Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting

at Sheridan College - Hazel McCallion Campus Canada

At Sheridan, we believe the best way to learn is by doing. Put your new marketing skills to work through collaborative assignments, hands-on applications, case analyses and industry projects. When you graduate, you’ll have first-hand knowledge of various marketing concepts, including analysis, planning, selling, report writing, graphics, presentations, social media and promotion.

Build a foundation of general business knowledge
Marketers are the heart of business, working in tandem with many areas of their companies. You’ll learn about those areas during a foundational first year, studying topics such as accounting, finance, human resources and communications. Understanding your company’s strategies and challenges will help you write better marketing plans and recommend actions to keep your organization competitive.

Learn from experienced professors in small classes
Work closely with marketing experts who have decades of industry experience! Our business professors bring real-world perspective to the classroom. They’ll support your learning in classes that are typically capped at 40 students — an ideal number for fostering a dynamic and diverse environment.

In Sheridan's Honours BBA (Finance) program, you'll gain the fundamental business finance skills you need to help organizations succeed.
What you'll learn:-
Financial management teams face enormous pressure to provide strategic and timely insights for effective business decision-making. Our Honours BBA (Finance) program prepares you for this, giving you a solid grounding in business fundamentals and teaching you the operational and commercial aspects of the finance function, including investment finance.

An innovative learning model:-
Our Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programs feature an innovative experiential learning model that prepares you for the workplace. You won't get a lecture-style environment where you're asked to memorize content. Instead, you'll use collaboration, hands-on learning and experimentation to actively apply your knowledge and solve business problems that simulate the real world.

Sheridan’s Business Administration – Finance program offers you skills that are highly valued by employers in this competitive marketplace

Exceptional educators
Sheridan's business professors are not only seasoned educators, but also experienced professionals who are respected in the business community. This combination has led to high respect for our Business Administration – Finance program and greater co-op and employment opportunities for our students and graduates.

Innovative learning
Investment portfolio games, in-depth case studies of actual corporate financials and collaborative assignments will help you apply financial and wealth management techniques and strategies in personal and corporate situations.

Sheridan's Honours BBA (Human Resources Management) program gives you the job-ready skills you need to build a rewarding HR career.
What you'll learn:-
Today's human resources professionals must be flexible and creative and deliver value to the organization. Sheridan’s Honours BBA (Human Resources Management) program gives you the skills you need to contribute to an organization from Day 1. Our learning philosophy supports the belief that HR is a strategic partner that works to align human resources and business strategy.

An innovative learning model:-
Our Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programs feature an innovative experiential learning model that prepares you for the workplace. You won't get a lecture-style environment where you're asked to memorize content. Instead, you'll use collaboration, hands-on learning and experimentation to actively apply your knowledge and solve business problems that simulate the real world.

Benefits of our program

• Work in a professional studio environment.
• Get trained on industry-standard software.
• Have full access to finishes, paints and samples in our decorating and design resource room.
• Take periodic excursions to local design and product showrooms.
• Participate in a three-week work placement.

A full professional skill set

• Plan and decorate residential and small commercial environments, from programming to final presentation drawings.
• Draft using professional standards to visually communicate details and design concepts.
• Freehand draw, sketch and apply mixed media to presentations.
• Design and implement marketing and sales strategies.

Recognized by ARIDO and IDC, and accredited by CIDA, Sheridan’s Interior Design degree program will prepare you for an exciting career.
Practical hands-on training:-

• 2D and 3D computer software, including AUTOCAD, SketchUp, Revit and other design software.
• Project management skills.
• Sustainability and socially responsible practices.
• 4-month co-op semester.
• Building systems and construction knowledge.

A professional learning environment:-
At Sheridan, we've applied interior design principles to our own learning environments. Our studios are designed to look and feel like professional spaces, rather than classrooms. Interior design is a mobile computing program, which means you'll have unlimited access to software, class lecture notes, PowerPoint presentations, reading lists, assignment outlines, and all other course resources.

The two-year program focuses on technical and professional skills required to work in a variety of Health Service settings. You will learn to use specialized medical software, OHIP billing, electronic calendaring and scheduling, and communication software applications.

Things you'll learn

• Medical office procedures.
• Medical terminology, anatomy and medicine.
• Medical e-billing and scheduling.
• Medical transcription and techniques.
• Specialized medical software applications.

Medical Simulation or Field Placement
When you have successfully completed the first three terms and have met a prescribed GPA, you have the option of choosing either a Medical Simulation course or Field Placement (two days per week). Both options prepare you for entry-level administrative support positions in a medical office or setting. This is an excellent opportunity to gain work experience and evaluate different career paths.

The Business Analysis and Process Management graduate certificate is affiliated with the International Institute of Business Analysts (IIBA). The program focuses on manufacturing, supply chain, financial services, and health care industries, in both the public and private sectors.

Things you'll do and learn

• Develop business processes to achieve organizational goals.
• Integrate appropriate technologies for analysis and development of business processes.
• Create sound business arguments, using financial and cost analysis to justify any process change.
• Use SAP enterprise resource planning software (Sheridan is a member of the SAP University Alliances program).

Innovative learning

• Case Studies: allow you to explore practical situations in a structured learning environment.
• Industry Project: As part of a small consulting team, you'll tackle a real business problem with a client company.
• Co-op: At the end of the academic portion of the program, you may apply to participate in a work term to gain further hands-on experience

Co-op
Students in this program may apply to the Co-op program during their first academic semester. Enrolment in the Co-op program is limited through an additional Co-op application process that takes place in the first semester. Students in the Co-op program are eligible to complete a Co-op work term during the 4-month term following the second semester. The program-specific academic standard required for participation in Co-op can be found here: Academic Standards for Co-op and Internship.

Co-operative Education is a form of work-integrated learning that links classroom learning with paid or unpaid work experiences within a professional environment. Co-op work terms are related specifically to the academic studies of each student. The work terms provide an opportunity to learn by doing. You’ll apply theory to practice, develop a meaningful view of the working world, and cultivate an awareness of yourself as a professional.

Students receive in-class and 1-on-1 career education support to help prepare for the work term. The Co-op component is delivered by Sheridan’s Co-operative Education Office, which facilitates over 1800 Co-op/Internship work terms per year Sheridan-wide.

This program may lead to career paths in an HR department in a business, non-profit organization or governmental agency

Things you'll learn to do

• Attract and retain outstanding employees.
• Compensate employees correctly.
• Manage workplace health and safety issues.
• Provide valuable training programs and coaching for employees.
• Handle an organization's downsizing or workforce reassignment.

Critical training
This program offers the opportunity to build foundational skills needed in any business administration career, and delivers hands-on training in vital HR skills through case studies, guest speakers, simulated negotiation situations and group work. You'll learn about the latest trends in organizational behaviour, human resources planning and employment law.

Our Business Administration – Accounting program provides a balance of theoretical studies, hands-on learning and specialized courses.

Learn how accounting supports business
Businesses rely on accountants to monitor their performance, compliance and financial health. Your first year will involve common curriculum shared by all business administration students, providing you with an understanding of how companies work. Topics of study include communications, finance, human resources and marketing — all areas of business you’ll impact as an accountant.

Specialize your skills through electives
Study advanced accounting principles that aren’t covered in our two-year Business Accounting program! In your final year, you can master skills essential for employment in the field’s more demanding positions. Choose from a broad selection of electives, including courses in tax, auditing, budgeting, business analysis and financial statement preparation.

Optional accounting co-op placement
Enjoy the opportunity to earn while you learn! All advanced diploma students have the option of gaining more than 1,000 hours of work experience through a co-op work term. Co-op is a competitive program and you’ll need to meet certain academic requirements to participate. Connections you build during your work term may lead to employment opportunities after you graduate.

Learn from industry experts
Sheridan’s accounting professors are actively involved in the industry, presenting at conferences and contributing to publications of accounting textbooks and articles. Many also hold the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) designation and maintain strong ties with the business community, which may assist you with obtaining a co-op work term.