This culminating course offers students in the Effective Business Practices and Leadership Skills Certificate an opportunity to integrate and synthesize their academic learning with their work-integrated learning experience. Students will engage with other students in the certificate program to share their experiences, complete their final workplace reflection exercises, produce a written report of their workplace experience, and exhibit their experience in the form of a final poster presentation. This course is required for all students in the Certificate in Effective Business Practices and Leadership Skills. No credit is awarded for this course.

Introduction to the theory and concepts of financial accounting. Students learn how to construct and interpret financial statements. Topics include an introductory understanding of accounting and the context within which accounting occurs.

This course will cover personal finance topics for individuals at all stages of life. Topics include budgeting, borrowing, investing, insurance and retirement planning. Tax issues associated with these topics is also covered including the basics of personal income tax. Case studies are used extensively to illustrate the material.

Targeted to business students with little or no programming experience, the course provides an understanding of the role computation has in solving business problems and to help students be able to write small programs to accomplish practical tasks in the business world.

Topics and issues in Management. Content in any given year will depend on the instructor. The contact hours for this course may vary in terms of contact type (L,S,T,P) from year to year, but will be between 24-36 contact hours in total. See the UTM Timetable.

Topics and issues in Management. Content in any given year will depend on the instructor. The contact hours for this course may vary in terms of contact type (L,S,T,P) from year to year, but will be between 24-36 contact hours in total. See the UTM Timetable.

Acquaints students with the statistical principles that managers need in order to extract information from numerical data, and to understand the formal principles of decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. Covers descriptive statistics, elementary probability, expected values, sampling distributions, point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing for normal and binomial data.

Expands the analysis of financial accounting beyond MGT120H5. Cases are used to develop critical thinking and communication skills. Topics include accounting's conceptual framework, analysis of business and financial statements, accounting for assets, and valuation of bonds.

Covers conceptual and analytical foundations of cost accounting and uses of accounting by management. Cost concepts for product costing and decision making provide an understanding of the uses of accounting information by management. Costing and control concepts are analyzed to equip students with tools for establishing costing systems and to make decisions.

Expands the analysis of financial accounting beyond MGT220H5. Technical topics include liabilities, shareholders’ equity, complex financial instruments, accounting for leases, measuring and reporting pensions and earnings per share. The emphasis is on analysis and developing judgment.

(Formerly MGT338H5) This course analyzes the financial investment decision-making process of individuals and firms. It provides an introduction to present-value techniques, capital budgeting decision-rules, the problem of investment under uncertainty, and portfolio theory.

(Formerly MGT339H5) This course extends material learned in MGT231H5, which is a prerequisite. Topics include the concept of efficiency of financial markets, the optimal financing decisions of firms, and the characteristics of debt, equity and other financial instruments such as options.

An introduction to the basic concepts of market definition, consumer behaviour, and the principal marketing functions: product line development, pricing, distribution, promotion, salesforce management, advertising, research, and planning.

(Formerly MGT460H5) Human resource management is studied from the perspective of the manager/practitioner. The course focuses on current theory and practices in the major functions of human resource management. Class exercises and projects are used to provide students with some practical HR experience.

Theoretical ideas and practical applications concerning individual and group behaviour in organizations. We explore relevant problems confronting management: motivation, influence, communication, supervision, decision-making, and work force diversity.

This course introduces the analytical mindset and data analytics skills that business professionals need to analyze and evaluate a variety of data to create insights for making decisions. In particular, you will learn to ask the right questions, prepare relevant data, apply appropriate data analytics methods, and interpret results to answer questions. You will also learn to use common data analytics tools, such as Excel, Access (SQL), and Tableau/Power BI to prepare, analyze, and model financial data. Finally, you will apply the analytical mindset and data analytics skills to address various business problems using financial and general business data.

This course provides second year undergraduate students, who have developed some knowledge of a discipline and its research methods, an opportunity to work in the research project of a professor in return for course credit. Students enrolled have an opportunity to become involved in original research, develop their research skills and share in the excitement and discovery of acquiring new knowledge. Project descriptions for participating faculty members for the following summer and fall/winter sessions are posted on the ROP website in mid-February and students are invited to apply at that time. See Experiential and International Opportunities for more details.

This courses provides a richly rewarding opportunity for students in their second year to work in the research project of a professor in return for 299Y course credit. Students enrolled have an opportunity to become involved in original research, learn research methods and share in the excitement and discovery of acquiring new knowledge. Participating faculty members post their project descriptions for the following summer and fall/winter sessions in early February and students are invited to apply in early March. See Experiential and International Opportunities for more details.

The ability to communicate effectively is an important skill in business and when preparing for the workplace. Through oral and written communication exercises, self-reflection, and other activities students will improve their communication, presentation, interviewing and networking skills and prepare for the workplace.

Targeted to business students with some programming experience, the course provides the foundation to take more advanced courses in the Department of Management that require programming knowledge and data mining skills. Topics in this accelerated course will include data structures, algorithms, analytics (i.e. descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive) including data visualization. Students will be expected to integrate concepts from statistics as well.

Topics and issues in Management. Content in any given year will depend on the instructor. This course may include 24 practical hours. See timetable for schedule. The contact hours for this course may vary in terms of contact type (L,S,T,P) from year to year, but will be between 24-36 contact hours in total. See the UTM Timetable.

Topics and issues in Management. Content in any given year will depend on the instructor. The contact hours for this course may vary in terms of contact type (L,S,T,P) from year to year, but will be between 24-36 contact hours in total. See the UTM Timetable.

A study of the concepts and theory underlying audit practice. Students are introduced to the CICA Handbook recommendations and guidelines for assurance. Practical examples are used to help students develop skills in exercising professional judgment.

Examines several current measurement and disclosure issues in financial reporting, within a "quality of earnings" framework. Topics include: financial instruments, measuring and reporting pensions, financial reporting of corporate income taxes, corporate reporting via the Internet, etc. The emphasis is on developing judgment. Please note: This course will be phased out as of Summer 2022. Students admitted to the Accounting program in Fall 2020 and onward should enrol in MGT225H5 Intermediate Accounting II.

Introduction to the different contexts in which costs need to be determined for goods sold internally, externally, domestically, and internationally. Other topics include appropriate cost structures for centralized, decentralized, and matrix forms of organizations and costs for long-term capital projects. Cases are used to promote understanding of the theories.

This course will provide a framework for analyzing a firm’s past performance, estimating its future performance, and valuing its equity. You will understand how to interpret financial statements, analyze cash flows, make judgments about earnings quality and uncover hidden assets and liabilities. It helps you become a sophisticated user of financial accounting data.

(Formerly MGT320H5) This course introduces students to integration of different areas of studies, stressing the pervasive competencies and critical thinking skills required from business school graduates, future professional accountants and advisors. This course focuses on developing students' decision-making and written communication skills.

The emphasis in this course is on accounting issues and practices relating to intercompany investments, foreign currency transactions, investments, not-for-profit organizations and emerging accounting issues where appropriate. Assigned material includes cases to ensure that the user impact of accounting choices is appreciated

Security analysis and portfolio management. Emphasis is placed on an analysis of bonds and common stocks.

This is a rigorous course on valuing securities, primarily equities, targeted at students interested in careers involving the analysis of financial statements. We will discuss how managerial discretion and accounting rules influence financial statements and how to analyze financial information to reveal a firm's true performance accurately. We will discuss the mechanics of forecasting and how to become adept at it. We will discuss the intricacies of different valuation models and understand the nuances that link them. Learning will be through lectures, case analyses, in-class exercises, and homework assignments. Almost all classes will involve an Excel-based activity, case discussion, and real-time data. At the end of the course, students can expect to gain significant expertise in all facets of valuation.