The Honours program in Business Economics provides students, interested in business as a career, the opportunity to combine practical applications in business-oriented courses with an economics degree.

Students may enroll in the following programs:

• Combined Honours BA (major only)
• General Honours BA
• Honours iBA
• Honours Major/Minor iBA (major only)
• Honours Double Major iBA
• Specialized Honours BA
• Specialized Honours iBA

Students are expected to be familiar with standard computer software, including word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation software and Web browsers.

Note that not all courses listed here will be offered in any one year.
Students should seek the advice of the department before choosing their courses.

Please refer also to information on core courses and general education and bilingual requirements

Candidates for Combined Honours with a major in business economics must take 66 credits, including:

• 48 credits of core courses and an additional
• 18 credits from the list of elective courses.

Candidates for General Honours BA Program Business Economics must complete 66 credits in the program, including

• 48 credits of core courses and an additional
• 18 credits of elective courses.

Candidates for Honours iBA Program in Business Economics must complete 66 credits, including

• 48 credits of core courses and an additional
• 18 credits in economics.

In addition to the courses required for their major, students must also fulfill the following requirements:

• at least 12 credits of internationally-oriented courses;
• at least one full term abroad as a full-time student at an institution with which Glendon and/or York has a formal exchange agreement;
• for the iBA bilingual, at least 18 credits in each official language (English and French) at Glendon (French as a second language and/or in English as a second language at the 2000 level or above or in discipline courses which are designated as satisfying the bilingual requirement);
• for the iBA trilingual, in addition to the 18 credits in each official language (English and French), 18 credits in Hispanic studies (including GL/SP 2610 6.00 or six credits of an advanced level course) or 18 credits in a modern language offered by York University (including six credits of an advanced- level course in the chosen language).

Courses taken to fulfill the major requirements may also be used to fulfill the above iBA requirements.

The Honours iBA program in Business Economics described above may be pursued jointly with any Honours Minor BA program at Glendon.

The Honours iBA program described above may be pursued jointly with any other Honours iBA degree program offered at Glendon. For further details on requirements, see the listings for specific Honours iBA programs

Candidates for Specialized Honours BA Program in Business Economics must take 78 credits in the program, including:

• 48 credits from the list of core courses and an additional
• 30 credits from the list of elective courses.

For a Specialized Honours iBA in Business Economics, students must complete at least 78 credits, including:

• 48 credits of core courses and an additional;
• 30 credits in economics.

In addition to the courses required for their major, students must also complete the following requirements:

• at least 12 credits of internationally-oriented courses;
• at least one full term abroad as a full-time student at an institution with which Glendon and/or York has a formal exchange agreement;
• for the iBA bilingual, at least 18 credits in each official language (English and French) at Glendon (French as a second language and/or in English as a second language at the 2000 level or above or in discipline courses which are designated as satisfying the bilingual requirement);
• for the iBA trilingual, in addition to the 18 credits in each official language (English and French), 18 credits in Hispanic studies (including GL/SP 2610 6.00 or six credits of an advanced level course) or 18 credits in a modern language offered by York University (including six credits of an advanced- level course in the chosen language).

Courses taken to fulfill the major requirements may also be used to fulfill the above iBA requirements.

Core Courses

GL/MATH 1930 3.00
GL/MATH 1940 3.00
GL/MATH 2680 6.00
GL/MODR 1610 3.00 and GL/MODR 1620 3.00
or
GL/ECON 3670 3.00 and GL/ECON 4260 3.00
GL/ECON 2300 6.00
GL/ECON 2500 3.00
GL/ECON 2510 3.00
GL/ECON 2710 3.00
GL/ECON 2720 3.00
GL/ECON 3230 6.00
GL/ECON 3240 6.00

Every student at Glendon shall complete before graduation the equivalent of at least six credits in each of three of the four general education divisions: humanities, modes of reasoning, natural science, social science. At least six of these 18 credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level. For detailed information about these divisions, see the description under multidisciplinary studies.