The School of Business and the Department of Economics jointly offer a four-year Honours program leading to a BA in Accounting and Economics. The program is for students who are interested in studying economics and pursuing a CPA designation. The program provides students with intensive exposure to accounting concepts and applications, and provides the economic background to enable students to understand financial markets and the macroeconomic business environment.
Students take the core of two degrees. This program covers all courses in accounting required for entry into the CPA's professional education program. Students will not only be prepared for a career as an accountant, they will have a foundation in economic theory and in economic data analytics.
This degree is novel in that it is focused very specifically on numeracy, accounting concepts, economic theory, and financial analytics. The degree allows students to take the full set of accounting courses that would be unavailable for students pursuing an Economics major. It also allows students interested in an accounting program to explore financial markets and financial data analytics in greater detail and depth.
The program has several options for experiential learning. There is a co-op option for students wanting directly related work experience. Students may also pursue an individual placement or internship opportunity. Courses in the program will include access to the Financial Intelligence and Innovation Hub, providing financial market insight and direct experience on the Bloomberg platform and other prominent data sources. In several upper-year courses, students will explore case studies, and will explore and analyze real world data, including firm financial data, financial market data and macroeconomic data.
INFORMATION & ADDITIONAL NOTES
- Students entering the Accounting & Economics program are required to have completed a secondary school senior-level mathematics course in good standing.
Honours Bachelor of Arts Program in Accounting & Economics
Requires 15.5 credits (7.5 credits ADMN, 7 credits ECON and 1 credit COIS)
Level 1000 Required Courses (3 credits):
ADMN-1221H – Financial Accounting
COIS-1010H – Digital World
COIS-1620H Information Systems
ECON-1010H – Intro to Microeconomics
ECON-1020H – Intro to Macroeconomics
ECON-1250H – Intro to Math for Economics and Management
Level 2000 Required Courses (2.5 credits):
ADMN-2100H – Intro to Marketing
ADMN-2221H – Managerial Accounting
ECON-2000H – Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I
ECON-2010H – Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory I
ECON – 2200H – Intro to Statistics
Level 3000 Required Courses (5.5 credits):
ADMN-3032H – Strategic Management I
ADMN-3200H – Financial Management
ADMN 3121H - Intermediate Management Accounting
ADMN 3221H - Intermediate Financial Accounting I
ADMN 3321H - Intermediate Financial Accounting II
ADMN-3250H - Legal Environment of Business
ADMN-3710H - Taxation - Individual
ECON-3000H Intermediate Microeconomic Theory II (normally taken winter of year 2)
ECON-3010H Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory II (normally taken winter of year 2)
ECON-3200H Econometrics
0.5 ECON credit at the 3000 level or beyond
Level 4000 Required Courses (3.0 credits):
ADMN-4300H - Financial Management II
ADMN-4301H - Auditing
ADMN-4302H - Advanced Management Accounting
ADMN 4303H - Advanced Financial Accounting
ADMN-4710H - Taxation - Corporate
ECON-4041H Research Methodology in Economics
1.5 additional ECON credits at the second, third or fourth year level
Note that students in this program are completing the requisite courses to be accepted into the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP) upon graduation. Link to https://www.cpaontario.ca/
