You can study accounting online at a Canadian school.
Accounting refers to the systematic process of recording and analyzing financial data in a variety of contexts, including small businesses, government agencies and private corporations. Post-secondary training is required to work as an accountant in Canada. For students who are unable to make the financial and time commitment required of a traditional on-campus program in accounting, there are three schools in Canada that offer online distance learning options. Students can study at their own convenience without forfeiting their responsibilities to work and family.
Athabasca University
Located in northern Alberta, Athabasca University (AU) is the largest provider of distance learning programs in Canada. It is devoted solely to distance education and offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide range of areas, including the liberal arts and sciences, health administration, nursing, business and information technology. All coursework is delivered, with the help of an individually assigned tutor, through a combination of self-paced correspondence study and online multimedia material. AU offers a four-year Bachelor of Commerce degree program with a major in accounting. Course topics include strategic and competitive analysis, corporate finance, financial accounting, auditing, taxation, investments, risk management, cost analysis and accounting theory. Two undergraduate university certificate programs in accounting and advanced accounting are also available.
Athabasca University
1 University Drive
Athabasca, AB T93 3A3
800-788-9041
athabascau.ca
Thompson Rivers University
Located in southern British Columbia, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) offers both on-campus and off-campus programs. Its distance learning options are mainly at the undergraduate level and include programs in liberal arts, business, management, education, health and human services, science, technology and tourism. Both self-paced and scheduled correspondence print courses and web-based multimedia classes are offered. TRU offers two programs in accounting: a Bachelor of Commerce with a major in accounting and an accounting technician diploma. Coursework includes introductory and intermediate accounting, management accounting, financial management, taxation, financial accounting, business law, economics and statistics.
Thompson Rivers University
Main Campus
900 McGill Road
Kamloops, BC V2C 5N3
250-828-5086
tru.ca
Nipissing University
Located in northern Ontario, Nipissing University offers mainly on-campus undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition to distance education programs in education, it offers a three-year Bachelor of Commerce degree that may be earned in an accelerated format by transferring credits from previous academic work, such as a diploma, certificate or university-level coursework. A certificate in financial services is also available. Courses include introductory financial accounting, management of accounting and control, financial management, intermediate accounting, the Canadian financial system, international financial management, economics, business ethics and information systems. Coursework is delivered through an online platform that provides lesson notes, assignments and tests, in addition to conventional correspondence print materials.
Nipissing University
100 College Drive
North Bay, ON P1B 8L7
705-474-3450
nipissingu.ca
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