Graduate Diploma in Chartered Professional Accountancy

University of Ottawa

The Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation emerged from the unification of the accounting profession in Canada. Following this merger, CPA Canada developed the CPA professional education program (PEP) that provincial accounting institutes have the responsibility to deliver. CPA Ontario offers Canadian universities the opportunity to offer graduate programs designed to cover some or all of the CPA PEP. This program is a direct-entry graduate diploma and should be viewed as a continuation of the Specialization in Accounting of the Bachelor of Commerce already offered by the Telfer School. Together, the Specialization in Accounting and this diploma satisfy the requirements of the Chartered Professional Accountant Competency Map established by CPA Canada. This graduate diploma in chartered professional accountancy prepares candidates to enter into the capstone modules of the CPA PEP. The diploma addresses advanced competencies in financial accounting, strategy and governance, management accounting, audit and assurance, finance and taxation, mostly for non-routine and complex transactions not covered at the undergraduate level. It also has a greater focus on enabling competencies related to professional and ethical behaviour, problem solving and decision making, communication, self-management, and teamwork and leadership.

Telfer School of Management