Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
Description
PROGRAM DETAILS
Program Code: BCA1
Credential: Degree
Duration: 120 weeks
Credential: Degree
Duration: 120 weeks
Part Time Offerings - online
- 2025 January
- 2025 May
- 2025 September
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Fanshawe’s bachelor’s degree in accounting will provide you with many valuable and transferable skills including financial accounting, cost accounting, management accounting, business finance, auditing and taxation in addition to a variety of general business management concepts including business strategy, marketing and human resources. You’ll be dynamic, with the power to continue a journey of life-long learning.
YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE
A requirement for graduation is the completion of a paid co-operative education work term. This process combines your studies with paid, related work experience. Fanshawe will be there to help you find the right business fit for your dream. You’ll have access to consultants who will deliver classes, counsel and advise you as you move from the classroom to the real business world. This bachelor’s degree in accounting will satisfy the requirements for all accounting professional bodies and will be closely aligned with the requirements for the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).
Upon graduating from this accounting degree, you may be eligible to complete a Master’s degree program at many other post-secondary institutions or complement your degree with a graduate certificate offered by Fanshawe.
Available in a traditional in-class format with September admission. A part-time, online degree completion option is also available for students who have completed an advanced diploma in accounting. A part-time version of this program is available.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature applicant with the following courses
- Grade 12 English (U) - minimum final grade of 65
- Grade 12 Mathematics (U) - minimum final grade of 65
- Four additional Grade 12 U of M level courses
- Final minimum average of 65% based on the highest six Grade 12 (U or M) courses required
Applicants with Post-secondary Education
- Applicants who have successfully completed a two-year diploma at an accredited college with an overall GPA of 2.5 will be considered as having met the admission requirements if they also have grade 12 (or equivalent) U level Math and English courses.
- Applicants applying from a university with a minimum average of 65% in the last ten full credit or full credit equivalent courses will be considered as having met the admission requirements if they also have grade 12 (or equivalent) U level Math and English courses.
Students missing the required courses may want to consider starting with our Business Fundamentals certificate or Business Accounting diploma program and later transferring to the degree program.
Note: Qualifying graduates of the Business Accounting diploma or Business Administration - Accounting advanced diploma programs may choose to transfer into this degree program after completing the bridging requirements
Co-op Opportunities & Career Information
The Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) program offers a cooperative education component, which provides students with the opportunity to gain invaluable first-hand work experience in their chosen field. Here are some of the co-op jobs that have kick-started the careers of some Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) students before even graduating!
The Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) program offers a cooperative education component, which provides students with the opportunity to gain invaluable first-hand work experience in their chosen field. Here are some of the co-op jobs that have kick-started the careers of some Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) students before even graduating!
For more information regarding co-op, please check out our co-op site or contact the Co-op Office at coop@fanshawec.ca to connect with a consultant.
Group 1
LEVEL 1
MATH-7007 Mathematics for Decision Making
ACCT-7002 Accounting 1-Intro
COMP-7012 Computer Applications for Business
MGMT-7006 Management Fundamentals
COMM-7018 Professional Comm. in a Diverse World
Group 2
LEVEL 2
ACCT-7003 Accounting 2-Intro
MKTG-7001 Marketing 1
ECON-7005 Microeconomics
MGMT-7008 Operations Management
MGMT-7007 Human Resources Management
Group 3
LEVEL 3
I
ACCT-7004 Management Accounting
ECON-7006 Macroeconomics
MGMT-7009 Principles of Organizational Behaviour
Group 4
LEVEL 4
LAWS-7002 Business Law
ACCT-7005 Accounting 1-Inter
SYST-7001 Business Information Systems
METH-7027 Quantitative Methods-Business Decisions
Group 5
LEVEL 5
FINA-7001 Business Finance 1
ACCT-7006 Accounting 2-Inter
ACCT-7007 Management Accounting 2
Group 6
LEVEL 6
FINA-7002 Personal Taxation
FINA-7003 Business Finance 2
ACCT-7011 Auditing
MGMT-7016 Managing Programs & Projects
COOP-1021 Co-Op Educ. Employment Prep
Group 7
LEVEL 7
FINA-7004 Corporate Taxation
ACCT-7015 Financial Accounting-Adv
ACCT-7009 Accounting Theory-Adv
**In addition to the mandatory courses refer to the Non-Core course requirements under Courses
Note: Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.
Related Courses
- Mathematics for Decision Making
- Accounting 1-Intro
- Management Fundamentals
- Professional Comm. in a Diverse World
- Accounting 2-Intro
- Marketing 1
- Operations Management
- Human Resources Management
- Management Accounting
- Principles of Organizational Behaviour
- Business Law
- Business Finance 2
- Auditing
- Co-Op Educ. Employment Prep
- Corporate Taxation
- Financial Accounting-Advanced
- Accounting Theory-Advanced
- Business Entrepreneurship
- Management Accounting-Adv
- Taxation-Advanced
- Auditing-Advanced
- Strategic Management
- Capstone Project
- BCA1 Co-op Work Term
- Argumentation & Persuasion
- Ethics in a Global Context
- Computational Thinking
Overview

- Institution: Fanshawe College
- Program type: Baccalauréat
- Language: English
- Program Code: BCA1
- Delivery Method: Entièrement en ligne/à distance
Disclaimer:
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.
Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.