Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Accounting, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

The Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Accounting is designed for students who have already completed a bachelor’s degree and want to pursue the CPA accounting designation. The program helps students gain the necessary accounting courses needed to get accepted into the professional CPA program. It focuses on developing technical skills in financial reporting, management accounting, strategy and governance, audit and assurance, finance, and taxation. Alongside technical expertise, the program emphasizes key professional competencies such as professionalism, ethics, communication, leadership, and problem-solving. You can choose between a standard program of fifteen courses or a slightly extended, co-op option with seventeen courses that include work placements. This is a two-year program, but students also have the option to complete it in an accelerated timeframe.