Choosing your option
Access resources and advice to help you to decide which option is the right fit for you.
Options
An option is a specialization of 12 to 18 course credits taken in Years 3 and 4 in a specific business subject area.
If you are completing the Combined Major in Business and Computer Science (BUCS) program, your program curriculum does not allow for specialization in an option.
An option is not equivalent to a major.
As a BCom student, your program major is Commerce. Your option, also sometimes referred to as your specialization, will not appear on your degree certificate, but will be noted on your transcript.
Eligibility requirements for BCom options
| Option | Minimum grade needed to declare option1 | Recommended Year 1 & 2 courses to prepare for Year 3 option requirements2 |
| Accounting | 60% or higher in each of COMM 293 and COMM 294 | COMM 190, COMM 191, COMM 293, COMM 294, COMM 295 |
| Business Technology Management | No minimum grades | COMM 205 |
| Entrepreneurship | No minimum grades | no specific requirements |
| Finance | 67% or higher in each of COMM 190, COMM 191, COMM 293, COMM 294, COMM 295, and COMM 298 | COMM 190, COMM 293, COMM 295, COMM 2983, 4 |
| General Business Management | No minimum grades | no specific requirements |
| Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management | No minimum grades, entry by application5 | COMM 190, COMM 191, COMM 2046 |
| Marketing | No minimum grades | COMM 293, COMM 295, COMM 296 |
| Operations and Logistics | No minimum grades | COMM 204 |
| Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources | No minimum grades | COMM 192, COMM 203 |
| Real Estate | No minimum grades | COMM 295, COMM 298 |
1 Workday Student is the new system for course registration starting in 2024W. In Workday Student, eligibility for the Finance and Accounting options will be determined by minimum grades in select courses rather than by Year 2 winter session average (i.e., Year 2 GPA).2 As of 2022W: COMM 290 renumbered COMM 190; COMM 291 renumbered COMM 191; COMM 292 renumbered COMM 192. The newly numbered courses are equivalent to their predecessors.3You must complete all of COMM 190, COMM 293, COMM 295, and COMM 298 prior to or in Term 1 of Year 2 to be eligible to apply to the Early Start to the Finance option (all courses must be completed at UBC Sauder).4 COMM 298 must be completed prior to starting the Finance option.5 You must meet the eligibility requirements of Go Global for exchange.6 You must complete COMM 204 in Year 2 or during the summer after Year 2 to be eligible for the Global Supply Chain and Logistics Management option. | ||
Making travel plans
Your exam schedule will be available midway through the term of study. If you are making advance travel plans before the exam schedule is published, assume that you may be writing your last exam on the last possible date and time during the exam week. The Undergraduate Office will not grant concessions due to conflicting travel arrangements.