BA/BS in Accounting

The Accounting Major is a 72-credit component of the Bachelor of Commerce offered by the Desautels Faculty of Management. The program centres on preparing, interpreting, and using the financial and managerial information of an organization, with required coursework spanning financial accounting, managerial accounting, auditing, and taxation. Sixty of the program's 72 credits come from required courses, beginning with the Management Core, which covers financial accounting fundamentals, organizational behaviour, business statistics, managerial and macroeconomic analysis, data programming for business, and information technology management, before moving into accounting-specific coursework. Because the major sits within the B.Com. structure, students also complete the broader Desautels Faculty of Management core curriculum alongside their accounting specialization. The program is designed for students planning careers in financial reporting, management accounting, external or internal auditing, or corporate and personal taxation, and provides a foundation relevant to students intending to pursue professional accounting designations after graduation. The combination of a common management core with a focused accounting sequence is meant to give students both broad business literacy and depth in accounting practice, suiting those who want a commerce degree with a clear specialization in financial and managerial reporting.