Plan Your Degree
Business @ UW
All University of Winnipeg undergraduate degrees, including a Business degree, involve meeting general requirements (set at the university level) as well as specific requirements of a particular discipline (set by Departments and/or Faculties).
We recognise that many students have questions about their degrees and/or courses. For that reason, we have developed a comprehensive FAQ.
SELECTING YOUR COURSES
As you plan your degree, you will need two things:
- The BUS Degree Info document (which shows the courses that will count toward your degree), and
- A list of the undergraduate courses (which includes prerequisite information).
Once you have a good idea of what your studies will invole, you will want to make an appointment with our Business Academic Advisor, who will walk you through, year-by-year, your entire degree.
MEET WITH OUR BUSINESS ACADEMIC ADVISOR
To discuss your Business courses and the structure of your degree, you should make an appointment to speak to the Business Academic Advisor, Christy Campbell. Christy will review your course selections and help you plan for future years. In fact, you should be making an appointment to see Christy every year to ensure your are on track to complete your degree.
To make an appointment to see Christy, visit the following link:
For those studying Accounting
For those studying Accounting, we have created two Course Maps that will help you progress through your degree:
- 4-year BBA with Accounting Concentration
- 4-year BBA with Accounting Concentration (with max CPA credit)
The second Course Map will be useful if you are looking to get the maximum CPA prerequisite credit from your undergraduate degree prior to entering the CPA program. For more information on the CPA Program please visit our CPA Campus Recruitment Page.
If you would like to speak to a faculty member on the broader aspects of our degrees (the different concentrations, career prospects, etc.) please send an email to business@uwinnipeg.ca and we can arrange this for you. If you would like to specifically talk about Accounting (CPA designation, career prospects, etc.) please contact our Accounting Administration Chair Rosalie Harms (r.harms@uwinnipeg.ca).
REGISTER YOURSELF AS A BUSINESS MAJOR
If you have decided studying Business is right for you, it is a good idea to declare your intent to undertake a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree by downloading and completing a Major Declaration Form.
Declaring your degree is important for several reasons:
- It helps to give the university an indication as to which degree requirements should be used to determine your eligibility for graduation;
- It can be a catalyst to require you to think through your degree program all the way to completion and to help you do so in time to make necessary plans (in consultation with a Business Academic Advisor, on an annual basis);
- It will bring you into contact with a representative of the Business and Administration Department who can help you plan your degree (the aforementioned Business Academic Advisor);
- It helps the Department (and the University) gain a better understanding of the number of the students in the program for resource planning purposes (i.e. hiring needs, number of course sections, different types of courses, etc.)
- Finally, by declaring your intent the Student Planning module in WebAdvisor will more accurately reflect your progress in your degree and/or requirements.