Business Administration - Accounting

Program Overview

The Business Administration - Accounting program offers a comprehensive curriculum in accounting disciplines, including taxation, auditing, and financial management. It equips students with practical skills in accounting software, prepares them for entry-level roles in accounting or financial management, and provides transfer opportunities with various Canadian and American universities for further degree completion. Additionally, graduates may qualify for exemptions towards the Advanced Certificate in Accounting & Finance (ACAF).

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Business Administration - Accounting three-year program provides a well-rounded curriculum of accounting theory and practical applications leading to a wide range of career possibilities. Students are given rigorous training in various accounting disciplines including cost management, financial accounting, taxation, financial management, auditing and information systems. Graduates of this program are proficient in various accounting, income tax, and spreadsheet software packages. Students also gain broad-based business, communication and workplace skills that employers are looking for.

Program Highlights:

• Knowledgeable professors with solid industry experience giving students first-hand insight into the field.
• Up-to-date computer labs using the latest accounting software.
• Work placements for qualifying students allowing for hands-on real-world application of the skills and principles learned in the classroom, along with networking opportunities with possible future employers.
• Transfer agreements and opportunities with several Canadian and American universities.
• Opportunity for qualifying graduates to complete a Bachelor of Commerce (B.
Comm.) from Nipissing University on the St. Clair College campus.
• Courses may be accepted as prerequisites and/or technical course exemptions towards the Advanced Certificate in Accounting & Finance (ACAF).

Outline:

Semester 1

| Code | Title | Credits | |---|---|---| | ACC110 | Accounting Concepts I | 3 | | BUS108 | Introduction To Canadian Business | 3 | | ECN210 | Microeconomics | 3 | | MTH146 | Mathematics Of Personal Finance | 4 | | MGN105 | Introduction To Human Resources | 3 | | COM103 | Business Communications I | 3 |

Semester 2

| Code | Title | Credits | |---|---|---| | ACC210 | Accounting Concepts II | 3 | | ECN110 | Macro Economics | 3 | | MRK202 | Introduction To Canadian Marketing | 3 | | SSC169G | Money Matters | 3 | | MTH237 | Statistical Concepts | 3 | | COM203 | Business Communications II | 3 | | BUS207 | Basic Spreadsheeting | 2 |

Semester 3

| Code | Title | Credits | |---|---|---| | ACC316 | Advanced Spreadsheeting | 3 | | ACC320 | Cost Accounting | 3 | | ACC326 | Accounting Software Applications | 3 | | ACC328 | Intermediate Accounting I | 4 | | ACC335 | Canadian Income Tax I | 3 | | MGN310 | Organizational Behaviour | 3 | | ELEC1030 | Choose 1 Elective Course | 3 |

Semester 4

| Code | Title | Credits | |---|---|---| | ACC420 | Management Accounting I | 3 | | ACC426 | Accounting Software Applications II | 3 | | ACC428 | Intermediate Accounting II | 4 | | ACC435C | Canadian Income Tax II | 3 | | ACC444 | Financial Management I | 3 | | BUS606 | Management Information Systems | 3 | | ELEC1030 | Choose 1 Elective Course | 3 |

Semester 5

| Code | Title | Credits | |---|---|---| | ACC515 | Intermediate Accounting III | 4 | | ACC520 | Management Accounting II | 3 | | ACC544 | Financial Management II | 3 | | ACC622 | Auditing | 3 | | MTH710 | Quan. Meth. For Decision Mak | 3 | | ACC540 | Work Placement | 6 | | ACC638 | Accounting Research | 3 |

Semester 6

| Code | Title | Credits | |---|---|---| | ACC615 | Intermediate Accounting IV | 4 | | ACC627 | Accounting Projects | 4 | | BUS300 | Business Law | 3 | | MGN300 | Business Ethics | 2 | | ACC619 | Business Strategy | 3 | | ACC540 | Work Placement | 6 | | ACC638 | Accounting Research | 3 |

Careers:

Graduates of the Business Administration - Accounting program are prepared for a wide range of career opportunities in accounting or financial management.

• Honours B. Comm from the University of Windsor
• B. Comm from Walsh College
• B. Comm from Nipissing University (delivered on the St. Clair College campus)
• B. Comm from Davenport University
• MBA Lawrence Technological University

Other:

• Courses may qualify as prerequisites and or exemptions for the Advanced Certificate in Accounting and Finance (ACAF).
• Ontario Colleges and McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Sign Memorandum of Agreement Regarding Student Transfer to Business Diploma Programs