Program Goals
- Professionalization of CAF Finance Officers via CPA Credentialing
- Generate CPA-designated CAF members in the shortest timeline, with the least risk and the greatest chance of durable success.
- Expand RMC’s course offering to include all of the first segment of the CPA curriculum (i.e. “PREP”)
Where do we stand in the CPA designation process?
To become a CPA, candidates must complete the following education:
- an undergraduate degree;
- the CPA Preparatory Program (PREP) which represents 15 undergraduate-level courses if not already covered in the candidate’s undergraduate degree;
- a two-year graduate-level program called the CPA Professional Education Program (PEP);
- the three-day Common Final Examination (CFE); and
- 30 months of practical experience.
Courses Involved
The 15 courses listed in the certificate represent the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) preparatory courses which are necessary for entry into the two-year professional program. A 6-week distance-learning option for each course listed here was created. The contents of the compressed online course and its corresponding in-class course are the same.
- BAE/AAF 202
- BAE/AAF 208
- BAE/AAF 302
- BAE/AAF 404
- BAE/AAF 238
- BAE/AAF 300
- BAE/AAF 310
- BAE/AAF 312
- BAE/AAF 242
- BAE/AAF 220
- BAE/AAF 414
- BAE/AAF 420
- BAE/AAF 424
- ECE/ECF 103
- ECE/ECF104
Certificate in Accounting: Course sequence
- ECE 103 Introduction to Microeconomics
- ECE 104 Introduction to Macroeconomics
- BAE 242 Quantitative Methods I
- BAE 420 Business Law
- BAE 220 Introduction to Information Technology
- BAE 238 Introduction to Strategic Management
Points of Contact
Lead Professor:
Nabil Messabia, DBA, CPA, Associate Professor
email: nabil.messabia@rmc-cmr.ca
Administrative Assistant:
Noha Hassan
email: noha.hassan@rmc-cmr.ca