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Full	Trent Business Administration – Accounting – Co-op OUAC RDM ☆ Add to planRemove	Waterloo Environment and Business (Co-op Only) OUAC WEB ☆ Add to planRemove	Laurier (Waterloo) Diploma in Business Administration OUAC UG ☆ Add to planRemove	Windsor Business Administration OUAC NC ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	80–85%“80 to 85%”	77–80%“High 70s”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	73–78%“73% minimum average; 78% minimum average for Co-op”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4UICS4UMDM4UMHF4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	1 English 1 4U Math	Any Grade 12 U English (min. 70%)	English at 60%	Business Administration Business Administration and Economics Business Administration and Psychology 73% minimum average ENG4U +7 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available	No	Available
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	50	54	—	—
What you study	AccountingBusiness Studies	Business StudiesEntrepreneurshipEnvironmental StudiesOthers in Business & Administrative Studies	AccountingBusiness StudiesEconomicsFinance	AccountingBusiness StudiesEconomicsFinance
What it is	You study accounting and general business skills, learning how to manage money, prepare financial statements, and understand how organizations operate. Unlike a straight accounting program, this co-op version requires you to complete paid work terms with real employers, so you earn experience and income alongside your courses. It suits people who want hands-on learning in a workplace, need to help pay for university, or want to test whether accounting feels right before committing fully.	You study how to run and launch businesses while learning environmental science and sustainability principles. This combines business skills with ecological knowledge, so you understand both profit and environmental impact. The co-op requirement means you alternate between classroom and paid work terms, giving you real workplace experience in green business and sustainability roles. It suits people who want to work in business but care about environmental problems.	This is a two-year applied business program covering accounting, finance, management, and economics fundamentals. Unlike a four-year bachelor's degree, it gets you working faster with practical skills employers want immediately. It suits students who want hands-on business training without the length or theory-heavy focus of a university degree.	You study core business subjects like accounting, finance, marketing, and human resources, alongside economics and psychology. This program includes a co-op stream, meaning you alternate between classroom terms and paid work terms at companies, giving you real workplace experience alongside your degree. It suits people who want practical business skills and prefer learning by doing, not just theory.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	accountingcommerce/businessfinancemarketing
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	4 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	11 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average
Source	Trent University on OUInfo	University of Waterloo on OUInfo	Wilfrid Laurier University — Waterloo on OUInfo	University of Windsor on OUInfo

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