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Bachelor of Commerce (B.Comm.)

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Accounting (ACCT)

College of Management & Economics

By combining the conceptual and quantitative elements of accounting while promoting the integration of theory and practice, the accounting major provides graduates with the academic requirements for the postgraduate pursuit of a Professional Accounting designation. Students will develop the technical, analytical, evaluative and communication skills needed for a successful career in accounting and related management areas.

The program provides a strong foundation of accounting and general business knowledge while allowing significant opportunity to develop breadth and depth of knowledge in related areas of study. Course requirements for the postgraduate professional accounting designations vary. Students may consult their Faculty Advisor, the B.Comm Program counsellor or the department website: http://www.business.uoguelph.ca/accounting.shtml for additional information.

For this major, 14.00 of the 20.00 credits are specified as core requirements and 6.00 electives (including the Liberal Education Requirements of 1.50 credits.)

Liberal Education Requirement

As part of the graduation requirement all students within the B.Comm. Program are required to complete 1.50 credits from at least two different subject prefixes as listed under the B.Comm. Program Information section of the undergraduate calendar.

Major

Semester 1
CIS*1200* [0.50] Introduction to Computing
CME*1000 [0.50] Introduction to Business
ECON*1050 [0.50] Introductory Microeconomics
MATH*1000 [0.50] Introductory Calculus
0.50 electives
*Note: Students may take CIS*1200 in semester 1 or MCS*2020 in semester 3 or 4. Students intending to pursue the CA stream should take MCS*2020 in semester 3 or 4. Students choosing to take MCS*2020 in semester 3 or 4 may take 1.00 electives in semester 1.
Semester 2
BUS*2220 [0.50] Financial Accounting
ECON*1100 [0.50] Introductory Macroeconomics
MCS*1000 [0.50] Introductory Marketing
STAT*2060 [0.50] Statistics for Business Decisions
0.50 electives
Semester 3
BUS*2090 [0.50] Individuals and Groups in Organizations
BUS*2230 [0.50] Management Accounting
BUS*2240 [0.50] Applied Financial Accounting
ECON*2310 [0.50] Intermediate Microeconomics
One of:
MCS*2020 [0.50] Information Management
0.50 electives
Note: Students taking courses in the CA stream may take MCS*2020 in semester 3 or 4.
Semester 4
BUS*3320 [0.50] Financial Management
BUS*3330 [0.50] Intermediate Financial Accounting I
MCS*3040 [0.50] Business and Consumer Law
One of:
MCS*2020 [0.50] Information Management
0.50 electives
0.50 electives
Semester 5
BUS*3280 [0.50] Auditing I
BUS*3340 [0.50] Intermediate Financial Accounting II
MCS*3000 [0.50] Advanced Marketing
1.00 electives
Semester 6
BUS*3230 [0.50] Intermediate Management Accounting
ECON*3560 [0.50] Theory of Finance
FARE*3310 [0.50] Operations Management
1.00 electives
Semester 7
BUS*3350 [0.50] Taxation
BUS*4220 [0.50] Advanced Financial Accounting
BUS*4250 [0.50] Business Policy
One of:
BUS*4270 [0.50] Auditing II
0.50 electives
0.50 electives
Semester 8
BUS*4260 [0.50] International Business
One of:
BUS*4230 [0.50] Advanced Management Accounting
BUS*4240 [0.50] Advanced Accounting Theory
One of:
BUS*4290 and BUS*4350
1.00 electives
0.50 electives
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