X. Degree Programs

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.)

Public Management (PMGT)

Department of Economics and Finance, College of Management and Economics

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 political, economic 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.

Students enrolled in the PMGT major can choose to complete three of the five required courses for the Certificate in Leadership as part of their requirements for the program if they choose the appropriate restricted electives. 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*2100 [0.50] Economic Growth and Environmental Quality
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
ECON*2410 [0.50] Intermediate Macroeconomics
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
POLS*3440 [0.50] Corruption, Scandal and Political Ethics *
0.50 electives
* This course may be offered in the fall and can be taken later in the program.
Semester 5
ECON*2560 [0.50] Theory of Finance
FARE*3310 [0.50] Operations Management
MGMT*3320 [0.50] Financial Management
One of:
MCS*3040 [0.50] Business and Consumer Law
HROB*3050 [0.50] Employment Law
0.50 electives
Semester 6
MCS*2020 [0.50] Marketing Information Management
Two of:
ECON*3300 [0.50] Economics of Health and the Workplace
ECON*3400 [0.50] The Economics of Personnel Management
ECON*3520 [0.50] Labour Economics
ECON*3580 [0.50] Economics of Regulation
ECON*3620 [0.50] International Trade
One of:
POLS*3210 [0.50] The Constitution and Canadian Federalism
POLS*3270 [0.50] Local Government in Ontario
POLS*3670 [0.50] Comparative Public Policy and Administration
0.50 electives
Semester 7
ECON*3610 [0.50] Public Economics
POLS*3470 [0.50] Business-Government Relations in Canada
One of:
POLS*4250 [0.50] Topics in Public Management
POLS*4970 [0.50] Honours Political Science Research I
0.50 credits at the 3000 or 4000 level in Economics or 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 Economics
One of:
POLS*3210 [0.50] The Constitution and Canadian Federalism
POLS*3270 [0.50] Local Government in Ontario
POLS*3670 [0.50] Comparative Public Policy and Administration
0.50 electives
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