BCom Year 3 and Year 4
As a current BCom student, you’ll want to make sure you’re familiar with our Year 1 and Year 2 requirements, to stay on track with progressing to Year 3 core.
BCom Program Manual
The BCom Program Manual on Brightspace is your one-stop shop for information relating to:
- BCom policies
- Program-specific and UVic resources
- Scheduling an appointment with a BCom Advisor
- Frequently used forms
- Graduation and degree evaluation (CAPP report)
- Assessment tools and guides
Year 3 curriculum
In Year 3 BCom core you will take a set of foundation business courses. There are no electives in Year 3.
Fall courses:
- COM 205 - Professional Skills Development
- COM 315 - Financial Accounting
- COM 321 - Leading People & Organizations I
- COM 341 - Operations Management
- COM 351 - Marketing Principles & Management
- COM 361 - International Business
Spring courses:
- COM 205 - Professional Skills Development (year-long, zero credit)
- COM 316 - Management Accounting
- COM 322 - Leading People & Organizations II
- COM 331 - Introduction to Management Information Systems
- COM 362 - Business & Sustainability
- COM 371 - Management Finance
Co-op
Most students complete a co-op work term in the summer between Year 3 and Year 4, and again in the spring of Year 4. You will know your individualized program sequence in the spring of Year 3.
Year 4 curriculum
All BCom students must complete the following courses to graduate:
Mandatory courses:
- COM 405 - Career Preparation Across Borders (year-long, zero credit) - also see the section below for more details.
- COM 400 - Strategic Management (or ENT 400 for students declared in the Entrepreneurship specialization)
- COM 402 - Legal Issues in Management
- + 12.0 units (8 courses) of upper-level commerce courses. These may be specialization courses and/or electives, depending on your individualized program sequence.
Specializations
Specialization courses are grouped in modules, and each module must be completed within one academic term. Learn more about our BCom specializations: Entrepreneurship, International Business and Service Management.
Upper-level commerce electives
Fall electives:- COM 410 - Leadership Strategies
- COM 425 - Taxation for Managers
- COM 426 - Management Accounting II
- COM 435 - Corporate Responsibilities
- COM 445 - Corporate Finance
- COM 450 - Special topics: 5 different sections as stand-alone electives
- A01 Business Analysis
- A02 Social Media Marketing
- A03 Alternative Forms of Organizing
- A04 Understanding Organizational Behaviour from an Evolutionary Perspective
- A05 TBA
- ENT 402 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business for the Non-Specialist (not available to students specializing in Entrepreneurship)
Spring electives:
- COM 410 - Leadership Strategies
- COM 435 - Corporate Relations and Responsibilities
- COM 450 - Special topics: 3 different sections as stand-alone electives
- topics TBA
- ENT 402 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business for the Non-Specialist (not available to students specializing in Entrepreneurship)
Summer electives:
- COM 410 - Leadership Strategies
- COM 425 - Taxation for Managers
- COM 426 - Management Accounting II
- COM 445 - Corporate Finance
- COM 450 - Special Topics: 3 different sections as stand-alone electives.
- A01 Leading for Inclusivity
- A02 Cross Culture Consulting
- A03 Quality Management
- COM 495 - Marketing Communications
- ENT 402 - Entrepreneurship and Small Business for the Non-Specialist (not available to students specializing in Entrepreneurship)
COM 405 Career Preparation Across Borders
What is COM 405?
COM 405 is a Career Preparation course that is designed to support the development of lifelong learners through self-reflection and personal experience to create sustainable value. Complementing each student’s career goals, this course is based upon the adult learning model self-directed learning – where the student is the principle decision maker in the learning process.
How does COM 405 work?
COM 405 is a self-directed and required course, typically yearlong, that is designed to be entirely online. Students identify areas of personal growth and development they’d like to improve on for success after graduation, and work with the course instructors to create a personal professional development plan to be completed before they finish their 4th year courses.
Students can select any activity that they identify has having value for their career development to complete the course requirements. Students must rationalize how a chosen activity will assist them after graduation, and assign a value to the activity based on the course learning objectives. Students are required to complete 5 required professional development activities to successfully complete the course.
What are the COM 405 expectations?
To successfully complete the course, students must complete:
- A minimum of 5 required professional development activities (by the course deadline)
- A minimum of three 1 on 1 Instructor Meetings
- Three (3) pre-meeting assignments (submitted at least 24hrs before meeting)
- A Personal Branding Capstone Training Module and Project (June)
- Participation in the Beyond Your BCom Conference (May)
Details for each component of the course is available on the Brightspace for student participants.
In the interest of mutual respect and professionalism, we also ask that students abide by the Gustavson Standards of Professional Behaviour throughout the course.
Where can I find out more?
Current BCom students can find out more about the course in the BCom Program Manual in Brightspace and the UVic Academic Calendar. There will also be an information session in COM 205 at the end of 3rd year.
For questions, concerns or remarks please contact bizexperiential@uvic.ca.
What have students done in COM 405?
Check out the sites below to see what it takes to be a COM 405 rockstar!
Beyond your BCom
More details about the mandatory Beyond Your BCom event will be provided once they are available. Current students can find information through the COM 405 Brightspace site.
Review of Academic Performance
Students who have failed a work term required in the mandatory Business Co-op program, or have a GPA below 3.0/9.0 in any academic session, will be ranked as unsatisfactory and may be required to withdraw for at least one calendar year. Gustavson is under no obligation to re-admit students who have been required to withdraw, regardless of the cut-off GPA in the year in which they re-apply.
Students must complete all BCom program third-year core plus COM 205 or have permission of program director to enrol in fourth-year elective or specialization courses.