The Master of Accounting is a rigorous graduate program that exposes students to a breadth of professional knowledge and provides a gateway to a career as a professional accountant.  It has been designed in part to respond to the educational requirements of the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) and covers the skills required by the CPA Competency Map.  Students graduating from the Master of Accounting will be exempt from the CPA Canada Professional Education Program and may proceed directly to the CPA Canada Common Final Examination – the final step in becoming a chartered professional accountant.

The Master of Accounting goes beyond the CPA professional requirements by providing students with all four competencies in the accounting field: assurance, tax, finance, and performance management.  This breadth of knowledge prepares graduates to work in a variety of professional roles.  The Master of Accounting also requires students to engage in applied accounting research that is not undertaken in the CPA’s Professional Education Program.  A required internship component provides experiential learning opportunities where students apply the theoretical knowledge gained in the classroom to real-life problems.