Learn more about the academic programs we are delivering in Winter 2025. If you have any questions about part-time studies, please contact us.
Prerequisites:
All entry and technical courses must have been completed before taking this course.
In addition, you must have completed the Ethics and Workplace Skills course (or be taking it concurrently).
Permission from the Program Coordinator is required for entry.
This course focuses on how public sector entities of various kinds make the best use of the vast resources entrusted to them in creating public value. Public sector accounting is a core body of knowledge supporting financial management. The purpose of the course is to provide students with the public sector financial management skills necessary to function in public sector environments of low to medium complexity and low uncertainty. Topics addressed include the following: governance and decision-making processes; government budgeting and planning; government financial reporting; financial analysis of government and not-for-profit programs, and public sector auditing.