Undergraduate Programs

At Trent, we recognize the integral role innovative and creative thinking plays in the world of business. That's why our popular Business School offers undergraduate students all the advantages of a traditional Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) and more.

Trent’s B.B.A. focuses on economics, management and entrepreneurship with a full slate of accounting courses that prepare you for the CPA designation or as a launch pad to an M.B.A, graduate school, advanced degrees in Finance, Marketing, HR and Accounting or CPA and CHRP designations.We are also the only university in Canada to offer a wide range of joint majors in Business Administration, allowing you to combine business courses with other areas of interest – from Media Studies to Environmental Studies and everything in between. The Trent advantage allows you to combine your passions and interests and cross boundaries, no matter which program or major you are interested in.

SEVEN WAYS TO DO BUSINESS AT TRENT (Honours Degree) 

1. Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.):  Enjoy a breadth of business courses from economics, to management, ethics and marketing.  Take a full slate of accounting courses to prepare for your CPA designation or human resources course for your CHRP designation.  A degree that acts as a luanch pad to an MBA and beyond.

2. Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) with Specialization:  Choose from Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Marketing and Consumer Culture, Human Resource Management, Niigaaniiwin: The Art of Leading, Economics, Ethics and Sustainability, or Information Systems and E-Commerce

3. Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) Co-op Streams: Explore your strengths and career interests, and graduate with 12 months of work experience (and income) through the new four-year B.B.A. coop stream, giving you the competitive edge for future job prospects.  There are two limited enrolment coop streams:  BBA or BBA Accounting.  Students in the coop streams can also add a specialization.

4. Business and Arts B.A. – combine business courses with any arts courses from English and Cultural Studies to Sociology and Media Studies

5. Business and Science B.Sc. – combine business courses with any science courses from Biology and Psychology to Environmental & Resource Science and Forensic Science

6. Business Administration Minor – combine business as a minor with literally any other Arts or Science major – if you can imagine it, you can do it in business at Trent

7. Bachelor of Arts Honours degree or Bachelor of Business Administration degree at Trent University, and a Law degree from Swansea University College of Law in the UK

No matter how the journey unfolds, students in our programs develop the versatile candidates that today’s companies demand. The School of Business provides, customized, high-calibre learning with the individual student front and centre.