Program Overview

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Program Overview & Highlights

Business Administration and Women’s Gender Studies

The Odette School of Business @ UWindsor Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences @ UWindsor

Program Overview & Highlights

• Honours 4-Year Program
• Thesis Available
• B.Comm.

How do you achieve gender equality in the workplace? How do you tackle pay disparities? You will learn from world-renowned leaders in women’s and gender studies along with leading business experts to find solutions.

Professional Designation Possible: CPA (Accounting), CFA (Finance), CHRP (Certified Human Resources Professional)

Internationally accredited and recognized with a 65-year tradition of graduating successful business leaders

A close-knit program thanks to small class-sizes and low student to faculty ratio (1:17)

Add one of seven unique specializations to enhance your degree and prepare for an in-demand career

State-of-the-art lab spaces where students can tap into live Bloomberg feeds to monitor the markets and interact in realistic simulations

Learn More About Our Program

• 5%: We're one of 5% of business schools worldwide that have earned accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
• 1:17: faculty to student ratio means your professors are always there to answer your questions.
• $220K: Students manage $220K in real market assets in the John Simpson Odette Student Investment Fund.
• 94.9%: of our graduates are employed within 2 years.

Faculty & Staff

Student Recruitment Officer

• Selena Randhawa
• Recruiter - Business, FAHSS, Law, Education

Recruitment & Outreach Coordinator

• Sheri Lowrie
• FAHSS Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator

Admission Requirements

High School Student from Canada

• Course Requirements: One of Advanced Functions/MHF4U, Calculus & Vectors/MCV4U, Math of Data Management/MDM4U. English/ENG4U.
• Minimum Average: 73% (70% in at least one grade 12 U math course (or equivalent))

High School Student from Outside Canada and the United States (International)

• Course Requirements: One of Grade 12 Advanced Functions, Grade 12 Calculus & Vectors, Grade 12 Math of Data Management. Grade 12 English.
• Minimum Average: 73% (70% in at least one grade 12 math course (or equivalent))

Career Tracks

• Human resources manager
• Business strategist
• Employee engagement manager
• Policy analyst
• Market analyst

Related Programs

• Business Administration
• Women’s and Gender Studies

Plan Your Program

Term: Fall 2025

Important Notes

Required Course Notes

Major Courses

• STEN 1000
• MGMT 1000
• ICWG-1000 (previously WGST 1000)

Other Courses

• ECON 1100

Required Courses

ECON 1100: Introduction to Economics I

An introduction to microeconomics intended to provide students with the tools necessary to begin to understand and evaluate how resources are allocated in a market economy. Specific topics include how markets function, theories of the business firm, of consumer behaviour and of income distribution. The economic roles of labour unions and government are also covered. The theories are applied to contemporary Canadian economic problems.

MATH 1980: Mathematics for Business

An introduction to concepts and techniques of mathematics useful in business situations. Topics include mathematical modeling of qualitative scenarios, linear simultaneous equations, inequalities, exponential and logarithmic functions, graphical linear programming, and probability. This course is intended for students in Business Administration. May not be taken for credit in any program within the Faculty of Science or the Faculty of Engineering. (Prerequisite: Any grade 12 “U” math course, or MATH-1780.) (3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour per week.)

MGMT 1000: Business Communications

Research has shown that effective communication skills are as necessary to career advancement as technical competence, work experience and academic qualifications. The importance of communication skills is not surprising when you consider that the average business manager spends 75-80% of the day communicating in one form or another. Thus, the focus of this course is to help you to sharpen your ability to communicate and manage conflict effectively – with individuals, within small groups, and with large audiences. This course stresses practical skill building for leaders. Time is spent on communication concepts and techniques, planning, organizing and making presentations, as well as the application of behavioural science theory to business communication and leadership. (Prerequisite or corequisite: STEN-1000) (Not open to non-Business students.)

STEN 1000: Introduction to Business

This course takes a holistic approach in helping students develop an understanding of their future places, as entry-level managers, in business and other forms of organizations. Functional business learning is undertaken using the lecture method. In parallel, the basic elements of strategic management are introduced in order to develop students’ strategic thinking capabilities. Project work focuses on adapting students’ career strategies to the employment environment, and on adapting companies’ strategies to their competitive environments. Finally, the case method is used to emphasize ethical self-management, group dynamics and organizational governance, and entrepreneurial processes involved in starting and managing a small business. The course demands that students: use their initiative; develop their analytical, decision-making and interpersonal management skills; and take responsibility for achieving success.

WGST 1000: Women in Canadian Society

This course illustrates and account for the position of women in Canadian society. We explore how gender identities are informed by the process of social construction which privileges some women while disadvantaging others.