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LENGTH OF STUDY:
2 Years

ACCREDITATION:
Post-Graduate Diploma

CAMPUS:
Castlegar Campus

Earning a Selkirk College Post Graduate Accounting
diploma firmly positions you to secure an exciting and
fulfilling accounting career in Canada.

Competent accounting and finance professionals
with a professional accounting designation are highly
respected in the business world and are in high
demand.

START AT SELKIRK COLLEGE TO WORK
TOWARDS YOUR CHARTERED PROFES-
SIONAL ACCOUNTING DESIGNATION

The Post-Graduate Accounting (PGA) diploma will
give you, as an international student, a solid financial
accounting and management background to secure
your career potential in this high-paying and diverse
field. In Canada, there is now one accounting
designation called the Chartered Professional
Accountant (CPA) designation. Individuals with this
accounting designation are highly sought after.

In order to enter the CPA education program in
Canada, there are three entrance requirements:

— Completion of all CPA preparatory courses.

— Completion of a Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to a
Canadian Bachelor’s degree) in any field.

— A full-time accounting job.

The Selkirk College PGA includes most of the
preparatory courses necessary for admission to

the CPA education program, which can become

your pathway to a career as a CPA. For specific
information about how the courses in this PGA
program can help satisfy the entrance requirements
of the CPA program, please contact the CPABC.

Graduates of this program are eligible to apply for the
three year post-graduate work permit in Canada.

Admission Requirements

In addition to meeting the general entrance
requirements for admission to Selkirk College,
applicants must meet the following Post-Graduate
Accounting requirements:

ACADEMIC

— Completion of a two-year diploma in a discipline
other than business, Bachelor’s degree from a
recognized post-secondary institution in Canada or

174 Selkirk College Academic Calendar 2019-20

Post-Graduate Diploma in Accounting

selkirk.ca/program/post-graduate-accounting

Note: Depending on intake semester the courses available will change.
ff your intake is in the Spring, it will take 5 semesters to complete the
program. The Fall intake is showcased below.

For additional intakes, see website selkirk.ca/program/post-graduate-accounting

Year1

SEMESTER 1
Course
ADMIN 272
COMM 220
COMM 240
ECON 106
TWC 164

SEMESTER 2
Course
ADMN 171
ADMN 181
COMM 241
ECON 107
STAT 105

Year 2

SEMESTER 3
Course
ADMIN 251
ADMIN 252
ADMN 253
ADMN 259
ADMN 269

SEMESTER 4
Course
ADMIN 250
ADMIN 254
ADMIN 255
ADMN 257
ADMN 295

Name

Commercial Law

Principles of Organizational Behaviour

Financial Accounting I

Principles of Macroeconomics

Business Communications I

Name

Management Principles
Marketing

Financial Accounting IL
Principles of Microeconomics

Introduction to Statistics

Name

Intermediate Accounting I
Financial Management
Principles of Income Tax I
Auditing

Information Systems

Name

Managerial Accounting
Intermediate Accounting IL
Corporate Finance

Income Tax II

Strategic Management

Credit

On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
Total 6
Credit

On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
Total 6
Credit

On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
Total 6
Credit

On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
On Campus 3
Total 6

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