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Program Details
Information Systems (IS) professionals help organizations achieve outstanding performance. Their dual understanding of business processes and information and communication technologies makes them ideal candidates to deliver cutting edge solutions to exploit existing and create new business opportunities.
Work Experience
Co-op is an option for BCom students to test out career paths and organizations, build your professional network and your resume, and earn money to offset costs.
All BCom students will complete Sprott’s Employability Passport, a four-year career development program that equips students with the job-ready skills and self-awareness to find meaningful employment and career success.
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Career Outcomes
Explore your passions, refine new skills and discover the career that’s right for you.
BCom graduates find rewarding careers across a variety of functions and sectors. Sprott offers a range of business career services, including an exclusive job portal, career advising, workshops and employer events.
Based on surveys of graduates from 2020-2022, 92 per cent of BCom respondents were employed within one year of graduation.
Sample Courses
BUSI 1401 - Foundations of Information Systems
This course helps student to understand the critical role of information systems in organizations and their impact on social and ethical issues. Covers fundamental tools and skills for the development and management of information systems and business analytics in organizations.
BUSI 4404 - IT Infrastructure
Challenges and issues managers face in assembling the infrastructure for IT service delivery. IT Service levels, data communications, networks (LAN, MAN, WAN, wireless), internetworking, SOA, web services, SaaS, server and storage virtualization, network security, business continuity and disaster recovery.
Visit the Undergraduate Calendar to view a comprehensive list of course offerings for this program and discover the exciting things Carleton students are learning in the classroom!
Through Co-op, Sprott Commerce students have the opportunity to learn and make an impact in companies within one of North America’s leading technology hubs: Kanata North, located just 20 minutes from the city’s downtown core. BCom student Aditi Mohan completed a Co-op placement as a project management intern at Ericsson. “I now see myself working at a tech company in the future as well. It’s a very dynamic environment. It’s innovation, innovation, innovation — there’s always something new coming up, and that’s very exciting.
