7.1 General Structure of the Program
Prior to admission to the Asper School of Business/Red River College Joint Program, students must complete the Business Administration Diploma (University Stream) at Red River College with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00. Admission is limited and competitive. Following admission to the Asper School of Business, students in the Joint Program will be required to complete 72 credit hours to earn the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree. The 72 credit hours can be divided into the following components: the Core, the Major, Business Options, and Electives. These components and their associated limits are defined below.
The Core
The CORE comprises 33 credit hours of the 72 required in the Joint Program. It consists of specified mandatory courses from Accounting and Finance, Business Administration, Mathematics, Philosophy and/or Religion, and any department that offers a Written English course. The Qualifying Core courses (12 credit hours) should be taken in the first year at the Asper School. Students must achieve a minimum "C" grade in each Qualifying Core course. The Program Core courses (21 credit hours) may be taken at any point in the program, but the course GMGT 4010 must be taken in the student's final term. Core courses are listed in Section 7.2.
The Major
Each student must complete the course requirements of one MAJOR. Each Major will consist of a 12 credit hour unit of course work. The Majors are listed in Section 11.
Students may begin taking courses for their major as soon as prerequisites are met. Students have an opportunity to transfer from one Major to another, but this opportunity decreases as the student progresses in the program.
Business Options
The third component of the program consists of a required number of Business courses freely selected by the student. These courses are referred to as Business OPTIONS. Students must take at least 15 and not more than 18 credit hours of Options. Some students may want to take Options which will supplement their Major, whereas other students may prefer to broaden their educational base by selecting Business courses in another or several other Majors. Students who want to supplement their Majors may take up to 12 credit hours of their Options from that area. Students may complete a second Major as part of their Options requirements. Such students should consult with staff in the Program Office.
Electives
The fourth component of the program is the ELECTIVE requirement. An elective is any three or six credit hour course freely chosen by the student from courses taught in the degree programs of other faculties and schools, excluding the Asper School of Business. Students must take at least nine and not more than 12 credit hours of electives.
The total of Major/Option/Elective courses is 39 credit hours. Therefore each student may choose a 12/15/12 credit hour combination or 12/18/9 credit hour combination.
