Mar 29, 2024  
University of Alberta Calendar 2022-2023 
    
University of Alberta Calendar 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Bachelor of Commerce Honors in Finance [Business]


Please note

  • [Mar. 18, 2022] - Addendum. A new note regarding BUS 101 and BUS 201 was added to the Notes section. See Amendments to the Calendar  for more information.
  • [May 19, 2022] - Erratum. The FIN 488 requirement in Year Four of the Private Venture Markets stream was updated to list a specific selected topics course.
  • [Sept. 14, 2022] - Editorial Update. All Note references in the Sequence of Courses were updated to correctly match the Notes section. See Amendments to the Calendar  for more information.

Program


The BCom Honors in Finance helps students build expertise which delve deeper into finance than the general BCom program with a Major in Finance. As it is intended for those targeting positions that require higher-level business skills, the Honors Program demands strong performance and solid motivation. Students in the program can choose to follow one of two streams: Private Venture Markets (PVM) or the Trading, Risk Analytics, and Digital Finance (TRADF).

Sequence of Courses


Years Three and Four


For years three and four, students will take courses based on the stream they are following:

Private Venture Markets stream


Year Four

  • FIN 488 - Private Market Finance
And all of the following

  • 6 units chosen from the list of Management Science and Operations Management courses (See note 5)
  • 15 units in free electives (See Note 2)
  • 3 units in electives outside Business (See Note 2)

Trading, Risk Analytics, and Digital Finance stream


Year Four

And all of the following

  • 6 units chosen from the list of Management Science and Operations Management courses (See note 5)
  • 12 units in free electives (See Note 2)
  • 3 units in electives outside Business (See Note 2)

Notes


  1. Students admitted directly from High School will take BUS 101  in their first year in the Faculty of Business and will replace BUS 201  in Year 2 of the major specific sequencing with 3 units in electives outside of Business.
  2. See Policy on Elective Courses .
  3. May be taken in any year. Students planning to take advanced coursework in Economics may wish to substitute ECON 281 , which is accepted as a substitute for BUEC 311  in the Finance Honors Program.
  4. In Year Four, students should choose the course they did not take in Year Three
  5. List of Management Science and Operations Management courses: