About Commerce
Why a Commerce Degree?
The UBC Commerce degree is one of the most prestigious degrees in North America. With Capilano University's Transfer Commerce program, you can complete your first, pre-commerce year, and your Year II Commerce year, at Capilano University, and then apply to transfer to UBC Sauder School of Business for Years III and IV. You will have a comprehensive business education that will equip you with a range of indispensable management skills. But it will do much more than that. Because the program includes an enriching mixture of electives, graduates have the flexibility and creativity to tackle any career challenge. And since students need a business education that won't stop at the border, a UBC B.Comm degree provides a global orientation through its International Business specialization and through its Study Abroad program.
With a UBC B.Comm degree, the future career opportunities are almost endless: from corporate finance and management information systems to labour relations, from management accounting and marketing to international relations. And the list of prospective employers is wide, running from multinational corporations to small business, from international organizations to NGO's, non-profit organizations, or local government.
Take Your First Two Years at Capilano University
Why come to Capilano University for your first two years? Simply put, because you get the best of both worlds. Capilano University's Commerce Program has been transfering well-prepared students to UBC's Commerce program since 1982. Our courses are fully transferable to UBC, enabling you to apply to enter Year III Commerce at UBC.
Taking the first two years at Capilano will give you a number of important benefits compared to direct entry to UBC:
- a cost saving of over $4,000 in tuition fees
- a cohort program where you will study together with other bright, motivated students
- smaller classes with more individual attention and contact with faculty
- dedicated faculty with real-world experience
- ideally located campus, nestled on the forested slopes of the North Shore with easy access to the Second Narrows Bridge