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Business - Accounting

Description

Program Overview

This diploma in accounting will teach you how to examine business from multiple angles and how to maximize your unique skill set. Industry professionals who work in the business accounting field will teach you how to balance the books in the manufacturing and merchandising sectors, banks, and other financial institutions. You'll also learn how to analyze numbers in public accounting firms and federal, provincial, and municipal government offices by using cutting-edge accounting software.

    Program Details

    • Program Code: BAC2
    • Credential: Ontario College Diploma
    • Duration 60 weeks

    Program Availability

    Full Time Offerings

    • 2025 January
    • 2025 May

    Part Time Offerings

    • 2025 January
    • 2025 May

    Admission Requirements

    • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or a mature applicant with the following courses
      - Grade 12 English (C or U)
      - Grade 11 Math (C, U or M - minimum of 60%), or Grade 12 Math (C or U)
       
    • Students who do not meet the admission requirements are recommended for academic upgrading. A conditional offer may be possible with proof of enrolment. Alternatively, applicants missing the required courses may want to consider our one-year Business Fundamentals preparatory program. Upon graduation, students can enter level 2 of any business diploma program in the Lawrence Kinlin School of Business.
       
    • Note:  Graduates of this program may choose to transfer into Fanshawe's Business Administration - Accounting Advanced Diploma or the Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) Degree programs after completing the bridging requirements.
    Your Learning Experience
     
    This two-year diploma in accounting is designed to prepare graduates to work in an accounting environment at the entry or intermediate accounting level. This accounting diploma program starts with accounting fundamentals and then moves to detailed accounting principles and concepts, including computerized accounting. When you graduate, you’ll have the skills required for success in a corporate accounting department in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, merchandising, small business accounting, banks and other financial institutions.
     
    You’ll also work in public accounting firms and federal, provincial and municipal government offices. This program is an ideal starting point for those seeking a career in accounting.
     
    Graduates who meet admission requirements are also eligible for transfer to the Business Administration - Accounting Advanced Diploma or the Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) Degree.
     
    Available in a traditional in-class format with September, January, February and May admissions or as a fully online business program, full-time or part-time. A co-op version of this program is also available.

    Courses

    Level 1

    Take all of the following Mandatory Courses:

    • ACCT-1100 Principles of Accounting 1
    • MKTG-1012 Principles of Marketing 1
    • MATH-1052 Business Math
    • BUSI-1060 Strategies for Success
    • WRIT-1032 Reason & Writing Business 1
    • BUSI-1005 Introduction to Business Processes

    Level 2

    Take all of the following Mandatory Courses:

    • ACCT-1097 Applied Computer App's for Accounting 1
    • ACCT-1011 Principles of Accounting 2
    • COMM-3020 Professional Communication
    • MATH-1175 Financial Math
    • ECON-1002 Economics 1
    • ACCT-1098 Applied Computer App's for Accounting 2

    Level 3

    Take all of the following Mandatory Courses:

    Group 1

    • ECON-1005 Economics 2
    • MATH-1045 Statistics
    • FINA-3043 Taxation 1 Personal Tax
    • ACCT-3036 Accounting 1 Inter

    Group 2

    Students will be enrolled in one of the following courses: MGMT-3041 or INNV-1001

    • MGMT-3041 Organizational Behaviour
    • INNV-1001 Innovation Applications

    Level 4

    • ACCT-3050 Accounting 2 Inter
    • ACCT-3022 Cost Accounting 1
    • FINA-3044 Taxation 2 Personal Tax
    • SYST-3002 Business Information Systems
    • LAWS-3041 Business Law
    • MGMT-3011 Project Management
    • Gen Ed - Electives Take 3 General Education Credits - Normally taken in Level 4

    Career Information

    Graduates of Fanshawe’s Business – Accounting program are prepared for a variety of entry-level positions in the public, private or not-for-profit sectors, including accounting assistant, junior accountant, staff accountant, bookkeeper, assistant controller, accounts payable and receivable clerk, billing administrator and tax practitioner.
     
    Note: Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.  

    Overview

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    • Institution: Fanshawe College
    • Program type: Diplôme
    • Language: English
    • Program Code: BAC2
    • Delivery Method: Entièrement en ligne/à distance

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    Disclaimer:
    Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.