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Graduating students registered in an honours program may be awarded Honours or First-Class Honours under the following conditions:

• For Honours, the CGPA at graduation must be 3.0 or higher, and a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the specified courses of the program.
• For First-Class Honours, the CGPA at graduation must be 3.5 or higher, and a GPA of 3.5 or higher in the specified courses of the program.

Students in an honours program whose GPA or CGPA is below 3.0, or who did not satisfy certain additional program requirements, must consult their student adviser to determine whether they are eligible to graduate in a program other than honours.

For information on the designation of Distinction awarded at graduation, see University Regulations and Resources > Undergraduate > Graduation > Graduation Honours > Distinction.

For information on the designation of Dean’s Honour List awarded at graduation, see University Regulations and Resources > Undergraduate > Graduation > Graduation Honours > Dean's Honour List.

Graduation Scholarships, Prizes, and Awards

Certain scholarships, based solely on academic and program-related criteria, are automatically granted by the Undergraduate Scholarship Committee to students graduating at the end of the Fall or Winter terms prior to Spring Convocation.

The following scholarships are based on additional criteria, such as leadership and community involvement, and require an application. Graduating students must apply online on the BCom website by the early May deadline: mcgill.ca/desautels/programs/bcom/current-students.

• Anil Gondi Community Impact Award
• BCom Class of 1986 Activity Award
• BCom Class of 1990 Activity Award
• Jaclyn Lea Fisher Volunteer Leadership Award
• Richard G. Donovan Prize in Case Excellence
• Stephen S. Goldbloom Memorial Prize

Convocation awards with no application required:

• Barry Clamen Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Accounting
• Cissy and Jimmy Greer Prize
• Commerce 1925 Award
• Dr. J. A. Coote Prize in Organizational Behaviour
• Dr. M. Richard Gelfand Prize in Marketing
• Finestone Economics Prize
• Herbert E. Siblin Award
• Hugh Howson Memorial Prize
• L. J. Forget & Company Awards
• Laddie Millen Memorial Prizes
• º£½ÇÉçÇø Accounting Society Prize
• º£½ÇÉçÇø Alumnae Society Prize
• Misawa Homes Prize in International Business
• Peter S. Wise Memorial Prize in Accounting
• Sir Edward Beatty Medal

In-Course Scholarships, Prizes, and Awards

In-course scholarships are granted to registered students with 27 graded credits in the fall and winter terms or 14 graded credits in one term at º£½ÇÉçÇø. Eligible students are automatically considered by the Undergraduate Scholarships Committee for any award that is based solely on academic or program-related criteria. The following in-course scholarships are based on a combination of academic, volunteer, leadership, and extra-curricular involvement and require an application. Students must apply online on the BCom webpage by the early June deadline: mcgill.ca/desautels/programs/bcom/current-students. One application is required per student for all awards to which they wish to apply.

Full list of in-course scholarships for students returning for a full academic year of studies:

• Accenture Prize
• André Desmarais and Francine Chrétien-Desmarais Award in International Management
• Anil Gondi B.Com Scholarhip (awarded every three years, application required)
• Barry Clamen Scholarship for Excellence in Accounting
• Cecil Vineberg Scholarship
• Commerce 1953 Scholarships
• Commerce '55 Scholarships (application required)
• Danny and Monica Gold Award for Academic Excellence (application required)
• Deloitte Scholarship
• Devon Anthony Haye Social Impact Scholarship (application required)
• Dobson Cup Grit Prize (awarded by the Dobson Centre)
• Donald R. McRobie Award (application required)
• Dorothy Esmé Graham Snell Scholarship
• Dr. Alex Paterson Scholarship (application required)
• Elizabeth Macfarlane Prize
• Frederick M. Connell Award
• Gary and Wendy Balter Scholarship in Management
• George Arnold Hart Memorial Scholarship
• Gerald Benjamin Wasserman Memorial Scholarship in Entrepreneurship
• Great-West Life & London Life Scholarship (application required)
• Hazelview Sustainable Business Management Scholarship (application required)
• HSBC Bank Canada Management Awards (application required)
• Jon Hartwick Award
• John V. Galley Scholarships
• Joseph H. Jacob Prize
• Letko Brosseau Investment Management Award
• Marcel A. Desautels Leadership Scholarship (application required)
• Marion McCall Daly Award (application required)
• º£½ÇÉçÇø Alumnae Helen R. Y. Reid Scholarship
• Paul-Hervé Desrosiers Scholarship in Entrepreneurial Studies (application required)
• Peter Brojde Scholarship (application required)
• Peter Johnson Start-Up Prize (awarded by the Dobson Centre)
• Philippe & Nan-B de Gaspé Beaubien Citizenship Prize (awarded in odd years only, application required)
• Richter Scholarships in Accounting
• Robert Bruce Scholarship
• Sheila Wellington BMO Financial Group Awards (application required)
• Shirin Yeganegi Memorial Scholarship (application required)
• Sir William Macdonald Scholarship
• Sujata Madan Award
• Women Associates of º£½ÇÉçÇø Scholarship

To be awarded a scholarship students must be enrolled full-time in the subsequent fall and winter terms in the BCom program. If they are going on exchange in one of the following terms they must be full-time in the term they are at º£½ÇÉçÇø. Students graduating in the summer or fall term are not eligible for in-course awards but may apply for graduating awards the following spring. Students who do not meet any of the eligibility requirements for a scholarship after it has been granted will have their scholarship revoked. Students who are on a leave of absence in a subsequent term or terms may not retain the award so long as they are not registered at º£½ÇÉçÇø.