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Full	Waterloo Environment and Business (Co-op Only) OUAC WEB Remove	Nipissing Concurrent Bachelor of Business Administration/Bachelor of Education Primary/Junior OUAC PEL Remove	York (Glendon) International Studies (BA, iBA) OUAC YGI Remove	Algoma Business Administration (BBA 4 year) OUAC JDA Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	77–80%“High 70s”	70%	73–80%“Mid to high 70s”	70%“70%+”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4U FRA4U	ENG4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	one of EAE4U, ENG4U	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Any Grade 12 U English (min. 70%)	In addition to the requirements for the following majors, all applicants to Concurrent Education must have a minimum 70% in ENG4U/EAE4U and 60% in 3U, 3M or 4U Math. 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.	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U (FRA4U for Francophone applicants) 5 additional +7 more on the program page	ENG4U Two 4U/M math courses (Data Management recommended) Three other 4U/M courses 70% combined average in top six 4U/M courses Alternative Offers +1 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	—	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, International Bachelor of Arts, iBA	—
First-year intakewhere published	54	—	—	—
What you study	Business Studies Entrepreneurship Environmental Studies Others in Business & Administrative Studies	Accounting Business Studies Education Studies Entrepreneurship	African Studies Business Studies Economics Environmental Studies	Accounting Business Studies Economics Finance
What it is	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.	You study business subjects like accounting, finance, and marketing alongside teacher training in a single four-year degree. Unlike a regular business degree, you earn two qualifications at once and complete a co-op work placement, giving you classroom teaching experience while finishing your studies. This suits people who want to become teachers but also want solid grounding in business skills or who are still deciding between those two career paths.	International Studies is a degree where you combine courses from fields like economics, history, business, and development to understand global issues and how different countries interact. The iBA option includes a mandatory year abroad at a partner university, immersing you in another culture while continuing your studies, whereas the regular BA keeps you on campus. It suits students who want broader perspectives on world problems rather than specializing in a single discipline, and who are curious about how global systems actually work.	A BBA is a four-year business degree where you study core topics like accounting, finance, marketing, and human resources alongside economics and general business strategy. Unlike some business programs, this one includes co-op work terms, meaning you alternate between classroom learning and paid jobs at companies, giving you real workplace experience before you graduate. It suits students who want a broad business foundation with hands-on learning and don't yet know which specific business path they'll take.
The door tomajors you reach through it	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	Applied to directly	commerce/business
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	9 published, 2 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	13 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them
Source	University of Waterloo on OUInfo	Nipissing University on OUInfo	York University — Glendon on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo

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