Overview
Go Global has a limited number of spaces for students wishing to study commerce at UBC. Students from universities with commerce-specific exchange agreements can check with their universities for information on available exchange spaces at UBC.
Undergraduate program structure
- Year one
Consists of calculus, micro- and macroeconomics, and business fundamentals. - Year two
Consists of a pre-set group of second-year commerce courses. - Year three
Consists of a pre-set group of third-year commerce courses and specialization courses. - Year four
Students further their commerce and specialization studies
Areas of study
- Accounting
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- General Business Management
- Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources Management
- Business Technology Management
- Marketing
- Real Estate
- Transportation and Logistics
General information
Exchange students are expected to have completed most of the equivalent to the courses listed below.
| Subject | UBC course number |
|---|---|
| Differential Calculus with Applications | MATH_V 100 |
| Principles of Microeconomics | ECON_V 101 |
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON_V 102 |
| Introduction to Quantitative Decision Making | COMM_V 190 |
| Application of Statistics in Business | COMM_V 191 |
| Management and Organizational Behaviour | COMM_V 192 |
| Introduction to Management Information Systems | COMM_V 205 |
| Financial Accounting | COMM_V 293 |
| Managerial Accounting | COMM_V 294 |
| Managerial Economics (Intermediate Economics) | COMM_V 295 |
| Introduction to Marketing | COMM_V 296 |
| Introduction to Finance | COMM_V 298 |
Course enrolment
Students nominated by their home university and admitted to exchange at UBC Sauder are allowed a maximum of 12 credits of commerce courses (COMM/COHR/COMR) per term. Additional credits may be considered if space is available.
- Students not on exchange with UBC Sauder may request to take commerce courses but enrolment is limited and is not guaranteed.
- Many courses have additional prerequisites that must be met prior to course enrolment. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that these prerequisites are met. Students will not be permitted to take a course and its prerequisite(s) in the same term.
- Courses at the graduate level (500- and 600-level) are not available.
- COMM_V 101, 105, 196, 202, 271, 396, 466, 483, co-operative work placements (COMM_V 380, 381, 480, and 481), and dual degree courses (COMM_V 120, 126, 220, 320, 321, 420, and 421) are not available.
- BUSI_V and COEC_V courses are not available.
- Enrolment in second-year courses (200-level) may be limited.
- The following courses for non-commerce majors are also available to commerce majors: COMR_V 100, 329, 398, 457, 458, 465, 473, and 493.
- Many commerce courses are in high demand. Students may be refused enrolment due to capacity limitations.
- Economics is within the Faculty of Arts. Due to limited capacity, access to Economics courses is not guaranteed.
More information about Sauder course restrictions can be found here.
Useful links
- Apply to UBC on exchange
- Key dates for applying to UBC on exchange
- Budgeting for exchange
- Prepare to come to UBC on exchange
Not from a university partner?
Visiting, Unclassified, and Access Studies students are part of Non-Degree Studies, which is for students taking UBC courses without pursuing a UBC degree.
See Non-Degree Studies information for more details and to find out how to apply.