Bachelor of Commerce with Accounting Major

About this programme

Accountants lead businesses, providing financial management for day-to-day operations and the financing strategy needed to move organizations into the future. <!--In this major, you gain the expertise needed to successfully manage an organization—or to advise your company’s manager to make sound business decisions. You learn to implement accounting best practices, read complex financial documents, analyze trends in data, collaborate with co-workers and solve complicated problems in an accounting environment. When you study accounting, you build on your strengths as a problem solver, a “numbers person” and a thoughtful decision maker. You learn to implement accounting best practices, read complex financial documents, analyze trends in data, collaborate with co-workers and solve complicated problems in an accounting environment. Begin your program by learning foundational business and accounting concepts; then move to advanced courses that invite you to dig deeper. You progress from calculation to analysis to decision making, cumulatively acquiring the skills necessary to fulfill the requirements for the CPA designation. The business world knows the value of data analytics, and our curriculum reflects this trend. All accounting students are introduced to data analysis, and in your third and fourth years, you have the option of more in-depth study in this increasingly important area, focusing on data analysis specific to accounting contexts such as auditing, management and taxes. By your final year, you have acquired the insights and understanding you need to support busi