Your Path to Becoming a CGA
for Industry, Government and Not-for-Profit

Hold a University of Ontario Institute of Technology Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) - Accounting Specialization degree
and complete:

• Legal Environment of Business (BUSI 3705U) or
  Business Administration and the Law (BUSI 2705U)

• Microeconomics
  (ECON 2010U) and Macroeconomics (ECON 2020U)

• Financial Accounting I (BUSI 2150U) and Financial
  Accounting II (BUSI 2160U), or Financial Accounting (BUSI 1101)

• Managerial Accounting (BUSI 2170U)

• Statistics (BUSI 1450U) and Linear Algebra (BUSI
  1915U), or Statistics (BUSI 1450U) and Introduction to Operations Management (BUSI 2603U) and Supply Chain Management and Project Management (BUSI 2604U)

• Intermediate Financial Accounting I (BUSI 3101U)

• Information Systems (BUSI 3040U)

• Finance 1 BUSI 2401U and Finance 2 BUSI 2402U 

• Intermediate Financial Accounting 2 (BUS 3102U)

• Auditing Standards and Applications (BUSI 3170U)

• Contemporary Issues in Accounting (BUSI
  4140U)

• Introduction to Income Taxation (BUSI 3110U)

• Advanced Managerial Accounting (BUSI
  3160U)

• Advanced Financial Accounting (BUSI 4101U)

Complete any two CGA Ontario courses or take the equivalent UOIT
courses and successfully complete the respective CGA Ontario challenge
exam to earn a transfer credit.
(C+ or higher.* Passing a CGA program challenge exam will earn you a transfer credit.)

UOIT Course

CGA Ontario Course

BUSI 3120U Advanced Income Taxation

BUSI 4410U Advanced Corporate Finance Applications

BUSI 3171U Advanced Auditing

No equivalent course

MU1 Internal Auditing and Controls

No equivalent course

MS2 Information Systems Strategy

No equivalent course

PF1 Public Sector Financial Management

Exams/Courses
Issues in Professional Practice (PA1)
Strategic Financial Management (PA2)

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Concurrent Work Experience
Obtain the required 24 months of
work experience in the sector of your choice.