Professional Accounting Practice (PRA)

This 12-month graduate certificate program is a fast-track option for four-year degree graduates to pursue a career in accounting wishing to pursue the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) designation. You will study financial and management accounting, tax, information systems, audit, finance and economics focusing on analysis and interpretation of information and making sound ethical decisions.

You will be introduced to the modern technological environment of business using spreadsheets (Excel), database software (Access) and integrated database application technologies (ERP) through exposure to accounting software package(s). You will also gain industry exposure through research, case studies and projects.

You are eligible to enrol in this program with little or no knowledge of accounting. Upon graduation, you can choose to continue to complete an accounting degree such as Seneca's Accounting and Finance degree, or pursue your CPA professional designation (minimum grade requirements apply).

Skills

Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:

• Communications
• Analytical thinking
• Decision-making
• Budgeting

Your Career

When you graduate from this program, these are the types of employers waiting for you:

• Financial accounting supervisor
• Divisional and corporate accountant
• Accounting analyst
• Cost accountant

Professional Certification

As a graduate of this program, assuming you have met the minimum grade requirement, you will have:

• completed the equivalent of the 14 preparatory courses required for admission to the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP®)
• eligibility for ACCA Papers F1 to F8 exemptions