4 programs, side by side

Full	York Commerce (BCom - Co-op available) OUAC YFB ☆ Add to planRemove	Algoma Finance and Economics (BA 4 year) OUAC JBC ☆ 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	80–83%“Low 80s”	65%“65%+”	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	ENG4UMHF4U	ENG4U	ENG4U	ENG4UICS4UMDM4UMHF4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	—	—
Prerequisitesas published	Ontario Secondary School Diploma ENG4U MHF4U Four additional 4U or 4M courses Alternative Offers +4 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	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	No	No	Available
Degree	—	—	—	—
First-year intakewhere published	600	—	—	—
What you study	AccountingBusiness StudiesFinanceHuman Resource Management	EconomicsFinance	AccountingBusiness StudiesEconomicsFinance	AccountingBusiness StudiesEconomicsFinance
What it is	You study business fundamentals across accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, and information systems. The co-op option lets you alternate between classroom semesters and paid work terms at companies, giving you real experience alongside your degree. This suits students who learn better by doing and want to build a professional network before graduating.	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.	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	accountingfinancemarketing	finance	Applied to directly	accountingcommerce/businessfinancemarketing
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	29 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	7 published, 7 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	11 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 75%See them	None published by average
Source	York University on OUInfo	Algoma University on OUInfo	Wilfrid Laurier University — Waterloo on OUInfo	University of Windsor on OUInfo

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