Accountancy (BComm)
Why study Accountancy?
Outstanding accountants keep businesses ahead of the curve: solving problems, building sound financial strategies and ensuring good fiscal health. If you’re a high achiever with an appetite for continuous learning, consider us. You’ll join a program with a reputation for graduates who achieve excellent results at national professional accounting examinations.
By entering into a BComm with a Major in Accountancy, you build skills for good business practice, like:
- Complex problem solving
- Strategic and critical thinking
- Accounting and budgeting skills
- Quantitative skills
- How to prepare, read and analyze financial statements
- Understanding the tax system and tax planning
- Auditing theory and practice
Combine that with our hands-on Co-op program, AACSB accreditation and courses that meet the standards of Quebec’s new accountancy designation, the CPA (Chartered Professional Accountant), and there’s no question you’ll leave us with excellent career prospects.
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Co-op program
The Co-op program gives you the chance to do paid work terms that last 12 to 16 weeks. Work terms make it possible for you to:
- Find the right fit in the firm or field you want to practice in
- Make key connections and network
- Apply classwork to real-world situations
- Add career experience to your resumé
During a Co-op term, you might:
- Handle personal and corporate tax files
- Conduct audits and perform inventory counts
- Do bank reconciliations
- Participate in cost-accounting dossiers
Other programs of interest
- Major
- Minor
- Honours
- Co-op

Finance is a competitive program where you acquire the skills to manage money and practice making decisions that affect the futures of corporations, communities and investors.
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- Major
- Minor
- Co-op

Supply chains make or break businesses. Companies beat the competition because they find, track and keep their products moving efficiently.
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Department of Supply Chain and Business Technology Management
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