managerial and organization contexts.
Admission Requirements
To be considered for admission, you must:
- Complete a two-year Business Diploma from an accredited Ontario college, and
- Achieve an overall average of at least 75%.
Note: if you have completed a three-year Business Administration Advanced Diploma, refer to the transfer program information for three-year Business Administration Advanced Diploma graduates.
Application Process
To apply, please:
- Use the OUAC Undergraduate Application. You may need to create an account first, if you have never applied using the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) before.
- Select the program Business Administration (Pathways with Ontario Colleges) (Thunder Bay & Orillia). The OUAC program code is ATK.
- Under Subject of Major Interest, select HBComm (Orillia) Transfer - Two Year Diploma.
- As you proceed through the application process, use the Online Transcript Request, to have your transcript(s) sent to us, if applicable:
- We require all of your post-secondary transcripts (i.e. from all colleges and universities attended).
- We do not require your high school transcript.
- Some colleges do not add in progress courses to their transcripts. If you are currently completing courses, you are encouraged to upload a screenshot of your upcoming winter term courses to your myInfo account. You will receive your myInfo login credentials in an acknowledgement email from us upon receipt of your application (which can take a few days after you apply using the OUAC).
Who Can I Contact If I Need Assistance?
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