This program includes accounting, finance, industrial relations, marketing, inventory management, business economics and strategic planning. The program is offered at universities in every province except Prince Edward Island. Some universities offer a short program leading to a certificate or graduate diploma rather than a master's degree. Admission requirements are the same.
Some universities offer a co-op program, combining work and study.
The program is offered in both official languages in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario. An honours undergraduate degree in commerce or the equivalent. Graduates usually found work as financial auditors, sales or marketing directors, or professionals in a human resources department. Most were employed in banks, or for accounting or management consulting firms. A relatively high proportion of these graduates changed occupations between the second and fifth year after graduation.