Arts Degree Requirements

Eligibility for the degree of Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management (co-op) requires:

1. Successful completion of 20 academic course units with a minimum cumulative overall average of 60%. A minimum cumulative average of 70% is required in all of the courses identified in section 2 below, and all Accounting and Financial Management (AFM) electives.
2. Successful completion of the following 13.5 academic course units:    
   • AFM 112, AFM 113, AFM 121, AFM 132, AFM 182, AFM 191, AFM 212, AFM 241, AFM 244, AFM 273, AFM 274, AFM 291, AFM 311, AFM 321, AFM 335, AFM 373, AFM 391, AFM 433, AFM 480
   • AFM 205, AFM 206, AFM 207, AFM 208 (see Note 1)
   • one of AFM 323, AFM 341, AFM 344
   • BET 100
   • ECON 101, ECON 102
   • AFM 111, SPCOM 111 (see Note 3)
3. Successful completion of one Accounting and Financial Management specialization (see Note 4).
4. Successful completion of co-op requirements.

Notes

1. The four courses, AFM 205, AFM 206, AFM 207 and AFM 208, each 0.25 academic units should be completed in advance of a student’s first co-op work term.
2. Students interested in qualifying as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) are required by the governing professional body to demonstrate a specific set of competencies. Beyond AFM degree required courses, completion of the Professional Accountant Specialization and AFM 341 are required for students pursing the CPA designation.
3. Communication skills are essential to academic, professional, and personal success. The Undergraduate Communication Requirement is fulfilled for Accounting and Financial Management students by the successful completion of both AFM 111 and SPCOM 111.
4. Students are required to complete one Accounting and Financial Management specialization and may elect to complete a second.
5. Guidance on recommended courses in the Financial Markets Specialization, which prepares students for the Chartered Financial Analyst examinations, is available on the School of Accounting and Finance website.
6. Students are required to complete courses in the following sequence:
   1A Term: AFM 111, AFM 112, AFM 132, AFM 191, ECON 101
   1B Term: AFM 113, AFM 121, AFM 182, BET 100, SPCOM 111
   2A TERM: AFM 205, AFM 206, AFM 207, AFM 208, AFM 212, AFM 273
   2B TERM: AFM 241, AFM 244, AFM 274, AFM 291, ECON 102 (see Note 7)
   Students who are required to repeat a course or who can’t follow this sequence due to transfer credits are required to follow a course sequence approved by the academic advisor.
7. Students may elect to take ECON 102 in either the 2A or 2B term allowing the second year elective to be taken in either the 2A or 2B term.

Specializations in Accounting and Financial Management

Professional Accountant Specialization

The Professional Accountant Specialization requires successful completion of the following 3.0 academic course units:

• AFM 362, AFM 382, AFM 451, AFM 462, AFM 482, AFM 491

Business Analytics Specialization

The Business Analytics Specialization requires successful completion of 2.5 academic course units:

• AFM 345 or AFM 346
• four of AFM 323, AFM 341, AFM 344, AFM 345, AFM 346, AFM 347, AFM 423, AFM 444, AFM 445, AFM 446, AFM 447, AFM 448

Note

Students may complete both AFM 345 and AFM 346 and would then be required to complete three additional courses to complete the Business Analytics Specialization.

Entrepreneurial Mindset Specialization

The Entrepreneurial Mindset Specialization requires successful completion of 2.5 academic course units:

• BET 320 and BET 340
• 1.5 academic course units from the following:
  • AFM 326 (0.25 unit), AFM 377, AFM 426 (0.25 unit), AFM 470, BET 350, BET 400, BET 420, BET 430, BET 450, BET 460, BET 470, BET 580, ENBUS 203, MGMT 220

Note

Students are not eligible to complete both the Entrepreneurial Mindset Specialization and the Entrepreneurship Minor. Completion of the Entrepreneurship Minor can be substituted for the Entrepreneurial Mindset Specialization in fulfilment of the AFM degree requirement to complete one AFM specialization.

Sustainability Specialization

The Sustainability Specialization requires successful completion of 3.0 academic course units:

• ENBUS 102, ENVS 195, ENVS 220
• one of the following sets of three courses:
  • ENBUS 310, ENBUS 408, ENBUS 410
  • AFM 485, ENBUS 202, ENBUS 407

Financial Leadership Specialization

The Financial Leadership Specialization requires successful completion of 3.0 academic course units:

• AFM 434, AFM 478
• BET 450, BET 460
• one of AFM 422, AFM 470, AFM 477
• one of AFM 485, ENBUS 310, ENBUS 407, ENVS 220

Financial Markets Specialization

The Financial Markets Specialization requires successful completion of 3.0 academic course units:

• AFM 322, AFM 324, AFM 326 (0.25 unit), AFM 328 (0.25 unit), AFM 329 (0.25 unit), AFM 377, AFM 422, AFM 423, AFM 425, AFM 426 (0.25 unit), AFM 427, AFM 428 (0.25 unit), AFM 429 (0.25 unit), AFM 434, AFM 470, AFM 477, AFM 478