Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management minor

General information

The Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management minor is available to students in our Bachelor of Commerce programs.

The Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree with a minor in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management requires a minimum of 18 credit hours in organizational behaviour and human resources management courses. Students must complete the two organizational behaviour and human resources management courses and a minimum of four organizational behaviour and human resources management elective courses.

Admission requirements

Students can apply to have a business minor added to their program in the winter semester of their second year in the program. Admission is competitive and based on performance in the program as well as previous business courses. Students must have a minimum 2.3 GPA (C+ average on a 4.3 scale) to be considered as well as at least a C+ average in Marketing in the Information Technology Sector (for Marketing minor) or Introduction to Project Management (for the Operations Management or Game Production Management minors). Students will be notified by their academic advisor by the end of May in their second year if they are accepted into their desired minor program.

Academic requirements to major/minor in a Bachelor of Commerce program

In order to remain in their major or minor, students must hold a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA (or 2.3 for the Accounting major or minor). Students falling below a 2.0 (or 2.3 in the case of Accounting), will be enrolled in the General Commerce program.

Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management minor core courses

• BUSI 2311U – Organizational Behaviour
• BUSI 2312U – Human Resources Management

Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management minor electives

• BUSI 3305U – Recruitment and Selection
• BUSI 3312U – Industrial and Labour Relations
• BUSI 3315U – Negotiation Theory and Behaviour
• BUSI 3330U – The Management of Change
• BUSI 3340U – Human Resource Planning
• BUSI 3350U – Developing Management Skills
• BUSI 3360U – Occupational Health and Safety
• BUSI 3370U – Employment and Labour Laws
• BUSI 3380U – Compensation and Benefits
• BUSI 3390U – Training and Development
• BUSI 4399U – Directed Independent Study in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management
• BUSI 4330U – Managing Team Dynamics