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BusOne First Year Program

Beedie School of Business
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Calendar 2013 Spring

Newly admitted high school students who wish to begin their business studies at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV on the Surrey or Burnaby campus can choose the BusOne program. BusOne is an interdisciplinary first term program where students will complete first term courses together and attend a weekly workshop focused on three areas of growth: academic, personal and social. Visit

Program Requirements

Students complete all of

  • BUS 201 Introduction to Business (3)
  • BUS 251 Financial Accounting I (3)
  • ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics (4)
  • ECON 105 Principles of Macroeconomics (4)

and one of

  • MATH 150 Calculus I with Review (4)
  • MATH 154 Calculus I for the Biological Sciences (3)
  • MATH 157 Calculus I for the Social Sciences (3)

and two of

  • ENGL 101W Introduction to Fiction (3)
  • ENGL 102W Introduction to Poetry (3)
  • ENGL 103W Introduction to Drama (3)
  • ENGL 104W Introduction to Prose Genres (3)
  • ENGL 105W Introduction to Issues in Literature and Culture (3)
  • ENGL 199W Introduction to University Writing (3)
  • PHIL XX1 Critical Thinking (3)
  • PHIL 100W Knowledge and Reality (3)
  • PHIL 120W Introduction to Moral Philosophy (3)
  • WL 101W Writing About Literature (3)
  • WL 103W Pre-Modern World Literature (3)
  • WL 104W Modern World Literature (3)

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

WQB Graduation Requirements
A grade of C- or better is required to earn W, Q or B credit.
Requirement

Units

Notes
W - Writing

6

Must include at least one upper division course, taken at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV within the student’s major subject
Q - Quantitative

6

Q courses may be lower or upper division
B - Breadth

18

Designated Breadth Must be outside the student’s major subject, and may be lower or upper division
6 units Social Sciences: B-Soc
6 units Humanities: B-Hum
6 units Sciences: B-Sci

6

Additional Breadth

6 units outside the student’s major subject (may or may not be B-designated courses, and will likely help fulfil individual degree program requirements)
Additional breadth units must be from outside the student's major and may be B-designated (B-Hum, B-Soc, B-Sci courses). Students choosing to complete a joint major, joint honours, double major, two extended minors, an extended minor and a minor, or two minors may satisfy the breadth requirements (designated or not designated) with courses completed in either one or both program areas.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University’s residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

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