Business Administration - Accounting
Loyalist College of Applied Arts & Technology
Key Information
Campus location
Belleville, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Sep 2024
Introduction
Business Administration - Accounting
Accounting is more than filing taxes and bookkeeping. It’s about understanding a business from the ground up and guiding it through sound financial practice. Every business has a numbers story. Whether it’s in the fields of manufacturing, services, travel, art, health, fashion, real estate or sports — the options are endless. Create the career you want working part-time, full-time, in an office, remotely, locally, nationally or internationally.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the college website for more information.
Curriculum
First Year - Semester One
- Business Computer Applications - Excel
- Business Computer Applications 1
- Business Math
- Business Writing
- Financial Accounting 1
- Introduction to Business
- Introduction to Marketing
First Year - Semester Two
- Communications
- Economics
- Financial Accounting 2
- Financial Accounting 2
- Personal Financial Management
- Statistics
Second Year - Semester Three
- Accounting Information Systems
- Corporate Financial Management 1
- Financial Accounting 3
- Management Accounting 1
- Organizational Behaviour
- Payroll Administration
Second Year - Semester Four
- Accounting Applications
- Accounting Applications - Sage 50
- Business Law & Ethics
- Intermediate Accounting 1
- Management Accounting 2
- Taxation 1 Personal
Third Year - Semester Five
- Advanced Management Accounting
- Intermediate Accounting 2
- Project Management
- Taxation 2 Corporate
Third Year - Semester Six
- Field Placement
- Field Placement Preparation
- Financial Management 2
Program Outcome
Credential
- Two-year Ontario College Diploma
- Three-year Ontario College Advanced Diploma
Experiential learning
This program delivers concrete, marketable skills with a dual focus on financial and management accounting:
- Develop managerial skills in budgeting, product costing and price setting, eliminating financial waste and finding operating efficiencies.
- Access opportunities to gain certification in industry-leading software such as MS Excel, Sage 50 Accounting and QuickBooks.
- A third year of study provides advanced knowledge of financial and management accounting, corporate taxation and audit techniques.
- Collaborate and formulate strategy in simulated business competitions.
- Learn from case studies and guest speakers from the local business community.
- Put your skills to work in Loyalist’s Service-Learning Community Clinics in semesters 5 and 6. Hone your customer service skills while assistance local small businesses and not-for-profit agencies with their accounting, budget and payroll needs.
- In year three, put your skills to work in our Money Matters clinic and gain customer service experience assisting students with budgeting and financial matters.
- A four-week field placement in third year provides valuable industry experience and networking, and the opportunity to graduate into a job.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Find your career
Accounting skills are in demand in virtually every field:
- You could work as a financial analyst, accountant, budget officer, account manager, financial planner, payroll officer or external auditor.
- There are opportunities in arts and entertainment, news media, marketing, manufacturing, education, health and wellness, service industries and sports organizations.
- Find the right fit — employers include large and small enterprises, the government, as well as not-for-profit agencies — or start your own business.
- With third-year studies in Canadian Public Sector Financial Management, advanced diploma graduates are uniquely positioned to take advantage of growing opportunities in the public sector and Not-for-Profit.
- Start at Loyalist and put your career on track to become a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) with advanced standing towards a university degree.