Computerized Accounting Diploma

Brief Program Description

This program provides students with working knowledge and hands-on experience of accounting procedures and application software. Upon completion of core requirements students may choose to specialize in accounting application softwares or select the accounting and management option. Students gain skills necessary to maintain manual or computerized accounting records for businesses.

Career Occupation (if applicable)

This program provides students with the knowledge and skills required to enter employment in fields as Bookkeeper, Accounting Clerk, Administrative Assistant, and General Office Assistant.

Program Duration

1000 hrs / 50 weeks

Admisison Requirements

Proof of grade 10 or equivalent.
18 years of age or older (all applicants)
Evidence of Language Proficiency Requirements (evidence of one of the following):

Evidence that 3 years of full-time secondary education (Grades 8-12) have been completed in the English language in a country where English is one of the principal languages. This may include successful completion of a BC Adult Graduation program. Applicants must produce transcripts as evidence of completion of grade 10 English with minimum of a “C” grade OR
Completion of 2 years of full-time post-secondary education at an accredited institution where English is the language of instruction. (Applicable to a country where English is one of the principal languages.) OR
Provide verified results for one of the English language proficiency tests listed below. Test results must be dated no more than two years before the program’s start date.
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic: overall score of 5.5 or higher.
- Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Test: overall score of 40 or higher
- Duolingo English Test: overall score of 95 or higher
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) IBT: overall score of 46 higher
- Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP): Listening 6, Speaking 6, Reading 5, and Writing 5.
- Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic: overall score of 43 or higher

Delivery Methods

In-class instruction: 100% of hours of instruction delivered in a classroom or other setting, where instructors share the same physical space as students.
Distance education: 100% hours of instruction, excluding work experience hours, if applicable, delivered remotely from a BC location.
Combined delivery: (both in-class and distance): Instruction provided through a combination of in-class and distance delivery. The program may include a work experience component (in-person).

Program Organization:

	Course Title/Work Experience Component* (in order of delivery)	# of Hours of Instruction*	Delivery Description for Distance and Combined Delivery Courses (Synchronous, Asynchronous, or Combination)
1.	MS Windows 10/11 (CMPT 132)	60	Distance (Synchronous)
2.	MS Word 2021 (CMPT 134)	60	Distance (Synchronous)
3.	MS Excel 2021 (CMPT 136)	60	Distance (Synchronous)
4.	MS PowerPoint (CMPT 138)	60	Distance (Synchronous)
5.	MS Access 2021 CMPT 142)	60	Distance (Synchronous)
6.	Keyboarding Skills Development (CMPT 113)	20	Distance (Synchronous)
7.	Accounting I (BUSM 133)	80	Distance (Synchronous)
8.	Accounting II (BUSM 134)	80	Distance (Synchronous)
9.	Business Communication/Writing (ENGL 109)	80	Distance (Synchronous)
10.	Administrative Procedures (BUSM 111)	80	Distance (Synchronous)
11.	Simply Accounting (CMPT 182)	80	Distance (Synchronous)
12.	Job Search Skills (JOBS 111)	20	Distance (Synchronous)
13.	Supervision (BUSM 113)	60	Distance (Synchronous)
14.	Introduction to Canadian Business (BUSM 103)	60	Distance (Synchronous)
15.	Introduction to Managerial Accounting (ADMN 234)	80	Distance (Synchronous)
16.	Introduction to Marketing (BUSM 153)	60	Distance (Synchronous)
	TOTAL	1000