Management (Desautels)

McGill University

Business and Management: blue ink subject illustration

4 years
Duration (years)
4 years after high school; typically 3 after Quebec CEGEP
Desautels BCom program structure and progression
Optional BCom internships; no required undergraduate internship programme.
Work experience
Optional BCom internships; no required undergraduate internship programme.
McGill Desautels · complete BCom internship guidance
~Mid 90s
Entering average
Published approximate guidance: Mid 90s. Fall 2027. Typical Ontario top-six admission grades. McGill also publishes guidance for mathematics and English or French.
McGill Ontario prerequisites, prior grades and document schedule

Deadlines

January 2027

Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14		16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

Next deadlineFriday, January 15, 2027

Application: Fall 2027, applicants from an overseas or U.S. school
Fall 2027 · Applicants studying or who last studied in an overseas or U.S. high school, college or university
Official deadline

Other deadline details

April 1 to May 15Ontario second grade self-reporting periodEntry year unspecified (checked November 2026)

Ontario high-school applicants in Canada who must self-report grades
April 1 to May 15
The second reporting period is mandatory

SourceChecked Nov 9, 2026

May 4Ontario supporting documentsEntry year unspecified (checked November 2026)

Ontario high-school applicants in Canada
May 4
Submit the supporting documents requested in your Applicant Portal checklist

SourceChecked Nov 9, 2026

March 1 to May 1Other Canadian second grade self-reporting periodEntry year unspecified (checked November 2026)

Canadian high-school applicants outside Ontario and Quebec who must self-report grades
March 1 to May 1
The second reporting period is mandatory

SourceChecked Nov 9, 2026

May 4Other Canadian supporting documentsEntry year unspecified (checked November 2026)

Canadian high-school applicants outside Ontario and Quebec
May 4
Submit the supporting documents requested in your Applicant Portal checklist

SourceChecked Nov 9, 2026

April 15Quebec supporting documentsEntry year unspecified (checked November 2026)

Quebec CEGEP, college and high-school applicants
April 15

SourceChecked Nov 9, 2026

Requirements

Admission requirements

High-school prerequisites

4U English or French
4U Calculus and Vectors

Obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma before classes begin.
Complete at least six 4U, DU or 4M courses, including at least four 4U/DU courses. All prerequisites must be 4U/DU; at most two 4M courses may count.
Include a core Grade 12 U English or French course. English/French second-language courses do not satisfy this prerequisite.
Required mathematics and science courses must have been completed within five years.
Required prerequisites count in the top-six admission calculation. Only the published eligible technology, physical education and performing arts courses may count.

Application steps

Entry terms · Fall

September entry. January 2027 is closed.

Step 1Check the admission requirements
- Check the published entry route for your applicant category.
McGill current Ontario applicant prerequisites and self-reporting scheduleMcGill current Ontario applicant prerequisites and self-reporting schedule
Step 2Apply through McGill admissions
- Create your application and select this program.
McGill admissionsMcGill admissions
Step 3Ontario applicants: self-reported grades and transcript
- Ontario high school applicants in Canada normally self-report through the Applicant Portal and upload an unofficial transcript. Exceptions include Ontario schooling outside Canada, high school completed over five years ago and specified partial Canadian-school histories. The portal gives the applicable route.
McGill Ontario applicant documentationMcGill Ontario applicant documentation
Step 4English proficiency results when no exemption applies
- Applicants who have lived and attended school for at least four years in a country where English is the acknowledged primary language are exempt. Otherwise submit official accepted test results unless another published exemption applies.
McGill Ontario applicant English-proof conditionsMcGill Ontario applicant English-proof conditions
Step 5Apply through McGill’s undergraduate application.
- Complete this item using the university’s applicant instructions.
McGill current Ontario applicant prerequisites and self-reporting scheduleMcGill current Ontario applicant prerequisites and self-reporting schedule
Step 6Pay the $140.16 CAD application fee. A second undergraduate application in the same term is included.
- Complete this item using the university’s applicant instructions.
McGill current Ontario applicant prerequisites and self-reporting scheduleMcGill current Ontario applicant prerequisites and self-reporting schedule
Step 7Upload an unofficial transcript; provide official results when required by your checklist.
- Complete this item using the university’s applicant instructions.
McGill current Ontario applicant prerequisites and self-reporting scheduleMcGill current Ontario applicant prerequisites and self-reporting schedule

Applicant pathways

Ontario diploma and admission calculation

Ontario high-school applicants completing school in Canada; faculty and programme-specific exceptions below

Obtain the Ontario Secondary School Diploma before classes begin.
Complete at least six 4U, DU or 4M courses, including at least four 4U/DU courses. All prerequisites must be 4U/DU; at most two 4M courses may count.
Include a core Grade 12 U English or French course. English/French second-language courses do not satisfy this prerequisite.
Required mathematics and science courses must have been completed within five years.
Required prerequisites count in the top-six admission calculation. Only the published eligible technology, physical education and performing arts courses may count.

Required grade self-reporting and transcript upload

Ontario high-school applicants completing school in Canada; faculty and programme-specific exceptions below

All applicants are required to self-report their grades using the designated form accessible through your McGill Applicant Portal . You will also be required to upload an unofficial copy of your transcript. See the 'Self-reporting your grades' section below. You will NOT be asked to submit your OUAC number unless you have been offered admission.
Proof of English proficiency Applicants who have lived and attended school, for at least four years, in a country where English is the acknowledged primary language, are not required to provide further proof of English proficiency. If this is not the case, official test results will be required by the supporting document deadline. Please consult Proof of English Proficiency for accepted tests and other exemptions.

Self-reporting exceptions

Applicants meeting one of these specifically published exceptions

You are completing (or have completed) an Ontario high school diploma from outside Canada.
You completed high school more than 5 years ago.
You are completing (or have completed) only one year of high school in Canada.
You are completing (or have completed) one year of high school in Ontario and previously attended high school in Quebec.
You are completing (or have completed) Ontario Grade 12 in Quebec.
You have completed or are completing less than a total of ten academic courses in Grade 11 and 12.

English-language proof

Applicants who do not meet a published exemption

Applicants who have lived and attended school, for at least four years, in a country where English is the acknowledged primary language, are not required to provide further proof of English proficiency.
If this is not the case, official test results will be required by the supporting document deadline. Please consult Proof of English Proficiency for accepted tests and other exemptions.
Additional supporting documents Certain programs will require additional supporting documents . These could be proof of French proficiency, CASPer test results, recommendation letters, personal statement, or other documents; the requirements will be different depending on the program you are applying to. If your program choice is listed below, please carefully verify the additional requirement(s): You have applied to B.A. Population & Global Health, Education, Global Engineering, Music, Nursing, and/or Religious Studies You have applied for a Major Entrance Scholarship and/or Financial Aid You selected ‘ Extenuating Circumstances ’ on the application for admission If none of the above apply, additional supporting documents are not considered in the admission review and should not be submitted.

Management: required Ontario subjects

Ontario high-school applicants completing school in Canada; faculty and programme-specific exceptions below

4U English or French;
4U Calculus and Vectors

Ontario students taking the IB Diploma or individual IB courses

Ontario OSSD applicants attending high school in Canada; Management faculty entry

Declare the IB Diploma or individual IB Diploma courses on your application.
McGill normally assesses your Ontario high-school top-six average, including this faculty's 4U/DU prerequisites. Final IB results may provide advanced standing after admission.

Full IB Diploma: faculty subject requirements

Full IB Diploma admission route, Management; separate from Ontario OSSD top-six assessment

Higher Level Mathematics Analysis and Approaches or Applications and Interpretations, or Standard Level Analysis and Approaches with a predicted/final result of 6 or 7.
Standard Level Applications and Interpretations is not accepted for the Management mathematics prerequisite.

Degree requirements

Credits and degree requirements

42-credit common Management Core.
BCom requires 120 credits normally; 90 generally apply with CEGEP or advanced standing.
Complete at least one 3-credit experiential learning course.
The degree requires 120 credits. Quebec CEGEP graduates receive 30 credits for the DEC and normally complete 90 credits at McGill.

References

Grades and academic standing

Management Core courses require a grade of C or higher.

References

Program facts

Entering average~Mid 90s

Typical Ontario top-six admission grades. McGill also publishes guidance for mathematics and English or French.

InternshipOptional BCom internships; no required undergraduate internship programme.

Check work experience options

Majors & specializations

Accounting

BCom

Study financial and managerial accounting, auditing and taxation.

Published requirements

Courses

The common BCom Management Core. Majors, concentrations and honours have additional separate menus. Desautels U0 sample plan and common Management Core for Fall 2024 and later entrants.

U0 sample · Fall3 listed

Choose one calculus course. Add non-Management electives or an approved core course.

MATH 122Calculus for Management3 credits
Limits, derivatives and integration with applications to business.
McGill Minerva course catalogue · MATH 122
MATH 140Calculus 13 credits
Functions, limits, derivatives and antiderivatives.
McGill Minerva course catalogue · MATH 140
MGCR 250Expressive Analysis for Management3 credits
Focusing on skills with respect to analysis, writing and presentation in management.
MCGILL complete current official course definition

U0 sample · Winter3 listed

Choose one linear algebra course. Add non-Management electives or an approved core course.

MATH 123Linear Algebra and Probability3 credits
Vectors, matrices and linear programming, with introductory probability and random variables.
McGill Minerva course catalogue · MATH 123
MATH 133Linear Algebra and Geometry3 credits
Linear systems, matrices, vector spaces, transformations and eigenvalues.
McGill Minerva course catalogue · MATH 133
MGCR 233Data Programming for Business3 credits
Introductory data programming for management students.
McGill Minerva course catalogue · MGCR 233

Management Core · 42 credits14 listed

Required core for Fall 2024 and later entrants. The Economics major has published substitutions.

MGCR 211Introduction to Financial Accounting3 credits
The role of financial accounting in the reporting of the financial performance of a business. The principles, components and uses of financial accounting and reporting from a user's perspective, including the recording of accounting transactions and events, the examination of the elements of financial statements, the preparation of financial statements and the analysis of financial results.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 222Introduction to Organizational Behaviour3 credits
Individual motivation and communication style; group dynamics as related to problem solving and decision making, leadership style, work structuring and the larger environment. Interdependence of individual, group and organization task and structure.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 233Data Programming for Business3 credits
Introductory data programming for management students.
McGill Minerva course catalogue · MGCR 233
MGCR 250Expressive Analysis for Management3 credits
Focusing on skills with respect to analysis, writing and presentation in management.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 271Business Statistics3 credits
Statistical concepts and methodology, their application to managerial decision-making, real-life data, problem-solving and spreadsheet modeling. Topics include: descriptive statistics; normal distributions, sampling distributions and estimation, hypothesis testing for one and two populations, goodness of fit, analysis of variance, simple and multiple regression.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 293Managerial Economics3 credits
The course focuses on the application of economic theory to management problems and the economic foundations of marketing, finance, and production. Attention is given to the following topics: price and cost analysis; demand and supply analysis, conditions of competition.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 294The Firm in the Macroeconomy3 credits
Macroeconomic theory and its application to firms and the economy.
McGill Management Core · MGCR 294
MGCR 331Information Technology Management 3 credits
Introduction to principles and concepts of information systems in organizations. Topics include information technology, transaction processing systems, decision support systems, database and systems development. Students are required to have background preparation on basic micro computer skills including spreadsheet and word-processing.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 341Introduction to Finance3 credits
An introduction to the principles, issues, and institutions of Finance. Topics include valuation, risk, capital investment, financial structure, cost of capital, working capital management, financial markets, and securities.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 352Principles of Marketing3 credits
Introduction to marketing principles, focusing on problem solving and decision making. Topics include: the marketing concept; marketing strategies; buyer behaviour; Canadian demographics; internal and external constraints; product; promotion; distribution; price. Lectures, text material and case studies.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 372Operations Management3 credits
Design, planning, establishment, control, and improvement of the activities/processes that create a firm's final products and/or services. The interaction of operations with other business areas will also be discussed. Topics include forecasting, product and process design, waiting lines, capacity planning, inventory management and total quality management.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 382International Business3 credits
An introduction to the world of international business. Economic foundations of international trade and investment. The international trade, finance, and regulatory frameworks. Relations between international companies and nation-states, including costs and benefits of foreign investment and alternative controls and responses. Effects of local environmental characteristics on the operations of multi-national enterprises.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 460Social Context of Business3 credits
Examination of how business interacts with the larger society. Exploration of the development of modern capitalist society, and the dilemmas that organizations face in acting in a socially responsible manner. Examination of these issues with reference to sustainable development, business ethics, globalization and developing countries, and political activity.
MCGILL complete current official course definition
MGCR 423Strategic Management3 credits
An integrative and interdisciplinary introduction to strategy formation and execution. Concepts, tools, and practical application to understand how firms leverage resources and capabilities to gain competitive advantage in dynamic, contemporary industries. Strategic positioning, organizational design, and managerial action for the long-term success of businesses and positive social and ecological outcomes.
MCGILL complete current official course definition

Math substitutions3 listed

Applies to specified mathematics, statistics and computer science routes.

MATH 140Calculus 13 credits
Functions, limits, derivatives and antiderivatives.
McGill Minerva course catalogue · MATH 140
MATH 141Calculus 24 credits
Definite integrals, integration techniques, applications, sequences and series.
McGill Minerva course catalogue · MATH 141
MATH 133Linear Algebra and Geometry3 credits
Linear systems, matrices, vector spaces, transformations and eigenvalues.
McGill Minerva course catalogue · MATH 133

Elective choices

The standard U0 sample includes 12–18 non-Management elective credits. Up to six may be replaced with selected Management Core credits where space permits.

Study locations

Teaching location: The current faculty facilities section names the Samuel Bronfman Building as home to the BCom programme, in downtown Montreal. The Armstrong Building is separately described as housing MBA and specialized master’s programmes; it is not substituted for the undergraduate teaching site.McGill Desautels · named BCom programme facilities

References

Careers

Career examples

Management trainee
Account coordinator
Financial investment analyst
Human resource generalist
Marketing researcher

Career sectors

Advertising agencies
Banking
Human resources
Insurance
Management consulting
Research firms

Career sectors

Scope and qualifications

Examples in McGill's undated management career handout, across management studies. Options depend on interests, experience and concentration; they are not ranked outcomes for every BCom student.

Professional recognition

The Desautels Faculty of Management, which offers the Bachelor of Commerce, is accredited under the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). This is business-school accreditation, not an individual professional licence.

Scope and qualifications

Examples in McGill's undated management career handout, across management studies. Options depend on interests, experience and concentration; they are not ranked outcomes for every BCom student.

Accreditation