What makes this program different?
SFU Beedie pairs a broad business core with nine concentration options: Accounting, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Operations Management, and Strategic Analysis.
Professional-development courses appear across the curriculum, while student organizations, exchange, case competitions, and co-op offer ways to apply classroom learning.
Beedie may suit a student who wants flexible specialization, structured career reflection, and a strong option to graduate with substantial paid work experience.
Understand the academic threshold.
SFU publishes different requirements for high-school, transfer, and internal applicants. Applicants should use the live admission page for their province or curriculum.
- Academic requirementsComplete SFU’s general admission requirements for your applicant category.
- Program prerequisitesMeet Beedie’s current English and mathematics requirements.
- Competitive selectionAdmission can be competitive; minimum eligibility does not guarantee an offer.
- Transfer pathwaysDirect, transfer, and internal-entry routes have different course and grade rules.
Use SFU’s official admission tool for the current intake. Do not treat a historical average or a third-party estimate as a guaranteed cutoff.
Apply to SFU and select Business.
Applicants complete SFU’s undergraduate application and arrange required grades or documents. Admitted students then follow Beedie’s degree-planning sequence.
- SFU undergraduate application
- Program and campus selection
- Official grades and documents
- English-language evidence if required
- Confirm curriculum-specific prerequisites
- Understand the entry route you are using
- Plan first-year foundation courses
- Review co-op participation separately
The program offers many options, so early exploration matters. Use first- and second-year courses, clubs, and career programming to test interests before declaring a concentration.
Foundation first. Direction next.
The curriculum moves from business foundations to core skills, concentration depth, and career launch.
Lay the foundation
Begin business foundations, sustainable-business learning, electives, and self-discovery.
Build the core
Develop accounting, statistics, economics, technology, innovation, and organizational skills.
Concentrate and launch
Choose concentration coursework, complete upper-division core courses, strategy, and professional development.
Students can pursue up to two concentrations, subject to current declaration rules.
Honours, certificates, joint majors, minors, exchange, and other enrichment options can expand the standard BBA.
Applied learning is built into the program’s identity.
The optional certificate requires at least three paid, full-time work terms and can provide 12 or more months of experience.
Clubs and competitions develop teamwork, leadership, and practical problem-solving.
Exchange and international co-op can add global exposure.
Innovation coursework and eCo-op can support students developing ventures.
Students compete for co-op roles and remain responsible for applications and interviews. Joining the pathway does not guarantee a preferred employer or position.
Turn the degree into a direction.
Concentrations and experiences can support careers across accounting, finance, technology, entrepreneurship, marketing, HR, operations, strategy, and international business.
Management Information Systems may appeal to students who want to bridge business and technology.
Build evidence through projects and work experience; a concentration title alone is not a recruiting strategy.
Budget the complete experience.
Use SFU’s current tuition and student-fee estimates, then add housing, transportation, food, books, and any extra terms created by co-op sequencing.
Costs differ by domestic or international status and course load. Co-op work terms are paid, but participation can change the calendar and total time to completion.
Who might thrive here?
- Want experiential learning
- Value paid co-op as an option
- Want flexible concentration choices
- Are interested in Vancouver-area industries
- Will use professional-development support
- Want a guaranteed work placement
- Prefer one fixed academic path
- Do not want a large commuter-oriented university
- Have not compared Burnaby living costs
- Will wait until graduation to seek experience
SFU Beedie combines flexible business study with a notably developed co-op and career-readiness ecosystem. It is strongest for students who actively connect concentrations, experiences, and professional goals.
Verify before you apply.
Every factual claim was checked against official university material. Requirements, dates, fees, curricula, and outcomes can change.