The Accounting and Business Administration program is designed to provide students with current accounting knowledge, industry-relevant skills, and practical training required for today’s business environment. The program prepares students for entry-level positions such as accounting administrator, accounting assistant, and accounting clerk.
The program is delivered over 38 consecutive weeks and includes instruction in a variety of accounting and business topics, as summarized below.
The following summarizes the main topics to be covered in this program:
Course Tuition Fee: CAD $8,000 (other fees may also be applicable).
| Course | Hours |
| MS Office Outlook | 40 |
| MS Office Word – Level I | 40 |
| MS Office Word – Level II | 40 |
| MS Office Excel – Level I | 40 |
| MS Office Excel – Level II | 40 |
| Oral Communication & Presentation Skills | 40 |
| Effective Business Writing | 40 |
| Introduction to Principles of Business | 40 |
| Business Mathematics | 40 |
| Financial Accounting & Principles – Level I | 60 |
| Financial Accounting & Principles – Level II | 60 |
| Business Finance | 40 |
| Quick Books | 40 |
| Sage Simply Accounting: Levels I | 40 |
| Sage Simply Accounting: Levels II | 40 |
| SAGE Accpac (G/L, A/P, A/R) | 80 |
| Payroll | 40 |
| Total | 760 hours / 38 weeks |
The Computer Systems Technician – Networking program is designed to provide students with current computer systems and networking knowledge, industry-relevant technical skills, and practical training required in today’s technology environment.
The program prepares students for potential entry-level positions such as technical support analyst, network technologist/administrator, and other related information technology support roles.
The following summarizes the main topics covered in this program:
Program Information:
Program Duration: Full time / 760 hrs. / 38 weeks
Location: Acumen College of Business and Technology
Mississauga Campus, 131 Brunel Rd, Mississauga, ON L4Z1X3
Admission intake: Winter / Summer / Fall
Course Tuition Fee: CAD $9,615 (other fees may also be applicable)
Admission Requirements:
Ontario Secondary School Diploma or Equivalent
Knowledge / Skills Acquired:
(Computer network technicians perform some or all of the following duties)
- Maintain, troubleshoot and administer the use of local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), mainframe networks, computer workstations, connections to the Internet and peripheral equipment
- Evaluate and install computer hardware, networking software, operating system software and software applications
- Operate master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks and to co-ordinate access and use of computer networks
- Provide problem-solving services to network users
- Install, maintain, troubleshoot and upgrade Web-server hardware and software
- Implement network traffic and security monitoring software, and optimize server performance
- Perform routine network start up and close down and maintain control records
- Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations
- Conduct tests and perform security and quality controls
- Control and monitor e-mail use, Web navigation, and installed software
- Perform shell scripting or other basic scripting tasks