Business and Economics - Business Economics and Financial Management - Direct - International Year One (UTP Stage II) (Optional Co-op)

From day one, Lazaridis School students learn to work in teams tackling real-world problems that exist now. The co-op business degree is Canada’s largest to immerse students in the kinds of environments they’ll experience when they graduate. All of this is about teaching Lazaridis School students to think for themselves, so they’ll be able to adapt to a world of ever-growing complexity, facing problems nobody has ever solved before.

The Lazaridis School operates the largest business degree co-op program in the country. Students are encouraged to explore different career options and gain valuable employment experience before they graduate. The employment rate for the Economic (BA) program in 2020 was 100%.

This degree pairs the Economics program with the highly ranked Finance program. Students will graduate with the skills needed to enter the investment banking or finance profession and have the competitive career advantage of understanding the factors that influence income, wealth and well-being.

During the UTP Stage II: Business and Economics program students will take courses that introduce them to a wide range of disciplines including Business, Accounting, Economics and Leadership Foundations. Below is a sample of the courses that they might take during the program. They will be eligible to apply to the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics Bachelor of Business Technology (BBTM) at Wilfrid Laurier University upon successful completion of the UTP Stage II: Business and economics program.