Commerce
The Commerce program (without option) offers an enriched overview of the management field without requiring you to declare a specialization. It will give you an understanding of areas as wide-ranging as accounting, finance, marketing, manufacturing, human resource management, international management and computerized management systems.
With a Commerce diploma, you can launch your own career in project management, business, or inventory control management, or even move into management in the public, private or not-for-profit sector.
CO-OP placements are made in private firms, Crown corporations and federal ministries – most in the Ottawa area, although it is possible to find placements in the Toronto or Montreal areas as well. Employers are looking for interns who demonstrate leadership and team spirit, with proven skills in communications and project management and with presentation software such as PowerPoint.
Commerce, No Option - Course Schedule
Some of our employers include
- Canada Post
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Centre for Public Management Inc.
- Export Development Canada
- Federal and Municipal Governments
- Fintrac
- Interis Consulting Inc.
- Microsoft Canada
- RBC Financial Group
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- University of Ottawa
Sample job descriptions
- Public Works and Government Services Canada - Gatineau, Quebec
- Public Works and Government Services Canada - Ottawa, Ontario
- FINTRAC - Ottawa, Ontario
- The Centre for Public Management (CPM) Inc. - Ottawa, Ontario
- Bell - Ottawa, Ontario
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Gatineau, Québec
Work/Study sequences
Sequence 1 - by default, all students follow this sequence
| Year of Study | Fall | Winter | Summer |
| 1 | Study | Study | - |
| 2 | Study | Study | Work 1 |
| 3 | Study | Work 2 | Study |
| 4 | Work 3 | Study | Work 4 |
| 5 | Study | - | - |
Sequence 2 - available to students hired for 12-month terms with the same company
| Year of Study | Fall | Winter | Summer |
| 1 | Study | Study | - |
| 2 | Study | Study | Work 1 |
| 3 | Study | Work 2 | Work 3 |
| 4 | Work 4 | Study | - |
| 5 | Study | Study | - |
Application Deadline
September 30 of your second year of studies
Admission requirements
- Be registered full-time in the honours commerce program, no option
- Have a minimum CGPA of 6
- Have completed all your first-year course requirements, and be registered in your mandatory second-year fall and winter courses
- Be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident or an international student (authorization or diplomat)
CO-OP fees - First work term before winter 2011
As a CO-OP student, you also pay CO-OP fees (announced every year by the Registrar) for each study session and work term, starting with the session before your first work term and up to and including your last work term.
CO-OP fees - First work term in or after winter 2011
As a CO-OP student, you also pay CO-OP fees (announced every year by the Registrar) for the session before your first work term and then for every work term, up to and including your last one.
How to apply
For information on how to apply to this CO-OP program, please click Here.
