Overview
Accounting聽is your聽gateway to a world of exciting opportunities.聽It聽is聽the language of business that聽is essential聽to聽investment and managerial decisions.聽Mastering this language,聽learning the framework聽and exploring聽emerging technologies to tackle big data聽will聽provide the edge聽you聽need聽to succeed in today鈥檚 complex聽global聽business environment.聽聽
An聽Accounting聽major will give you a solid understanding of the聽main聽accounting聽fields:聽聽
- Financial accounting:聽Providing聽financial聽information to external聽stakeholders including investors, creditors,聽and regulators;聽
- Managerial accounting:聽Providing information to managers to make聽effective聽operating聽decisions;聽聽
- Auditing:聽Attesting to the fairness of information prepared by the company;聽聽
- Taxation:聽Understanding tax rules and applying them to tax compliance,聽tax planning聽and global structuring.聽聽
Accounting is also available as a concentration for students who wish to have a basic understanding of accounting but do not intend to become a professional accountant.聽Good knowledge of accounting is especially聽important聽for careers in聽finance and聽helps students in other majors build financial literacy.聽This can help you to聽better聽interpret financial information and聽understand the business environment.聽聽聽
Careers
Accountants聽are well-paid professionals in demand around the world聽and are critical to the success of any business or organization.聽An Accounting Major is a great gateway to pursuing a professional accounting designation such as the Chartered Professional Accounting (CPA).聽The CPA designation prepares you for a life-long, rewarding career with unlimited potential.聽
It聽can聽also聽prepare and聽lead you into the fields of finance,聽consulting,聽and聽strategy, in roles such as:聽
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- Tax Specialist聽
- Financial Analyst聽
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Courses
As an Accounting student, you can take courses like:
Faculty
The Faculty鈥檚 innovative programs and historic reputation for excellence continue to attract the most prominent professors from around the globe.
Student experience
Students聽completing聽an Accounting major usually聽obtain internships at a major accounting firm during聽summer. Upon聽graduation, they typically continue on our聽prestigious聽Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program to聽pursue聽the聽professional accounting designation (CPA). Information for professional accounting orders is available at:聽
Possible minors
Minors are a great way to customize your academic experience. Many students use minors to pursue interests outside their major, while others choose minors to complement their degree.
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Ready to apply?
For this program, you'll need to apply to the Desautels聽Faculty of Management.
See the聽full eligibility information聽for more information about deadlines and required documents for your application.聽