Why I Want To Become a Chartered

Accountant:
The first step to becoming a Chartered Accountant (CA) is completing a
university degree in any discipline, along with a number of prerequisite
business and accounting courses. Earning a Business, Management, or
Commerce degree with an accounting major are your fastest routes to
becoming a CA, as each will enable you to complete the degree
requirement and prerequisite courses at the same time. However, many
CAs have degrees in other disciplines, including Art and Science.

You are required to complete a four-year, 120-credit-hour baccalaureate

degree at a Canadian university, or a degree from a non-Canadian
university or other post-secondary institution in Canada that is deemed to
be substantially equivalent.

and then...

In Western Canada, you earn your CA through the CA School of Business

(CASB). You’ll find that it offers a whole new learning experience,
completely different from your undergraduate program. When you enrol in
CASB, you’re signing on to build professional skills that will kick-start your
career.

CASB’s online modules will take you through the business life cycle, from
start-up to IPO. You’ll learn how to build excellence in corporate
governance, strategy and risk management, performance measurement
and reporting, management decision-making, assurance, finance, and
taxation. These modules are complemented by face-to-face learning
sessions with facilitators and other students. As you progress through the
CASB modules, your virtual clients will rely on you to research, analyse,
problem-solve, interpret, forecast, lead, and innovate. By meeting their
virtual needs, you will be developing real-world knowledge and skills that
will put you on the fast track to career success.

Three years of hard work and graduate-level education—ask any CA, and
they’ll tell you it’s a gruelling, challenging, and all-consuming process.
They’ll also tell you that the knowledge, experience, and network of peers
you’ll acquire during this process are invaluable.

What’s more, CASB offers you the flexibility to schedule your learning
modules to fit your work and personal schedule. And, CASB accepts
graduates of both the Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc) program
through the University of Saskatchewan and the Masters in Accounting
(MAcc) program through the University of Waterloo. You then enter CASB
for Module 6, the UFE prep course.
The CASB program will take you out of the classroom and into the
professional world. When you graduate, you’ll be a business-ready CA,
prepared to apply your practical skills to an ever-evolving business
environment.