Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Bridging Certificates

The Dhillon School of Business now offers post-bachelor certificates for CPA Bridging. Adding a certificate to your existing undergraduate education allows you to stand out in a career market where employers are searching for diversity and breadth and prepare you for entry into the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Professional Education Program (PEP).

Students can choose from three post-bachelor certificate options:

Accounting Fundamentals

The Post-Bachelor Certificate in Accounting Fundamentals (10 courses) is right for you if: you have completed an approved undergraduate degree that meets previous degree admission requirements in a discipline other than accounting AND you are seeking a short, accounting-focused, undergraduate-level micro-credential to add to your educational portfolio/complete for your own personal interest OR you need to complete intro level courses for entry into CPA PEP (note you can subsequently ladder into the Advanced Accounting certificate upon successful Accounting Fundamentals program completion). Learn more here.	Program Planning Guide

Advanced Accounting

The Post-Bachelor Certificate in Advanced Accounting (6 courses) is right for you if: you have completed an approved undergraduate degree that meets previous degree admission requirements with an Accounting major, or substantially similar background AND need to complete the advanced level courses for entry into CPA PEP Note: Dhillon School of Business will consider non-accounting degrees with substantial accounting courses for this certificate program on a case-by-case basis. After submitting their application for admission, such applicants are required to submit their CPA Transcript Assessment to Dhillon School of Business for review to determine eligibility you have successfully completed the Post-Bachelor Certificate in Accounting Fundamentals Learn more here.	Program planning guide

Combined Certificates

The Combined Post-Bachelor Certificates in Accounting (16 courses) is right for you if: you have completed an approved undergraduate degree that meets previous degree admission requirements in a discipline other than accounting AND need to complete the majority of courses for entry into into CPA PEP Learn more here.	Program planning guide

International Students

Please see additional information for international students.

More CPA Information

CPA Transfer Credit Guide - shows U of L courses required for CPA PEP (see last page)
CPA Transcript Assessment
Questions about CPA? See CPA Contact Us

Please see the link below for more information on the post-bachelor certificates.

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Have questions about the post-bachelor certificates? Please contact:

cpa.bridging@uleth.ca

Initial funding for program development was provided by Alberta’s CPA profession through the Chartered Professional Accountants Education Foundation of Alberta, and with support from the Government of Alberta’s Access to the Future Fund and Foreign Qualification Recognition Innovation Fund.

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