Business Administration Post Degree Diploma-Pre-Professional Accountant

As a graduate with an accounting designation will qualify for career opportunities in a wide range of work environments, both in Canada and internationally. This may include working in public practice or in industry. You may pursue your designation in accounting with the CPA or could consider further education in masters programs in a variety of disciplines. With a 3.0 GPA this program qualifies you for guaranteed admission in to the VIU MBA/MScIB Degree. The possibilities are endless.

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Admission Requirements

An accredited Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of three academic years from a recognized institution.
C in Pre-Calculus 11 or equivalent
Completion of BUS 100 or an equivalent course
Students applying to the post-degree diploma program whose undergraduate degree was not taught in English must meet English language requirements. Those requirements may be met by completing ESL-092 and ESL-095 (minimum C+); or English Assessment; or a minimum TOEFL-550, TOEFL Computer Based Test (CBT) 213, TOEFL iBT 80 with no section lower than 19; or IELTS 6.0.
Or permission of the department

The number of qualified applicants normally exceeds the number of seats available therefore fulfillment of the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission. Admission is offered through a selective admission process.

Note: Effective 2021 FALL the admission requirement will be:

An accredited Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of three academic years from a recognized institution.
C in Pre-Calculus 11 or equivalent
Completion of BUS 100 or an equivalent course
C+ in English 12 or equivalent
or
IELTS 6.0 or equivalent
. Students are recommended to take ENG 104 in the first semester. Students who do not have a band score of Academic IELTS 6.0, TOEFL iBT 20, PTE 50, CAEL 60 or higher in Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking will be required to take ENG 104 in the first semester.
Or permission of the department

Course Requirements

Courses counted toward the prerequisite degree may not also be counted toward the post-degree diploma.

Year 1

BUS - 132 Mathematics of Finance
BUS - 200 Financial Accounting Fundamentals for Accountants
BUS - 211 Intermediate Financial Accounting - Revenue and Assets
BUS - 217 Management Accounting
BUS - 223 Taxation - Individual
ENG - 160 Effective Organizational Writing
PHI - 260 Business Ethics
STA - 115 Introduction to Statistics
Plus one elective to be chosen from the following: BUS 221 , BUS 270 , BUS 290 , BUS 293 , BUS 335 , BUS 450 , ECO 110 , ECO 111 , or ENG 104 .
EMP - 010 Internship Workshop Students must complete this 15-hour, noncredit, online course as a prerequisite to BUS 500 .

Year 2

Completion Requirements

A minimum of 50% of the program must be completed at North Island College.
Effective 2021 FALL: A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required.