St. George campus Arts & Science students are required to enrol in subject POSt(s) at the end of the session in which they complete their fourth full-course equivalent.

You must enrol in the minimum appropriate combination of subject POSts for your degree before your course enrolment period starts, or you will be prevented from enrolling in courses on ROSI.

The appropriate minimum combinations are shown in the chart below:

Please note that you can enrol in no more than three subject POSts, of which only two can be majors or specialists.

Students finishing first-year commerce

Students offered guaranteed admission to commerce

Students who were offered guaranteed admission to commerce for the 2007 fall session should not submit a request to enrol in a commerce subject POSt on ROSI or complete a profile; instead, they should check the SWS starting July 2 for decisions made by the Commerce Programs Office. Refer to "Results of your request" below.

Other students on the St. George campus

A limited number of spaces in the specialist in commerce and finance and the major in commerce will be available to students not offered guaranteed admission.

There will only be ONE request period (from April 1 to May 19). You must apply during this period whether you will complete the admission requirements by the end of the 2007-2008 fall-winter sessions, or plan to complete the requirements during the 2008 summer session. Late applications will not be considered.

Request period: April 1 to May 19

Applications to commerce subject POSts are made on the Faculty of Arts and Science Registrar’s web site. Apply using the subject POSt code ASSPE2273 (specialist in commerce and finance). Students apply to the specialist subject POSt whether they are interested in the specialist in accounting, the specialist in economics and finance, the specialist in management, or the major in commerce. Successful applicants can remain in the specialist in commerce & finance or can choose to change to one of the other specialists or the major. The admission requirements for all programs are the same.

To apply, go to the Arts & Science Registrar's Office web site and select "Subject POSt Enrolment."

As part of the application, you will be redirected to a web site to complete a profile. The information in the profile is part of your application, along with your academic information. The profile fee is $30.00. Completion of the profile is mandatory—applicants who do not complete the profile will not be considered.

Please note: application for ASSPE2273 will NOT be shown on ROSI in the subject POSt listing until mid-June, when the Commerce Programs Office considers your application.

Remember that once you have completed 4.0 full-course equivalents, you will not be able to enrol in further courses until you have enrolled in the minimum appropriate combination of subject POSts. While you are waiting for the results of your subject POSt requests, you may need to enrol in interim backup subject POSt(s) if you want to enrol in courses. If you need help, contact your college registrar's office.

Note: Students enrolled in a commerce subject POSt pay higher fees. See Academic Fees for Commerce, Computer Science, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, or Concurrent Teacher Education Subject POSts for details.

Results of your request (beginning July 2)

Beginning July 2, you must log on to the SWS and select "subject POSts" from the main menu. A list of your subject POSts will appear, which will show those you've requested as well as those in which you are "ACTIVE," or enrolled.

If you have been given an "invitation" to enrol in the commerce subject POSt, the "Status" field next to the code "ASSPE2273: SP Commerce & Finance (B.Com.)" will read: "INVITED - You have been offered admission to this subject POSt". To accept the invitation to enrol, select "accept." Your status will change to: "ACTIVE - you are enrolled in this subject POSt," and you will be enrolled in the specialist program in commerce and finance. You must accept your invitation by August 7, 2008.

Until September 21, you will have the option of changing from ASSPE2273 to any one of the following:

• ASSPE1704: the specialist program in accounting (B.Com.)
• ASSPE2036: the specialist program in economics and finance (B.Com.)
• ASSPE2431: the specialist program in management (B.Com.)
• ASMAJ1111: the major program in commerce (H.B.A.)

If you want to change, click the “change” button next to the code “ASSPE2273: SP Commerce & Finance (B.Com.),” and enter the code (listed above) of the program you want to change to.

If the enrolment was not successful, you will see the message: "A problem was encountered" with details about the error.To decline the invitation, select "delete." No further action is required.

If you have been refused permission to enrol, the status will be "REFUSED." No further action is required. Remember that you need to be enrolled in the minimum appropriate combination of subject POSts before you enrol in courses, so pick at least one interim backup Type 1 subject POSt which will satisfy the minimum combination requirement. If you need help, contact your college registrar's office.

If a decision has not been made, the status will remain as "REQUESTED." A decision may be pending because your CGPA is lower than the cutoff in June or you are missing one of the required courses for admission into the subject POSt.

Your application will be reviewed in September, and updated results will be available on the SWS on September 9. Remember that you need to be enrolled in an appropriate combination of subject POSts before you enrol in courses.

Important notes

• You may not enrol in any RSM course above the 100-level until you have been given an invitation to, and have enrolled in, a commerce program.
• If you are registered in the 2008 Summer session, and accept an invitation to a commerce subject POSt, your fees in the 2008 Summer session will be affected. See Academic Fees for Commerce, Computer Science, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, or Concurrent Teacher Education Subject POSts for details.