In your second year at Ivey (HBA2), you build strength from the foundational business knowledge and skills developed in your first year. You complete 6.0 credits consisting of three required courses (0.5 credits each), one semester-long group project (1.0 credit), and a number of elective courses varying in discipline and area of focus.
Required Courses
In your HBA2 year you are expected to complete:
- One introduction to economics: 4505A/B - Global Macroeconomics for Managers
- One Accounting course: 4624A/B - Managerial Accounting & Control
- One Corporations & Society class
- One of two year-long group projects:
Study Trips
There are two study trips you may participate in:
Elective Courses
Elective courses in HBA2 allow you to design a personalized program of study to round out your business management education and complement your career objectives. An outstanding breadth of electives is available each year, taught by well-respected experts in fields such as:
Communications
- 4402Q/R/S/T - Communications and Society
- 4412Q/R/S/T - Advanced Presentation Skills
- 4503A/B - Creative Approaches to Leadership and Communication
- 4580A/B - Reputation Management
- 4584Q/R/S/T - Giving Voice to Leadership
Entrepreneurship
- 4439A/B - Entrepreneurial Finance
- 4452Q/R/S/T - New Venture Creation
- 4558A/B - New Venture Creation
- 4566A/B - Managing High Growth Companies
- 4610Q/R/S/T - Leading Family Firms
- 4611A/B - Start-ups: Tricky Issues, Hustle, and Grit
Finance
- 4413A/B - Derivatives and Risk Management
- 4433A/B - Portfolio Management
- 4443A/B - Value Investing
- 4554A/B - Private Equity
- 4559A/B - Raising Capital in Financial Markets
- 4567A/B - Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructurings
- 4583A/B - Behavioural Finance
- 4613A/B - Introduction to Real Estate
General Management and Policy
- 4450A/B - Business Law
- 4458A/B - Leading Change
- 4480A/B - Global Strategy
- 4547A/B - Health Sector & Leadership Innovation
- 4553A/B - Social Enterprise
Information Systems
Managerial Accounting and Control
- 4417A/B - Corporate Financial Reporting
- 4479A/B - Taxation for Managers
- 4497A/B - Introductory Audit
Management Science
- 4486A/B - Financial Analytics
- 4517A/B - End User Modeling
- 4520A/B - Revenue Management
- 4545A/B - Sports and Entertainment Analytics
- 4590A/B - Introductory Data Science
Marketing
- 4421A/B - Business to Business Marketing and Sales Management
- 4431A/B - Advertising and Promotion
- 4495A/B - Consumer Brands Marketing
- 4500A/B - Learning from Leaders
- 4530A/B - Competition and Competitor Analysis
- 4535A/B - Integrated Marketing Decisions
- 4548A/B - Consumer Insights
- 4592A/B - Sports and Entertainment Marketing
- 4614A/B - Social Media Analytics and Digital Marketing
Operations
Organizational Behaviour
Strategy
Research
- 4459Q/R/S/T - Case-Writing or Research Project Course
- 4499A/B - Case-Writing or Research Project Course
Note: 0.5 credit from the faculties of Arts and Humanities, Science, Social Science or Law AND that is career-related may be substituted for a Business elective with the permission of the HBA Program Director.
See Western's Academic Calendar for complete course details.