Business and Economics (Joint Honours) at Simon Fraser University

Programme overview

Joint honours combining business and economics, with a bachelor of arts from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or a bachelor of business administration from the Beedie School of Business. Students complete at least 126 units, including 60 upper division units.

Faculty: Beedie School of Business / Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences | Department: Beedie School of Business and Department of Economics | Study mode: full-time | Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Lower division requirements include BUS 217W or ECON 220W, BUS 237 Introduction to Business Technology Management, BUS 251 Financial Accounting I, BUS 254 Managerial Accounting I and BUS 272 Behaviour in Organizations, with economics courses.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Students who wish to pursue the joint honours program must first be admitted to the joint major program . Upon completion of nine upper division business units at SFU, students may apply for admission to the joint honours program. For entry and continuance, please see the grade requirements below. Students are eligible to apply for entry to the program once 30 units have been completed, ECON 201 is completed with at least a C- grade, the minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is met and the ECON program GPA is met. The Department of Economics announces the minimum CGPA below which students will not normally be considered for entry to the program.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the courses you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Fall (September), Spring (January) and Summer (May) terms; most students start in the fall term.

Fall 2027: high school applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027; other post-secondary transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027. Summer 2027: all applications open 1 December 2026 and close 15 January 2027. Spring 2027: all applications opened 1 July 2026 and close 15 September 2026.

The non-refundable application fee is 86 CAD for domestic students and 130 CAD for international students, payable online by credit card. Applications are submitted through EducationPlannerBC.

Apply through the official page: https://www.sfu.ca/students/admission.html

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