- McMaster University offers a Bachelor of Commerce program for a duration of 4 years
- It is an on-campus, honours program offered on a full-time basis.
- The commerce program leads to the Honours Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree and provides the essential grounding in business subjects while giving students the opportunity to broaden their horizons by taking social science, humanities, and science courses as well.
- Students can choose between the Commerce program and the Honours Commerce program.
- Students in these programs who qualify can also take advantage of internship opportunities.
- Students get opportunities to participate in a wide range of student and faculty run activities, clubs, associations, experiential learning competitions, and conferences all of which can help students meet new people, practice their skills, and develop as a leader.
- Students will study a wide variety of business subjects at DeGroote:
- Accounting
- Finance
- Human Resources and Management
- Information Systems
- Marketing and Strategic Management
- Operations Management
- There are several professional designations that Students can work towards during their undergraduate degree. This means taking course work to qualify for designation in CFA, CPA, CHRP, and BTM Certification.
- However, after completing the third year of the program, students can choose to enhance their education by doing an internship.
- As a commerce student, they will gain knowledge and develop skills they need for positions of leadership in organizations spanning all sectors of the economy.
- DeGroote offers world-class, national award-winning instructors, state-of-the-art classroom facilities like the real-time Allen H. Gould Trading Floor, and dedicated support from DeGroote’s Student Experience team including Academic and Career and Professional Development support.
- DeGroote School of Business commerce graduates ranks in the top 95th percentile in North America in exit exams conducted by the Educational Testing Service.
- Job opportunities after Bachelor of Commerce are Accountant, Finance Officer, etc and the average salary goes up to 43,000 USD.