1. Introductory Financial Accounting*
This course is intended for students who have not previously studied accounting. Accounting principles and concepts are introduced and reinforced as students apply them in the preparation and analysis of financial statements. The primary issues involved in accounting for key balance sheet and income statement items are addressed.

2. Economics*
Comparable to the general introductory course(s) in micro and macro economics taught in most universities, this course covers the elements of supply and demand, firm analysis, national income analysis, the economic role of government, money and banking, and international trade.

3. Business Law*
This module provides an introduction to Canadian law especially as it relates to contracts, sale of goods, negotiable instruments, corporations, agency and partnership. Also covered are methods of securing debts and ensuring performance.

4. Finance*
This is a managerial finance course covering a broad range of topics. Included are the Canadian financial environment, the interest factor in financial decisions, capital budgeting, leverage, valuation and rates of return, the cost of capital, working capital management, short, intermediate, and long-term financing, and strategies for growth.

5. Cost Accounting, Planning & Budgeting*
This course is essentially a composite of two separate courses. One, on cost accounting, covers such topics as job order and process costing, standard cost and variance analysis, responsibility accounting, inflation effects and holding gains and losses. The second, on planning and budgeting, covers such topics as cost-volume-profit analysis, master budgets, flexible budgets, pro-forma financial statements, and performance reports.

6. Management Information Systems*
This course deals with the impact of information technology and systems on business organizations. A managerial or end user approach to information systems concepts and applications will provide an understanding of how information systems support key business functions, the information resources available to managers, and the role of managers and accountants in the systems development process. The course helps prepare students for their future role as professional accountants involved in the planning, designing, evaluating, controlling, auditing and use of computerized information systems.

7. Intermediate Financial Accounting*
This course provides the student with the necessary background knowledge to solve accounting problems other than those in certain specialized areas. This course is concerned with the application of accounting concepts, assumptions and principles to the determination of income and to each of the balance sheet classifications commonly found in the financial report of a limited company. Extensive reference is made to the CICA Handbook.

8. Accounting Theory
Beginning with approaches to theory formulation and the historical development of accounting thought, the course develops a framework for approaching the study of accounting theory and practice. Issues involved in the definition, recognition and measurement of the accounting elements are discussed and alternatives to the historic cost model are considered. Lecture only (Summer session)

9. Introductory Auditing
This course is designed to introduce the student to the fundamentals of auditing. It covers internal control, audit evidence, audit techniques, working papers and audit programs, and basic procedures for auditing normal balance sheet and income statement items. Lecture (Summer session - Not being offered Summer 2009) or Correspondence (Winter session)

10. Advanced Financial Accounting
This advanced course is concerned mainly with accounting for combined corporate entities, accounting for foreign transactions and operations, and reporting the effects of changing prices. Specialized areas such as partnerships, fiduciary and fund accounting, government accounting and businesses in financial difficulty are covered. Lecture (Summer session) or Correspondence (Fall session)

11. Tax Technical
This intensive seminar is designed to hone your knowledge in personal and corporate taxation. Face to face supplemented by internet component. (Summer session).

12. Module 1
An intensive seminar comprising lectures, small group workshops and simulated client engagements. Primary competency areas covered include Performance Management and Assurance. Finance and Taxation are integrated into the module as you apply your recently obtained tax knowledge in dealing with practical issues for small owner-managed businesses and their shareholders. Organizational Effectiveness and Information and Information Technology play a roll in some of the client simulations. Face to face supplemented by internet component. (Summer Session).

13. Module 2
Module 2 integrates all six competency areas with an emphasis on Finance, as you deal with clients' capital budgeting and financing decisions. Assurance and Performance Measurement have continued emphasis as you and your teammates develop an audit plan for a major client that has significant financial accounting issues. Organizational effectiveness, control and risk management is emphasized more heavily and you get continued exposure to Taxation and Information and Information Technology through various assignments and simulations. On-line followed by 3 day live workshop (Fall session).

14. Module 3
Module 3 focuses on Finance and Taxation as you face issues related to business valuations, acquisitions and reorganizations. You'll quickly realize that the competencies you've developed in the earlier modules can't be forgotten, however, because your clients invariably have accounting and assurance issues as well. On-line, followed by 3 day live workshop (Winter session).

15. Module 4
Module 4 rounds out your competency development. As your Client Challenges become more strategic in nature, you need to call on your skills in Organizational Effectiveness, Control and Risk Management, as well the strategic use of Information and Information Technology. You will need to integrate IT into the audit function, assess controls, analyze budget variances, and develop non-financial performance measures. On-line followed by 3 day live workshop (Spring session)

16. Finalist Preparation Program
Finalist Preparation Program helps you prepare for the Uniform Evaluation (UFE). Think of it as a 'finishing school', with the objective of refining your ability to demonstrate your competence on the UFE. The emphasis is on practice writing and marker feedback - with lots of classroom sessions to give you the tips and techniques that you need to become a real CA. The 10 day classroom session is followed by a web-based component that will give you continued support up until the UFE. Face to face supplemented by internet component. (Summer session)

17. Staff Training Program
Attendance at this optional one week seminar is encouraged for all students (normally within 4 to 6 months of registration as a student) whose firms do not provide a comparable "in-house" course. The workshop uses a case study and is designed to familiarize the students with working paper objectives and contents, with basic audit techniques and key audit areas, and with various government forms. Lecture only (Fall Session)

* The School does not offer courses 1 through 7 but will refer you to an institution from which these courses are available.