Gain the skills and confidence to start a career in the financial services sector in less than a year in the Accounting Assistant Certificate program at Capilano University.
The Fall 2021 intake for the Accounting Assistant Certificate program has been cancelled and is no longer running.
Learn from anywhere with our virtual classes and receive the same level of mentorship and oversight from our instructors as you would in person.
In the program, you'll take courses in accounting, bookkeeping, computer applications, office administrative procedures and gain work experience by taking part in a two-week practicum before graduation.
Learning Outcomes
- Prepare business emails, letters and memos using fundamental principles of grammar, punctuation, and written communication skills so that the message is clearly transmitted.
- Apply basic math skills in the computation of the numerical aspects of business situations.
- Analyze and record basic accounting transactions accurately and thoroughly for different types of business organizations.
- Operate Microsoft Word, Access, Excel and PowerPoint as software tools to be used in a business setting.
- Record accounting transactions using a variety of computerized accounting programs.
- Produce an effective team project which links high-performance team and group concepts.
- Use their resume, letters of application, interviewing techniques and other job strategies to seek employment and complete a two week practicum placement.