Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) is Canada’s newest accounting designation. It combines the best of the Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and Certified General Accountant (CGA) designations. In Alberta, the Certified General Accountants of Alberta, the Certified Management Accountants of Alberta, and the Certified Accountants of Alberta are working toward unification under the new Chartered Professional Accountant designation.

For more information on the CPA designation, visit the following links:

>> How to become a CPA

>> CPA information sessions

>> CPA FAQ

CPA COURSE REQUIREMENTS

FINANCIAL REPORTING

>>ACCT 317 (Soon to be ACCT 217)

>>ACCT 341 & ACCT 343 & ACCT 443

STRATEGY & GOVERNANCE

>> SGMA 591

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

>> ACCT 323

>> ACCT 361

AUDIT AND ASSURANCE

>> ACCT 425

FINANCE

>> FNCE 317 & MGST 493 (soon to be MGST 451)

TAXATION

>> ACCT 421 & ACCT 423

GENERAL BUSINESS TOPICS

>> MGIS 317

>> ECON 201 & ECON 203

>> BSEN 395

>> STAT 213 & STAT 217

For a complete Alberta post secondary course matrix, click here.

Source: albertaaccountants.org