Accounting

The accounting specialization allows undergraduate students to build a solid foundation in financial and managerial accounting, auditing and taxation. Students not only learn how to produce accurate financial statement, but also study more complex topics in accounting.

The Honours BCom with Specialization in Accounting is available in CO-OP and French Immersion.

Sample Courses

Intermediate accounting, Taxation, Cost accounting, Auditing Theory, Corporate finance, Seminar in accounting theory, Management Control Systems and Special topics in financial accounting

Student Activities

Join the Telfer School’s Accounting Club and take part in networking events, informative sessions and inter-university challenges.

Professional Designations

As part of their program of study, accounting students at the Telfer School of Management can take all the courses required to pursue Ontario’s Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Management Accounting (CMA) and Certified General Accountant (CGA) professional designations.

Students looking to pursue a professional designation in Ontario or Quebec are encouraged to visit the respective websites of the professional associations for more information.

Career Examples

Accountant (CA, CMA, CGA), Actuary, Auditor, Bookkeeper, Business analyst, Cost accountant, Controller, Director of finance and Financial analyst

Testimonial

Merridee Bujaki, Professor, Sixteen years of teaching

What event of the School of management are you most likely to attend?

The Accounting Club’s Wine and Cheese event held each fall.

What are you most passionate about in accounting?

My particular interest is in striving to understand when and why corporations disclose certain information in their annual reports—and why they don’t disclose other information. For me, it is all about trying to get into the mind of the managers who make these decisions in order to infer their motivations.

Why is the city of Ottawa an ideal place to study and work in accounting?

The City of Ottawa is a great place to study accounting—especially now. The federal government has a great need for accountants and auditors at the present time. Many not-for- profits and a number of corporate head offices are also located here—and they all need accountants and auditors. Thus there are many opportunities in our well-regarded CO-OP program for placements in Ottawa while you study and many opportunities available in accounting after you graduate.

What would be your advice to future students?

My best advice—which I have given to my own children as well—is to study what interests, intrigues and excites you. If the enthusiasm for your subject is there, enjoyment and success will follow.