University Certificate in Finance
Regulations effective September 1, 2011.
The University Certificate in Finance program provides students with the skills and knowledge appropriate for financial services professionals. The program has been designed so that, through careful selection of options, students may complete the major portion of the training required by various professional financial services associations. All credit earned in the UC: Finance program can be transferred into the Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Management program at Athabasca University.
Transfer credit completed more than 10 years ago in the following disciplines will not receive credit: senior-level ACCT, MGSC, LGST, MKTG, FNCE and TAXX. If you are currently working in the field and provide evidence of work being completed, this restriction will be waived.
Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment.
Program Structure | |
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Total credits in the program | 30 |
Required credits | 27 |
Elective credits | 3 |
Residency requirement. A minimum of 15 credits must be obtained through Athabasca University | 15 |
Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) credits | 6 |
General certificate regulations
Required Courses (27 credits) | ||
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ACCT 250 | Accounting for Managers or |
(3) |
ACCT 253 | Introductory Financial Accounting | |
ADMN 232 | Introduction to Management | (3) |
ECON 247 | Microeconomics | (3) |
ECON 248 | Macroeconomics | (3) |
ECON 385 | Money, Banking, and Canadian Financial Institutions | (3) |
FNCE 234 | Introduction to Finance | (3) |
FNCE 370 | Overview of Corporate Finance | (3) |
FNCE 401 | Investments | (3) |
MGSC 301 | Statistics for Business and Economics I* * strongly recommended or |
(3) |
MATH 215 | Introduction to Statistics or |
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MATH 216 | Computer-oriented Approach to Statistics |
Electives (Select 3 credits from the following) | ||
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ACCT 356 | Strategic and Competitve Analysis | (3) |
CMIS 351 | Management Information Systems | (3) |
ECON 476 | International Finance | (3) |
FNCE 322 | Personal Finance | (3) |
FNCE 403 | Risk Management | (3) |
FNCE 405 | Empirical Finance | (3) |
FNCE 408 | e-Commerce and Risk Management | (3) |
FNCE 470 | Portfolio Management | (3) |
MGSC 312 | Statistics for Business and Economics II | (3) |
MGSC 405 | Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making | (3) |
TAXX 301 | Taxation I | (3) |
ADMN 404 | Strategic Management* | (3) |
*ADMN 404 must be taken with AU. Transfer credit will not be awarded. ADMN 404 should be taken as the last course in the program. |
Information effective Sept. 1, 2011 to Aug. 31, 2012.
Updated October 20, 2011
Related Links
- University Certificates, General Regulations
- Bachelor of Commerce, 4-year, General Regulations
- Bachelor of Management, 3-year
- Bachelor of Management, 4-year, General Regulations
- Program Website
- Transfer Credit Services
- Archived Program Regulations