Department of Business
Contact Information:
MBA Program
Dr Mitali De, MBA Program Director
mde@wlu.ca
519-884-0710, ext 3797
MFin Program
Dr Ning (Tony) Tang, Program Director
ntang@wlu.ca
519-884-0710, ext 2479
MSc and PhD in Management
Dr Madhu Kalimipalli, Program Director
mkalimipalli@wlu.ca
519-884-0710, ext 2187
MSc in Management, Technology Management (EMTM)
Dr Hamid Noori, Program Director
hnoori@wlu.ca
519-884-0710, ext 2571
Graduate Diploma in Accounting
Dr Bruce McConomy
bmcconomy@wlu.ca
519-884-0710, ext 2890
- Graduate Diploma in Accounting
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Business Administration / Master of Finance (Executive)
- Master of Finance
- Master of Finance (Executive)
- Master of Science in Management
- Doctor of Philosophy in Management
- Master of Business Administration/Master of International Public Policy
As far as possible, each program attempts to provide a full range of core courses and electives. However, every course listed in this Calendar is not available in every session or every year.
Students are encouraged to consult the program/department to inquire about course offerings each year.
Courses with the discipline code TM are open only to students registered in the MSc in management (technology management) field (EMTM).
- accounting
- finance
- organizational behaviour and human resource management
- marketing
- supply chain, operations & technology management
| Course # | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BU517 | Financial Statement Analysis | 0.5 |
| BU527 | Advanced Topics in Management Controls | 0.5 |
| BU537 | Integrated Cases in Accounting | 0.5 |
| BU547 | Advanced Auditing | 0.5 |
| BU557 | Taxation III | 0.5 |
| BU600 | Management Accounting and Strategic Leadership | 0.5 |
| BU601 | Strategic Management | 0.5 |
| BU602 | Marketing | 0.5 |
| BU603 | Financial Management | 0.5 |
| BU604 | Organizational Behaviour | 0.5 |
| BU605 | Operations Management | 0.5 |
| BU606 | Economics | 0.5 |
| BU607 | Accounting | 0.5 |
| BU609 | Business Analytics | 0.5 |
| BU610 | Applied Business Research | 1.0 |
| BU611 | Entrepreneurship | 0.5 |
| BU612 | International Marketing and Entrepreneurship | 0.5 |
| BU613 | Entrepreneurial Finance | 0.5 |
| BU614 | Negotiation and Conflict Management | 0.5 |
| BU615 | Environmental Management | 0.5 |
| BU617 | Financial Accounting I | 0.5 |
| BU620 | Management Controls | 0.5 |
| BU621 | Managing Competitive Intelligence | 0.5 |
| BU622 | Services Marketing Management | 0.5 |
| BU623 | Derivatives and Financial Risk Management | 0.5 |
| BU625 | Management of Information Systems | 0.5 |
| BU627 | Financial Accounting II | 0.5 |
| BU628 | Leadership | 0.5 |
| BU631 | Social Entrepreneurship | 0.5 |
| BU632 | Marketing and Technology | 0.5 |
| BU633 | Management of Financial Institutions | 0.5 |
| BU635 | Global Operations and Logistics | 0.5 |
| BU637 | Financial Information Systems | 0.5 |
| BU640 | Integrative Strategic Thinking and Action | 0.5 |
| BU641 | Mergers and Acquisitions Strategy | 0.5 |
| BU642 | Marketing Strategy | 0.5 |
| BU643 | International Financial Management | 0.5 |
| BU645 | Supply Chain Management | 0.5 |
| BU647 | Managerial Tax Planning | 0.5 |
| BU648 | Communication in a Managerial Context | 0.5 |
| BU650 | Ethics and the Conduct of Business | 0.5 |
| BU651 | The Canadian Legal Environment for Managers | 0.5 |
| BU652 | Consumer Behaviour | 0.5 |
| BU653 | Short-Term Financial Management | 0.5 |
| BU655 | Managing Innovation and Technology Transfer | 0.5 |
| BU657 | Financial Statement Analysis | 0.5 |
| BU658 | Organizational Dynamics and Change | 0.5 |
| BU660 | Laurier Start-up Fund | 0.5 |
| BU661 | International Strategy | 0.5 |
| BU662 | Marketing Research | 0.5 |
| BU663 | Advanced Corporate Finance | 0.5 |
| BU665 | Advanced Business Analytics | 0.5 |
| BU667 | Advanced Accounting | 0.5 |
| BU668 | Organizational Design and Structure | 0.5 |
| BU669 | International Business | 0.5 |
| BU670 | Business Research Methodology | 0.5 |
| BU671 | General Managers in Action | 0.5 |
| BU672 | Integrated Marketing Communications | 0.5 |
| BU673 | Investment Management | 0.5 |
| BU675 | Project Management | 0.5 |
| BU677 | Capstone I | 0.5 |
| BU678 | Human Resources Management | 0.5 |
| BU680 | Research Project | 1.5 |
| BU681 | Not-for-Profit Management | 0.5 |
| BU682 | Business-to-Business Marketing | 0.5 |
| BU685 | Procurement and Supply Management | 0.5 |
| BU687 | Advanced Management Accounting | 0.5 |
| BU690 | Directed Studies | 0.5 |
| BU691 | Seminar in Policy | 0.5 |
| BU692 | Seminar in Marketing | 0.5 |
| BU693 | Seminar in Finance | 0.5 |
| BU694 | Seminar in Economics | 0.5 |
| BU695 | Seminar in Operations and Decision Science | 0.5 |
| BU696 | Seminar in International Business Management | 0.5 |
| BU697 | Seminar in Accounting | 0.5 |
| BU698 | Seminar in Organizational Behaviour | 0.5 |
| BU699 | Design Thinking | 0.5 |
| BU701 | Competitive Strategy for a Sustainable World | 0.5 |
| BU711 | Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Environments | 0.5 |
| BU713 | Fixed Income Analysis | 0.5 |
| BU717 | Introduction to Auditing | 0.5 |
| BU721 | Managing the Family Enterprise | 0.5 |
| BU723 | Advanced Investment Management | 0.5 |
| BU727 | Capstone I | 0.5 |
| BU731 | Corporate Governance and Integrated Risk Management | 0.5 |
| BU732 | Strategic Brand Management | 0.5 |
| BU737 | Capstone II | 0.5 |
| BU747 | Taxation I | 0.5 |
| BU753 | Empirical Studies in Fixed Income | 0.5 |
| BU767 | Taxation II | 0.5 |
| BU777 | CFE Prep I | 0.5 |
| BU787 | CFE Prep II | 0.5 |
| BU800 | Fundamentals of Behavioural Research | 0.5 |
| BU801 | Management Foundations | 0.5 |
| BU802 | Research Methodology | 0.5 |
| BU803 | Theory of Asset Pricing | 0.5 |
| BU804 | Organizational Behaviour | 0.5 |
| BU805 | Deterministic Quantitative Analysis | 0.5 |
| BU807 | Accounting for Securities | 0.5 |
| BU808 | Organizational Theory | 0.5 |
| BU812 | Marketing Philosophy and Theory | 0.5 |
| BU813 | Empirical Studies in Derivatives | 0.5 |
| BU814 | Human Resource Management | 0.5 |
| BU815 | Stochastic Analysis and Simulation | 0.5 |
| BU817 | Survey of Accounting Research | 0.5 |
| BU818 | Qualitative Research Process | 0.5 |
| BU822 | Marketing Strategy | 0.5 |
| BU823 | Seminar in Financial Economics | 0.5 |
| BU824 | Special Topics in Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management I | 0.5 |
| BU825 | Foundations of Supply Chain Management | 0.5 |
| BU827 | Seminar in Financial Accounting | 0.5 |
| BU828 | Special Topics in Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management II | 0.5 |
| BU829 | Systems Modeling and Analysis | 0.5 |
| BU832 | Seminar in Marketing and Supply Chain Interface | 0.5 |
| BU833 | Empirical Asset Pricing | 0.5 |
| BU834 | Special Topics in Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management III | 0.5 |
| BU837 | Seminar in Management Accounting | 0.5 |
| BU838 | Special Topics in Organizational Behaviour/Human Resource Management IV | 0.5 |
| BU839 | Advanced Modeling and Analysis | 0.5 |
| BU842 | Consumer Behavior | 0.5 |
| BU843 | Seminar in Advanced Financial Econometrics | 0.5 |
| BU845 | Seminar in Supply Chain Management I | 0.5 |
| BU847 | Seminar in Archival Research in Accounting | 0.5 |
| BU849 | Advanced Empirical Research Methods | 0.5 |
| BU852 | Service and Relationship Marketing | 0.5 |
| BU853 | Market Microstructure, Trading and Investment Strategies | 0.5 |
| BU855 | Seminar in Supply Chain Management II | 0.5 |
| BU857 | Seminar in Behavioral Research in Accounting | 0.5 |
| BU859 | Foundations of Operations Management | 0.5 |
| BU862 | Research in Brand & Product | 0.5 |
| BU863 | Empirical Corporate Finance | 0.5 |
| BU865 | Seminar in Technology Innovation and New Product Development | 0.5 |
| BU872 | Special Topics in Marketing | 0.5 |
| BU875 | Advanced Topics in Supply Chain Management | 0.5 |
| BU885 | Advanced Topics in Operations Management | 0.5 |
| BU890 | Directed Studies | 0.5 |
| BU891 | Comprehensive Examination | 0.0 |
| BU899 | Doctoral Dissertation | 0.0 |
| MF703 | Seminar in Corporate Finance | 0.5 |
| MF713 | Financial Reporting and Analysis I | 0.5 |
| MF723 | Financial Reporting and Analysis II | 0.5 |
| MF733 | CFA Level I Review | 0.5 |
| MF753 | Economics and Quantitative Methods I | 0.5 |
| MF763 | Economics and Quantitative Methods II | 0.5 |
| MF773 | Foundation in Finance and Professional Ethics | 0.5 |
| MF783 | Research Paper | 0.5 |
| MF793 | CFA Level II Review | 0.5 |
| MS700 | Univariate and Multivariate Statistics | 0.5 |
| MS704 | Major Research Paper I | 0.5 |
| MS714 | Major Research Paper II | 0.5 |
| MS715 | Simulation and IT Topics | 0.5 |
| MS795 | Major Research Paper | 0.0 |
| TM701 | Strategic Management and Technology | 0.5 |
| TM702 | Commercialization and Marketing Technological Innovations | 0.5 |
| TM703 | Finance for Technology Firms | 0.5 |
| TM704 | Designing and Leading the Innovative Organization | 0.5 |
| TM705 | Technology, Design and Innovation | 0.5 |
| TM706 | Economics, Technology and Intellectual Capital | 0.5 |
| TM707 | Measurements, Analysis and Control | 0.5 |
| TM715 | Technology Assessment and Roadmapping | 0.5 |
| TM725 | Advanced Topics in Technology and Innovation | 0.5 |
| TM789 | Major Research Paper (MRP) | 0.0 |