Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) - Accounting, Audit and Information Technology

About the Program

This unique degree program, delivered at the honours level, provides a comprehensive education in accounting, audit, and information technology to produce graduates who possess the skills needed in the global business environment. The program addresses the need for professional accountants and auditors with information technology expertise and combines theory, integrated applied projects, and paid co-op work terms.

Our degree meets the undergraduate educational requirements for direct entry into the Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) Professional Education Program (PEP) which is part of an individual's path to obtaining their full CPA designation. There are also opportunities for graduates of accounting diploma programs.

Conestoga College is pleased to announce that our AAIT degree has received exemption accreditation with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Upon graduation of our BBA Honours degree, you will have earned Modules F1 to F9, which are part of an individual's path to obtaining their full ACCA designation. ACCA has over 188,000 members and 480,000 students in 181 countries.
Conestoga is a member of AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Program Outcomes

• Prepare financial statements using domestic or international generally accepted accounting principles.

• Recommend to management appropriate accounting and financial techniques for planning and control in domestic or international settings.

• Assess operating and financial policies that are legally compliant, adhere to accounting and control standards, and are ethically, culturally and economically appropriate.

• Plan effective external, internal, or information systems audits.

• Assess employee and organizational information and administration systems through the effective use of information technology which is culturally, legally and ethically appropriate.

• Assess management's application of risk-management techniques to specific business situations.

• Recommend initiatives geared towards improving effectiveness, efficiency and economy of processes, functions, employees, or businesses.

• Assess programs, policies, and practices for alignment with overall organizational goals and objectives in both domestic and international contexts.

• Assess the effect of domestic federal taxation on planning and decision-making for individuals and corporations.

• Communicate effectively in both domestic and international contexts.

• Demonstrate essential employability skills including: ability to collaborate with others, ability to integrate information cross-functionally, critical and creative thinking, self-evaluation of own performance and professional development needs, and leadership.

• Develop an appreciation of the concepts and values required to enhance the quality of life for self and others in the home, workplace and the local and global community through an exploration of selected areas of aesthetics, civic life, culture, personal development, society, work or science and technology.

• Apply the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours gained through the program in Co-op work terms.

Co-op Information

• Co-op programs add value to your education. Earn while you apply what you learn in a real workplace environment.

• The College cannot guarantee co-op employment. All co-op students are required to conduct an independent co-op job search in addition to the supports and services provided by the Department of Co-op Education.

• Students are responsible for their own transportation and associated costs in order to complete work term requirements. Work locations may not always be readily accessible by public transportation.

• Students who do not secure the first work term by the start of the work term semester will be offered the option to enrol in the 14 credit Career Management in Canada co-op alternative. This co-op alternative involves one 3 hour on campus session per week and 12 hours per week of online and out-of-class activity.

• If Career Management in Canada is selected, the student must attend sessions from the first session of the term and cannot complete a co-op term for their first work term.

• Career Management in Canada may be delivered at the Doon, Waterloo, or Cambridge campus.

• Career Management in Canada is only an alternative for the first co-op work term of the program, students will still complete at least one mandatory co-op work term if they choose Career Management in Canada.

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