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Program overview

The Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program consists of eight courses, for a total of 30 credits. There are six three-credit courses, a four credit capstone module, and an eight-credit exam preparation capstone module. The program at Desautels takes 16 months to complete with courses offered lock-step over three terms: summer, fall, and summer. The program requires students to attend full-time in the two summer terms. In the fall term students normally attend school part-time; no courses are taken in the winter term. During the fall and winter terms students usually work as part of the training period required to meet the requirements of the CPA designation. In the final summer term of the program students enroll in the final course as well as the Common Final Exam Prep Seminar, an intensive preparation course for the CFE.

The Program Structure*

SUMMER

FALL

WINTER

SUMMER

Core Courses
12 credits
Complementary Courses
6 credits
No Courses Integrative Course
12听credits
Final Exam
COMMON MODULES ELECTIVE MODULES

CAPSTONE
MODULE 1
Integrative
Analysis

ACCT 695

CAPSTONE
MODULE 2
Exam
Preparation

ACCT 699

Students
write
the
Common
Final
Examination
in
September

CORE1
Issues in
Professional
Accounting 1

ACCT 653

Issue in
Professional
Accounting 2

ACCT 654

CORE2
Strategic
Aspects of
Accounting 1

ACCT 663

Strategic
Aspects of
Accounting 2

ACCT 664

Practice
of Taxation

ACCT 683

Assurance
Services

ACCT 687

Requires full-time attendance during
the days and some evenings
Classes are two
evenings a week.
Students are available to work in designated
training offices.
Students are
available to work
in designated
training offices
Requires
full-time attendance
during the day
and some evenings


*Notes:

  • Currently, for students admitted to the full-time GCPA Program at the Desautels Faculty of Management the only complementary courses that will be offered during the program will be those that allow CPA鈥檚 to practice Public Accounting (Practice of Taxation and Assurance Services). Students wishing to pursue other CPA paths such as Financial Analysis or Performance Measurement (management accounting) should apply to听the National program.

Students who fail one course will be required to either write a second exam or repeat the course and will be placed on Probationary Standing. Students who fail two courses or one course and its second exam will be required to withdraw from the University.

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