Sustainable Business (Joint Major) at Simon Fraser University

Programme overview

The Sustainable Business joint major combines business and sustainable development, leading to a Bachelor of Business Administration from Beedie or a Bachelor of Environment from the Faculty of Environment. It comprises business and sustainable development core courses, cross-disciplinary focus courses and a capstone.

Faculty: Faculty of Environment / Beedie School of Business | Department: School of Resource and Environmental Management and Beedie School of Business | Study mode: full-time | Location: Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

What you will study

Includes BUS 217W Critical Thinking in Business, BUS 251 Financial Accounting I, BUS 254 Managerial Accounting I, BUS 272 Behaviour in Organizations and BUS 275 Business in a Sustainable Society, with statistics (BUS 232 or STAT 270) and sustainable development courses.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants apply to Beedie through the Internal Transfer process after completing 24 units (at least 12 at SFU) and the required joint-major courses at a minimum C- grade; admission to Beedie is competitive and subject to minimum GPA requirements.

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.

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