2024 fall and 2025 winter program maps
What is a program map?
Program maps provide you with the required course names and course codes to ensure you are enrolled in the correct courses for your program.
If your program start date is 2024 fall, please see below for your program maps for 2024 fall and 2025 winter semesters.
What is an elective?
Electives are courses you can choose.
- If you are in the Bachelor of Commerce program, a general elective is any course not related to or required for your program. May not start with "BUSI". Use the general elective list to choose.
- If you are in the Bachelor of Information Technology program, a general elective is any course not related to or required for your program. May not start with "INFR". Use the general elective list to choose.
Find your program
Bachelor of Commerce
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All majors - Accounting, Commerce, Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources Management, Entrepreneurship
The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Commerce program:
The tables below are for Accounting and Finance first year programs:
Fall 2024
Semester 1 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Fall BUSI 1520U Introduction to Business Analytics Fall BUSI 1600U Management of the Enterprise Fall BUSI 1915U Fundamentals of Business Mathematics Fall ECON 2010U Microeconomics Fall Elective Open Elective * Fall XBIT 1500U** Student Success Workshop: University 101 Winter 2025
Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Winter BUSI 1130U Introduction to Financial Accounting Winter ECON 2020U Macroeconomics Winter BUSI 1030U Writing & Critical Thinking Winter Elective General elective Winter Elective BUSI elective* *Recommended Business Electives:
- BUSI 1700U: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- BUSI 2000U: Collaborative Leadership
- BUSI 2570U: Cybercrime
*Open Elective: Any course that is not mandatory for your program to which you have the prerequisites and meet any restrictions on that course –courses from inside or outside our Faculty can satisfy this requirement.
Elective Listings can be found here: https://businessandit.ontariotechu.ca/undergraduate/academic-support/electives.php
**XBIT 1500U must be taken in the fall semester
The tables below are for Commerce Comprehensive, Marketing, and Organization Behaviour & Human Resources Management first year programs:
Fall 2024
Semester 1 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Fall BUSI 1030U Writing & Critical Thinking Fall BUSI 1520U Introduction to Business Analytics Fall BUSI 1915U Fundamentals of Business Mathematics Fall ECON 2010U Microeconomics Fall Elective Open Elective Fall XBIT 1500U** Student Success Workshop: University 101 Winter 2025
Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Winter BUSI 1130U Introduction to Financial Accounting Winter ECON 2020U Macroeconomics Winter BUSI 1600U Management of the Enterprise Winter Elective Business elective* Winter Elective General elective *Recommended Business Electives:
- BUSI 1700U: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- BUSI 2000U: Collaborative Leadership
- BUSI 2570U: Cybercrime
Elective Listings can be found here: https://businessandit.ontariotechu.ca/undergraduate/academic-support/electives.php
**XBIT 1500U must be taken in the fall semester
The tables below are for Entrepreneurship first year program:
Fall 2024
Semester 1 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Fall BUSI 1030U Writing and Critical Thinking Fall BUSI 1520U Introduction to Business Analytics Fall BUSI 1915U Fundamentals of Business Mathematics Fall BUSI 1700U Introduction to Entrepreneurship Fall ECON 2010U Microeconomics Fall XBIT 1500U** Student Success Workshop: University 101 Winter 2025
Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Winter BUSI 1130U Introduction to Financial Accounting Winter ECON 2020U Macroeconomics Winter BUSI 1600U Management of the Enterprise Winter Elective General elective Winter Elective BUSI elective* *Recommended Business Electives:
- BUSI 2000U: Collaborative Leadership
- BUSI 2570U: Cybercrime
Elective Listings can be found here: https://businessandit.ontariotechu.ca/undergraduate/academic-support/electives.php
**XBIT 1500U must be taken in the fall semester
For further information regarding your first-year program, please contact firstyear.FBIT@ontariotechu.ca.
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Technology Management
The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Technology Management (BComm) program:
Fall 2024
Semester 1 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Fall BUSI 1130U Introduction to Financial Accounting Fall BUSI 1600U Management of the Enterprise Fall BUSI 1915U Fundamental of Business Mathematics Fall ECON 2010U Microeconomics Fall Elective General elective Fall XBIT 1500U* Student Success Workshop: University 101 Winter 2025
Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Winter BUSI 1030U Writing & Critical Thinking Winter BUSI 1520U Introduction to Business Analytics Winter ECON 2020U Macroeconomics Winter INFR 1101U Introduction to Programming for IT Winter Elective BUSI elective** *Recommended Business Electives:
- BUSI 1700U: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- BUSI 2000U: Collaborative Leadership
- BUSI 2570U: Cybercrime
Elective Listings: https://businessandit.ontariotechu.ca/undergraduate/academic-support/electives.php
**XBIT 1500U must be taken in the fall semester
For further information regarding your first-year program, please contact firstyear.FBIT@ontariotechu.ca.
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Commerce – Advanced Entry
If you have been admitted to upper-year standing, please follow the program map for your program that is specified in the current undergraduate calendar. For further clarification, please consult your academic advisor.
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Commerce – Bridge
Commerce – Bridge students should contact their academic advisor to confirm the required bridging courses.
Bachelor of Information Technology
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Game Development and Interactive Media
The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Game Development and Interactive Media program:
Fall 2024
Semester 1 - 15 credit hours
Course Course Title Fall INFR 1395U Game Development Workshop I Fall INFR 1330U Introduction to Game Design Fall INFR 1020U Essential Math for Games I Fall INFR 1100U Programming for Games I Fall INFR 1315U Visual Narrative Foundations Winter 2025
Semester 2 - 15 credit hours
Course Course Title Winter INFR 1396U Game Development Workshop II Winter INFR 1335U Digital Game Design Winter INFR 1030U Essential Math for Games II Winter INFR 1110U Programming for Games II Winter INFR 1325U Introduction to 2D Animation for Games For further information regarding your first-year program, please contact firstyear.FBIT@ontariotechu.ca.
Upper-year students
If you have been admitted to upper-year standing through a pathways program, including the Networking and IT Security - direct entry program, you will receive an email from your academic advising office with additional information and the program map.
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Networking and Information Technology Security
The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Networking and Information Technology Security program:
Fall 2024
Semester 1 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Fall INFR 1411U Introduction to Networking I Fall INFR 1010U Discrete Mathematics Fall INFR 1101U Introduction to Programming for IT Fall BUSI 1600U Management of the Enterprise Fall BUSI 1030U Writing and Critical Thinking Winter 2025
Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Winter INFR 1421U Introduction to Networking II Winter INFR 1016U Introduction Calculus Winter INFR 2141U Object Oriented Programming for IT Winter INFR 2810U Computer Architecture Winter BUSI 2000U Collaborative Leadership For further information regarding your first-year program, please contact firstyear.FBIT@ontariotechu.ca.
Upper-year students
If you have been admitted to upper year standing through transfer credit, please follow the program map for your program that is specified in the current undergraduate calendar or for further clarification, please consult your academic advisor. If you have been admitted to upper-year standing through a pathways program, including the Networking and IT Security - direct entry program, you will receive an email from your academic advising office with additional information and the program map.
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Networking and Information Technology Security - Advanced Entry
Upper-year students
If you have been admitted to upper-year standing, please follow the program map for your program specified in the current undergraduate calendar. For further clarification, please consult your academic advisor.
IT students admitted via Direct Entry or CSTU should contact their academic advisor to confirm their required program map. -
Technology Management
The courses listed below are required for your first year of study in the Technology Management (BIT) program:
Fall 2024
Semester 1 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Fall INFR 1101U Introduction to Programming for IT Fall INFR 1010U Discrete Mathematics Fall BUSI 1520U Introduction to Business Analytics Fall Elective General elective Fall Elective Open elective * Winter 2025
Semester 2 - 15 credit hours Course Course Title Winter INFR 2141U Object Oriented Programming for IT Winter INFR 2810U Computer Architecture Winter BUSI 1030U Writing & Critical Thinking Winter BUSI 1600U Management of the Enterprise Winter Elective General elective Recommended Open/Business Electives:
BUSI 1700U - Intro to Entrepreneurship
BUSI 2000U - Collaborative Leadership
BUSI 2570U - Cybercrime (fall only)Elective Listings can be found here: https://businessandit.ontariotechu.ca/undergraduate/academic-support/electives.php
For further information regarding your first-year program, please contact firstyear.FBIT@ontariotechu.ca.
What's next?
Review how to register for courses.
How to contact us:
Contact your academic advisor if:
- You require any additional course planning assistance and/or type of accessibility services—contact Student Accessibility Services.
- You plan to take courses over the spring/summer term and want to spread the first-year courses out over three terms instead of two.
- You’ve received transfer credit for some introductory courses and are not sure what courses you can take.
