X. Degree Programs

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.)

Public Management (PMGT)

Department of Political Science, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences

The Public Management program is designed to lead to an understanding of public sector administration and management from the "inside" - as an integrated enterprise - as well as from the outside - as a series of policy decisions and outcomes. Characterized by a multi-disciplinary approach employing both political and business-oriented analysis, students will confront questions of why politicians and public servants behave the way they do, and how their policy choices and processes can be optimized. Management of public entities features a unique set of challenges that arise from and interact with basic political issues like democracy, accountability, equity, fairness, and justice. At the same time it necessarily faces concerns common to all organizations, such as efficiency, human and capital resource management, morale, planning, and adaptation to change.

The program will appeal to students interested in the public service, public sector businesses or business-government relations. A co-ordinated sequence of courses may be capped in the final year by a year-long research project and thesis.

Students enrolled in the PMGT major complete three of the five required courses for the Certificate in Leadership as part of their core requirements for the program. If you would like to graduate both with a BComm degree and the Certificate in Leadership you should use two of your free electives to enroll in HROB*2010 in either semester 3 or 6 and HROB*4010 in semester 8. In addition to the five degree-credit courses selected from the above list, 120 hours of leadership practice are required to obtain the undergraduate Certificate in Leadership. See http://www.leadershipcertificate.com/ for information regarding this Certificate and its course requirements.

Given the professional and applied nature of the program, there are no double majors or minors associated with the degree. Elective options enable students to select courses which support or complement their primary field of study

Liberal Education Requirement

As part of the graduation requirement all students within the B.Comm. Program are required to complete 1.50 credits from at least two different subject prefixes as listed under the B.Comm. Program Information section of the undergraduate calendar.

Major

For this major, 17.00 of the 20.00 credits are specified as core requirements and the remaining 3.00 as electives (including the Liberal Education Requirements of 1.50 credits).

Semester 1
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
MCS*1000 [0.50] Introductory Marketing
MGMT*1000 [1.00] Introduction to Business
POLS*1400 [0.50] Issues in Canadian Politics
Semester 2
ECON*1100 [0.50] Introductory Macroeconomics
HROB*2100 [1.00] Managing People in Organizations
MATH*1030 [0.50] Business Mathematics
POLS*2300 [0.50] Canadian Government and Politics
Semester 3
ACCT*2220 [0.50] Financial Accounting
ECON*2310 [0.50] Intermediate Microeconomics
POLS*3250 [0.50] Public Policy: Challenges and Prospects
One of:
ECON*2200 [0.50] Industrial Relations
ECON*2650 [0.50] Introductory Development Economics
One of:
ECON*2740 [0.50] Economic Statistics
STAT*2060 [0.50] Statistics for Business Decisions
Semester 4
ACCT*2230 [0.50] Management Accounting
MCS*2020 [0.50] Marketing Information Management
POLS*2250 [0.50] Public Administration and Governance
One of:
MGMT*3020 [0.50] Corporate Social Responsibility
PHIL*2600 [0.50] Business and Professional Ethics
0.50 electives
Semester 5
BUS*3320 [0.50] Financial Management
ECON*2560 [0.50] Theory of Finance
FARE*3310 [0.50] Operations Management
POLS*3470 [0.50] Business-Government Relations in Canada
One of:
MCS*3040 [0.50] Business and Consumer Law
HROB*3050 [0.50] Employment Law
Semester 6
POLS*3210 [0.50] The Constitution and Canadian Federalism
POLS*3670 [0.50] Comparative Public Policy and Administration
POLS*3270 [0.50] Local Government in Ontario
POLS*3440 [0.50] Corruption, Scandal and Political Ethics
0.50 electives
Semester 7
ECON*3610 [0.50] Public Economics
POLS*4250 [0.50] Topics in Public Management
One of:
POLS*4970 [0.50] Honours Political Science Research I
0.50 credits at the 4000 level in Political Science
1.00 electives
Semester 8
MGMT*4000 [1.00] Strategic Management
One of:
POLS*4980 [0.50] Honours Political Science Research II
0.50 credits at the 4000 level in Political Science
1.00 electives
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