滑鐵盧大學

Jumpstart your career with a one-of-a-kind degree that equips you with both scientific know-how and valuable business skills.

Science and Business at Waterloo combines studies in biology, chemistry, and physics with courses in economics, accounting, marketing, law, and entrepreneurship.

Focus your degree by specializing in one of 7 different scientific disciplines, or take a broader range of courses tailored to your interests. Meanwhile, in one of Canada’s top universities for business, you’ll work in small groups on case studies, business plans, and market analysis, as well as have the opportunity to gain paid work experience through the co-op stream.

When you graduate, the opportunities are many: this is a degree you can put to work in intellectual property, research, mutual funds, technical sales, business development, law, and a host of other fields.

Specializations

You can add additional areas of expertise to your degree by including one or more of the areas of focus in Science and Business.

Biochemistry
Biology
Biotechnology
Earth Sciences (co-op not available)

Co-op

By alternating school terms and paid co-op work terms throughout your degree, you can explore new career areas and types of employers as your career interests evolve.

Sample co-op job titles

Marketing research analyst
Marketing and operation coordinator
Validation & quality assurance analyst
Laboratory technician
Undergraduate research assistant
Science peer tutor
Sustainability project analyst

What can you do with a degree in Science and Business?

With their two areas of expertise, graduates of the program commonly pursue careers in finance, science, technology, health and medical research, consulting, and in the energy and oil industry practising project and program analysis, business analysis, and technology development.

Recent graduates

Business Analyst - The Hospital for Sick Children
Clinical Research Officer - Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
Drug Safety Operations Team Lead - Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd.
Logistic Planner - Praxair Canada Inc.
Project Leader - Apotex Incorporated
Science Commercialization Officer - Science Enterprise Algoma
Privacy Analyst - eHealth Ontario
Account Manager - Pivotal Labs