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海外直播b站 SCS Certificate in Accounting and Finance

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The Certificate in Accounting and Finance听 is an undergraduate program intended to provide students with professional competencies and skills that will enhance their career prospects in related fields.

Type:听听Undergraduate Certificate

Courses: 听 10

Credits: 听 30

Schedule:听听Full-time or Part-time

Time:听听Evenings and Saturdays

Delivery: 听In-person

Unit: 听 Administration and Governance

Questions? 听 info.conted [at] mcgill.ca

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Learning Outcomes

You will be able to practice your profession in any of the following areas:

Accounting and business planning
Tax planning and preparation
Controllership services
Systems Advice and Implementation
Accounting and Finance
Budget Analysis Consultant
Business start-up advice
Financial planning
Financial reporting

Program Courses

Certificate (Cert.) Accounting and Finance (30 Credits)

Offered by:Administration & Governance

Degree:Cert in Accounting and Finance

Program Requirement:

The Certificate in Accounting and Finance program is an undergraduate-level certificate program which is intended to provide students with professional competencies and skills in applied accounting and finance that will enhance their career prospects in related fields.

Required Courses (30 credits)

CACF 210 Introductory Financial Acct 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: Introduction to basic financial statements. Topics include: moving through the accounting cycle and the notion of debit and credit; how to measure and report financial transactions and apply accounting theory; financial statement analysis and how to make better business decisions based on sound analysis.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Corequisite: CMSC 000
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Anas Gatbach
  
  Cl茅mence Rannou-Stanley
CACF 215 Introductory Managerial Acct 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: Introduction to the accounting needs of managers. Topics include: key concepts and practices of management accounting and how they can be used to improve business performance and decision-making; types of cost-accounting systems; patterns of cost behaviour; problems related to cost determination, allocation, budgeting and control; and identifying, classifying and summarizing costs and expenses.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Corequisites: CMSC 000 and CACF 210
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Thierry Cohen
  
  Thierry Cohen
CACF 305 Info Sys Tools in Accounting 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: An introduction to the role of computer information systems in organizations as applied to accounting. Topics include: transaction processing fundamentals, major business processing cycles, internal control management systems, accounting information systems security and audit. Includes the use of accounting software.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Corequisite: CACF 210 and CMSC 000
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Michael George Murray
CACF 310 Intermed Financial Reporting 1 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: Course focuses on the reporting and analysis of financial information with statements and using key accounting principles. Topics include: interpretation of financial statements, examination of the notes that accompany the financial statements; recording and use of analytical tools such as financial-ratio analysis.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite(s): CMSC 000, CACF 210 and CACF 305
- Corequisite: CMSC 101
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Jenny Bouras
  
  Jenny Bouras
CACF 325 Intermed Financial Reporting 2 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: An in-depth review of the Income Statement components including revenues, expenses, related-party transactions and other measures derived from the income statements. The course provides a deeper examination of the notes that accompany financial statements in annual reports and are integral to the understanding of the financial position of companies.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite: CACF 310 and CMSC 000
- Corequisite: CMSC 101
- Terms
  
  This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
CACF 340 Corp Fin: Val Creatn & Dec-Mkg 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: A brief overview of the fundamentals of finance from a corporation鈥檚 perspective. It provides the framework, concepts and tools for analyzing investments and financial decision-making by a corporation. Other topics include consideration of alternative methods to optimize the firm鈥檚 assets and added-value.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisites: CMSC 000 and CACF 210
- Corequisite: CMSC 101
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Raad Jassim
CACF 341 Taxation: Concepts&Regulations 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: Focus on understanding the conceptual structure of the Income Tax Act and its administration. The course covers the key elements of taxation for individuals and corporations, including income from employment, business and property; capital gains and losses; shareholder benefits; tax planning; international taxation; deductions from income; and calculating taxable income and tax due.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisites: CACF 210 and CMSC 000
- Corequisites: CACF 305 and CMSC 101
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  Caterina Raco
CACF 345 Intermed Managerial Accounting 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: The course explores the risk controls, costs, economic concepts and other considerations in performance management that needs to be taken into account when making operational decisions. Introduction to the most widely used methodologies in managing organization performance systems.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite: CACF 215 and CMSC 000
- Corequisite: CMSC 101
- Terms
  
  Winter 2025
- Instructors
  
  There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
CACF 450 Financial&Working Capital Mgmt 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: Traditional concepts of liquidity, collections, disbursements, company-bank relationships, cash forecasting, and short-term investing and financing, including the role of working capital management in the operations of a firm.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisites: CACF 340 and CMSC 000
- Corequisite: CMSC 101
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Sitha Meas
CACF 460 Appl Personal & Corporate Tax 3 Credits
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
SCS Accounting and Finance: Focus on the structure of the Canadian tax system, and the income tax filings to be completed by individuals and corporations outlining sources of taxable income and allowable deductions.

Offered by: Administration & Governance
- Prerequisite: CACF 341 and CMSC 000
- Corequisite: CMSC 101
- Terms
  
  Fall 2024
- Instructors
  
  Caterina Raco

For more information, see Programs, Courses and University Regulations.

Admission Requirements

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Applicants must hold a CEGEP diploma (DCS, DEC or equivalent) OR
Applicants who do not have the normal academic background for admission but are 21 years of age and older may be admitted as mature students
Applicants between 18 and 21 years of age who do not have a CEGEP diploma but have at least a high school leaving certificate may be accepted into a qualifying program
Applicants must provide proof of English language proficiency

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