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Ontario business course codes
All 12 secondary business studies courses, what each one actually covers, and what is free to use alongside it.Taking one of these? Start with the course page for your code — then use Business 101, free, self-paced, no teacher sign-up needed. Teaching one? Each page sets out what Launch League can support, what it cannot, and how to use it without redoing what your class already does.
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Type a course code from your timetable — BMX3E, BDV4C, BEM1O — or a word like marketing, accounting or entrepreneurship.
12 courses
- BEM1OGrade 9Building the Entrepreneurial MindsetBuilt for it
- BEP2OGrade 10Launching and Leading a BusinessBuilt for it
- BDI3CGrade 11Entrepreneurship: The VentureBuilt for it
- BDP3OGrade 11Entrepreneurship: The Enterprising PersonSupports part of it
- BDV4CGrade 12Entrepreneurship: Venture Planning in an Electronic AgeStrong fit
- BMI3CGrade 11Marketing: Goods, Services, EventsStrong fit
- BMX3EGrade 11Marketing: Retail and ServiceStrong fit
- BAF3MGrade 11Financial Accounting FundamentalsOptional connection
- BAI3EGrade 11Accounting EssentialsOptional connection
- BAT4MGrade 12Financial Accounting PrinciplesOptional connection
- BBB4MGrade 12International Business FundamentalsOptional connection
- BOH4MGrade 12Business Leadership: Management FundamentalsStrong fit
Every course
All 12 courses, by grade
One page each: what the Ministry says the course covers, and where Launch League lines up with it.
Grade 11
- BDI3C — Entrepreneurship: The VentureStudents learn how entrepreneurs recognize opportunities, generate ideas and organize resources, and create a venture plan for a school-based or student-run business.College Preparation · Built for it
- BDP3O — Entrepreneurship: The Enterprising PersonStudents examine what makes an employee enterprising, and develop enterprising skills by planning and organizing a school or community event.Open · Supports part of it
- BMI3C — Marketing: Goods, Services, EventsStudents learn the fundamentals of product marketing, examine how trends and technology shape buying habits, do marketing research, develop strategies and produce a marketing plan.College Preparation · Strong fit
- BMX3E — Marketing: Retail and ServiceStudents focus on marketing in the retail and service sectors, customer service and customer loyalty, and develop personal selling skills.Workplace Preparation · Strong fit
- BAF3M — Financial Accounting FundamentalsStudents learn the fundamental principles and procedures of accounting for service and merchandising businesses, computerized accounting, financial analysis and ethics.University/College Preparation · Optional connection
- BAI3E — Accounting EssentialsStudents work through the accounting cycle of a service business, use software to record transactions and prepare statements, and look at banking, cash management and ethics.Workplace Preparation · Optional connection
Grade 12
- BDV4C — Entrepreneurship: Venture Planning in an Electronic AgeStudents research an opportunity and create a venture plan that capitalizes on e-commerce, including a website.College Preparation · Strong fit
- BAT4M — Financial Accounting PrinciplesStudents learn advanced accounting principles, financial statements for different forms of ownership and how they inform decisions, sources of financing, and accounting for partnerships and corporations.University/College Preparation · Optional connection
- BBB4M — International Business FundamentalsStudents look at international business and trade in the global economy, what makes businesses succeed in international markets, and how to market, distribute and manage internationally.University/College Preparation · Optional connection
- BOH4M — Business Leadership: Management FundamentalsStudents develop the leadership skills used in managing a business, with a focus on decision making, group dynamics, workplace stress and conflict, employee motivation and planning, plus communication, ethics and social responsibility.University/College Preparation · Strong fit
Reading the code
What the five characters mean
Ontario course codes are not arbitrary. Once you can read one, you can read all of them.
B = business
The first letter is the subject. Every course on this page starts with B.The next two letters
Identify the course itself — EM for entrepreneurial mindset, AF for accounting, OH for leadership.The number = grade
1 is Grade 9, 2 is Grade 10, 3 is Grade 11, 4 is Grade 12.The last letter = type
O open, C college preparation, M university/college preparation, E workplace preparation.
So BMX3E is a Grade 11 business course, workplace preparation
If you are the student
You don't need anyone's permission to start
Most of what is on this site is aimed at teachers. This part is not.
Business 101, free
Eight self-paced modules covering what most of these courses cover. Work through it beside your class or on your own.Start the courseBuild the plan
A one-page business plan builder that saves as you go, for a class assignment or your own idea.Open the builderGet it read by real people
The provincial competition is free, open from age 12, and every complete entry gets written feedback from working business people.See the competition
Under 18? A parent or guardian has to consent before you enter the competition, and we ask for that in the entry itself. Working through the course does not need it.
Questions
Common questions
- What do Ontario business course codes mean?
- Each code is five characters and every character says something. The first letter is the subject — B is business studies. The next two letters identify the course. The number is the grade: 1 is Grade 9, 2 is Grade 10, 3 is Grade 11, 4 is Grade 12. The last letter is the course type: O is open, C is college preparation, M is university/college preparation, E is workplace preparation. So BMX3E is a Grade 11 business course, workplace preparation.
- Which Ontario course is the entrepreneurship one?
- There are several, at different grades. BEM1O (Grade 9, Building the Entrepreneurial Mindset) and BEP2O (Grade 10, Launching and Leading a Business) are the newest. BDI3C, BDP3O and BDV4C cover entrepreneurship and venture planning in Grades 11 and 12, and BMX3E is a Grade 11 workplace-preparation marketing course. Each has its own page below.
- I'm a student taking one of these. Can Launch League help?
- Yes, and it costs nothing. Business 101 is a free self-paced course covering the same ground most of these do — finding a real problem, a real customer, pricing, marketing and a pitch. You can work through it alongside your class, use it to get unstuck on an assignment, or take it on your own. You do not need your teacher to sign up first, and you do not need a class code to start.
- Is there a business tutor for high school students?
- Launch League is not a tutoring service and does not charge for anything students use. What it does have is free: a self-paced course, a plan builder, written feedback from real business people on competition entries, and a directory of Ontario advisors. If you need one-on-one help with a specific assignment, your teacher is still the person who knows what they are marking.
- Does Launch League replace the course, or the teacher?
- Neither, and we are careful about this. Launch League does not fulfil, meet or deliver any Ontario curriculum expectation — the teacher delivers and assesses the course. What the pages below describe is a suggested connection: real activities a student can do and real work they can produce, which a teacher may or may not choose to use as evidence.
- What does it cost a school?
- Nothing. There is no fee for the course, the class tools, the competition or the feedback. Students never pay, and neither do schools. The program is funded by businesses, sponsors and adult memberships.
Related
Keep going
- Business 101 — free, practical 8-module courseBuild a business, not just a business plan: problem, customer, offer, customers, sales, numbers, systems and pitch.
- Where to study entrepreneurship in OntarioColleges and universities checked at source — including the programs that have quietly stopped taking students.
- Ontario pitch competitions12 award categories, free to enter, open to anyone in Ontario from age 12.