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	Nipissing Bachelor of Business Administration OUAC PBA Remove	Algoma Finance and Economics (BA 4 year) OUAC JBC Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70%“Min. 70%”	65%“65%+”
Required coursesforced into your top 6	EAE4U ENG4U	ENG4U MDM4U
Prerequisitesas published	ENG4U/EAE4U Two 4U Maths recommended If you are admitted without two 4U Maths, you will be required to take MATH-1911 and/or MATH-1912 in your first year of the program. Alternative Offers If you do not meet the admission requirements or admission averages for the programs you apply to, you will automatically be considered for an alternative program you qualify for. Visit our +2 more on the program page	ENG4U Two 4U/M Math courses (Data Management recommended) Three other 4U/M courses 65% combined average in top six 4U/M courses
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	No
Degree	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	—	—
What you study	Accounting Business Studies Entrepreneurship Finance	Economics Finance
What it is	A Bachelor of Business Administration is a four-year degree where you study core business concepts like accounting, finance, and marketing, then specialize in areas like human resources or entrepreneurship. This program includes a mandatory co-op work term, so you alternate between classroom learning and paid work experience at a company. It suits students who want practical business skills and real-world workplace exposure alongside theory.	This program teaches you economic theory and financial practice together — how money moves through systems, markets behave, and organizations manage their finances. Unlike a pure economics degree, you spend significant time on applied finance: investment decisions, corporate finance, and financial analysis. It suits people who want to understand both the big economic picture and the practical side of managing money.
The door tomajors you reach through it	accounting commerce/business finance marketing	finance
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	9 published, 2 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them
Source	Nipissing University on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo

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