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Graduate Certificate - Professional Accounting Practice (PRA)

Seneca Polytechnic - Newnham Campus

1750 Finch Ave East, Toronto, Canada

42937

Last updated: 16/09/2024
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About Graduate Certificate - Professional Accounting Practice (PRA)

This 12-month graduate certificate program is a fast-track option for four-year degree graduates to pursue a career in accounting wishing to pursue the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) designation. Students will study financial and management accounting, tax, information systems, audit, finance and economics focusing on analysis and interpretation of information and making sound ethical decisions.


Students will be introduced to the modern technological environment of business using spreadsheets (Excel), database software (Access) and integrated database application technologies (ERP) through exposure to accounting software package(s). They will also gain industry exposure through research, case studies and projects.

Students are eligible to enroll in this program with little or no knowledge of accounting. Upon graduation, they can choose to continue to complete an accounting degree such as Seneca's Accounting and Finance degree, or pursue their CPA professional designation (minimum grade requirements apply).

Throughout this program students will develop the following skills:
  • Communications 
  • Analytical thinking
  • Decision-making
  • Budgeting 
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Cost and Duration


Program Level
Postgraduate Certificate
Average Graduate Diploma
1 Year Graduate Certificate
Cost of Living
$20,635.00 CAD / Year
Gross Tuition
$24,320.00 CAD / First Year
Application Fee
$90.00 CAD

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