Certificate in Effective Business Practices & Leadership Skills

The Certificate in Effective Business Practices & Leadership Skills provides eligible students the opportunity to participate in a 4-month (non-credit) paid work placement while completing their program of study. Through the certificate, students will gain authentic learning experiences and apply what they are learning in the classroom to workplace environments. This certificate must be completed concurrently with any Department of Management program.

Although every effort is made to support students in securing a paid work placement, students must receive an offer of employment to complete the certificate. The Department of Management cannot guarantee that students will secure a paid work placement.

Limited Enrolment: Enrolment in the Certificate in Effective Business Practices & Leadership Skills is limited due to the experiential learning component. Students wishing to enrol at the end of their second year of study (minimum 7.0 credits) must have a minimum CGPA of 2.5. Please note that the CGPA requirement varies from year to year, based on the applicant pool, but will not fall below 2.5. Additionally, students must meet the following enrolment criteria:

1. Concurrent enrolment in one of the following programs:
   • Human Resource Management, Specialist (BBA);
   • Management, Specialist (BBA);
   • Management, Major (HBA);
   • Commerce, Specialist (BCom);
   • Commerce: Accounting, Specialist (BCom);
   • Commerce: Finance, Specialist (BCom);
   • Commerce: Marketing, Specialist (BCom); or
   • Commerce, Major (HBA)

2. Completion of the following courses prior to request for enrolment:
• MGT231H5 - Business Finance I

3. Completion of at least 5 points prior to the admission deadline in the Professional Skills Development Program (must include Resume Critique or Mock Interview)

4. Submission of an application to the Department of Management.

5. Participation in an enrolment interview.

• MGT231H5 and MGT262H5 and MGT300H5 and MGT010H5 (NOTE: This is a zero-credit course)
• 0.5 credit from 400-level course list: MGM464H5 or MGT430H5 or MGT433H5 or
  MGT434H5 or MGT437H5 or MGT442H5 or MGT450H5 or MGT455H5 or MGT461H5 or MGT463H5 or MGT491H5 or MGT492H5 or MGT493H5 or MGT494H5 or MGT495H5
• 15 Professional Skills Development Program points (must include Resume Critique or Mock Interview and Career Investment Planning Session)
• Workplace Preparation Workshops

• Work-Integrated Learning Experience (minimum 10-week internship in the Summer term)

To earn the Certificate students must concurrently be enrolled in a Commerce or Management program.

Human Resource Management - Specialist (BBA)

This program leads to a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree. This Specialist program cannot be combined with the Commerce (Specialist or Major), Digital Enterprise Management Specialist, or Human Resource Management Specialist.

Limited Enrolment — Admission to this program is based on the following criteria:

• Completion of at least 4.0 credits
• A final mark of at least 63% in each of the following courses:
  • MGM101H5 and MGM102H5
  • ( ECO101H5 and ECO102H5) or ECO100Y5
  • MAT133Y5 or MAT135Y5 or MAT137Y5 or MAT157Y5 or ( MAT132H5 and MAT134H5) or ( MAT135H5 and MAT136H5) or ( MAT137H5 and MAT139H5)
• A weighted average of the grades earned in the courses above that meets the program’s annual admission cutoff, which is determined annually by the Department of Management. This will vary from year to year and is based on capacity and the applicant pool.

Note:

• Applicants with transfer credits in any of the courses listed above will be assigned a 63% for each applicable transfer credit for program admission. Students can choose to retake these courses at UofT and their UofT grade will be considered in their weighted average instead.
• Application for admission to the program is made during the Subject POSt request periods for all students.
• Please see the full list below for equivalent UTSG and UTSC courses.

This program has a total of 15.5 credits.

First Year (3.0 credits):

1. MGM101H5 and MGM102H5
2. ( ECO101H5 and ECO102H5) or ECO100Y5
3. MAT133Y5 or MAT135Y5 or MAT137Y5 or MAT157Y5 or ( MAT132H5 and MAT134H5) or ( MAT135H5 and MAT136H5) or ( MAT137H5 and MAT139H5)

It is recommended that students interested in pursuing this program consider completing SOC100H5 to ensure access to some upper year SOC courses to fulfill the 1.5 Electives Program Requirement listed below.

Higher Years (12.5 credits):

1. Core courses (1.5 credits): MGT262H5 and MGT270H5 and MGT492H5
2. Management Disciplines (9.5 credits): ( MGT120H5 or MGM221H5) and ** MGT223H5 and MGT231H5 and MGT252H5 and MGT260H5 and MGT363H5 and MGT371H5 and MGT480H5 and MGM360H5 and MGM364H5 and MGM365H5 and MGM390H5 and MGM464H5 and MGM465H5 and MGM466H5 and ( ECO200Y5 or ECO204Y5 or ECO205Y5 or ECO206Y5) and * ECO220Y5
3. 1.0 credit from: ANT350H5 or HIS313H5 or HIS314H5 or SOC227H5 or SOC236H5 or SOC263H5 or SOC361H5 or WGS210H5 or MGT461H5 or MGT463H5 or MGT467H5
4. 0.5 credit in MGT or MGM at the 200/300/400 level

* STA218H5 and MGT218H5 will no longer be accepted as an appropriate course for this program AFTER the 2022-2023 Academic year. Beginning in the 2023-2024 Academic year all students will be required to complete ECO220Y5 as the statistics course for this program.

** MGM222H5 will no longer be accepted as an appropriate course for this program AFTER the 2022-2023 Academic year. Beginning in the 2023-2024 Academic year, all students will be required to complete MGT223H5 as a course for this program.

Note: enough space is reserved each year in MGT480H5 to accommodate the full HRM cohort.

• It is strongly recommended that MGT120H5 is taken in first year or the Fall term of the second year,
• Management and Commerce students can only use 1.0 ROP credit towards program completion.
• During the Fall-Winter session, Management students must take ECO204Y5. They will not have access to ECO200Y5 in the academic year.

Please note the following list of acceptable equivalents for application to the POST:

Management - Major (HBA)

This program must be taken as part of an Honours degree. This major program cannot be combined with the Commerce (Major or Specialist), Digital Enterprise Management Specialist, Economics or Human Resource Management Specialist.

Limited Enrolment — Admission to this program is based on the following criteria:

• Completion of at least 4.0 credits
• A final mark of at least 63% in each of the following courses:
  • MGM101H5 and MGM102H5
  • ( ECO101H5 and ECO102H5) or ECO100Y5
  • MAT133Y5 or MAT135Y5 or MAT137Y5 or MAT157Y5 or ( MAT132H5 and MAT134H5) or ( MAT135H5 and MAT136H5) or ( MAT137H5 or MAT139H5)
• A weighted average of the grades earned in the courses above that meets the program’s annual admission cutoff, which is determined annually by the Department of Management. This will vary from year to year and is based on capacity and the applicant pool.

Note:

• Applicants with transfer credits in any of the courses listed above will be assigned a 63% for each applicable transfer credit for program admission. Students can choose to retake these courses at UofT and their UofT grade will be considered in their weighted average instead.
• Application for admission to the program is made during the Subject POSt request periods for all students.
• Please see the full list below for equivalent UTSG and UTSC courses.

This program has a total of 9.5 credits.

First Year (3.0 credits):

1. MGM101H5 and MGM102H5
2. ( ECO101H5 and ECO102H5) or ECO100Y5
3. MAT133Y5 or MAT135Y5 or MAT137Y5 or MAT157Y5 or ( MAT132H5 and MAT134H5) or ( MAT135H5 and MAT136H5) or ( MAT137H5 and MAT139H5)

Higher Years (6.5 credits):

1. Core courses (1.5 credits): MGT262H5 and MGT270H5 and MGT492H5
2. Management Disciplines (4.0 credits): ( MGT120H5 or MGM221H5) and * ECO220Y5 and ** MGT223H5 and MGT231H5 and MGT252H5 and MGT371H5 and MGM390H5
3. Electives (1.0 credit): Any 300/400-level MGT/MGM courses. Cannot include any courses already used above.

* STA218H5 or MGT218H5 will no longer be accepted as an appropriate course for this program AFTER the 2022-2023 Academic Year. Beginning in the 2023-2024 Academic Year, all students will be required to complete ECO220Y5 as the statistics course for this program.

** MGM222H5 will no longer be accepted as an appropriate course for this program AFTER the 2022-2023 Academic Year. Beginning in the 2023-2024 Academic Year, all students will be required to complete MGT223H5 as a course for this program.

• It is strongly recommended that MGT120H5 is taken in first year or the Fall term of the second year.
• Management and Commerce students can only use 1.0 ROP credit towards program completion.

Please note the following list of acceptable equivalents for application to the POST:

Management - Specialist (BBA)

This program leads to a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree. This Specialist program cannot be combined with the Commerce (Specialist or Major), Digital Enterprise Management Specialist, or Human Resource Management Specialist.

Limited Enrolment — Admission to this program is based on the following criteria:

• Completion of at least 4.0 credits
• A final mark of at least 63% in each of the following courses:
  • ( ECO101H5 and ECO102H5) or ECO100Y5
  • MGM101H5 and MGM102H5
  • MAT133Y5 or MAT135Y5 or MAT137Y5 or MAT157Y5 or ( MAT132H5 and MAT134H5) or ( MAT135H5 and MAT136H5) or ( MAT137H5 and MAT139H5)
• A weighted average of the grades earned in the courses above that meets the program’s annual admission cutoff, which is determined annually by the Department of Management. This will vary from year to year and is based on capacity and the applicant pool.

Note:

• Applicants with transfer credits in any of the courses listed above will be assigned a 63% for each applicable transfer credit for program admission. Students can choose to retake these courses at UofT and their UofT grade will be considered in their weighted average instead.
• Application for admission to the program is made during the Subject POSt request periods for all students.
• Please see the full list below for equivalent UTSG and UTSC courses.

This program has a total of 14.0 credits

First Year (3.0 credits):

1. MGM101H5 and MGM102H5; and
2. ( ECO101H5 and ECO102H5) or ECO100Y5; and
3. MAT133Y5 or MAT135Y5 or MAT137Y5 or MAT157Y5 or ( MAT132H5 and MAT134H5) or ( MAT135H5 and MAT136H5) or ( MAT137H5 and MAT139H5)

Higher Years (11.0 credits):

1. Core courses (2.0 credits): MGT260H5 and MGT262H5 and MGT270H5 and MGT492H5
2. Management Disciplines (7.5 credits): ( MGT120H5 or MGM221H5) and ( ECO200Y5 or ECO204Y5 or ECO205Y5 or ECO206Y5) and * ECO220Y5 and ** MGT223H5 and MGT231H5 and MGT232H5 and MGT252H5 and MGM320H5 and MGT353H5 and MGT363H5 and MGT371H5 and MGT374H5 and MGM390H5
3. Electives (1.5 credits): Any 300/400-level MGM or MGT courses. Cannot include any courses already used above.

* STA218H5 or MGT218H5 will no longer be accepted as an appropriate course for this program AFTER the 2022-2023 Academic year. Beginning in the 2023-2024 Academic year, all students will be required to complete ECO220Y5 as the statistics course for this program.

** MGM222H5 will no longer be accepted as an appropriate course for this program AFTER the 2022-2023 Academic year. Beginning in the 2023-2024 Academic year, all students will be required to complete MGT223H5 as a course for this program.

• It is strongly recommended that MGT120H5 is taken in first year or the Fall term of the second year.
• Students in the Management Specialist with the required prerequisites should consider complementing their studies with an Economics Minor program.
• Management and Commerce students can only use 1.0 ROP credit towards program completion.
• During the Fall-Winter session, Management students must take ECO204Y5. They will not have access to ECO200Y5 in the academic year.

Please note the following list of acceptable equivalents for application to the POST: