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Faculty Affiliation

Professional Graduate Programs (Mississauga)

Degree Programs Offered

Management & Professional Accounting – MMPA

Diploma Programs Offered

Investigative & Forensic Accounting – DIFA

Overview

The Master of Management & Professional Accounting (MMPA) is designed to educate future leaders of the accounting profession at the master's level in management and at the professional level in accounting and related subjects.

The curriculum is organized to provide an excellent understanding of:

• the challenges, functions and needs of management,
• accounting, finance, auditing, and tax,
• essential professional subjects,
• management skills, and
• professional capabilities.

Students from any undergraduate background may apply. Advanced-standing may be granted.

The Diploma in Investigative & Forensic Accounting (DIFA) provides a rigorous and comprehensive education in investigative and forensic accounting (IFA) matters useful in becoming an expert IFA consultant, practitioner, and expert witness in legal proceedings. Expertise may include financial matters related to investigation for fraud, calculation of damages, advisors in disputes, and preparers and deliverers of information to the courts. For students who are graduate Chartered Accountants, the diploma program is the educational gateway to the CA IFA post-graduate specialist designation offered by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Contact and Address

Web: www.utm.utoronto.ca/pgpc1.0.html
Email: anna.reale@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (905) 569-4432
Fax: (905) 828-3979

University of Toronto at Mississauga
Room 3200, South Building
3359 Mississauga Road North
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6
Canada

Web: www.utoronto.ca/mmpa
Email: mmpa@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (905) 828-3985
Fax: (905) 569-4306

Master of Management & Professional Accounting Program
University of Toronto Mississauga
Room K108, Kaneff Centre
3359 Mississauga Road North
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6
Canada

Web: www.utoronto.ca/difa
Email: difa@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (905) 569-4331
Fax: (905) 569-4306

Diploma in Investigative & Forensic Accounting Program
University of Toronto Mississauga
Room K108, Kaneff Centre
3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6
Canada

Degree Programs

Management & Professional Accounting

Master of Management & Professional Accounting

Minimum Admission Requirements

• An appropriate bachelor's degree with a standing equivalent to at least a University of Toronto mid-B.
• Satisfactory GMAT score.
• Proof of English facility if the applicant's first language is not English. Details on English language requirements are available in this calendar.

Program Requirements

• Program runs for 27 months covering seven sessions of full-time study, including five academic sessions and two co-op work-placement sessions in accounting or finance-related areas. The final session of the program will include a professional integrating experience (PIE) consisting of a four-week period in which students will complete one or more of the following:
• • attend the professional school of a professional accounting body, or
  • write professional accounting examinations, or
  • complete a consulting or work-term project

Normal Program Length: 7 sessions full-time

Course List

Notations for all courses are indicated in parenthesis following the course code and are determined as follows:

One module equals five weeks with three contact hours per week. One module equals 0.25 FCE (full-course equivalent).

The department should be consulted each session as to course offerings.

MGT 1090H(0)⁺ Accounting Work-Term Course I
MGT 1102H(1) Business and Professional Ethics
MGT 1111H Marketing
MGT 1112H Business Finance
MGT 1113H Accounting II
MGT 1114H Management Information Systems
MGT 1115H Statistics for Management
MGT 1116H Economic Environment of Business
MGT 1210H(2) Managerial Economics
MGT 1211H(2) Economic Environment of Business
MGT 1221H(2) Accounting I
MGT 1222H(2) Managerial Accounting
MGT 1241H(2) Operations Management
MGT 1260H(2) Leadership in the Management of Teams
MGT 1272H(2) Management Information Systems
MGT 1301H(3) Fundamentals of Strategic Management
MGT 1323H(3) Auditing and Reporting
MGT 1330H(3) Business Finance
MGT 1350H(3) Marketing
MGT 1362H(3) Managing People in Organizations
MGT 1382H(3) Statistics for Management
MGT 2004H(2) Advanced Concepts in Strategic Management
MGT 2014H(2) The Legal Environment of Professions and Corporations
MGT 2070H(1) Management Consulting (elective course)
MGT 2090H(0)⁺ Accounting Work-Term Course II
MGT 2091H Advanced Financial Accounting
MGT 2111H Taxation I
MGT 2113H Taxation II
MGT 2114H Financial Reporting I
MGT 2205H(3) Advanced Financial Accounting
MGT 2206H(3) Taxation I
MGT 2207H(3) Taxation II
MGT 2208H(1) Taxation III (elective course)
MGT 2224H(2) Computer Auditing
MGT 2225H(2) Advanced Auditing Topics
MGT 2250H(3) Financial Reporting I
MGT 2251H(3) Financial Reporting II
MGT 2252H Financial Reporting II
MGT 2260H(3) Management Control
MGT 2261H(2) Advanced Management Accounting
MGT 2273H(2) Accounting Information Systems
MGT 2280H(2) Accounting Theory and Research
MGT 2281H(1) Seminar in Professional Accounting
MGT 2282H(1) Integrative Cases in Professional Decision Making
MGT 2301H(2) Financial Management

Diploma Programs

Investigative & Forensic Accounting

Diploma of Investigative & Forensic Accounting

Minimum Admission Requirements

• An appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university in commerce, business administration, or accounting, with standing equivalent to at least a University of Toronto mid-B in the final year.
• Two years of relevant experience in accounting.
• An advanced-standing option is available for qualified students with comparable university-level or Chartered Business Valuator program courses.

Program Requirements

• 10 half-course program over a minimum 2.2-year period. Courses are taken sequentially and advanced-standing course exemptions are possible. The program is offered using a combination of two one-week intensive in-residence sessions, e-learning and teleconference modules, with group discussions, assignments, and formal examinations. It is possible for students to participate from anywhere in the world.
• Advanced standing is available for qualified students; up to two courses in loss quantification and law may be counted.

Normal Program Length: 6 sessions (26 months) part-time

Time Limit: 6 years part-time

Course List

IFA 1900H Introduction to Investigative and Forensic Accounting
IFA 1901H Investigative and Forensic Accounting Practice Issues
IFA 1902H Legal Process—Introductory
IFA 1903H Investigative-related Matters—Introductory
IFA 1904H Loss Quantification—Introductory
IFA 2900H Loss Quantification—Advanced
IFA 2901H Investigative-Related Matters—Advanced
IFA 2902H Legal Process—Advanced
IFA 2903H Advanced Topics/Emerging Issues
IFA 2904H Integrative Capstone
Courses IFA 1900H and IFA 2904H each involve a mandatory in-residence session at the University of Toronto Mississauga. IFA 2904H requires participation in moot court and other experiential learning sessions. The remaining eight courses are offered via weekly online sessions.

Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Aivazian, Varouj - BS, MA, PhD
Brooks, Leonard - BCom, MBA, CA (Program Director)
Li, Yue - BSc, MBA, PhD
Rotenberg, Wendy - PhD
Smieliauskas, Waldemar - BS, MS, PhD
Tombak, Mihkel - BS, MBA, AM, PhD
Wensley, Anthony - MA, MA, MBA, PhD

Associate Members

Allen, Guy - BA, MA, PhD
Kitunen, Joan - BBM, CA
Schneider, Manfred - BCom, MBA, JD, CA
Wiecek, Irene - BComm, CA

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