CGA (Certified General Accountants)

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    P.O Box 631 Station A
    Toronto, ON, M1K 5E9

    Tel: 416-289-5207
    Fax: 416-289-2646
    ce@centennialcollege.ca

    Monday-Thursday 8:30am-7:30pm
    Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

About Centennial
Established as Toronto's first public college in 1966, Centennial College offers programs in business, communications, community and health studies, science and engineering technology, general arts, hospitality and transportation.
 

Certified General Accountants of Ontario (CGA Ontario)

An affiliate of CGA Canada, the national body represetning more than 73,000 CGAs and students, the Certified General Accountants Ontario is a self-governing body, which grants the exclusive right to the CGA designation and controls the professional standards, conduct and discipline of its more than 20,000 CGAs and 8,000 students in the province of Ontario.

CGA Ontario recognizes studies at Centennial College for transfer credit towards the CGA program of professional studies. Listed below are courses which may be taken at Centennial.

Note:
For CGA program course exemption, a minimum grade of B (70%)in each course is required.

For specific details (dates, times, costs) on Centennial's part-time (evening, weekend and online) Accounting Fundamentals certificate programs, click on Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3; for information on the courses, click on course link below.

To register, call 416-289-5300 or register online, by fax or in-person.

Certified General Accountants of Ontario (CGA Ontario)

Centennial Courses (if more than one, both/all courses are required for equivalency) CGA Program Course Equivalents
ACCT-112 Financial Accounting 1
ACCT-221 Financial Accounting 2
Financial Accounting Fundamentals (FA1)
ECON-104 Principles of Micro Economics
ECON-103 Principles of Macro Economics
Micro and Macro Economics (EM1)
BUSN-331 Business Law Business Law (LW1)
ACCT-256 Intermediate Accounting 1 Financial Accounting: Assets (FA2)
BUSN-225 Quantitative Methods 1
BUSN-325 Quantitative Methods 2
Business Quantitative Analysis (QU1)
ACCT-222 Management Accounting 1
ACCT-322 Management Accounting 2
Management Accounting Fundamentals (MA1)
English (COMM-170/COMM-171) or COMM-180 and Business Communications BUSN-333 Business Communications (CM1)
ACCT-356 Intermediate Accounting 2 Financial Accounting Liabilities and Equities (FA3)
ACCT-224 Corporate Finance 1
ACCT-334 Corporate Finance 2 (formerly FINA-334)
Corporate Finance Fundamentals (FN1)
ACCT-257 Accounting Information Systems
ACCT-357 Accounting Information Systems 2

Managing Information Systems (MS1)

Requires transfer credit in FA1, FA2, FA3, CM1, MA1, MS1, FN1 and a business diploma or degree Accounting Business Case (BC1)
ACCT-226 Taxation 1
ACCT-336 Taxation 2 (formerly FINA-333)
Personal and Corporate Taxation (TX1) (by challenge exam/course exemption only)
ACCT-331 Auditing 1 (formerly FINA-331)
ACCT-332 Auditing 2 (formerly FINA-332)

External Auditing (AU1) (by challenge exam/course exemption only)

The following 4th level CGA courses are available to adult learners who have completed a 3 year accounting diploma.

A grade of "B" is required in each of the equivalent courses in order to obtain a direct transfer credit to CGA  (no challenge exam required)

ACCT 226 Taxation 1
ACCT 746 Taxation 2

Personal and Corporate Taxation (TX1) **

ACCT 331 Auditing 1
ACCT 742 Auditing 2
External Auditing (AU1) **
ACCT 722 Advanced Managerial Accounting Advanced Management Accounting (MA2) **
ACCT 725 Accounting Theory and Policy Accounting Theory & Contemporary Issues (AT1) **
ACCT 755 Advanced Financial Management Financial Accounting: Consolidations & Advanced Issues (FA4) **

 

 

 

 

 

 


All courses required for the Centennial College 3 yr accounting diploma are available through Continuing Education. Please visit: centennialcollege.ca/accounting.

CGA Ontario transfer credit policies are subject to change without notice as course contents are revised.  Contact CGA Ontario  for the most current list of CGA program requirements- see http://www.cga-ontario.org/. A grade of "B" is required in each of the equivant courses in order to obtain a transfer of credit.


For more information about Centennial part-time accounting courses and programs, see centennialcollege.ca/accounting.