Bilingual Bachelor of Commerce

Description of Field

The four-year Bilingual Bachelor of Commerce degree is a collaborative effort between Faculté Saint-Jean and the Faculty of Business. This program, unique in Canada, offers students the opportunity to obtain a fully bilingual Business degree in Canada’s two official languages. Students will complete half of their coursework at the Faculty of Business. The objectives of the program are as follows:

1. to respond to a need expressed by Francophone and Francophile students for coursework in French leading to a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Alberta;
2. to prepare bilingual (French English) graduates who will be competitive in a global economy;
3. to promote the University of Alberta as a leading University offering a unique degree in North America;
4. to attract students from French-speaking Canada and other countries in the world where French is a major language.

The program is set up so that students will take their coursework in Year 1 in French at the Faculté Saint-Jean (except for ANGL and ENGL, which can be taken either at Faculté Saint-Jean or in the Faculty of Arts). In Year 2, students will take the required core courses in business in the Faculty of Business and enrol in French language courses and free electives at Faculté Saint-Jean. In Years 3 and 4, students will continue in the Faculty of Business for required courses in their area of specialization. They will continue to take some free electives in Faculté Saint-Jean. Some Business courses (core and electives) can also be taken at Faculté Saint-Jean in Years 2 to 4. Normally a student will complete ★54 at Faculté Saint-Jean, not counting the ★6 for ANGL and ENGL, and ★60 in the Faculty of Business. Only in exceptional circumstances will students be allowed to depart from the ★54/★6/★60 pattern. (See Readmission of Previous Students ).

The program