Business Administration - Accounting
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BAB
Ontario College Advanced Diploma
January 12, 2009
$1,513.00 per semester *
* Tuition and fees subject to change.
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Become involved in management decision-making and learn the language of business.
Today's accountants are dynamic decision-makers who work as part of the business team to ensure growth and success. As an accountant, you'll have your hand in every aspect of a business or organization -- it's a very creative field, and not a mere science.
Program Highlights
Put your keen interest in business and financial planning to work in our three-year program. We focus on the practical skills you'll need to succeed:
- Take part in a field placement with a business or industry for hands-on experience.
- In your first and second semesters, you'll take part in courses common to all Business Administration students at Fleming.
- In semesters three to six, you'll specialize in the training you'll need to pursue your career as an accountant.
Why Choose Fleming?
How about this for a statistic -- 92 per cent employment in a related field for graduates of the Business Administration - Accounting program? You can get on track towards a professional designation too. Your course work can be counted towards exemptions in the first three levels of Certified General Accountant (CGA) program of study. We've got a cutting-edge program, and our faculty have professional designations. This means you'll be taught by people who know what you need to succeed -- and graduate with the relevant education employers are looking for. We think this says it all -- great education, super teachers, and excellent career prospects.
Work Experience
Put your education to the test. As part of your studies, you will complete a minimum of 140 hours of field placement. You'll arrange these placements, with the support of your program co-ordinator, during the course of study. This experience in a business or industry will give you the chance to put your education to work and provide contacts and a network for future employment.
What it Takes to Succeed
- You've got to be able to see the whole business, while also focusing on the financial details.
- Problem-solving ability
- Computer-savvy
- Strong analytical and creative thinking skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
Career Opportunities
Job opportunities are available in many sectors, including: banks, manufacturing and service companies, government ministries, and non-profit or charitable organizations. Positions range from junior accountant to financial analyst, as well as accounting technician or auditor, among others.
Minimum Admission Requirements
OSSD with the majority of credits at the College (C) and Open (O) level, including:
- 2 College (C) English courses (Grade 11 or Grade 12)
- 1 College (C) Math course (Grade 11)
When (C) is the minimum course level for admission, (U) or (U/C) courses are also accepted.
Recommended (but not required for admission):
- Grade 12 College (C) Math
Mature Students If you are 19 years of age or older before classes start, and you do not possess an OSSD, you can write the Canadian Adult Achievement Test to assess your eligibility for admission.
* Students starting in January are required to attend classes over the summer semester.
Selection Process
Related Programs
As mentioned, you might want to consider a CGA program after graduation for further qualifications and professional designation.
Additional Costs
Approximately $1,000 per year for books and supplies.
University Transfer Agreements
- Athabasca University
- Australian Catholic University National
- Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
- Lakehead University
- Northwood University
- Ryerson University
- Trent University
- University Canada West - Victoria, BC
- University of Lethbridge
- University of Ontario Institute of Technology
- University of Western Sydney
- University of Windsor
Semester 1
Accounting Fundamentals
Course Number: ACCT001
Accounting Fundamentals introduces students to the principles and practices of the accounting process and finance management. The key objective of this course is to enable the student to use accounting information in a useful and informative manner. Students will acquire a basic understanding of how the activities of an organization are reflected in the financial statements as well as offering an understanding of the basic terms and content of financial statements. This will provide the background students require to study other areas of business or to pursue more advanced courses in accounting.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Business Essentials - A Survival Course
Course Number: BUSN002
This course will explore the nature of business and the role of the individual within the business context. The course will help to prepare the student for the world of business by developing an understanding of the major functional aspects of a successful business. The course will also focus on a number of important business trends that will continue to affect business into the future. These include the growth and influence of international business, the role of ethics and social responsibility in business decisions, the significance of small business, the growth of the service sector, and the influence of technology on business activities. This is an approved general education course.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Communications for Business
Course Number: COMM078
Successful business and administrative communication requires an understanding of both individual and organizational audiences and the ability to create effective messages for them. Communications for Business will introduce students to the critical-thinking, problem-solving and professional writing skills that are necessary to meet these communication challenges.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Financial Statements and the Finance Environment
Course Number: ACCT071
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Introductory Computing
Course Number: COMP345
Working in the Windows XP environment, this computer course introduces the student to computer basics (computer terminology, e-mail, Internet, file management) and the application and use of word processing, spreadsheet, and database software. Through the extensive use of hands-on activities, students will gain sufficient knowledge and experience to make productive use of computers as a tool in both college and workplace environments.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Marketing
Course Number: MKTG014
This is an introductory course in Marketing designed to provide an awareness and understanding of the role and function of marketing within an individual firm and throughout the total economy. The student is introduced to the principles and techniques of marketing and its various functional areas. The various marketing strategies utilized in product or service planning and development, pricing, distribution and promotion in response to the needs and wants identified in various markets are explored.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Math Fundamentals for Business Studies
Course Number: MATH011
The Math Fundamentals for Business Studies course was designed to be an integral portion of all programs offered by the School of Business at Sir Sandford Fleming College. This course is a one-semester study of the mathematics applicable to the business and financial community. Math Fundamentals for Business Studies places the significance of mathematics as a problem solving and decision making tool. Topics covered: manipulation of business formulae, break-even analysis, monetary conversion, mathematics of buying and selling, simple, compound interest and annuities.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Semester 2
Business Teams
Course Number: SOCI125
Learn about the movement towards getting work done through teams in organizations, and develop the knowledge and skills to thrive in this area. This course meets the General Education requirements primarily in the areas of Work and the Economy and Social Understanding, as well as touching Civic Life, Personal Development, and Cultural Understanding.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Business and Contract Law
Course Number: LAWS004
Business people and consumers in Ontario are affected by a broad spectrum of federal, provincial and municipal laws and a variety of court-created legal principles. This course serves as an introduction to business and consumer law.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Communicating at Work
Course Number: COMM002
This course will enable you to continue to improve your general communication skills to meet the learning outcomes demanded by the assignments in this course, as well as the expectations of other subjects and eventual career employment. This course emphasizes concepts of critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they apply to processes fundamental to effective communication. You will continue to reinforce speaking, writing, reading, and listening techniques common to the expectations demanded by the work place of your career choice by applying, at a more sophisticated level, principles of style, structure, mechanics and techniques (for orals).
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Human Resources Administration
Course Number: MGMT007
This course is designed to provide an overview of key human resources activities and the related legislation affecting today's workplaces. Topics of study include the strategic role of HRM, legal compliance and valuing diversity, designing and analyzing jobs, human resources planning, recruitment, selection, orientation and training, performance appraisal, compensation, employee benefits & services, labour relations, and occupational health & safety.
Participants will also have an opportunity to discuss legal compliance in the areas of human rights, pay/employment equity, employment standards, labour relations, and health & safety. Applied learning opportunities include case study analyses, identification of Human Rights Code violations on an employment application form, development of a job description/specification and a recruitment ad, critique of managerial performance on videotape, web-based research pertaining to employment practices, and completion of a journal article summary and explanation of its relationship to the course material.
Note: This course has been approved by the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) as a credit in the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations' (CCHRA's) national certification program. To qualify to write the National Knowledge Exam, it is necessary to attain an overall average of 70 percent in the nine subjects covered, with no grade of less than 65 percent.
Prior to enrollment in this course, it is recommended that learners have attained the learning outcomes of Communications for Business (COMM78).
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
International Trade
Course Number: MTRL008
This course provides students with an overview and understanding of international trade, its history, process, and current applications.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Operations Management
Course Number: BUSN020
This course is designed to give students an understanding of the functions of business operations. Students develop an understanding of the important factors and some of the analytical tools that can be used to improve productivity and customer service. Emphasis is placed on the cost benefit relationship.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Semester 3
Accounting II
Course Number: ACCT004
Pre-requisites
This is a continuation of Accounting Fundamentals (ACCT 1). This segment focuses on components of the balance sheet, current and capital assets, liabilities, and the equity section for partnerships and corporations.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Contemporary Management Skills
Course Number: BUSN006
In this course, both theoretical and practical fundamentals of managerial work are explored and experienced. Through self-assessments, skills workshops, discussions, and lectures, students will learn management competencies in interpersonal and leadership strategies, the dynamics of power and innovation, as well as organizational strategies to enhance performance and productivity.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Human Resources Administration
Course Number: MGMT007
This course is designed to provide an overview of key human resources activities and the related legislation affecting today's workplaces. Topics of study include the strategic role of HRM, legal compliance and valuing diversity, designing and analyzing jobs, human resources planning, recruitment, selection, orientation and training, performance appraisal, compensation, employee benefits & services, labour relations, and occupational health & safety.
Participants will also have an opportunity to discuss legal compliance in the areas of human rights, pay/employment equity, employment standards, labour relations, and health & safety. Applied learning opportunities include case study analyses, identification of Human Rights Code violations on an employment application form, development of a job description/specification and a recruitment ad, critique of managerial performance on videotape, web-based research pertaining to employment practices, and completion of a journal article summary and explanation of its relationship to the course material.
Note: This course has been approved by the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) as a credit in the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations' (CCHRA's) national certification program. To qualify to write the National Knowledge Exam, it is necessary to attain an overall average of 70 percent in the nine subjects covered, with no grade of less than 65 percent.
Prior to enrollment in this course, it is recommended that learners have attained the learning outcomes of Communications for Business (COMM78).
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Management Accounting
Course Number: ACCT022
This is a survey course that relates to the uses of accounting information for decision-making purposes. Students will begin with an understanding of fundamental cost concepts as they relate to a manufacturing environment, as well as an understanding of cost behaviour. Then they will apply various techniques to analyze and interpret information as it relates to different decision situations faced by managers.
Note: This course has been approved by the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) as a credit in the Canadian Council of Human Resources Associations' (CCHRA's) national certification program. To qualify to write the National Knowledge Exam, it is necessary to attain an overall average of 70 percent in the nine subjects covered, with no grade of less than 65 percent.
Note: It is recommended that students have completed Math Fundamentals for Business Studies (MATH 11) and Accounting Fundamentals (ACCT 1).
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Taxation Principles
Course Number: ACCT068
Pre-requisites
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Semester 4
Advanced Computers
Course Number: COMP103
Pre-requisites
This course builds on the common functions of File Management, Word Processing, Spreadsheets and Database to enhance skills for a business environment. The use of tables, multi-page documents and graphics will be covered in Word Processing. Spreadsheet skills in the use of functions and formulas, formatting, conditions, lists, graphics and multiple worksheets will be developed. The integration of word processors, spreadsheets and databases will be included, particularly mail/merge.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Business Statistics and Quantitative Methods
Course Number: MATH046
Pre-requisites
The understanding and application of basic statistical analysis to business related problems will be examined. The calculation and interpretation of statistical measures will be thoroughly covered. Once the basic measures are mastered, probability and probability distributions will be discussed. Statistical measures, data collection and probability distributions will be brought together to perform statistical inference with confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Then, simple linear regression will be developed. The calculation and interpretation of statistical measures will be learned within a format of class time practice, specific course assignments and use of the Excel? computer spreadsheet.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Intermediate Accounting I
Course Number: ACCT016
Pre-requisites
This is the first part of a three-semester course. The focus is on financial accounting, or the reporting of financial information to external users. This segment builds on the basic understanding acquired in Accounting Fundamentals (ACCT 1) and Accounting II (ACCT 4). It is designed to introduce the impact of professional judgement and corporate reporting objectives on the preparation of accounting entries and financial statements.
Units: 60.00
Hours: 60.00
Managerial Cost Accounting
Course Number: ACCT023
Pre-requisites
This course explores cost-accounting techniques as they relate to the valuation of inventory in a manufacturing operation. Students will apply analytical skills to determine unit product costs, measure production process costs, and allocate resources efficiently within the firm in order to maximize profits while maintaining the ability to meet long-term strategic objectives. Terminology and concepts learned in Management Accounting are expanded on in this course.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Taxation II
Course Number: ACCT031
Pre-requisites
This is a continuation of Taxation I (ACCT 30). That course explored liability for tax and determination of net income for tax purposes from a variety of sources, including employment, capital gains, miscellaneous sources, determination of net income, and determination of taxable income and federal taxes payable. The objective of Taxation II is to further explore registered retirement plans, capital cost allowance, capital gains, and non-arms-length transactions. The basic concepts of business income are then applied to corporations, calculating net income, taxable income, and federal taxes payable for both public and private corporations. Some tax planning ideas are introduced.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Semester 5
Communications - Report Writing
Course Number: COMM006
Pre-requisites
In this course, you will learn how to plan, organize, illustrate, edit, and present written and oral material in both an informational and analytical style to businesses, service and technological industries, and government agencies.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Career Search
Course Number: BUSN027
Set yourself apart from the crowd. This course builds on students' existing knowledge of job search techniques. It focuses on the preparation of a personal resume, cover letter and career portfolio relevant to their field of study. Emphasis will be placed on interview and presentation skills appropriate for the workplace. Participants will complete this course confident in their ability to match their skills to the demands of the workplace.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Corporate Finance
Course Number: ACCT046
Pre-requisites
This course explores the goals and decision making process of financial management. It is a study of the financial and investment decisions from the corporations perspective which include the valuing of financial assets, determining the cost of capital and capital structure, managing short and long-term finances and investment in current and long-term assets. This course builds on knowledge acquired in Economics, Statistics and Introduction to Financial Management (ACCT 21).
Units: 60.00
Hours: 60.00
Intermediate Accounting II
Course Number: ACCT017
Pre-requisites
This is the second part of a three-semester course. The focus is on financial accounting, or the reporting of financial information to external users. This segment builds on the basic understanding acquired in Intermediate Accounting I (ACCT 16). It is designed to enable the student to further develop accounting knowledge and skills.
Units: 60.00
Hours: 60.00
Semester 6
Microeconomics
Course Number: BUSN018
This course provides an introduction to the economic behaviour of consumers and firms in the marketplace. Microeconomics studies the way that individual markets work and how regulations and taxes affect trade, consumers, and producers.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Advanced Accounting
Course Number: ACCT051
Pre-requisites
This financial accounting course emphasizes liabilities and equities. Building on concepts introduced in Intermediate Accounting I and II, this course focuses on special topics including shareholders' equity, complex financial instruments, income taxes, pensions and other employee future benefits, leases, and accounting changes and error analysis.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Auditing
Course Number: ACCT005
Pre-requisites
This course serves as an introduction to the auditing principles and procedures that are applicable to both internal and external audits. Topics include reporting, the ethical and legal environment, audit objectives, audit evidence, audit planning and analytical review, materiality and risk, internal control, and audit sampling. Particular attention is paid to the audit of the sales and collection cycle.Note: It is strongly recommended that students have successfully completed Intermediate Accounting II (ACCT 17).
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Computers and Information Systems
Course Number: COMP024
This is an introductory course in systems analysis and design from the user's perspective (systems perspective). The student will look at the basic problem-solving techniques and how they apply to analyzing and designing computer-related systems. The course will emphasize the five phases of the systems development life cycle, and the tools and techniques used in each.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Corporate Social Responsiblity: Ethical Conduct of Business
Course Number: MGMT066
We live in the age of globalization. Due to many recent events, corporate business is under fire to manage their activities in a culturally sensitive and ethical manner. Moreover, many corporations are learning that it is good business to do good. In this case-based course we will examine various specific ethical dilemmas in the conduct of domestic and international business. We will discuss the structure of the corporation and the various contemporary ethical issues it presents. Finally we shall discuss the best practices of many leading companies to conduct their business in a socially responsible way.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00
Payroll Administration
Course Number: MGMT020
This course provides an introduction to payroll practices and procedures. An overview of the payroll function, employment standards, earnings, taxable benefits, Canada/Quebec Pension plans, employment insurance, net pay, and record of employment are presented. Materials used in the course are produced by the Canadian Payroll Association. Those wishing to receive certification as a payroll administrator will be required to write the exam set by the Canadian Payroll Association and successfully complete an introductory course in computer systems. Note: Although not required to fulfill Fleming's Human Resources Management Certificate Program requirements or to qualify for the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation, taking this course will enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of human resources practitioners wishing to pursue their designation, individuals aspiring to move into the human resources management or industrial relations field, and those in general management/supervisory positions with key human resources responsibilities. It is for that reason that this course is mandatory for those enrolled in the Business Administration Human Resources Management Diploma Program.
Units: 45.00
Hours: 45.00