PAS Program

What is the PAS Program?

The BComm Peer Academic Support (PAS) Program supports students through free student-run study sessions for specific BComm courses. The PAS Program offers weekly sessions where students can receive guidance and support throughout the term. All students are welcome to attend PAS sessions to get free academic support and extra help in their BComm courses and learn from upper-year students who have excelled in the same courses.  

What courses can I get help in?

The PAS Program Provides extra help in the following courses: 

• ACCT 2241 - Introductory Financial Accounting
• ACCT 2242 - Introductory Managerial Accounting
• ECON 1201 - Principles of Microeconomics
• ECON 1202 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• FINA 2360 - Business Finance I
• FINA 3361 - Business Finance II
• MGSC 1205 - Quantitative Methods I
• MGSC 2207 - Introductory Statistics
• MISA 1225 - Introduction to Computer Applications
• ACCT+ Session
• FINA+ Session 

What are ACCT+ and FINA+ sessions?These sessions will provide support in Accounting and Finance courses beyond the introductory level. These sessions will have a more open structure, and the content will be driven by which courses students are seeking help for each week. ACCT+ will primarily focus on support for ACCT 3350, ACCT 3351, ACCT 3335, and ACCT 3323. FINA+ will primarily focus on support for FINA 4463, and FINA 4466. Students in other courses in each subject can also attend to help review foundational concepts.

Other BComm students run the sessions in the PAS program. These student leaders are called Peer Academic Leaders or PALs. PALs run the sessions each week for the PAS program. PALs are other students like you who understand what it's like to be a student in the BComm program and help you succeed in your courses. Peer Academic Leaders do not re-teach or lecture.  PALs help students learn study habits and how to study in the course. PALs also encourages student success by connecting with other students in the BComm program, learning good study habits and learning important skills to help with your success in the BComm program.

Want to become a Peer Academic Leader (PAL)? 

Check out our Student Leadership page to learn more. 

PAS sessions are for students who want to improve their understanding of challenging content in their courses through weekly sessions. These sessions follow the topics being taught in your courses each week and are an opportunity for students to review key concepts and get help where they need it. 

Benefits of attending every week:

• Opportunity to regularly review and practice key concepts and course material that appear on tests, exams, and assignments.
• Build in study time to your schedule.
• Work together with other students in the course on challenging concepts.
• These sessions are not to complete assignments or other course work.