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Get the Pre-requisites

In addition to your bachelor's degree (or equivalent), you'll need an overall 65% or higher average in the following prerequisite courses:

• General Business
• • Three courses required 

• Assurance
• • One introductory course required

• Finance
• • One introductory course required
  • One intermediate course required

• Information Systems and Technology
• • One introductory course required
  • An intermediate or advanced MIS course is highly recommended

• Performance Measurement
• • Two intermediate financial accounting courses required
  • One intermediate managerial/cost accounting course required
  • One course required in your choice of accounting theory, advanced financial accounting, advanced financial statement analysis, advanced managerial/cost accounting, or international accounting.

• Taxation
• • One introductory course covering both personal and corporate tax required

Which specific courses count as prerequisites? Find your university using the links below, and take a look (please note that all these pre-requisite sheets are valid and up-to-date, largely depending on the period you are taking your courses from that particularly institution):

Alberta
British Columbia and Yukon
Manitoba
Saskatchewan

Other:

• George Brown College - 2008