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2008-2009 UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR

Certificate in Business Fundamentals - Arts


Note: With the establishment of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies on July 1, 2009, degrees and programs in the Faculty of Arts will be moved to the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies as of the Fall/Winter 2009-2010 Session. Grandparenting provisions have been developed for students continuing in degrees and programs currently offered in the Faculty of Arts. Details are available on the York University Current Students Web site (http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/cs.htm).

Note: For purposes of meeting certificate requirements, all foundations courses will count as six credits.

York University students may earn a Certificate in Business Fundamentals concurrent with fulfillment of the requirements for an Honours undergraduate BA degree. This certificate is open to students in all undergraduate Faculties except for students enrolled in the Schulich School of Business bachelor of business administration program or the Atkinson bachelor of administrative studies program. Students may not earn both a Certificate in Business Fundamentals and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management.

To qualify for possible admission to the Certificate in Business Fundamentals, students must complete 30 credits from a list of approved courses, and the cumulative grade point average in these 30 credits must be 5.00 (C+). There are a limited number of spaces available in the Certificate in Business Fundamentals, and therefore meeting the minimum requirements for application will not guarantee admission to the certificate program. In order to be granted the Certificate in Business Fundamentals upon graduation, students must be qualified to graduate with an Honours BA (120 credits) and must therefore maintain an overall grade point average of 5.00 (C+) on all courses completed.

Application to the Certificate in Business Fundamentals may be made only after successfully completing at least 54 credits, and the successful completion of the following requirements with a minimum overall grade point average of 5.00 (C+).

Course requirements and application/admission requirements for the Certificate in Business Fundamentals are as follows:

Note: Students may take courses through Atkinson or Glendon, subject to course credit exclusion(s) and In-Faculty regulations.

Students in an Honours undergraduate BA program who have successfully completed at least 54 credits with an overall grade point average of 5.00 (C+), and who will also have successfully completed the requirements listed above by June 1 may apply to the Certificate in Business Fundamentals by March 30 of the year these requirements will be completed. The minimum acceptable overall grade point average for application and possible admission is 5.00 (C+). Since there are a limited number of spaces available, successful admission will be based primarily on the applicant's overall grade point average.

If admitted, students must successfully complete the following courses offered by the Schulich School of Business in the following sequence and over two academic sessions:

In order to be granted the Certificate in Business Fundamentals upon graduation, students must be qualified to graduate with an Honours BA (120 credits) and must therefore maintain an overall grade point average of 5.00 (C+) on all courses completed.

Further information about the Certificate in Business Fundamentals is available from the coordinator of the Business and Society program.

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, certificate requirements/restrictions, and residence requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting Certificate in Business Fundamentals requirements:

Certificate Course Course Substitutes
SB/BFND 3200 3.00 AS/ECON 3580 3.00 and AS/ECON 3590 3.00 with a minimum grade of C+ in each course