Accounting (Professional Accounting)

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The School of Administrative Studies’ Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting is a CPA Ontario accredited program designed for students who want to get a head start in earning their Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation! The Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting is offered three times a year in the fall, winter and summer, and can be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.

For those students who complete the program on a full-time basis, it is possible to complete the CPA PEP and the Common Final Exam (CFE) in 9 months.  For part-time students, it is possible to complete the CPA PEP and the CFE in 12 months.



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