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Business Administration - Finance to Business Administration
Where Are You Now?
Durham College
Discipline: Business and related studies
Credential: College Advanced Diploma (3 year)
Program Title: Finance - Business Administration
Where Do You Want to Go?
Trent University
Degree Qualifications: BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)
Discipline: Business and related studies
Credential: Degree (4 year)
Program Title: Business Administration with a Specialization in Finance
Transfer credits / courses
Semesters Remaining
Course Equivalencies Granted
Students entering the Business Administration - Finance Advanced Diploma program in Fall 2022 or later will receive the following 10.0 transfer credits, provided they meet eligibility requirements:
- 0.5 ADMN 1000H – Contemporary Issues in Management and Organization
- 0.5 ADMN 2220H – Organizational Behaviour
- 0.5 ADMN 2610H – Personal Finance
- 0.5 ADMN 3200H – Financial Management
- 0.5 ECON 1010H – Introductory Microeconomics
- 0.5 ECON 1020H – Introductory Macroeconomics
- 0.5 ECON 2200H – Introduction to Statistics for Economics and Management
- 0.5 LSCM 2002H – Supply Chain Management
- 3.5 unassigned Business Administration credit at the 2000 level
- 1.5 unassigned Business Administration credit at the 3000 level
- 0.5 unassigned Computer Science credit at the 1000 level
- 0.5 unassigned Arts credit at the 1000 level
Transfer credits for students who entered the Business Administration - Finance Advanced Diploma program prior to Fall 2022 will be awarded on a course-by-course basis.
Requirements
To qualify for this pathway, students must:
- Successfully complete Durham College’s Business Administration – Finance Advanced Diploma program;
- Achieve minimum overall average of 75%
Students interested in degree programs not included in this pathway are referred to the Trent University website for information about admission requirements. Applicants will be considered in accordance with Trent University's general admission requirements. Students who meet the terms of the pathway will be eligible to receive the block of credits, but all transfer credits received may not be apply in full to all degree programs.
Applicants who do not meet the minimum average requirements, but who are otherwise admissible to Trent University, will be considered for admission based on general admission requirements.
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Minimum Grade for Admission≥ 75%
Pathway Requires Previous Program Graduation Yes
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Students must complete the following 10.0 credits to fulfill requirements for the Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) with a Specialization in Finance:
- 0.5 ADMN 1221H – Financial Accounting
- 0.5 ADMN 2100H – Introduction to Marketing
- 0.5 ADMN 2221H – Fundamentals of Managerial Accounting
- 0.5 ADMN 2230H – Human Resource Management
- 0.5 ADMN 2510H – Organization Theory
- 0.5 ADMN 3032H – Strategic Management
- 0.5 ADMN 3300H - Personal Ethics in Organizations in Business
- 0.5 ADMN 3610H - Introduction to Business Analytics*
- 0.5 ADMN 3700H - Investments*
- 0.5 ADMN 4300H - Financial Management 2*
- 0.5 ADMN 4700H - Derivatives*
- 0.5 ADMN 4720H - Financial Markets and Institutions*
- 0.5 ECON 2000H - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 1*
- 0.5 ECON 3020H - Financial Economics*
- 0.5 credit from the following:
- 0.5 ADMN 2600H – Applied Quantitative Analysis for Business;
- ECON 1250H – Introduction to Mathematics for Economics and Management
- 0.5 credit from the following:
- 0.5 ADMN 4032H – Strategic Management 2
- 0.5 ADMN 4040H – Managing Organizational Change
- 0.5 ADMN 4101H – Thinking About Management,
- 0.5 ADMN 4450H –Perspectives and Practices for Organizational Sustainability
- 0.5 credit from the following:*
- 0.5 MATH 1005H - Calculus for Business and Social Sciences
- 0.5 MATH 1110H - Calculus 1: Limits, Derivatives, and Integrals
- 0.5 MATH 1111H - Calculus 1
- 0.5 MATH 1350H - Algebra 1: Linear Algebra
- 0.5 MATH 1550H - Probability 1: Introduction to Probability
- 1.0 credit from the following:*
- 0.5 ADMN-ECON 3110H - International Trade
- 0.5 ADMN-ECON 3121H - International Finance
- 0.5 ECON 3200H - Econometrics
- 0.5 ADMN 3250H - The Legal Environment of Business
- 0.5 ADMN 3550H - Operations Management, Concepts and Cases
- 0.5 COIS 1400H - Introduction to Data Science
- 0.5 COIS 3510H - Data Visualization
- 0.5 ECON 3000H - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 2
- 0.5 ECON 4200H - Topics in Econometrics
- 0.5 MATH 3510H - Mathematical Finance
- 0.5 MATH 4510H - Mathematical Risk Assessment
- 0.5 credit from the Approved Indigenous Course List
*Additional notes:
- Courses without specified year levels must include at least 1.0 credit at the 3000 and/or 4000 level, and no more than 2.5 credits at the 1000 level.
- Students completing requirements for the Business Administration degree may be recognized as achieving the Specialization in Finance if they have completed the remaining specialization requirements with a minimum grade of 65% in each and an overall average of 70%. Courses required for the specialization are marked with an asterisk(*) above.
Degree requirements are subject to change. Students should consult the Academic Calendar for course descriptions, degree requirements, and academic regulations (https://trentu.ca/calendar). Consultation with an academic advisor is strongly recommended prior to course registration to support degree planning, course selection, and progression toward degree completion (https://trentu.ca/advising).
Language of Instruction
English
Cancellation Policy
This Agreement will be reviewed annually, or more frequently if significant curriculum changes occur at either institution that may impact the pathway. Either party may terminate this Agreement by providing one year's written notice to the other party. In the event of termination, the parties will make reasonable efforts to ensure that students currently enrolled in the pathway are able to complete their studies without disruption.
Documentation
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Contact / Apply
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Last Updated: September 29, 2026