Online and Remote Learning

Build on the basic skills you developed in 0667 French: Level I or already possess. Weekly assignments will expand your vocabulary and grammar skills so you can take part more fully in conversations. You'll gain a greater grasp of idioms and cultural etiquette. You'll be able to participate in social events at a basic level, give simple instructions and directions and describe people and places in a simple way. You'll learn standard international French and standard Québécois French where there are differences. To determine if French Level II is the right fit for you, please take a moment to complete our French Entry Level Self-Assessment. Form and understand simple but complete sentences. Use appropriate grammar, syntax and vocabulary in some everyday situations.

If you already have some background in finance, accounting or auditing, this course will take you deeper inside complex business entities. You'll learn how partnerships, corporations and foreign currency transactions work and how to analyze consolidated financial statements. You'll learn more about six principal areas of advanced financial accounting: standard-setting in Canada and internationally, financial instruments and income tax allocation, long-term inter-corporate investments, consolidation, foreign currency translation and the translation and consolidation of foreign subsidiaries, and not-for-profit and public-sector accounting. Understand accounting for long-term investments. Be more familiar with business combinations and structures. Appreciate the importance of consolidation. Be more aware of accounting standards and global currency forces.

If you've successfully completed 0983 Management Accounting or have equivalent skills, this course will prepare you to tackle higher-level issues using more complex processes and systems. You'll build on the skills you already have and command a wider range of accounting resources that can help organizations achieve their financial goals. Whether you work in the finance, accounting or audit sectors, you'll learn valuable techniques and acquire useful skills that make you stand out in your workplace. Use advanced concepts related to cost-volume-profit analysis, decentralization and transfer pricing. Understand the Canadian tax system in relation to capital budgeting. Apply concepts of activity-based accounting. Become familiar with cost flows in a joint-production process. Understand capital budgeting under conditions of certainty and uncertainty.

Do you need to know more about the Canadian legal landscape as it applies to business? This course offers a general study of Canadian law, both its roots and related case law, with particular emphasis on its application to business. Topics include contracts, commercial transactions, fiduciary relationships, business organizations, torts, assignments, sources of law, Canada's court system, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, professional liability, the Sale of Goods Act, bailment and leasing, agency relationship, sole proprietorships, partnerships and corporations. Understand the source and basis of the law in Canada and how to interpret both statute and case law.Identify legal issues that arise in your daily business life.Be able to communicate about legal issues and assess the likely outcome.Know basic legal terms used in daily business.Describe the basic elements of torts, contracts and other common business concerns.

This course will teach you how to formulate business strategy and put essential business management principles to work. You'll see how planning and taking action over the long term can help realize business goals and objectives. You'll examine topical case studies that cover a wide range of Canadian and international business situations and issues. Working from a general management perspective, you'll gain practical and focused strategic-planning expertise, and then explore and integrate functional business activities such as production, finance and marketing. Know how to organize, develop and apply a professional business strategy and plan. Understand corporate and functional theories of strategy, including their development and application. Acquire the skills and approaches essential to policy formulation and implementation. Identify how societal values and trends affect strategic policy.

Aimed at financial, tax, accounting and investment professionals, this introductory course is designed to give you an understanding of the conceptual structure of the Income Tax Act and its administration. The course covers the key elements of taxation for individuals and corporations, including income from employment, business and property; capital gains and losses; shareholder benefits; tax planning; international taxation; deductions from income; and calculating taxable income and tax due.   TEACHING METHODS This course is delivered entirely online. Each week, learners will be expected to do a series of required readings and practice questions.  Each week there is a live session online that will run approximately two and half hours. These sessions will be recorded and available to the learners for the duration of the course. Depending on the learners’ questions and the content covered, the session could run to three hours. Learners are provided with detailed teaching notes in advance to assist them in following the lecture and understanding the material. Understand the application of income tax law, taking into consideration the specific wording of the Income Tax Act, Canada Revenue Agency's interpretations and policies, and the impact of judicial decisions. Learn the theoretical concepts behind the specific provisions of the Income Tax Act. Apply the law to practical problems. Understand basic tax planning concepts. Learn guidelines in applying professional ethics, whether to tax planning for individuals and corporations or to ethical concerns in international transactions. Utilize the underlying concept and technical aspects for success in professional exams. 

If you want to make good business decisions, you need a solid grounding in the management of investments, finances and assets. This course introduces you to the principles of finance and their application. Topics include the time value of money, valuation of financial securities including bonds and stocks, capital budgeting, determining appropriate discount rates and short- and long-term financing. Understand the financial planning process. Become familiar with financial-ratio analysis, budgeting and forecasting policy. Understand short- and long-term financing. Know the cost and risk factors of capital budgeting.

This course introduces the primary management disciplines used by business managers around the world, as well as the activities associated with organizing the knowledge, skills and efforts of people to accomplish defined organizational goals and objectives. Successful organizations need people with business management skills to achieve their goals and objectives. You'll focus on current management trends, business structures, planning, work processes and practices within Canadian and international settings, and find out more about how real-world businesses operate in constantly changing environments. Identify key business structures and processes, including the production of goods and services. Acquire basic knowledge of supply chain, management information and accounting systems. Understand marketing, economic and financial issues and how they impact business management. Identify human resources issues as they relate to management.

This foundational course will show you how and why marketing works. You'll develop the marketing skills that are valued throughout successful organizations. You'll learn everything from standard methodologies to the latest digital solutions. You'll learn basic marketing concepts, then create a comprehensive marketing plan for a business that covers evaluation, ethics, market psychology, product and service development and promotion. Other topics include pricing policies, marketing mix and channels, distribution theory, consumer behaviour, mobile marketing, online behavioural advertising and social media marketing. Understand the importance and evolution of marketing in today's competitive, fast-changing global environment.Understand the marketing process, concepts and mix. Apply the marketing process to practical problems and situations.Create and implement an effective marketing plan.Allocate limited marketing resources in a strategic way.

This course covers both micro- and macroeconomics. Using real-life examples and case studies, you'll acquire a broad overview of economic theories and their application to current situations. Topics include supply and demand, income distribution, differing market structures, interest rates, unemployment, inflation, business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy, economic growth, international trade and currency exchange rates. You'll come away with a better understanding of economic concepts, theories and methodologies and how to apply them to market and policy situations. Identify and understand key economic concepts.Understand how supply and demand establish market prices and output levels.Analyze the basic characteristics of such market structures as pure competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition and oligopoly.Calculate a firm's output and profit under different market structures.Compare the business cycle, unemployment, inflation and long-term growth, examining the impact of each on the Canadian economy.Identify the importance of international trade and globalization to the Canadian economy.Evaluate the operation and limitations of fiscal policy and the impact of recent federal budgets on the Canadian economy.Identify the main functions of the Bank of Canada and the goals and tools of its monetary policy.