The Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting is a specialized program designed for graduates of  York University’s Bachelor of Administrative Studies’ Accounting Stream. The purpose of the diploma is to prepare students for direct entry into the Capstone 1 module of the Chartered Professional Accountants’ Professional Education program (the CPA PEP program).  The diploma program is 12 weeks in length and will be offered twice a year, in the summer and the winter.

The Graduate Diploma consists of five mandatory courses which have been designed to build on the curriculum of the undergraduate Accounting Stream to match the content of the four elective modules of the CPA PEP program.  Accordingly, there is one course in each of the four elective areas: one each in Performance Measurement, Assurance, Tax, and Finance, and a capstone course in Integrative Analysis.  These five courses build on the Accounting Stream’s undergraduate curriculum to further develop the six technical competencies and five enabling competencies described in the CPA Competency Map.  With coverage of all four elective areas, graduates will have more opportunities and choices as they move on in their careers as professional accountants.