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Arts Degree Requirements

Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management

Co-op Regulations and Requirements

General Regulations

  1. Successful completion of four work terms is required.
  2. Students who have attempted to secure employment for all four available work terms, but are successful in doing so for only three work terms, may be considered for a co-op degree, provided they have received credit for all three of their work terms and three corresponding work-term reflections, and they have successfully completed all academic graduation requirements. This decision is at the discretion of the School of Accounting and Finance, Co-operative Education and Career Action (CECA), and the Faculty of Arts Examinations and Standings (E&S) Committee.
  3. Students are required to follow only prescribed study/work-term sequencing options through to graduation. Students may not end their sequence with a work term.
  4. Students who meet all the academic graduation requirements for this plan, but who do not meet the minimum requirements for a co-op degree may, in exceptional circumstances and at the discretion of the School of Accounting and Finance and the Faculty of Arts Examinations and Standings (E&S) Committee, be awarded a Regular Honours Accounting and Financial Management degree.

Professional Development (PD) Courses

Students must complete four Professional Development (PD) courses. PD 1 must be completed in the term prior to the first work term and PD 12 must be completed during the first work term. A third PD course must be completed during the second work term and a fourth PD course must be completed in the third work term.

Work-Term Reflections

Students must complete three work-term reflection assignments by specific due dates after the second, third, and fourth work terms. A satisfactory grade for each assignment is required.

Legend for Study/Work Sequence Information Chart

Key Description
F, W, S Terms: F=September-December; W=January-April; S=May-August
1,2,3,4 plus A or B Denotes academic year and term.
WT Work term
off Neither an academic term nor a work term
Sequences Sequence One is the default sequence assigned to all Accounting and Financial Management students at admission. Requests to change sequence are considered individually following the 2B and 3B terms respectively.

Study/Work Sequence Information Chart

Sequence F W S F W S  W W S F 
1 1A 1B off  2A  WT 2B WT 3A 3B  WT  4A WT 4B
2 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B WT 3A 3B 4A WT WT 4B
3 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B WT 3A 3B WT WT 4A 4B
4 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B 3A WT 3B  WT 4A WT 4B
5 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B 3A  WT 3B 4A WT WT 4B
6 1A 1B off 2A WT 2B 3A WT 3B WT WT 4A 4B

 


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