Business, Science, and Entrepreneurship
The Business Minor has been designed for students whose primary focus is a science discipline, but who recognize that obtaining an understanding of the fundamentals of business. Students will be exposed to more than one field of study within Business (Fundamentals of Accounting, Human Resources, Marketing, Finance, Strategy, Operations) in the context of science-oriented business scenarios.
Honours Bachelor of Science
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- Entrepreneur
- Project Manager
- Human Resources Specialist
- Operations Manager
- Financial Analyst
Admission Requirements
Regional Requirements
Admissions RequirementsLife in Business, Science, and Entrepreneurship
Buzz Around Campus
A University of Toronto startup that uses crowdsourcing to deliver goods to small businesses has been acquired by its biggest customer. Blip Delivery, founded in 2018 by U of T Mississauga students affiliated with ICUBE’s accelerator program, is the Uber of deliveries, says co-founder and CEO Srikanth Srinivas, who is in his final year of studying computer science.
Sasha Steinberg (BA 2010 Victoria) owns Cider House in Toronto’s west end. Prior to the pandemic, she relied mainly on alcohol sales to keep her business afloat. But when the lockdown hit, in March of last year, she shut down the bar completely and temporarily laid off all her staff.
A UTM student is bringing homeowners and solar panel installers together in an attempt to increase the use of sustainable energy systems in residential homes across Canada.
Sample Courses
An introduction to the fundamentals of market definition, consumer behaviour, and the principal marketing functions: product line development, pricing, distribution, promotion, and planning.
Students first learn how individual investors decide on their investments based on the time value of money and risk and return trade-offs, then understand the financing of firms within the context of capital markets.
Students in this course will analyze business cases, read academic studies, and interact with guest lecturers to gain familiarity with the major challenges that entrepreneurs encounter in successfully bringing innovations to market.
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