Post Secondary Programa in Business Administration - Finance (Optional CO-OP) - Programa de Dirección Financiera

The Business Administration – Finance program helps to open doors to more career options by focusing on preparing you for specialized areas of financial services such as retirement planning or investment advising while you continue on the path towards the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation and a pathway to the Canadian Securities Course (CSC) credential. As a result, a wider variety of financial services careers will be available to you upon graduation.

In this three-year advanced diploma program, you will study the functional areas of business (accounting, finance, marketing, information systems, human resources, production and operations management) and take management-oriented courses that provide an integrated perspective of business. Because this offering ensures you have a strong educational base in business, it prepares you to function effectively in your chosen career field, leading to supervisory and management positions in business, government and service organizations.

Graduates of The Business School program acquire a specialized knowledge of how finance functions in the corporate entity and of the financial services sector of the economy.

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
English Grade 12 C or U, or equivalent (minimum grade required) or take the Centennial College English Skills Assessment for Admission
Mathematics Grade 11 or 12 C, M or U, or equivalent (minimum grade required) or take a Centennial College Math Skills Assessment for Admission

Start Date:Fall, Winter, Summer

Semester 1
Financial Accounting 1
Call Centre Environment
College Communication 1
Applied Business Software 1
Canadian Financial Services
Mathematics of Finance II

Semester 2
Financial Accounting 2
College Communication 2
Applied Business Software 2
Canadian Investment Funds
Global Citizenship: From Social Analysis to Social Action
Principles of Marketing

Semester 3
Careers
Retirement Consultant Certificate 1
Conduct and Practices Handbook
Canadian Securities Course 1
Marketing Financial Services
General Education Elective

Semester 4
Introduction to Life Insurance
Taxation and Financial Planning
Retirement Consultant Certificate 2
Canadian Securities Course 2
Financial Sales and Negotiation
General Education Elective

Semester 5
Corporate Finance 1
Business Law
Principles of Macroeconomics
Risk Management and Estate Planning
Borrowing and Lending In Canada

Semester 6
Corporate Finance 2
Research Methods and Data Analysis 1
Concepts in Behavioural Finance
Program Review & Evaluation
CIFP Capstone Course

Financial analyst
Investment advisor
Sales agent
Mortgage specialist
Personal banking officer
Teller
Mutual fund advisor
Financial planner
Retirement planning analyst