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BUSINESS ACCOUNTING DIPLOMA PROGRAM

This diploma program offered online on a full-time and part-time basis, is designed to train students to work in accounting. Various areas of accounting including financial accounting, managerial accounting, taxation, auditing and various accounting computer programs are covered. Other courses include English, economics, law, finance, and statistics. These courses are designed to broaden the students' business background and improve their generic skills. Within the accounting and other courses students will be exposed to a number of accounting and business computer software packages.

Graduates may be granted some credits (depending upon academic achievement) toward the requirements of the Certified General Accountants’ (CGA) Association program of professional studies.

For full-time admission requirements, please refer to www.algonquincollege.com/distance/program_courses/programs.html

To qualify for your diploma on a part-time basis, the program must be completed within 10 years.
To qualify for your diploma on a full-time basis, the program must be completed within 2 years.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

College Eligibility

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent OR
  • 19 years of age or older

Application Information

Applications to the program must be submitted to:

Ontario College Application Services
60 Corporate Court
Guelph, Ontario N1G 5J3

Students currently enrolled in an Ontario secondary school should contact their Guidance Office to apply. For all other applicants, applications are available online at www.ontariocolleges.ca or from the Registrar's office of any Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology.

Note: International applicants applying from out of country may obtain an "International Student Application Form" and instructions by contacting the Client Service Officer, International, at the address shown below.

An $85.00 application fee must accompany the application form. Please refer to the Ontario College Guide for details on how to complete the application form.

For further information on the admissions process, please contact:

Registrar's Office, Algonquin College
1385 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K2G 1V8
613-727-0002 or 1-800-565-4723
Fax 613-727-7632

Applications are also available online at OCAS (Ontario Colleges Application Services).

For further information on the program, please contact Alicia Gibson at gibsona@algonquincollege.com or 613-727-4723 ext. 3330.

 

Click on the Course Number for more information available on the Courses page.


Course Number Course Name
Series 01  
ACC2201 Financial Accounting I

BUS2301

Business Computer Applications 
ENL1813 Communications I 
LAW1702 Business Law I
QUA2311 Quantitative Methods I
(Use of microcomputer is recommended for print-based courses.)
Series 02  
ACC2202 Financial Accounting II
ACC2343 Spreadsheet Applications (equivalent to DAT5173 & DAT5262 combined)
ECO2305 Microeconomics
ENL1823 Communications II
FIN2304 Business Finance
Series 03  
ACC2204 Intermediate Accounting I
ACC2354 Managerial Accounting I
ACC2344 Taxation I
ACC2253 Accounting Computer Applications (equivalent to ACC2152 & ACC0004 combined)
Series 04  
ACC2205 Intermediate Accounting II
ACC2355 Managerial Accounting II
ACC0048 Principles of Auditing
ACC2364 Financial Management
English General Education Elective
ENL1798 Critical Thinking
General Education Elective
ENV0002 Environmental Citizenship
Students registered in the full-time day Business - Accounting program should check with their program coordinator before enrolling in any courses in this Distance Education program.  
Monthly intake sections are also available for some of the online courses.