Business
Columbia College offers a wide range of business courses, including accounting, corporate finance, management science, marketing, statistics, and organizational behavior. Students may take 30 credits (one year) or 60 credits (two years) of Business Program courses before transferring to a university Business or Commerce degree program at the second or third year level.
Columbia College (CC) University Transfer (UT) students intending to major in Business at the University of British Columbia (UBC) can transfer between 27 and 63 credits, making them eligible for either 2nd year (minimum 27 credits) or 3rd year (54-63 credits) studies at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.
CC students seeking admission to 2nd year Business at UBC are required to take the following courses:
| CC Courses | Credits | UBC Equivalent Courses |
| ENGL 100 or 101 | 3 | ENGL 112 |
| ENGL 108, 110,121, or 131 | 3 | Various English Courses |
| ECON 103 and 105 | 6 | ECON 101 and 102 |
| MATH 111 | 3 | MATH 104 |
| Various Elective Courses (can include 2nd year BUSN courses) |
12 (minimum) |
Various Elective Courses |
CC students seeking admission to 3rd year Business at UBC are required to take the following courses:
| CC Courses | Credits | UBC Equivalents Courses |
| Minimum 5 of the following: | ||
|
ACCT 251, 254, |
15-24 | COMM 293, 294, 296, 292, 290, 291, 298, COMM 295, and (exempts COMM 391) |
| Non-Commerce Electives | 12-21 | Non-Commerce Electives |
CC students seeking admission to the Business Program at Simon Fraser University (SFU) are required to take the following courses. Although students may take more courses, GPA for entrance to the Business Program at SFU is based on the first nine courses below:
| CC Courses | Credits | SFU Equivalent Courses |
| Any 2 of ENGL 101*, 108, 110, 121, 131, PHIL 101, 102, or 113 | 6 | Various ENGL & PHIL courses |
| ECON 103 and 105 | 6 | ECON 103 and 105 |
| MATH 111 | 3 | MATH 157 |
| BUSN 291 (4 credits) | 4 | BUEC 232 |
| CSCI 237 | 3 | BUSN 237 |
| ACCT 251 | 3 | BUSN 251 |
| BUSN 272 | 3 | BUSN 272 |
| ECON 207 (may be taken at SFU) | 3 | BUSN 207 |
| ACCT 254 (may be taken at SFU) | 3 | BUSN 254 |
*ENGL 101 is strongly recommended as it satisfies SFU’s lower level writing (W) requirement for graduation.
CC students seeking admission to the Business Program at the University of Victoria (UVIC) are required/expected to take the following courses:
| CC Courses | Credits | UVIC Equivalent Courses |
|
Any 2 of ENGL 100, 101, 108, 110, 121, 131. |
6 | Various ENGL courses |
| ECON 103 | 3 | ECON 103 |
| MATH 111 or BUSN 290 | 3 | MATH 102 or MATH 151 |
| BUSN 291 | 3 | STAT 252 or STAT 255 |
| Highly Recommended Electives: | ||
| ECON 105 | 3 | ECON 104 |
| ECON 207 | 3 | ECON 205 |
| SOCI 110 | 3 | SOCI 100 |
| Recommended Electives: | ||
| MATH 112, 120, or 252 | 3 | MATH 100 level, MATH 122, or MATH 133 |
| Additional Electives | 3 (minimum) |