Bachelor of Commerce:
Accounting Major |
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Regulations
effective April 16, 2003
Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time
of their enrolment.
New major effective April 16, 2003.
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Building on the Bachelor of Commerce program is Athabasca University's
new major in Accounting. The curriculum was selected after careful
review of the 3 major professional accounting programs in Canada:
CA (Chartered Accountants), CGA (Certified General Accountants),
and CMA (Certified Management Accountants). The major core and options
courses will be delivered by a combination of e-Classes®
and individualized-study course delivery methods. For more information
on this program contact Athabasca
University School of Business at 888-449-8813.
Athabasca University advisors have developed a program plan to assist you.
Counselling Services offers an assessment Web site, "Mapping
Your Future: Your Career and Athabasca University."
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Enrolment
Restriction
Students holding a degree in administration,
business, commerce or management; or a degree with a major, concentration,
or any equivalency programs from Athabasca University or another
university will not be accepted
into the Bachelor of Commerce, Accounting Major program. There are no course entrance requirements.
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Program Structure |
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Total credits in the program |
120 |
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Required courses (Years 1 and 2) |
36 |
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Required courses (Years 3 and 4) |
24 |
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Core Accounting courses (Years 3 and 4) |
15 |
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Options |
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Humanities, Science, or Social Science at the
junior
(200) level
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9 |
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Humanities, Science, or Social Science at the
senior
(300 or 400) level |
12 |
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Administrative Studies at any level |
3 |
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Administrative Studies at the senior
(300 or 400) level |
6 |
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Accounting major electives |
9 |
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Minimum Athabasca University (residency
requirement)
credits |
30 |
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Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and
Recognition
credits |
21 |
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At least 30 credits must be
obtained through Athabasca University in Years 3 and 4, including
ADMN
404 (residency requirement). |
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Years
1 and 2 (60 credits) |
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The regulations for Years 1 and 2 of the
Bachelor of Commerce program also apply to the Accounting major.
All
Administrative Studies courses will be offered as
e-Class® or as individualized-study courses with or without online
enhancements. |
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Years 3 and 4
(60 credits) |
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Required
Courses (24 credits) |
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ACCT 356 |
Strategic and Competitive
Analysis |
(3) |
ADMN 404 |
Business
Policy* |
(3) |
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ADMN 404 must be taken with AU. Transfer
credit will not be awarded. ADMN 404 should be taken as the last course
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CMIS 351 |
Management Information
Systems |
(3) |
FNCE 370 |
Overview of Corporate Finance |
(3) |
MGSC 368 |
Introduction to Production
and Operations
Management
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MGSC 369 |
Service Operations Management |
(3) |
MKTG 396 |
Introduction to Marketing |
(3) |
ORGB 364 |
Organizational Behaviour |
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A senior (300 or 400) level Organizational
Behaviour course other than
ORGB 364 |
(3) |
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Accounting
Major Core Courses
(15 credits. Some of the following courses are in development.) |
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ACCT 351 |
Intermediate Financial
Accounting I |
(3) |
ACCT 352 |
Intermediate Financial Accounting II |
(3) |
ACCT 460 |
Principles of Auditing |
(3) |
TAXX 301 |
Introduction to Income Taxation |
(3) |
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And one
of the following courses |
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FNCE 401 |
Investments
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FNCE 403 |
Risk Management (in
development)
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Accounting Major
Electives
(9 credits selected from the following)
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1. |
Any senior (300 or 400) level accounting
(ACCT), taxation
(TAXX),
or
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Finance
(FNCE) courses not included as core courses. |
(6) |
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2. |
CMIS
455 Accounting Information Systems |
(3) |
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Other Options (12 credits)
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Administrative
Studies credits at the senior
(300
or 400) level
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(6) |
2. |
Non-Administrative Studies options (Humanities, Science, Social Science, or Applied Studies courses) at the senior (300 or 400) level |
(6) |
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