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Minors for Non-Management Students
The Desautels Faculty of Management has introduced four Minors that allow undergraduates to develop a variety of managerial skills that will serve them throughout their chosen careers. The Minors have limited enrolment. Applicants for the Minors must have a minimum CGPA of 3.0 although successful completion of the minimum requirements does not guarantee acceptance. All Minors are 18 credits split between a fixed set of required courses and a choice amongst complementary courses. Students can only pursue one of the Minors offered by the Desautels Faculty of Management. On an exceptional basis, students may be permitted a maximum of one Continuing Education course for credit within their chosen Management Minor. All Minors for Non-Management Students require an application. The form may be found at www.mcgill.ca/desautels/bcom/prospective_students/minors; hard copies of application forms are also available in the BCom Student Affairs Office, Bronfman 110. Applications must be submitted to the BCom Student Affairs Office by January 30 and decisions will be made by February 15 where students will be informed via their 91ÉçÇø email addresses. Courses for Minors must be passed with grades of C or better. Courses for Minors cannot be taken under the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory option.
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- Minor in Finance (For Non-Management Students) (18 credits)
- Minor in Management (For Non-Management Students) (18 credits)
- Minor in Management for Economics Students
- Minor in Management for Engineering Students
- Minor in Management for Science Students
- Minor in Marketing (For Non-Management Students) (18 credits)
- Minor in Operations Management (For Non-Management Students) (18 credits)
- Minor in Technological Entrepreneurship for Engineering Students
- Minor in Technological Entrepreneurship for Science Students
Minor in Finance (For Non-Management Students) (18 credits)
The Minor Finance consists of 18 credits of Management courses and is offered to non-management students in the Faculties of Arts, Engineering and Science.
The minor has been designed to provide students with an understanding of the key concepts in corporate finance as well as investment banking.
Complementary Courses (9 credits)
9 credits selected from:
FINE 442 | (3) | Capital Markets and Institutions |
FINE 443 | (3) | Applied Corporate Finance |
FINE 444 | (3) | Risk Management and Insurance |
FINE 445 | (3) | Real Estate Finance |
FINE 448 | (3) | Financial Derivatives |
FINE 449 | (3) | Market Risk Models |
FINE 451 | (3) | Fixed Income Analysis |
FINE 480 | (3) | Global Investments |
FINE 482 | (3) | International Finance 1 |
FINE 492 | (3) | International Finance 2 |
FINE 541 | (3) | Applied Investments |
FINE 547 | (3) | Advanced Finance Seminar |
or other appropriate 300- or 400-level FINE courses with the approval of the program adviser
*Prerequiste: MGCR 271, Business Statistics, or another equivalent statistics course approved by the program adviser.
Minor in Management (For Non-Management Students) (18 credits)
The Minor Management consists of 18 credits of Management courses and is currently offered to non-management students in the following Faculties: Arts, Engineering, Science, Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Music,Religious Studies and Kinesiology.
This minor is designed to provide non-management students with the opportunity to obtain basic knowledge in various aspects of management.
Category C
6 credits selected from:
3-6 credits from any 300- or 400-level management courses for which prerequisites have been met.
0-3 credits may be from a specifically designated course by the student's home faculty.
*Prerequiste: MGCR 271, Business Statistics, or another equivalent statistics course approved by the program adviser.
** 3 credits of statistics: Students who have taken an equivalent statistics course in another faculty may not count those credits towards the minor; an additional 3-credit Complementary course must be chosen from the course list above.
*** Students who have taken an equivalent economics course in another faculty may not count those credits toward the Minor; an additional 3-credit Complementary course must be chosen from the course list above.
Note: Students should select their statistics course only after consulting the "Course Overlap" section in the Faculty of Arts, the "Course Overlap" section in the Facuty of Science, and the "Course Overlap" section in the Desautels Faculty of Management to avoid overlapping statistics courses.
Minor in Management for Economics Students
Minor in Management for Engineering Students
Minor in Management for Science Students
Minor in Marketing (For Non-Management Students) (18 credits)
The Minor Marketing consists of 18 credits of Management courses and is currently offered to non-management students in the Faculties of Arts, Engineering, Science and the Schulich School of Music.
This minor is designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamental concepts in marketing and a framework for applying marketing in a decision-making context. Students will be introduced to the basic concepts in marketing. The use of marketing theory and concepts for decision making will be covered. Marketing research methods for marketing decisions is introduced. Subsequently, students will be able to specialize by choosing from the list of complementary courses.
6 credits selected from:
MRKT 357 | (3) | Marketing Planning 1 |
MRKT 365 | (3) | New Products |
MRKT 438 | (3) | Brand Management |
MRKT 452 | (3) | Consumer Behaviour |
MRKT 453 | (3) | Advertising Management |
MRKT 455 | (3) | Sales Management |
MRKT 459 | (3) | Retail Management |
MRKT 461 | (3) | Advertising Practicum |
MRKT 483 | (3) | International Marketing Management |
or other appropriate 300- or 400-level MRKT courses with the approval of the program adviser.
*Students who have taken an equivalent statistics course in another faculty may not count those credits toward the minor; an additional 3-credit complementary course must be chosen from the course list above.
Note: Students should select their statistics course only after consulting the "Course Overlap" section in the Faculty of Arts, the "Course Overlap" section in the Facuty of Science, and the "Course Overlap" section in the Desautels Faculty of Management to avoid overlapping statistics courses.
Minor in Operations Management (For Non-Management Students) (18 credits)
Mentor: Professor V. Verter
The Minor Operations Management consists of 18 credits of Management courses and is currently offered to non-management students in the Faculties of Arts, Engineering, Science, and Agricultural & Environmental Sciences.
It provides non-management students with the opportunity to pursue a career that involves decision making at the operational level. Graduates will be able to find employment in consulting, manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, retail operations, healthcare management and environmental management for profit and non-profit corporations. The minor has been designed to provide students with an understanding of the key concepts in operations management theory and practice.
9 credits selected from:
MGSC 272 | (3) | Advanced Business Statistics |
MGSC 402 | (3) | Operations Strategy |
MGSC 403 | (3) | Introduction to Logistics Management |
MGSC 405 | (3) | Quality Management |
MGSC 415 | (3) | Supplier Management |
MGSC 431 | (3) | Operations Analysis |
MGSC 434 | (3) | Topics in Management Science |
MGSC 479 | (3) | Applied Optimization |
MGSC 575 | (3) | Applied Time Series Analysis Managerial Forecasting |
MGSC 578 | (3) | Simulation of Management Systems |
or other appropriate 300- or 400-level MGSC courses with the approval of the program adviser.
* 3 credits of statistics: Students who have taken an equivalent statistics course in another faculty may not count those credits toward the minor; an additional 3-credit Complementary course must be chosen from the course list above.
Note: Students should select their statistics course only after consulting the "Course Overlap" section in the Faculty of Arts, the "Course Overlap" section in the Facuty of Science, and the "Course Overlap" section in the Desautels Faculty of Management to avoid overlapping statistics courses.