College Partnership Program

We value your past post-secondary academic achievements!

We have 3 full semesters per year, (Fall, Winter, Spring/summer). You can take a maximum of 5 courses in a semester which means you can take 15 courses or 45 credits in a calendar year!

That is called "Fast tracking" your degree! 

Graduates of a 3-year advanced diploma in business with overall averages at graduation

Graduates of a 2-year diploma in business with overall averages at graduation

Graduates of a 2-year diploma in business with overall averages at graduation of 78-80% (Algonquin, St. Clair, Lambton). No 3-year BComm degree option with this pathway.

Graduates of a 2-year diploma in esports from St. Clair College and Lambton College 

Click here for more information on advanced standing.

As a CPP student, you will take a courses in a combination of course delivery methods such as:

Courses could be offered in one delivery method, or may be offered in several. Some courses are offered several times a year, and some courses are delivered less often. Make sure you check to see when the courses you want to take are offered during the academic year. 

Courses that are offered through an in-class or blended delivery or synchronous are scheduled in the evening between 5pm-9pm from Monday to Friday. If you register for a scheduled class, attendance is mandatory. Full lectures are not recorded. 

Online courses are not recorded. There are written lecture notes and assigned readings, exercises, assignments, reports, weekly online discussions, quizzes and exams. 

There are 3 semesters each year, fall, winter, spring/summer and students have the option to complete the program on a full-time or part-time basis. Full-time students can take between 1 and 5 courses each semester and Part-time students can take 1 or 2 courses each semester. The full-time option provides the most flexibility to decide how many courses to take each year.

Full-time study for the Fall intake, visit the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre (OUAC) website at www.ouac.on.ca. Use this application if you wish to take between 1 and 5 courses in a semester with a September intake.

Full-time study for the winter intake, visit the Nipissing website, Applications and Other Forms | Nipissing University, January start, full-time. Use this application if you wish to take between 1 and 5 courses in a semester with a January intake. (Start your application on the Nipissing website and you will be redirected to OUAC to complete the process).

Part-time Basis:

For part-time study, all intakes, visit the Nipissing’s website at Applications and Other Forms | Nipissing University, Part-time/Flex-time studies, all terms. Use this application if you wish to take 1 or 2 courses each semester throughout your degree in all intakes. (Start your application on the Nipissing website and you will be redirected to OUAC to complete the process).

Full-time students can take between 1 and 5 courses each semester and Part-time students can take 1 or 2 courses each semester. The full-time option provides the most flexibility to decide how many courses to take each year.

All students will apply to enter the Bachelor of Commerce (4-year) program. Students who wish to graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce (3-year) degree can switch into the 3-year BComm program by emailing programchange@nipissingu.ca.

If you have any questions about the BComm application process, please contact our Admissions Office at admissions@nipissingu.ca.

As CPP students use the following codes where registering for a course:

822, 823, 826, 829-CPP campus codes for in-class courses at Algonquin, Lambton, Centennial and St. Clair.

841-849 SYNC (synchronous) course. That course is scheduled during the week, in the evening and is streamed live. If you register for a synchronous course, attending the live lectures is mandatory. 

801-809 Distance courses. No meeting time, complete work each week.

Registration Packages and Student Guides to download:

For Students starting the BComm degree in September 2024: 

For Students starting the BComm degree in January 2025: (coming soon)

If you started your BComm degree in past intakes (prior to September 2023) and didn't download a copy of your Registration Package and Student Guide, please email bcomm@nipissingu.ca for a copy. 

New Students with no prior post-secondary education will take all the program required courses in the Bachelor of Commerce degree + elective courses they will choose.

New students with past post-secondary education will receive a degree audit from an academic advisor. This assessment will match your transfer credits to BComm courses and indicate the program required courses that must be completed for your degree. You will choose your electives. Electives are any courses that are not degree required courses. To see the degree required courses, go to the Academic Calendar, ‘Commerce’. If you have questions about your academic plan, schedule an appointment with an Academic Advisor, advising@nipissingu.ca sometime in your first semester to ensure you start off on the right track! You can register for a live chat with an advisor. Please go to their webpage to see how to connect with them. 

Please register for your fall and winter courses as soon as you receive your degree audit assessment. To see when courses are offered over the academic year, please go to the menu, choose Degree Options, and the "How do I know when courses are offered" tab. This tab will also show you each program required course and the prerequisite course(s), if any, and when it is offered in the academic year. (A prerequisite course is a course that is required to be completed prior to taking the course.) 

If you are adding an Accounting or Human Resources Concentration to your degree, then please send an email (using your Nipissing assigned email address and include your Student ID)  to programchange@nipissingu.ca and indicate you wish to add the concentration to your degree. You will be able to access a chart of courses you need to take as electives for the CPA designation equivalencies and the HRPA designation courses. These are for students taking the 4-year Bachelor of Commerce, concentration in Accounting or Human Resources. The course charts will ensure you know the courses to take for your degree + concentration and the CPA or HR designation course requirements eligible from your undergrad degree.

Please schedule an appointment with an Academic Advisor, advising@nipissingu.ca sometime in your first semester to ensure you are taking the courses for degree completion.  

The Shared Services document provides you with services that you will access at Nipissing University and at your CPP campus are listed below. These services are for CPP students and allow you to access some of the services a local campus offers. 

To plan when you will take your courses, you can log into WebAdvisor and search for individual courses or see when all courses in a subject area (ACCT, ADMN, ECON, FINC, MKTG, ORGS, TMGT) are offered in the fall and winter semesters, (24FW).

The 2025 Spring/Summer (25SS) courses will open in February 2025 in WebAdvisor. If you wish to plan for the SS25 semester, it is useful to look back to the SS24 semester course offerings for planning purposes. It will provide a good base to plan for the upcoming 25SS semester.

Elective courses, other than the CPA equivalencies and the HRPA elective courses, are not shown in the list of courses below.

Please note that courses with less than 15 students registered could be cancelled due to low enrolment. If a course is full, you may have to take the course in another semester.

If you are on a waitlist and you are not able to get into the course in the upcoming semester and you think it will affect your progression to graduation, please contact an academic advisor to discuss your options. (see the tab below on Waitlist Management)

Please see the chart below listing the courses offered in each semester. This chart can be used for course planning.

Please note, changes can be made to course offerings over the academic year and this chart may not remain accurate. Log into WebAdvisor to see the actual courses offered for each subject area.

Registering for courses early in the registration period will ensure you get into the courses you want to and need for academic progression. 

Courses may be a prerequisite to other courses. For example, ORGS 1136 Intro. to Organizational Behaviour must be taken before ADMN 2167 Business Decision Making.

Some courses may be prerequisites to multiple courses. ACCT 1107 Principles of Accounting II is a good example. It is a prerequisite to taking ACCT 2146 Management Accounting & Control I, ADMN 2167 Business Decision Making, FINC 3116 Financial Management I, ACCT 2106 Intermediate Accounting I, and ACCT 3816 Personal Taxation.  

It is a good practice to take your program required courses with prerequisites at the beginning of your degree. 

To search for prerequisites, search for a course in WebAdvisor, then click on the name of the course and a popup window will show the course outline and the prerequisite courses if applicable.

If you attempt to register for a course and it is full, you can choose another course to take or put yourself on a waitlist.

When you should put yourself on a waitlist:

• If you need to take a program required course in the upcoming semester as it will delay your progression for earning your degree. (Example: you have two program required courses to take ADMN 4606 and ADMN 4607 and some electives to complete your degree. ADMN 4606 is full. By not taking ADMN 4606 in the upcoming semester, which is a prerequisite to taking ADMN 4607, you will have to delay your degree by a semester). This rule doesn't apply to electives that would not affect your ability to graduate, except for electives in a concentration (Accounting or HR).
• If you would like to take the course in the upcoming semester and want to see if a spot opens up.

What happens if you are allowed into the waitlisted course:

• You will receive an email from the Registrar's office, sent to your Nipissing assigned email account, giving you a specific amount of time to register for the course. If you do not register for the course in that set amount of time, the spot in the course will be offered to the next person on the waitlist.

What should you do if you are on the waitlist, and you need to take the course that semester:

• Contact an academic advisor and ask about your options. If they confirm you need to take the course in the upcoming semester, they will advise the Registrar's office and the School of Business, and you will be admitted into the course. 

What if you do not get a notification from the Registrar's office to be admitted into the course by the time the semester starts:

• If you do not need to take the course in the upcoming semester because it won't affect your degree progression and it is offered in another semester, remove yourself from the waitlist and register for another course. 

Always verify the CPA requirements with CPA Ontario. www.cpaontario.ca. 

CPA Ontario posts the Nipissing University CPA PREP equivalencies on their website every year. The updated course list is found at CPA Ontario | Academic Prerequisites at Post-Secondary Institutions. Scroll down and search for Nipissing University, Bachelor of Commerce, 2023-2024 courses.

See the list of courses here: 

Always verify the Nipissing courses for the HRPA CHRP requirements through the HRPA website, School Search (hrpa.ca)

Courses to transfer to HRPA:

Nipissing University policy on Academic Integrity. (For the full statement on Academic Integrity, please go to the Academic Calendar, University Policies and Regulations, Academic Policies and Regulations). 

Academic Integrity is defined by the basic principles of honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility (as articulated by the International Center for Academic Integrity, www.academicintegrity.org). These values serve as the foundation for the development and acquisition of knowledge, for students, adherence to these fundamental values is essential for earning academic credit in all courses, whether offered on- or off-campus, online, or as placements, practicums or internships.

Definition of Academic Misconduct:

Academic Misconduct is defined as any behaviour that undermines the University’s ability to evaluate students’ academic achievements fairly, or any behaviour that a student knew, or reasonably ought to have known, could gain them or others unfair academic advantage or benefit.

Included in Academic Misconduct are:

1. plagiarism, including self- plagiarism;
2. contract cheating;
3. cheating;
4. misrepresentation of personal identity or performance;
5. submission of false information;
6. contributing to Academic Misconduct;
7. damaging, tampering, or interfering with the scholarly environment;
8. unauthorized use of intellectual property;
9. misconduct in re-graded/re-submitted work.

While the above list characterizes the most common instances of Academic Misconduct, it is not intended to be exhaustive. A more comprehensive list of inclusions can be found in Appendix A of the policy found in the Academic Calendar.

As a student, you are required to understand the Academic Integrity policy and understand the penalties associated with committing academic misconduct. Please read and understand the penalties associated with academic misconduct found in the Academic Calendar. 

Can students use Generative AI?
It depends. Some instructors may allow you to use generative AI (or allow you to use it only in certain situations) and others may not.

If you are permitted to use generative AI in your course, and you choose to do so, it is important that you cite the tools you use. 

Please see the attached guide on Generative AI Guide for Students (example: ChatGPT)