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Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.)

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Marketing Management (Co-op) (MKMN:C)

Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, College of Management and Economics

The Co-op program in Marketing Management is designed to facilitate the transition of students from academic studies to a professional career by enhancing the integration of theory and practice.

The Co-op in Marketing Management is a five year program including 5 work terms. Although the recommended schedule includes 5 work terms, students have the option to complete only 4 of the 5 work terms, but must graduate with a Fall, Winter, and Summer work term. Please refer to the Co-operative Education program policy with respect to adjusting the schedule listed below.

In order for students to be eligible to continue in the Co-op program, they must meet a minimum 70% cumulative average requirement after second semester, as well as meet all work term requirements. Please refer to the Co-operative Education program policy with respect to work term performance grading and work term report grading.

For additional program information, students should consult with the B.Comm. Program Counsellors or the MKMN Co-op Faculty Advisor.

Liberal Education Requirement

As part of the graduation requirement, all students within the B.Comm. Program are required to complete 1.50 credits from at least two different subject prefixes as listed under the B.Comm. Program Information section of the undergraduate calendar.

Major

For this major, 20.00 credits are required, of which 14.00 are specified, 2.00 are restricted electives (from lists), 1.50 are Liberal Education electives, and 2.50 are free electives. A possible program sequence is outlined below.

Given the professional and applied nature of the program, there are no double majors or minors associated with the degree. Elective options enable students to select courses which support or complement their primary field of study. Examples: (1) students can use a combination of restricted, Liberal Education, and free electives to earn the Certificate in Leadership. See http://www.leadershipcertificate.com/ for information about this certificate and its course requirements; (2) students interested in languages and/or going on exchange can use their Liberal Education and free electives to study one or more of the various languages taught at the University. Note: students also can take courses of interest as electives without concern for clustering.

Semester 1- Fall
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
MGMT*1000 [1.00] Introduction to Business
Semester 2 - Winter
ACCT*2220 [0.50] Financial Accounting
ECON*1100 [0.50] Introductory Macroeconomics
MCS*1000 [0.50] Introductory Marketing
Semesters 1 or 2 - Fall or Winter
MATH*1030 [0.50] Business Mathematics
PSYC*1200 [0.50] Dynamics of Behaviour
0.50 Marketing Environment electives (see List E1)
0.50 electives
Semester 3 - Fall
ACCT*2230 [0.50] Management Accounting
COOP*1100 [0.00] Introduction to Co-operative Education
HROB*2100 [1.00] Managing People in Organizations
MCS*2000 [0.50] Business in a Changing World
One of:
ECON*2740 [0.50] Economic Statistics
STAT*2060 [0.50] Statistics for Business Decisions
Semester 4 - Winter
MCS*3030 [0.50] Research Methods
Semesters 3 or 4 - Fall or Winter
MCS*2020 [0.50] Marketing Information Management
MCS*2600 [0.50] Fundamentals of Consumer Behaviour
MCS*3620 [0.50] Marketing Communications
0.50 History/Global Perspective electives (see List E2)
Summer Semester
COOP*1000 [0.00] Co-op Work Term I
Fall Semester
COOP*2000 [0.00] Co-op Work Term II
Semester 5 - Winter

The following 5.00 credits must be completed over semesters 5 and 6. Select 2.50 credits in Winter Semester 5 and the remaining 2.50 in Fall Semester 6:

BUS*3320 [0.50] Financial Management
ECON*2560 [0.50] Theory of Finance
FARE*3310 [0.50] Operations Management
HROB*3100 [0.50] Managerial Skills
MCS*3040 [0.50] Business and Consumer Law
MCS*3500 [0.50] Market Analysis and Planning
0.50 Leadership/Professionalism electives (see List E3)
1.50 electives
Summer Semester
COOP*3000 [0.00] Co-op Work Term III
Semester 6 - Fall

Select 2.50 credits from the list below that were not taken in Winter Semester 5:

BUS*3320 [0.50] Financial Management
ECON*2560 [0.50] Theory of Finance
FARE*3310 [0.50] Operations Management
HROB*3100 [0.50] Managerial Skills
MCS*3040 [0.50] Business and Consumer Law
MCS*3500 [0.50] Market Analysis and Planning
0.50 Leadership/Professionalism electives (see List E3)
1.50 electives
Winter Semester
COOP*4000 [0.00] Co-op Work Term IV
(Eight month work term Winter/Summer)
Summer Semester
COOP*5000 [0.00] Co-op Work Term V
(Eight month work term Winter/Summer)
Semesters 7 or 8 - Fall or Winter
MCS*3600 [0.50] Consumer Information Processes
MCS*4370 [0.50] Marketing Strategy
MCS*4600 [0.50] International Marketing
MGMT*4000 [1.00] Strategic Management
0.50 Advanced Marketing/Capstone electives (see List E4)
2.00 electives
Restricted Electives for the Marketing Management Major

The electives in the B.Comm. Marketing Management program help ensure achievement of all of the University's 10 Learning Objectives except "Numeracy". The Marketing Management program delivers substantial "Numeracy" through its required math, statistics, and economics courses as well as through emphasis on data analysis in courses such as Research Methods (MCS*3030) and Market Analysis and Planning (MCS*3500).

Substitutions for restricted electives will be allowed if a Marketing and Consumer Studies Faculty Advisor agrees that a proposed alternative is relevant to marketing in today’s world and has an appropriate level of rigour.

Marketing Environment Elective - List E1

To supplement the knowledge students gain in MCS*1000 about the socio-cultural, economic, political/legal, and technological "environmental" factors that must be taken into consideration in marketing decision-making, marketing management majors must take one [0.50 credits] of:

AGR*1250 [0.50] Agrifood System Trends & Issues
ANTH*1150 [0.50] Introduction to Anthropology
ARTH*1220 [0.50] The Visual Arts Today
EDRD*1400 [0.50] Introduction to Design
FRHD*1010 [0.50] Human Development
GEOG*1200 [0.50] Society and Space
GEOG*1220 [0.50] Human Impact on the Environment
GEOG*2510 [0.50] Canada: A Regional Synthesis
HIST*2610 [0.50] Contemporary Canadian Issues
NUTR*1010 [0.50] Nutrition and Society
PHIL*2070 [0.50] Philosophy of the Environment
POLS*1400 [0.50] Issues in Canadian Politics
POLS*2250 [0.50] Public Administration and Governance
POLS*2300 [0.50] Canadian Government and Politics
SOC*1100 [0.50] Sociology
History/Global Elective - List E2

To help marketing majors develop a sense of the fundamental relativity of knowledge and understanding over time and/or to help them gain the global perspective needed in senior marketing courses, marketing management majors must take one [0.50 credits] of:

ARTH*2490 [0.50] History of Canadian Art
BIOL*1500 [0.50] Humans in the Natural World
EURO*1050 [0.50] The Emergence of a United Europe
GEOG*2030 [0.50] Political Ecology & Geography
HIST*1150 [0.50] The Modern World
HIST*1250 [0.50] Science and Society Since 1500
HIST*2070 [0.50] World Religions in Historical Perspective
HIST*2250 [0.50] Environment and History
HIST*2300 [0.50] The United States Since 1776
HIST*2510 [0.50] Modern Europe Since 1789
HIST*2800 [0.50] The History of the Modern Family
HIST*2910 [0.50] Modern Asia
HIST*2930 [0.50] Women and Cultural Change
HIST*3070 [0.50] Modern India
HIST*3150 [0.50] History and Culture of Mexico
ISS*2000 [0.50] Asia
MUSC*2280 [0.50] Masterworks of Music
POLS*1500 [0.50] World Politics
POLS*2080 [0.50] Development and Underdevelopment
POLS*2200 [0.50] International Relations
Leadership/Professionalism Elective - List E3

To help prepare senior marketing management majors for leadership positions in organizations, they must take one [0.50 credits] of:

ECON*2310 [0.50] Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON*2410 [0.50] Intermediate Macroeconomics
EDRD*3160 [0.50] International Communication
EDRD*4120 [0.50] Leadership Development in Small Organizations
HROB*2010 [0.50] Foundations of Leadership
MCS*3080 [0.50] The Corporation and Society
MGMT*3020 [0.50] Corporate Social Responsibility
MGMT*4260 [0.50] International Business
PHIL*2100 [0.50] Critical Thinking
PHIL*2120 [0.50] Ethics
PHIL*2600 [0.50] Business and Professional Ethics
Advanced Marketing Capstone Elective - List E4

To enhance their understanding of marketing in terms of theory and/or application, senior marketing management majors must take one [0.50 credits] of:

HROB*4010 [0.50] Leadership Capstone
MCS*3010 [0.50] Quality Management
MCS*4040 [0.50] Management in Product Development
MCS*4050 [0.50] The Evolution of Capitalism: A Canadian Perspective
MCS*4100 [0.50] Entrepreneurship
MCS*4020 [0.50] Research in Consumer Studies
MCS*4300 [0.50] Marketing and Society
MCS*4400 [0.50] Pricing Management
MCS*4910 [0.50] Topics in Consumer Studies
MCS*4920 [0.50] Topics in Consumer Studies
MCS*4950 [0.50] Consumer Studies Practicum
MGMT*4050 [0.50] Applied Community Project I
MGMT*4060 [0.50] Applied Community Project II
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