Business - Accounting

ONTARIO COLLEGE DIPLOMA

Combining top-notch academic and practical experience, the Business Accounting Diploma facilitates skills and knowledge to meet the demands of the business world, including:

• a solid background in standard accounting practices and a broad business perspective
• expertise in word processing, spreadsheets and personal income tax software
• communication skills, which are critical for advising business owners and managers

The Diploma is equivalent to Sheridan’s two-year Ontario College Diploma in Business Accounting. Graduates with this diploma may also apply for entry into the third year of Sheridan’s full-time Business Administration -  Accounting program which provides in-depth accounting knowledge and a broad business education covering the basics of management, business communications, business simulation, and more.

Note: Sheridan programs are regularly reviewed and updated in response to the changing business environment. This results in courses being added and dropped from programs, including courses students may have already taken. In such cases, our policy is to evaluate program completion against the program as it presently stands, and as it was when the student began. However, students who have completed courses which are no longer part of the program must finish their diploma within two years, or the new requirements will supersede those courses and only the new will be acceptable.

Students who have taken:

• 3 General Education Elective (instead of 2)

must complete their diploma before September, 2012 to use the third general education elective and be exempt from taking INFO31787 Accounting Information Systems. (previously a Business elective; effective Fall 2010 it becomes a compulsory course)

If unsure about your status in light of these changes, email your coordinator for clarification. (see below for contact information)

Curriculum

You must successfully complete 24 courses as follows:

Compulsory Courses (22):

SECTION A: It is advisable to complete this section first. Within the section, you can complete the courses in any sequence as long as prerequisites are met)

ACCG16971	Accounting 1
ACCG17937	Accounting 2
COMM12423	Business Communications
MATH16269	Business Mathematics
APPL19402	Computer Applications for Business
FINA11079	Finance
HRMT16127	Human Resources Management 1
ECOM15616	Introduction to E-Commerce
MKTG19439	Marketing 1
ECON15269G	Micro Economics

SECTION B: It is advisable that you complete Section A before completing Section B. Within the section, you can complete the courses in any sequence as long as prerequisites are met.

INFO31787	Accounting Information Systems
ACCG21627	Accounting, Intermediate 1
ACCG21646	Accounting, Intermediate 2
APPL25360	Accounting Software Applications 1
FINA21048	Corporate Finance 1
FINA28027	Corporate Finance 2
ACCG20478	Costs and Budgets
ACCG23626	Costs and Management Accounting
LAWS70001	Law for Business Managers
ECON22358G	Macroeconomics
COMM28883	Reports and Presentations
MATH29875	Statistical Methods and Analysis

Plus:

Two Approved General Education Electives  - these can be taken anytime.

For course and program guidance: email ce-accounting@sheridanc.on.ca