3 programs, side by side

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	Waterloo Accounting and Financial Management (Co-op Only) OUAC WXY Remove	Algoma Business Administration (BBA 4 year) OUAC JDA Remove	Windsor Business Administration OUAC NC Remove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	83–87%“Mid-80s”	70%“70%+”	73–78%“73% minimum average; 78% minimum average for Co-op”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U MCV4U MHF4U	ENG4U	ENG4U ICS4U MDM4U MHF4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Any Grade 12 U English (min. 75%) Advanced Functions (min. 75%) Calculus and Vectors (min. 75%)	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	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
Co-op	Available	Available	Available
Degree	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	365	—	—
What you study	Accounting Business Studies Economics Entrepreneurship	Accounting Business Studies Economics Finance	Accounting Business Studies Economics Finance
What it is	You study accounting, finance, and business decision-making, learning how to manage money, prepare financial reports, and analyze economic data for organizations. This program requires you to complete paid work terms alongside your courses, alternating between school and real-world jobs in accounting and finance firms, so you graduate with significant professional experience. It suits people who want hands-on workplace learning, need to fund their education through co-op earnings, and are interested in becoming accountants or financial analysts.	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.	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	accounting commerce/business	commerce/business	accounting commerce/business finance marketing
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	4 published, 3 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	None published by average
Source	University of Waterloo on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo	University of Windsor on OUInfo

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