Additional Requirements

Additional Credits Required?

Online Elective Course with Laurentian University

Paper-Based Distance Education Courses at Laurentian University

Courses at Other Universities

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Additional Credits Required?

The Laurentian University Online H.B.Com Degree Requirements form provided with your letter of offer indicates whether or not you have to complete up to 12 credits of additional requirements.

The H.B.Com Additional Requirements must be completed as undergraduate university level courses. They cannot be equivalent to your CGA studies, Commerce courses or Business related courses. For example, most Accounting courses, Business courses, Economic courses, Law courses, or Financial courses will not be approved.

You have three options to complete your additional credits:  

1) Online Elective Course with Laurentian University

Those students, who complete the internship, could complete the COMM 4405/HC1: Humanist Issues in Commercial Practice (6 credits) course towards the additional credit requirements.  Students may also complete two of  these  3 credit courses, COMM 4506/PT1: Project Management (3 credits) or COMM 4763/RK1: Risk Management (3 credits) or COMM 4456 Human Resources Management (3 credits) towards additional credit requirements.

2) Distance Education Courses at Laurentian University

Through the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE), LU offers a large number of distance education courses.

**Please note: The website for Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) is under development and not available at this time, please send an e-mail to CCE_L@laurentian.ca or call toll free 1-800-461-4030 ext: 3942 for information or support.

The following list of courses has been approved as potential electives towards the additional requirements. If you elect to take another course through the CCE department, first contact the Program Manager for approval.

ANTR 1007 EL (3 credits) - Introduction to Anthropology II

CLAS 1006 EL (3 credits) - Greek Civilization

CLAS 1007 EL (3 credits) - Roman Civilization

CLAS 2005 EL (6 credits) - Greek Mythology

CLAS 2095 EL (6 credits) - Women in the Ancient World

ECON 2015 EL (6 credits) - Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

HIST 3616 EL (3 credits) - History of Women and the Family in the Pre-Industrial Era

HIST 3617 EL (3 credits) - History of Women and the Women’s Movement in the Modern Era

HIST 3066 EL (3 credits) - Cities in Canada: An Historical Perspective

HIST 3196 EL (3 credits) - Canada in the 20th Century: Selected Problems

NATI 1116/1117 EL (6 credits) - The Original People of North America

POLI 3105 EL (6 credits) - Canadian Law, Politics and Aboriginal People

PSYC 1105 EL (6 credits) - Introduction to Psychology

SOCI 1015 EL (6 credits) - Understanding Society

SOCI 2086 EL (3 credits) - Crime and Punishment I: Explanations of Crime

SOCI 2087 EL (3 credits) - Crime and Punishment II: Police, Courts, Prisons and Rehabilitation

SOCI 3016EL (6 credits) - Modern Sociological Theories

WOMN 1005 EL (6 credits) - Introduction to Women’s Studies

WOMN 2006/2007 EL (6 credits) - Women and the Arts

All CCE courses are offered following the regular university academic calendar.  Usually, 3-credit courses are offered in the Fall (September – December), Winter (December – April) and Spring (May – July) sessions, while 6-credit courses are usually offered in the Fall/Winter (September – April) or in the Spring (May – July) sessions.

Process to enroll in a Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) Course:

Step 1: Send an e-mail to CCE_L@laurentian.ca or call toll free 1-800-461-4030 ext: 3942 to find an appropriate course.

Step 2: Complete the following forms (available in PDF) and send to the Registrar by fax to 705-675-4891.

Course Registration Form

Step 3: Order your textbooks from the Bookstore

If you require support, please send an e-mail to CCE_L@laurentian.ca or call toll free 1-800-461-4030 ext: 3942.

3) Courses at Other Universities

Canadian Virtual University

Laurentian University is a partner institution with the Canadian Virtual University.  This partnership allows you to take courses available through the Internet or by distance education at the following nine Canadian Universities:

Once you have decided on the university and course(s) that you want to take, you must inform LU of your decision. Complete the Letter of Permission Form and forward it to the LU/CGA Program Manager.  Click on the top right link for the required coordinates.

Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that an official transcript is forwarded to the Laurentian University Commerce Department, Attention: On line Programs immediately upon completion of the course taken at another institution.

Other Universities:

If you would like to take a course at an institution other than those listed with the Canadian Virtual University, you must receive permission from the program manager at Laurentian University prior to enrolling in the course. To get permission you have to complete a Letter of Permission form. The Program Manager will reply with a signed copy of the Letter of Permission Form  only then can you enroll in the course of your choice without having to go through the usual admission process that most universities require.  It is your responsibility to ensure that an official transcript is sent to Laurentian University Commerce Department, Attention: Online Programs immediately upon completion of the course taken at another institution.

The Letter of Permission fee is $25.  The Letter of Permission Form should be sent to the LU/CGA Program Manager. Click on the top right link for the required coordinates.  

Updated October 17, 2012 by TC